The Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) have announced the nominees for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign. Presented to active members working in television, the award honors outstanding achievements in publicity and promotion during the previous calendar year.
The winner will be announced on Friday, March 8, 2024, at the 61st Annual ICG Publicist Awards luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.
2024 MAXWELL WEINBERG AWARD FOR TELEVISION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN NOMINEES:
- Ahsoka – Walt Disney Studios, Lucasfilm/Disney+
- Frasier – CBS Studios/Paramount+
- Star Trek: Picard – CBS Studios/Paramount+
- Welcome to Chippendales – 20th Television/Hulu
“The teams of publicists who worked on the nominated projects represent the highest quality work from our peers and guild members,” say Tim Menke and Sheryl Main, joint chairs of the Publicists Award committee. “Any one of the teams is deserving of the honor and we applaud them all on their nominations.”
Nominees for the Motion Picture publicity campaign will be announced in January 2024. The final winners are determined via an online ballot of the ICG publicists membership, during the voting period Jan. 24 – Feb. 2, 2024.
“Scandal” cast will reunite for online script reading for hurricane relief in western North Carolina
The cast of ABC's hit political drama "Scandal" may need to brush up on their snappy, speedy delivery known as "Scandal-pace," because they're reuniting for a good cause. Its stars including Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn and Bellamy Young will take part in a live virtual script reading on Nov. 17 to raise money for hurricane relief in western North Carolina.
Beginning Friday, fans can go online and donate to reserve a spot for the online reading. Proceeds will benefit United Way of North Carolina. Everyone who donates will be able to take part in a virtual pre-event with the cast and Shonda Rhimes will give an introduction.
Additional guest stars will also be announced. The online fundraising platform Prizeo is also holding a contest where one person who donates online via their site will be selected to read a role from the script with the actors. The winner should not worry about the "Scandal"-pace, assured Young over Zoom.
"Whomever the lucky reader is can read at whatever pace they want," she said.
Young, who played Mellie Young, the first lady and later Republican presidential nominee on "Scandal," was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. She came up with the idea for the effort with a friend and took it to her fellow "Scandal" actors, who all jumped on board. Young said this is the first script reading the cast has all done together since the show ended after seven seasons in 2018.
Which episode they will be reading has not been announced yet.
Young said it's "been devastating" to see so many parts of her hometown badly damaged by Hurricane Helene, which ravaged western North Carolina one month ago.
To research the best use for donations, Young spoke with numerous political leaders, including North... Read More