{"id":68967,"date":"2013-02-08T06:21:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T11:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=68967"},"modified":"2013-02-08T06:21:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T11:21:11","slug":"unexpected-nomination-puts-make-up-artist-in-oscars-sights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/02\/08\/68967-unexpected-nomination-puts-make-up-artist-in-oscars-sights\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected nomination puts make-up artist in Oscar’s sights"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to award ceremonies, Rick Findlater is usually back at a hotel making stars look their best.
\nBut the Australian hair and make-up artist will now be at the centre of the action after being nominated for both British and American academy awards for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.<\/p>\n

“I’m just going to suck it up and enjoy the whole thing,” Findlater says from the home he is renovating on four hectares at Georgica, near Lismore in northern NSW.<\/p>\n

Compared with Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables, Naomi Watts for The Impossible and Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook, Findlater is [Australia’s] unknown Oscar nominee this year.<\/p>\n

Rather than sharing the honour with publicists and managers, he was alone at home with his black labrador Diesel when he discovered his nomination on the Oscars website – then calmly went to bed.<\/p>\n

“I think I’d crack many bottles of champagne if I was ever lucky enough to win, along with my colleagues,” he says just as calmly. “But, for now, I’m just enjoying the fact that I’m even nominated.”<\/p>\n

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