The Bite Magazine - Spring/Summer 2020 - Issue 27

bite award spotlight Bombshell starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Mar- got Robbie, and directed by Jay Roach tells the story of several women who were sexually harassed by Fox News boss Roy Ail- es which eventually led to his downfall. It won several awards: Vivian Baker, Cristina Waltz, and Richard Redlefsen for Best Contemporary Make-Up; Kazu Hiro, Vivian Baker, and Rich- ard Redlefsen for Best Special Make-Up Effects; and Anne Mor- gan, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, and Adruitha Lee for Best Contem- porary Hair Styling. The film Downton Abbey had Anne Nosh Oldham, Elaine Browne, and Marc Pilcher to thank for winning Best Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling, while Michelle Ra- dow and Erin Good-Rosenmann were awarded Best Contem- porary Make-Up for Big Little Lies . The TV series about a trio of wealthy young women in Monterey, California whose lives are unravelled when a murder takes place in their idyllic town also won Best Contemporary Hair Styling thanks to Jose Zamora, Lorena Zamora, and Lona Vigi. Best Period and/or Character Make-Up award went to Nicki Ledermann, Tania Ribalow, and Sunday Englis for the Todd Phillips directed film Joker , about failed comedian Arthur Fleck who eventually becomes one of the supervillains in Gotham City portrayed in the Batman films. In the Television Series, Mini-Series or New Media category, Chernobyl based on the 1986 nuclear power plant explosion won Best Special Make-Up Effects made possible by Daniel Parker, Barrie Gower, and Paul Spateri. The mini-series Fosse/Verdon which focus on the story of leg- endary Broadway pair Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon who had a love/hate relationship but together developed some of the most famous Broadway creations also won a couple of awards: Deb- bie Zoller, Dave Preston, and Jackie Risotto for Best Period and/ or Character Make-Up and Christopher Fulton, Christen Ed- wards, and Christine Cantrell for Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling. Under Television Special, One Hour or More Live Programs or Movie Made for Television, Saturday Night Live collected a few gongs on the night. Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, and Jason Milani won Best Contemporary Make-Up and Best Pe- riod and/or Character Make-Up, while Louie Zakarian, Jason Milani, and Tom Denier Jr collected the award for Best Special Make-Up Effects. Mary Guerrero, Kimi Messina, and Gail Ryan received the Best Contemporary Hair Styling award for Danc- ing with the Stars. Daytime Television series The Real snapped up two awards with Melanie Mills, Uzmee Krakovszki, and Motoko Honjo-Clayton receiving Best Make-Up and Roberta Gardener-Rogers, No- ogie Thai, and Ray Dodson collecting the award for Best Hair Styling. For theatrical production Cats the Musical , Jakey Hicks and Sierra Peterson collected the award for Best Make-Up and Charles LaPointe and Daryl Terry received the Best Hair Styling award for West End musical hit Hamilton . One of the highlights of the evening was Sir Patrick Stewart OBE best known for his roles in Star Trek and X-Men accepting the Distinguished Artisan Award for his prolific acting career on stage and screen spanning nearly six decades. The award was presented by Brent Spiner, star of Star Trek : Picard and Star Trek : Next Generation ; James McKinnon, Emmy Award-win- ning Make-Up and Prosthetic Artist; and Michael Westmore, Academy, and Emmy Award-winning Make-Up Artist and De- signer, both of the Star Trek franchise. As the much-loved multi-award-winning actor made his speech, he said it was thanks to Emmy Award-winning hair- stylist Joy Zapata that he is standing here today. He explained he had driven up to the security gates of Paramount Pictures at 8am on a Monday morning for a final audition at the studio but couldn’t get in because he didn’t have a pass. Joy pulled up behind him in her car, got out and said to the security guard, “What the f**k are you doing? Don’t you know who this is? Do you know why he’s here?” Stewart said if she hadn’t turned up and “let the security guard have it” he would still be driving around the streets surround- ing Paramount. He then described how he became an actor; losing most of his hair by the age of 19 despite spending his last pennies on scalp treatment and worried about the romance aspect. “Who would be interested in a bald 19-year-old?” He