Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr Back In Publicists Guild Race
The Publicists Guild has nominated Deadline co-Editor-In-Chief Mike Fleming Jr for its Press Award for a fifth time this morning as it revealed its annual nominees. He has not won the award yet, so please insert your best Susan Lucci jokes here. We do hear with five nominations you get a free T-shirt but that has not been confirmed.
The International Cinematographers Guild’s 53rd Annual ICG Publicists Awards Luncheon is set for February 26 at the Beverly Hilton. It has already announced that Open Road CEO Tom Ortenberg will receive the Motion Picture Showmanship Award, FX Networks CEO John Landgraf the Television Showmanship Award and a Special Award of Merit will be presented to lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The annual Lifetime Achievement Award will be announced next.
Here’s the full list of nominees, which includes a cool nom for Murray Weissman, the pioneer in awards campaigning whose nearly 70-year career saw him representing the likes of Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg. He died in December at age 90.
Les Mason Award
Elaine LaZelle, Walt Disney Studios
Sheryl Main, Unit Publicist
Maureen OMalley, Warner Bros. Pictures International
Nina Turner, Buena Vista Pictures/Walt Disney Studios
Murray Weissman, Weissman/Markovitz Communications
The Maxwell Weinberg Publicists Showmanship Motion Picture Award
20th Century Fox for The Martian
Columbia Pictures for Goosebumps
Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions for Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Universal Pictures for Straight Outta Compton
Walt Disney Studios for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Warner Bros. Pictures for Mad Max: Fury Road
Maxwell Weinberg Publicists Showmanship Television Award
20th Century Fox Television for American Horror Story: Hotel
20th Century Fox Television for Empire
20th Century Fox Television for Fresh off the Boat
Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television for Supergirl
CBS Television Studios for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Warner Bros. Television for Blindspot
The Press Award
Bryan Alexander, USA Today
Jess Cagle, People Magazine and Entertainment Weekly
Mike Fleming Jr., Deadline.com
Jeff Jensen, Entertainment Weekly
Rob Moynihan, TV Guide
International Media Award
Nelson Aspen, Australia
Dan Jolin, UK
Elisabeth Sereda, Austria
Noel de Souza, India
Yuko Yoshikawa, Japan
Excellence in Unit Still Photography for Motion Pictures Award
Jaap Buitendijk
Murray Close
Andrew Schwartz
Merie Wallace
Barry Wetcher
Excellence in Unit Still Photography for Television Award
Richard Cartwright
Chuck Hodes
Bill Inoshita
Neil Jacobs