The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) has announced six additional award nominations for the 60th Annual ICG Publicists Awards honoring individual publicists, unit still photographers and entertainment journalists that bring motion picture and television publicity campaigns to life. Winners will be revealed at a luncheon ceremony on Friday, March 10, 2023, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. The announcement was made by Tim Menke and Sheryl Main, ICG Publicists Awards chairs.
THE 2023 ICG PUBLICISTS AWARDS NOMINEES:
LES MASON AWARD FOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLICITY
Natalie Bjelajac, Netflix
Karen Chamberlain, Warner Bros. Pictures
Gabriela Gutentag, Unit Publicist
Carri McClure, Unit Publicist
Carol McConnaughey, Unit Publicist
Claire Raskind, Unit Publicist
PUBLICIST OF THE YEAR AWARD
Michelle Alt, Paramount Pictures
Heidi Falconer, Unit Publicist
James Ferrera, Unit Publicist
Sara Hull, Walt Disney Studios
Gianluca Lignola, Universal Pictures
Danielle Roque, Paramount Pictures International
EXCELLENCE IN UNIT STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD – MOTION PICTURES
Eli Joshua Ade
Quantrell Colbert
Kevin Estrada
Chiabella James
Jojo Whilden
EXCELLENCE IN UNIT STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD – TELEVISION
Beth Dubber
Richard Foreman
Hilary Bronwyn Gayle
Justin Lubin
Nicole Wilder
PRESS AWARD
Erik Davis, Fandango
Angelique Jackson, Variety
Dave Morales, KRIV-TV Houston
Andy Reyes, Entertainment Tonight
Jazz Tangcay, Variety
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AWARD
Yong Chavez, ABS-CBN News (Philippines)
Dan Jolin, Empire (UK)
Garry Maddox, Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Zachary Ntim, Deadline (UK)
Helen O’Hara, Empire (Northern Ireland)
Adam Tanswell, Total Film (UK)
As previously announced, the nominees for the 2023 Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaigns are Abbott Elementary (Warner Bros. Television/ABC); Ghosts (CBS Studios/CBS); Prey (20th Century Studios/Hulu); RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars (MTV Entertainment Studios/Paramount+); and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (CBS Studios/Paramount+). The Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign nominees will be announced on January 12, 2023.
The final winners are determined via online ballot of the ICG publicists membership, which will be held Jan. 31 – Feb. 6, 2023 and will be announced at the ICG Publicists Awards Luncheon ceremony on Friday, March 10, 2023. The Motion Picture Showman of the Year Award and the Television Showman of the Year Award will be announced soon, and the Bob Yeager Award for Community Service will be announced at the ceremony.
Fox Sports draws big numbers for IndyCar season debut. Most watched non-Indy 500 since 2011
Fox Sports' debut IndyCar race drew 1.417 million viewers and was the most watched series event aside from the Indianapolis 500 on any network since 2011.
The mark for Sunday's opener on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg was a 45% increase over last year's event, which drew 974,700 combined viewers on NBC.
The Fox Sports viewership peaked with 1,820,000 viewers from 2:15-2:26 p.m. Local market ratings will not be available until later this week.
IndyCar this season ended it's 16-year relationship with NBC Sports for a multi-year deal with Fox Sports, which has promised high-quality production and promotion that began in January with glossy commercials featuring three of the series stars that aired during NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl.
IndyCar has a close relationship with Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks, an Indiana native with a passion for both the series and the Indianapolis 500. He has vowed to push IndyCar back to the top levels of motorsports.
Despite the heavy promotion — which was also done during NASCAR's Daytona 500 and other Fox Sports programming — Shanks acknowledged to The Associated Press "there will still be people Googling on Sunday 'What network is today's IndyCar race on,'" — something he hopes to eliminate. All 17 races and both of the Indianapolis 500 qualifying sessions will be aired on Fox Sports this year, making IndyCar the only major motorsports series to air its entire schedule on network television.
The opener on Sunday, which was a 1-2 finish for Chip Ganassi Racing with Alex Palou and Scott Dixon, was even more impressive in that NBC Sports uses the TAD (total audience delivery) metric that includes live streaming. FOX does not use TAD because it is not recognized by Nielsen Media... Read More