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In
this
Jan. 15,
2019
photo,
designer
Ruth E.
Carter,
nominated
for an
Oscar
for best
costume
designs
for
"Black
Panther,"
poses
for a
portrait
in Los
Angeles.
Carter
will
also be
honored
for her
illustrious
career
at the
21st
annual
Costume
Designers
Guild
Awards
on
Tuesday
in
Beverly
Hills,
Calif.
(Photo
by Chris
Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Costume
Designers
Guild
honors
Ruth E.
Carter,
Glenn
Close
By
JONATHAN
LANDRUM
Jr.
APNews.com
BEVERLY
HILLS,
CA -
Ruth E.
Carter
may be
receiving
Oscar
recognition
for her
costume
designer
work on
“Black
Panther,”
but she
told a
packed
room at
the
Costume
Guild
Awards
on
Tuesday
night
that she
has
created
wardrobes
for
other
superheros
throughout
her
illustrious
career.
“After
working
on
‘Black
Panther,’
you all
asked me
‘How did
it feel
experiencing
designing
my first
superhero?’
Truth
is, I’ve
been
designing
superheroes
my
entire
career,”
she said
after
receiving
a career
achievement
award at
the
guild’s
21st
annual
awards
show at
the
Beverly
Hilton
Hotel.
The
union
celebrated
the
year’s
outstanding
work in
film and
television
highlighting
the
intricacies
of
contemporary,
period
and
sci-fi
or
fantasy
designs.
The
Afro-futuristic
wardrobes
in
“Black
Panther,”
the 18th
century
ensembles
in “The
Favourite”
and the
glitzy
costumes
in
“Crazy
Rich
Asians”
were
selected
as the
best
costumes
of the
year,
according
to the
union.
Carter
and
fellow
Oscar
nominee
Glenn
Close
were
nominated
at the
awards.
During
Carter’s
speech,
she
rattled
off
several
films
she
worked
on
including
“Malcolm
X,”
″Amistad,”
″Selma,”
″Marshall,”
″Do the
Right
Thing”
and
“Meteor
Man.”
Glenn
Close
accepts
the
spotlight
award at
the 21st
annual
Costume
Designers
Guild
Awards
at The
Beverly
Hilton
Hotel on
Tuesday,
Feb. 19,
2019, in
Beverly
Hills,
Calif.
(Photo
by Chris
Pizzello/Invision/AP)
“These
same
heroes
and
sheroes
who
helped
shape
our
country
helped
me build
my
career
and
voice in
the
Afro-future,”
said
Carter,
who was
also
awarded
for
sci-fi/fantasy
film for
“Black
Panther.”
She
could
become
the
first
African-American
on
Sunday
to win
an Oscar
for best
costume
design
for her
work in
the
Marvel
superhero
film.
“I
am
constantly
inspired
and
carrying
a
message
of
perseverance
and hope
that
each
character
shares
from
film-to-film,”
she
added.
“There
are
pieces
of me
from my
heart in
each
costume.”
Halle
Berry
and
Danai
Gurira
presented
Carter
with the
career
achievement
award.
The
costume
designer
thanked
“Black
Panther”
director
Ryan
Coogler,
longtime
friend
and
director
Spike
Lee and
those
who
worked
with her
to
create
the
costumes
for the
Marvel
superhero
film.
Gurira,
who
starred
in
“Black
Panther”
as one
of
Wakanda’s
elite
warriors,
yelled
out
“This is
the year
of Ruth
Carter”
as
Coogler
looked
on and
smiled
from his
seat.
Berry
made a
Wakanda
Forever
crossed-arm
gesture
before
she
called
Carter
“strong,
respectful,
opinionated
and
well-respected.”
“Ruth
taught
me the
importance
of a
costume
and how
it was a
portal
into
bringing
my
character
to
life,”
said
Berry,
who was
dressed
by
Carter
in the
1991
film
“Jungle
Fever.”
Close
was
honored
with the
spotlight
award as
actor
Michael
Chiklis
praised
the
actress
for her
ability
to
captivate
audiences
through
her
roles.
He said
“You sit
up a
little
straighter.
Your
senses
sharpen,
because
you know
she’s
about to
make
everything
happen.”
Chiklis
also
said
Close
saved
nearly
800
costume
pieces
she has
worn in
films,
so they
won’t
get
destroyed
or sold
to
rental
companies.
The
actress
donated
some of
her
costume
collection
to the
Indiana
University,
where it
will be
preserved
in an
archival
facility.
“My
costumes
have
always
been
much
more to
me than
whatever
character
they are
designed
for,”
said
Close,
who is
nominated
for an
Academy
Award
for best
actress
for her
role in
“The
Wife.”
″They
are all
beautiful
masterpieces
created
by a
team who
takes as
greater
pride in
their
craft as
I do in
mine.
You make
what I
do
possible.”
Actress
Kate
Walsh
hosted
the
awards
wearing
different
costumes
throughout
the
night
including
a pink
Cinderella
dress,
doctor’s
scrubs
and she
dressed
as a
look-alike
of
blonde-haired
Donatella
Versace,
the
sister
of the
late
Gianni
Versace.
Costume
designer
Betty
Pecha
Madden
and
screenwriter-director
Ryan
Murphy
were
also
honored.
Madden
received
a round
of
applause
during
her
speech
about
ending
gender
bias and
wage
disparity
in the
film and
television
industry.
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