'Bad Grandpa's' Irving on the Oscars, Helen Mirren and finding tail

Posted by · 10:03 pm · February 11th, 2014

Yep, Irving himself (cough, Johnny Knoxville) sat down with HitFix to talk about his never ending quest for tail, his adoration of Helen Mirren and whether he’ll be at the Academy Awards or not.

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Makeup and Hairstylists Guild nominates 'Lone Ranger,' 'American Hustle,' 'Bad Grandpa'

Posted by · 1:06 pm · January 14th, 2014

The Makeup & Hairstylists Guild has not presented awards in nearly a decade. This year, however, IATSE Local 706 is dusting off the trophies and jumping back into the kudos circuit.

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Tech Support: Final predictions for Best Cinematography, Makeup, Score, Song and Visual Effects

Posted by · 12:16 pm · January 9th, 2014

Here we go again. A week from today, the nominees for the 86th annual Academy Awards will be announced. Here at Tech Support, we’ve analyzed each of the 10 crafts categories, and interviewed several of the contenders. It’s now a waiting game with final calls to be made. Today, we take a final look at the fields of cinematography, music, makeup and hairstyling and visual effects.

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Roundup: Academy names Sci-Tech honorees

Posted by · 5:15 am · January 9th, 2014

In today’s roundup of notable online news anbd views, the Academy has named 52 individuals as honorees in this year’s Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation. Also: BAFTA’s British problem, and listening to all 75 Oscar-contending songs.

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'American Hustle,' 'Bad Grandpa' and 'The Lone Ranger' among Oscar makeup and hairstyling finalists

Posted by · 2:08 pm · December 14th, 2013

The Academy has announced this year’s bake-off finalists for the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar, and the big omissions appear to be Ron Howard’s “Rush” and Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” But the Jackass boys have cause for celebration!

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Tech Support: Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar race features 'Rush,' 'The Butler' and… 'Bad Grandpa?'

Posted by · 4:31 pm · November 21st, 2013

HitFix’s Gerard Kennedy surveys the Best Makeup and Hairstyling category, featuring contenders such as “Rush,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” “12 Years a Slave” and even a movie from the “Jackass” guys.

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