‘Wicked’ & ‘Agatha All Along’ Teams Take Top Prizes At ICG Publicists Awards: Winners List
With the 97th Oscars looming on Sunday, the teams behind Universal’s Wicked and Disney+’s Agatha All Along took respective top film and TV prizes at the 62nd ICG Publicists Awards is under way at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. See the full winners list below.
The awards honor unit publicists, individual publicists, outstanding publicity campaigns for television and motion picture, journalists and unit still photographers.
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Unit publicist Rachael Roth has taken the Publicist of the Year Award, the Press Award went to Collider’s Perri Nemiroff, and John Nugent of Empire Magazine UK took the International Media prize.
Earlier, Chibella James accepted the Publicists Award for Excellence in Unit Still Photography for Motion Pictures, and Michele K. Short received the TV prize for unit still photography.
Also today, Matlock star Kathy Bates was honored with the group’s 2025 Television Showperson of the Year Award.
“I have to thank the guild for this really lovely award, it’s totally unexpected,” said Bates. “When I first started out in this business, having the publicists guide me through was so comforting. I so appreciate your help. I want to congratulate all of you, all the nominees and winners.”
Watch her acceptance speech here:
During his on-stage remarks, ICG National Executive Director Alex Tonisson highlighted the guild’s commitment to the “Keep California Rolling” campaign, coordinated by the Entertainment Union Coalition, supporting Gov. Newsom’s inclusion of an expanded $750 million annual California Film & Television Jobs Program in the 2025-26 budget.
Showbiz publicists first unionized in 1937 as the Screen Publicists Guild, later becoming the Publicists Guild. In 2002, the Publicists Guild merged with the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600.
Here are the winners of the 2025 ICG Publicists Awards:
Maxwell Weinberg Award For Motion Picture Publicity Campaign
Wicked – Universal Pictures
Maxwell Weinberg Award For Television Publicity Campaign
Agatha All Along – Marvel Television / Walt Disney Studios / Disney+
Excellence in Unit Still Photography — Motion Pictures
Chibella James
Excellence in Unit Still Photography — Television
Michele K. Short
Press Award
Perri Nemiroff, Collider
International Media Award
John Nugent, Empire Magazine UK
Publicist of the Year Award
Rachael Roth, Unit Publicist
Television Showperson of the Year Award (previously announced)
Kathy Bates
Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity
Bill Mona, Disney
Henri Bollinger Award for Special Merit
Tim Menke
Bob Yeager Award for Community Service
Ngoc Nguyen
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