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    Billy Bob Thornton, Chelsea Handler among presenters scheduled for 52nd Annual ICG Publicists Awards Luncheon

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    Billy Bob Thornton, shown in this scene from FX series "Fargo," will present the Motion Picture Showmanship Award to Bob and Harvey Weinstein, co-chairmen of The Weinstein Company, at the 52nd Annual ICG Publicists Awards Luncheon. (image courtesy of FX Network).
    LOS ANGELES --

    Billy Bob Thornton, (The Judge), will present the Motion Picture Showmanship Award to Bob and Harvey Weinstein, co-chairmen of The Weinstein Company, at the 52nd Annual ICG Publicists Awards Luncheon to be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 20. Thornton’s All The Pretty Horses and Sling Blade were released by The Weinstein Company.

    Chelsea Handler will present the Television Showmanship Award to Ted Sarandos, chief content officer for Netflix. Handler, who has teamed with Netflix on a multi-tiered deal, will launch her talk show with the world's leading Internet TV network, in 2016. Her first original stand-up comedy special, Uganda Be Kidding Me, Live, is currently streaming on Netflix, and her four docu-comedy specials will launch on Netflix this year.

    As previously announced, Bob Newhart will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award and Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of AMPAS, will receive the President’s Award from Ava DuVernay, director of Oscar-nominated film Selma.

    Other awards to be presented are the Press Award; the International Media Award; the Maxwell Weinberg Awards, which recognize outstanding accomplishment in the field of publicity; the Les Mason Award, given to a publicist for lifetime achievement; and the Bob Yeager Award, which recognizes significant community service. The event is sold out with more than 900 expected to attend.

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    Actor Anthony Head, known for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” dies at 72

    Friday, June 5, 2026
    Anthony Head arrives for the European premiere of 'The Iron Lady' on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)

    Anthony Head, the suave, smooth-voiced British actor known for roles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Ted Lasso," has died, his family said Friday. He was 72.

    Head's daughters, actors Emily and Daisy Head, told the Press Association news agency that the actor passed away due to complications from pneumonia.

    The stage and TV performer became well known to British audiences in the 1980s as one half of a will-they, won't-they romantic couple in a series of ads for Nescafe Gold Blend instant coffee. The ads were later re-shot for a U.S. audience for Taster's Choice.

    Head achieved wider fame as librarian Rupert Giles, mentor to the title character in the cult-favorite supernatural series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which ran from 1997 to 2003.

    He most recently played Rupert Mannion, the villainous ex-husband of Hannah Waddingham's character Rebecca, in "Ted Lasso."

    "Our grief is far greater than the hole he has left behind, but we know his legacy will live on, in the shows he was a part of, and in the audiences that love them," his daughters said. "How lucky we are to know we are able to watch him doing what he loved, even when he is no longer with us."

    Head was born in London on Feb. 20, 1954 to Seafield Head, a documentary filmmaker, and Helen Shingler, an actor. His older brother, Murray, is also an actor.

    Other notable roles included playing Geoffrey Howe, the deputy to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, played by Meryl Streep, in the Oscar-winning "The Iron Lady."

    Head portrayed a prime minister himself in the sketch comedy show "Little Britain," as well as King Uther Pendragon, the father of Prince Arthur, in the "Merlin" TV series. He also appeared in "Motherland," Manchild," and "Silent Witness," along... Read More

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