LOS ANGELES: Pirates of The Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl didn't win any Oscars, but the Disney publicity team that helped propel the film to box office success won top honors for their efforts last week at the 41st annual Publicists' Guild Awards.

The awards are given out by the union that represents PR professionals in the entertainment industry, the IATSE Local 600 of the International Cinematographers Guild.

Until two years ago, publicists had their own union, but they merged ...