The ICG Publicists Awards, begun in 1964, honor excellence in publicity and promotion for motion pictures and television programs and spotlight the work of union publicists. Recipients are selected in several different categories and are voted on by their peers in Local 600. No other event celebrates the importance of publicists’ contribution to the entertainment industry.
Awards to be Presented
* Motion Picture Showman of the Year
* Television Showman of the Year
* Lifetime Achievement Award
* The Press Award
* The International Media Award
* The Les Mason Award, The Highest Honor Paid to a Publicist
* Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showman of the Year
for Movies & Television Awards
* The Unit Still Photography Award
* Bob Yeager Award for Community Service
Television Nominees:
* Grey’s Anatomy (Touchstone Television, ABC)
* Lost (Touchstone Television, ABC)
* My Name is Earl (20th Century FoxTV/NBC)
* Veronica Mars (Warner Bros. Television/Silver Pictures Television, UPN)
* Without a Trace (Warner Bros. Television/JerryBruckheimer Prod., CBS)
Motion Pictures Nominees:
* Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Warner Bros.)
* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Walt Disney Pictures)
* good night and good luck (Warner Independent)
* Memoirs of a Geisha (Columbia Pictures)
* Walk the Line (20th Century Fox)