MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Wins Oscar for Makeup and Hairstyling

By: Caryn Robbins Feb. 28, 2016

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MAD MAX: FURY ROAD's Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin have won the Academy Award for Makeup and Hairstyling. Other nominees in the category include The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared and The Revenant.

These are the first Academy Award nominations for Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin.

MAD MAX FILM SYNOPSIS: Years after an apocalypse has devastated the world, Australia has become a wasteland ruled by outlaws hoarding fuel, water and other resources. Desperate to escape a TYRANT called Immortan Joe, loner Max Rockatansky joins forces with Imperator Furiosa, who is fleeing from Joe and his fanatical followers with a precious cargo that she has smuggled from Joe's stronghold.

The 88th ACADEMY AWARDS are taking place tonight, Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and are being televised live by the ABCTelevision Network. The Oscar presentation is also being televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. Comedian, actor and filmmaker Chris Rock returns as host of the event for a second time.