The publicity teams behind Warner Bros’ Sinners and HBO Max’s The Pitt won the top prizes at the 63rd ICG Publicists Awards, which were presented Friday at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. See the full list below.
Sinners picked up the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign, which was presented by Deadline’s Awards Columnist Pete Hammond, and The Pitt received the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign.
Chrissy Quesada of Sony Pictures received the Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity.
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 were handed out Friday. Song Sung Blue Oscar nominee Kate Hudson received the 2026 Motion Picture Showperson of the Year Award, presented by Leslie Odom Jr, and The Pitt Emmy winner Noah Wyle accepted the Television Showperson of the Year Award. The Pitt EP presented his prize.
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. The presentation came in a prerecorded message from Ben Affleck and Kimmel’s pseudo-nemesis Matt Damon — watch it here:
“Making movies is an extraordinary process, it doesn’t end when we wrap,” Hudson said onstage about the meaning of “showpersonship.” “We are also tasked with bringing that magic to audiences, and publicity is a huge part of that. I’m the showperson, and you’re the ‘ship.’”
Said Wyle in accepting: “I am so proud to have brought a television show with John [Wells] back to this city that I love. A 15-episode show that employs hundreds and hundreds of artisans and artists, and showcases their talents to the world. This town has weathered great changes before, and in fact that is what brought these guilds and unions into existence, the belief in the power of collective, the strength in our solidarity, and primacy of our creativity.”
During his speech, Kimmel called out his longtime publicist Lewis Kay, saying, “I’ve never caused him any problems at all.” He later added: “The reason I’m here is to thank you for 23 years of partnership and support. I would like to dedicate this to those of you who work so hard to shine a light on everyone other than yourselves.”
The annual awards celebrate Local 600 publicists, unit still photographers, outstanding 2026 publicity campaigns for TV and film and the year’s best entertainment journalists. Back in February 2025, the 62nd Publicists Awards honored the teams behind Wicked and All About Agatha with its marquee prizes.
Here are the winners at the 2026 ICG Publicists Awards:
Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign
Sinners
Warner Bros. Pictures
Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign
The Pitt
Warner Bros. Television/HBO
Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity
Chrissy Quesada
Sony Pictures
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
President’s Award
Jimmy Kimmel
Television Showperson of the Year
Noah Wyle
Motion Picture Showperson of the Year
Kate Hudson