Refresh for latest… With the 98th Oscars looming on Sunday, the 63rd ICG Publicists Awards is under way at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Deadline is posting the winners as they announced; see the list below.
The awards honor unit publicists, individual publicists, outstanding publicity campaigns for television and motion picture, journalists and unit still photographers.
Michelle Alt of Paramount Pictures took the Publicist of the Year Award, and Kevin McCarthy of On Film … with Kevin McCarthy won the Press Award. Ali Plumb of BBC Radio in the UK took home the International Media Award.
The film and TV prizes for Unit Still Photography went to Atsushi Nishijima and Jake Giles Netter, respectively.
A trio of special honors already have been handed out: Song Sung Blue Oscar nominee Kate Hudson received the 2026 Motion Picture Showperson of the Year Award, and The Pitt Emmy winner Noah Wyle accepted the Television Showperson of the Year Award.
Late-night veteran and four-time Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel accepted the President’s Award — a rare honor presented only on occasion of “extraordinary circumstances.” After Kimmel’s tumultuous 2025, it’s the first time the President’s Award has been bestowed since 2017 and just the fifth this century.
Here are the winners revealed so far, followed by the remaining nominees:
Winners
Publicist of the Year Award
Michelle Alt
Paramount Pictures
International Media Award
Ali Plumb
BBC Radio, United Kingdom
Press Award
Kevin McCarthy
On Film . . . With Kevin McCarthy
Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award for Motion Picture
Atsushi Nishijima
Excellence in Unit Still Photography Award for Television
Jake Giles Netter
Henri Bollinger Award for Special Merit
Pamela Golum
Bob Yeager Award for Community Service
Cynthia Swartz
Television Showperson of the Year
Noah Wyle
Motion Picture Showperson of the Year
Jimmy Kimmel
Motion Picture Showperson of the Year
Kate Hudson
Nominees
Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign
28 Years Later
Sony Pictures Entertainment
The Housemaid
Lionsgate
KPop Demon Hunters
Netflix
Lilo & Stitch – Walt Disney Studios
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Paramount Pictures
Sinners
Warner Bros. Pictures
Wicked: For Good
Universal Pictures
Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign
Andor
Walt Disney Studios, Lucasfilm/Disney+
Beyond the Gates
CBS Studios/CBS
Nobody Wants This
20th Television/Netflix
The Pitt
Warner Bros. Television/HBO
Stranger Things 5
Netflix/Netflix
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
20th Television/Hulu
Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity
Carri McClure
Unit Publicist
Chrissy Quesada
Sony Pictures
Claire Raskind
Unit Publicist
Gina Soliz
Warner Bros. Pictures
Kimberly Wire
Sony Pictures
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