Steve Carell to Present Award to Oscar Winning Makeup Artist Ve Neill at the 2018 Annual Metropolitan Fashion Awards

Three-time Academy Award® winner Makeup Artist, Ve Neill (A Star Is Born, Beetlejuice, Mrs. Doubtfire) will be honored with the 2018 Metropolitan Fashion "Excellence" Award at the 6 th Annual Metropolitan Fashion Week's (MetroFW) Closing Gala & Fashion Awards to be held Saturday, October 6 th at the forecourt and rotunda at the Los Angeles City Hall. Presenting the award to Ms. Neill will be award winning actor, comedian, producer, writer and director Steve Carell, best known for The Office, The 40 Year-Old Virgin and Foxcatcher. Steve's upcoming movies include Welcome to Marwen and Beautiful Boy.

Ve Neill has been nominated for and won more Academy Awards for make-up than any other woman. She has won three OSCARS in addition to her eight nominations. She has worked with Johnny Depp over seven times including films such as Edward Scissorhands, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Her other movies include Hunger Games, Beetlejuice, Batman Returns and, most recently, A Star Is Born starring Lady Gaga. She is a judge on the hit TV show FaceOff and the Director of Education at CINEMA MAKEUP SCHOOL. Ve Neill is among the most decorated living makeup artists to date.

Celebrated HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM Tyler Henry will be filming segments for the 4 th season of his TV series at the Closing Night Gala. Tyler Henry has quickly become the most sought-after clairvoyant medium both in the United States and around the world. His show, Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry, broadcast worldwide on E!, demonstrates how he uses his unique gift of communicating with the other side to bring comfort, closure and hope to his clients.

In addition to the Metropolitan Fashion Awards, the evening will include a one-of-a-kind fashion show featuring Fashion Designers MELLARDI, Giovanni Testi, Erick Bendaña and introducing the Metropolitan Fashion Capsule Collection by Douglas Tapia. A special segment of Haute Couture and Avant Garde Masterpieces will also be showcased, inspired by KING TUT: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, and designed by over 15 international fashion designers.

The winners for Metropolitan Fashion Week's (MetroFW) Awards honoring outstanding achievements in fashion and costume design in motion pictures, & television will be revealed during the Metropolitan Fashion Week Closing Gala and Fashion Awards. As previously announced, the nominations are:

COSTUME DESIGNER - MOTION PICTURE
BLACK PANTHER - (Marvel Studios)
Costume Designer: Ruth Carter
BLACKKKLANSMAN - (Legendary Pictures/Perfect World/Focus Features
Costume Designer: Marci Rodgers
CRAZY RICH ASIANS - (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Costume Designer: Mary E. Vogt
THE SEAGULL - (Sony Pictures Classics)
Costume Designer: Ann Roth
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN - 20th Century FOX
Costume Designer: Ellen Mirojnick

COSTUME DESIGNER - TELEVISION
BLACK-ISH - (ABC Studios)
Costume Designer: Michelle Cole
GENIUS: PICASSO - (National Geographic)
Costume Designers: Sonu Mishra, Costume Designer, Eudald Magri, Assistant Costume
Designer, Balazs Labancz, Costume Supervisor
LA CASA DE LAS FLORES - (Netflix)
Costume Designer: Natalia Seligson
OUTLANDER - (Starz)
Costume Designer: Terry Dresbach
YOUNGER - (TV Land)
Costume Designer Jacqueline Demeterio

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE FOR MAKE-UP ARTIST & HAIR STYLIST - MOTION PICTURE OR TV
ASH VS. EVIL DEAD - (Starz)
Department Head, Makeup Artist & Hair Stylist: Vanessa Hurley
Key Makeup Artist0 & Hair Stylist: Aly Webby
BLACK PANTHER - (Marvel Studios)
Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists: Joel Harlow, Camille Friend & Ken Diaz.
GENIUS PICASSO - (National Geographic)
Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists: Davina Lamont, Natasha Lees & Hayden Bloomfield,
Szandra Biro, Szilvia Homolya, Jordi Morera Serra, Goran Lundstrom, Kate
Starr, Alex Rouse, Judit Halasz, Janosne Kajtar
OUTLANDER - (Starz)
Department Head Hairstylist & Department Head Makeup Artist: Ann McEwan
Hair Supervisor: Claire Harris

FASHION DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Venezuela: Douglas Tapia
Nicaragua: Erick Bendaña
Brazil-Los Angeles: Fernanda Pinheiro for Giovanni Testi
Armenia/Los Angeles: Maria Mellardi
Philippines: Rocky Gathecole - For The Stars Fashion House

METROPOLITAN FASHION WEEK LOS ANGELES 2018 SCHEDULE:

OPENING NIGHT & FASHION DESIGN CONTEST - Thursday, September 27, 6:30 pm at The Original Farmers Market (Free Event Open to the Public)

CLOSING GALA & FASHION AWARDS - Saturday, October 6, 6:00 pm at Los Angeles City Hall

• 6:00pm Red Carpet Opens
• 6:30pm Check in for General Admission
• 7:30pm Fashion Show Starts
• 9:00pm VIP Reception and Meet & Greet for VIP, Award Nominees and Designers at Tom Bradley Ballroom.