Tuesday, December 9, 2014

The 46th Annual NAACP Image Award Nominations

I always enjoy the Image Awards, and I love that there is a platform to honor great black artist, many of whom are criminally overlooked by way too many groups. There are plenty of awesome music and literature nominees as well, just go to: http://www.naacpimageawards.net/

Outstanding Motion Picture
“Belle”
“Beyond The Lights”
“Dear White People”
“Get On Up”
“Selma”

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Chadwick Boseman – “Get On Up”
David Oyelowo – “Selma”
Denzel Washington – “The Equalizer”
Idris Elba – “No Good Deed”
Nate Parker – “Beyond The Lights”

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Belle”
Quvenzhané Wallis – “Annie”
Taraji P. Henson – “No Good Deed”
Tessa Thompson – “Dear White People”
Viola Davis – “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
André Holland – “Selma”
Cedric the Entertainer – “Top Five”
Common – “Selma”
Danny Glover – “Beyond The Lights”
Wendell Pierce – “Selma”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Carmen Ejogo – “Selma”
Jill Scott – “Get On Up”
Octavia Spencer – “Get On Up”
Oprah Winfrey – “Selma”
Viola Davis – “Get On Up”

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
“Belle”
“Dear White People”
“Half of a Yellow Sun”
“Life of a King”
“JIMI: All Is By My Side”

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical)
Amma Asante – “Belle”
Antoine Fuqua – “The Equalizer”
Ava DuVernay – “Selma”
John Ridley – “JIMI: All Is By My Side”
Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Beyond The Lights”

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical)
Chris Rock – “Top Five”
Richard Wenk – “The Equalizer”
Misan Sagay – “Belle”
Justin Simien – “Dear White People”
Margaret Nagle – “The Good Lie”

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Jamie Foxx – “Rio 2″
Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins”
Morgan Freeman – “The Lego Movie”
Tracy Morgan – “The Boxtrolls”
Zoe Saldana – “The Book of Life”

Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical)
“Documented”
“Finding Fela”
“I Am Ali”
“Keep On Keepin On”
“Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People”

Outstanding Comedy Series
“Orange is the New Black”
“black-ish”
“House of Lies”
“Key & Peele”
“Real Husbands of Hollywood”

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
Anthony Anderson – “‘black-ish”
Don Cheadle – “House of Lies”
Keegan-Michael Key – “Key & Peele”
Kevin Hart – “Real Husbands of Hollywood”

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project”
Niecy Nash – “The Soul Man”
Tracee Ellis Ross – “black-ish”
Uzo Aduba – “Orange is the New Black”
Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Boris Kodjoe – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET)
Glynn Turman – “House of Lies” (Showtime)
Laurence Fishburne – “black-ish” (ABC)
Marcus Scribner – “black-ish” (ABC)
Terry Crews – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Adrienne C. Moore – “Orange is the New Black”
Laverne Cox – “Orange is the New Black”
Lorraine Toussaint – “Orange is the New Black”
Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family”
Yara Shahidi – “black-ish”

Outstanding Drama Series
“Being Mary Jane”
“Grey’s Anatomy”
“House of Cards”
“How to Get Away with Murder”
“Scandal”

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
LL Cool J – “NCIS: LA”
Omar Epps – “Resurrection”
Omari Hardwick – “Being Mary Jane”
Shemar Moore – “Criminal Minds”
Taye Diggs – “Murder in the First”

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Gabrielle Union – “Being Mary Jane”
Kerry Washington – “Scandal”
Nicole Beharie – “Sleepy Hollow”
Octavia Spencer – “Red Band Society”
Viola Davis – “How to Get Away with Murder”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Alfred Enoch – “How to Get Away with Murder”
Courtney B. Vance – “Masters of Sex”
Guillermo Diaz  – “Scandal”
Jeffrey Wright – “Boardwalk Empire”
Joe Morton – “Scandal”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Aja Naomi King – “How to Get Away with Murder”
Alfre Woodard – “State of Affairs”
Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy”
Khandi Alexander – “Scandal”
Jada Pinkett Smith – “Gotham”

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
“A Day Late and a Dollar Short”
“American Horror Story: Freak Show”
“Drumline: A New Beat”
“The Gabby Douglas Story”
“The Trip to Bountiful”

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Blair Underwood – “The Trip to Bountiful”
Charles S. Dutton – “Comeback Dad”
Larenz Tate – “Gun Hill”
Mekhi Phifer – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short”
Ving Rhames – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short”

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Angela Bassett – “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
Cicely Tyson – “The Trip to Bountiful”
Keke Palmer – “The Trip to Bountiful”
Regina King – “The Gabby Douglas Story”
Vanessa Williams – “The Trip to Bountiful”

Outstanding News/ Information (Series or Special)
“America After Ferguson”
“Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.”
“Melissa Harris Perry”
“Oprah’s Lifeclass”
“Unsung”

Outstanding Talk Series
“Oprah Prime”
“Steve Harvey”
“The Queen Latifah Show”
“The View”
“The Wendy Williams Show”

Outstanding Reality Series
“Shark Tank” (ABC)
“Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN)
“Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
“The Voice” (NBC)
“Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” (OWN)

Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
“BET Awards”
“Family Feud”
“On the Run: Beyoncé and Jay Z”
“Oprah’s Master Class”
“UNCF An Evening of Stars”

Outstanding Children’s Program
“Doc McStuffins”
“Anna Deavere Smith: A Youngarts Masterclass”
“HALO Awards”
“Dora and Friends: Into The City!”
“Kid President: Declaration of Awesome”

Outstanding Performance by a Youth in a Youth/Children’s Program (Series or Special)
Amber Montana – “Haunted Hathaways”
China Anne McClain – “How to Build a Better Boy”
Curtis Harris – “Haunted Hathaways”
Fatima Ptacek – “Dora and Friends: Into The City!”
Taliyah Whitaker – “Wallykazam!”

Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/Information or Variety
Steve Harvey – “Steve Harvey”
Queen Latifah – “The Queen Latifah Show”
Chris Rock – “BET Awards”
Gwen Ifill – “America After Ferguson”
Melissa Harris Perry – “Melissa Harris Perry”

Outstanding Documentary (Television)
“American Experience: Freedom Summer”
“Bad Boys”
“Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown”
“Rand University”
“The War Comes Home: Soledad O’Brien Reports”

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Brigette Munoz-Liebowitz – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” – Road Trip
Aisha Muharrar – “Parks and Recreation” – Ann & Chris
Regina Hicks – “Instant Mom” – A Kids’s Choice
Sara Hess – “Orange is the New Black” – It Was the Change
Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project” – Danny and Mindy

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Zahir McGhee – “Scandal” – Mama Said Knock You Out
Erika Green Swafford – “How to Get Away with Murder” – Let’s Get To Scooping
Mara Brock Akil – “Being Mary Jane” – Uber Love
Warren Leight, Julie Martin – “Law & Order: SVU” – American Disgrace
Zoanne Clack – “Grey’s Anatomy” – You Be Illin’

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Karin Gist, Regina Hicks – “Drumline: A New Beat”
Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill”
Shernold Edwards – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short”
Sterling Anderson, Maria Nation – “The Gabby Douglas Story”
Sharon Brathwaite, Peres Owino – “Seasons of Love”

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Ken Whittingham – “Parks and Recreation” – Prom
Ken Whittingham – “The Mindy Project” – Think Like a Peter
Reginald Hudlin – “Bad Judge” – Knife to a Gunfight
Linda Mendoza – “Bad Judge” – One Brave Waitress
Stan Lathan – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” – No New Friends

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Anton Cropper – “Suits” – One-Two-Three Go…
Carl Franklin – “House of Cards” – Chapter 14
Cary Joji Fukunaga – “True Detective” – Who Goes There
Hanelle Culpepper – “Criminal Minds” – The Edge of Winter
Millicent Shelton – “The Divide” – And the Little Ones Get Caught

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture(Television)
Bille Woodruff – “Drumline: A New Beat”
Greg Champion – “The Gabby Douglas Story”
Michael Wilson – “The Trip to Bountiful”
Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill”
Stephen Tolkin – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short”

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