The 61st Annual Publicists Guild Awards luncheon revels in fun and funny before an audience of PR professionals who went above and beyond to respond to 2023’s challenges. by Pauline Rogers / Photos by Trae Patton and Evans Vestal Ward   The 61st Annual Publicists Guild Awards hit both fresh and fun notes this year as more than 600 attendees streamed into the event’s “fresh” alternate venue – The Beverly Wilshire Hotel, while the “fun” came in the form of […] The post Lighten Up Hollywood! PR Work Is Hard, But It’s Also Fun! appeared first on ICG Magazine ..read more

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A new feature version of the Broadway hit (and, before that, Hollywood box office smash) recently debuted on screens: head back to high school with Mean Girls (the musical). by Pauline Rogers / Photos by JoJo Whilden/Paramount Pictures   Let’s face it: high school is war, and no one comes out unscathed. In 2004, film audiences were introduced to the Mark Waters-directed Hollywood smash hit Mean Girls, co-written by Tina Fey and based on Rosalind Wiseman’s 2002 book Queen Bees and […] The post Pretty in Pink appeared first on ICG Magazine ..read more

Local 600 camera teams head up to Park City with stories of reconciliation, remembrance, and renewal to unpack. by David Geffner / Photos Courtesy of Sundance Institute Unless Otherwise Noted   It’s been a tough few years for the U.S. film and television industry, under siege from everything from a global pandemic to gun-safety violations on set that brought horrific consequences, to work stoppages and more. So it’s not surprising that many of the stories at Sundance 2024, the 40th […] The post Forgive and Forget? appeared first on ICG Magazine ..read more

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Director of Photography Jay Hunter, and his Guild camera team, shoot a “comedy with everything on it,” for a sequel to the whacky 1990’s feature, Good Burger by Pauline Rogers / Photos by Vanessa Clifton/Nickelodeon/Paramount+   “I’ve never shot a sequel for a beloved film before, and we took that task very seriously,” relates Guild Director of Photography Jay Hunter about Good Burger 2. The film is a follow-up to the insanely wacky 1997 feature, based on a Nickelodeon comedy […] The post Outside the Bun appeared first on ICG Magazine ..read more

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Pete Kozachik, ASC, was that rare filmmaker whose creativity and technical knowledge matched a drive for innovative storytelling. by Jimmy Matlosz / Photos Courtesy of Katy Kozachik/Anthony Scott   I met  Pete Kozachik, ASC, (a 30-year member of this Guild) when he hired me as an AC for Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. To say I was lucky to work on a film with such artistry and staying power, under such a gifted gentleman (and me only three years […] The post The Magic Man appeared first on ICG Magazine ..read more

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