What
better way to celebrate Black
History Month than with recognition of contributions made
by people of color?
For
four decades now, the NAACP Image Awards have recognized the outstanding achievements
in black literature & entertainment, with the most anticipated belonging to
the popular TV, movie and music categories.
This year,
nominees were announced on January 6, 2010. Winners were honored
during a live telecast at the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards which
aired at 8PM ET on February 26, 2010 on FOX.
Precious
led this year's awards with nods for
Gabby Sidibe, Mariah Carey, Mo'Nique, Paula
Patton and Lenny Kravitz.
This year, "Precious" earned a leading eight nods, including
Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director and, of course, a Best
Actress nomination for its star, Gabourey Sidibe.
Along with
co-stars Mariah
Carey, co-stars Mo'Nique and Paula Patton each received nods
for Best Supporting Actress.
In the television category, Grey's Anatomy led this year with
six nominations.
Leading music
stars in 2010 included Jay-Z
and Maxwell who each earned five nods followed by Alicia
Keys with three, and Mary J. Blige, Rihanna and Whitney
Houston receiving two nominations each.
NAACP Image
Awards around the Web
Below, check
out the complete list of major 2010 nominees
& winners in top categories - plus additional info, trivia
and a bit of history behind the NAACP Image Awards ...
NAACP
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- The official site, featuring nominees and past winners, image gallery, downloadable
videos, and a complete three-page history
of the Image Awards.
NAACP
Image Awards - Wikipedia - Complete background, noted
controversial nominees, category list, links to related news stories.
2010
NAACP Image Awards Nominees
& * Winners
MOTION PICTURE
CATEGORIES
Outstanding Motion Picture * “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by
Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
“The Blind Side” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Invictus” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Michael Jackson’s: This Is It” (Columbia Pictures)
“The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures) Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture * Morgan Freeman – “Invictus” (Warner Bros.
Pictures)
Denzel Washington – “The Taking of Pelham 123”
(Columbia Pictures)
Idris Elba – “Obsessed” (Screen Gems)
Jamie Foxx – “Law Abiding Citizen” (Overture Films)
Quinton Aaron – “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.
Pictures) Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture * Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious: Based on the Novel
“Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
Anika Noni Rose – “The Princess and the Frog” (Walt
Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.
Pictures)
Sophie Okonedo – “Skin” (Jour De Fete Films)
Taraji P. Henson – “Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad
All By Myself” (Lionsgate) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture * Adam Rodriguez – “Tyler Perry’s I Can
Do Bad All By Myself” (Lionsgate)
Anthony Mackie – “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)
Chiwetel Ejiofor – “2012” (Columbia Pictures)
Danny Glover – “2012” (Columbia Pictures)
Lenny Kravitz – “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push”
by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture * Mo’Nique – “Precious: Based on the Novel
“Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
Alfre Woodard – “American Violet” (Universal Pictures)
Mariah Carey – “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push”
by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
Paula Patton – “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push”
by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
Zoe Saldana – “Avatar” (Paramount Pictures) Outstanding Independent Motion Picture * “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire”
(Lionsgate)
“American Violet” (Samuel Goldwyn Company)
“Amreeka” (National Geographic Entertainment)
“Endgame” (Montery Entertainment)
“Medicine for Melancholy” (IFC Films) Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture * “The Stoning of Soraya M.” (Mpower Pictures)
“The Maid” (Elephant Eye Films)
“Rudo y Cursi” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Sin Nombre” (Focus Features)
“Skin” (Jour De Fete Films)
TELEVISION
Outstanding Comedy Series * “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
“30 Rock” (NBC)
“Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
“Glee” (FOX)
“Ugly Betty” (ABC)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series * Daryl “Chill” Mitchell – “Brothers”
(FOX)
Donald Faison – “Scrubs” (NBC)
Dulé Hill – “Psych” (USA Network)
LaVan Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”
(TBS)
Tyler James Williams – “Everybody Hates Chris”
(CW)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series * Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of
Payne” (TBS)
America Ferrera – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
CCH Pounder – “Brothers” (FOX)
Sherri Shepherd – “Sherri” (Lifetime)
Tichina Arnold – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series * Lance Gross – “Tyler Perry’s House of
Payne” (TBS)
Lamman Rucker – “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns”
(TBS)
Larenz Tate – “Rescue Me” (FX)
Malcolm-Jamal Warner – “Sherri” (Lifetime)
Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series * Keshia Knight Pulliam – “Tyler Perry’s
House of Payne” (TBS)
Ana Ortiz – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
Tisha Campbell-Martin – “Rita Rocks” (Lifetime)
Vanessa Williams – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (CW) Outstanding Drama Series * “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)
“Cold Case” (CBS)
“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
“HawthoRNe” (TNT)
“The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” (HBO) Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series * Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS)
Anthony Anderson – “Law & Order” (NBC)
LL Cool J – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS)
Laurence Fishburne – “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”
(CBS)
Taye Diggs – “Private Practice” (ABC)
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series * Jada Pinkett Smith – “HawthoRNe” (TNT)
Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Jill Scott – “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency”
(HBO)
Regina King – “Southland” (NBC)
Sandra Oh – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series * Delroy Lindo – “Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit” (NBC)
Corey
Reynolds – “The Closer” (TNT)
James Pickens, Jr. – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Mekhi Phifer – “Lie To Me” (FOX)
Rocky Carroll – “NCIS” (CBS) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series * S. Epatha Merkerson – “Law & Order”
(NBC)
Anika Noni Rose – “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective
Agency” (HBO)
Audra McDonald – “Private Practice” (ABC)
Gabrielle Union – “Flash Forward” (ABC)
Jurnee Smollett – “Friday Night Lights” (NBC) Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
* “Gifted Hands” (TNT)
“America” (Lifetime)
“Brick City” (Sundance)
“Georgia O’Keefe” (Lifetime)
“Relative Stranger” (Hallmark) Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic
Special * Cuba Gooding Jr. – “Gifted Hands” (TNT)
Eriq La Salle – “Relative Stranger” (Hallmark)
Gus Hoffman – “Gifted Hands” (TNT)
Jaishon Fisher – “Gifted Hands” (TNT)
Philip Johnson – “America” (Lifetime) Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic
Special * Kimberly Elise – “Gifted Hands” (TNT)
Aunjanue Ellis – “Gifted Hands” (TNT)
Cicely Tyson – “Relative Stranger” (Hallmark)
Rosie O’Donnell – “America” (Lifetime)
Ruby Dee – “America” (Lifetime) Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series * Cornelius Smith, Jr. – “All My Children”
(ABC)
Bryton James – “The Young and The Restless” (CBS)
Cassius Willis – “The Young and The Restless” (CBS)
Terrell Tilford – “One Life To Live” (ABC)
Texas Battle – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS) Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series * Debbi Morgan – “All My Children” (ABC)
Daphne Duplaix – “One Life to Live” (ABC)
Eva Marcelle – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
Tatyana Ali – “The Young and The Restless” (CBS)
Tonya Lee Williams – “The Young and the Restless”
(CBS) Outstanding News / Information – (Series or Special)
* “The Inauguration of Barack Obama, 44th President of
the United States” (BET)
“Anderson Cooper 360: President Obama’s African Journey”
(CNN)
“CNN Presents: Reclaiming the Dream 2” (CNN)
“Judge Mathis” (Syndicated)
“Leading Women: India.Arie, Dr. Maya Angelou” (Centric) Outstanding Talk Series * “The Mo’Nique Show” (BET)
“Lopez Tonight” (TBS)
“The Tyra Banks Show” (CW)
“The View” (ABC)
“The Wanda Sykes Show” (FOX) Outstanding Reality Series * “Extreme Makeover” (ABC)
“American Idol 8” (FOX)
“America’s Next Top Model” (CW)
“Dancing With the Stars” (ABC)
“Real Housewives of Atlanta” (Bravo) Outstanding Variety – (Series or Special) * “Michael Jackson Memorial Service” (ABC, BET,
CNN, MTV, NBC)
“BET Awards 2009” (BET)
“Bill Cosby: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American
Humor” (PBS)
“Wanda Sykes: I’ma Be Me” (HBO)
“We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln
Memorial” (HBO) Outstanding Children’s Program * “Dora The Explorer: Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure”
(Nickelodeon)
“The Backyardigans – The Action Elves Save Christmas”
(Nickelodeon)
“Go, Diego, Go: Diego Reunites Hippopotamus and Oxpecker”
(Nickelodeon)
“True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon)
“Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie” (Disney Channel) Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Program
– (Series or Special) * Keke Palmer – “True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon)
Caitlin Sanchez – “Dora the Explorer” (Nickelodeon)
LaShawn Jeffries – “The Backyardigans” (Nickelodeon)
Nick Cannon – “TeenNick HALO Awards” (TeenNick)
Selena Gomez – “Wizards of Waverly Place” (Disney
Channel)
RECORDING CATEGORIES
Outstanding New Artist * Keri Hilson (Mosley Music Group/Zone 4 Inc/Interscope
Records)
Jeremih (Def Jam)
K’Jon (Universal Republic Records)
Kristinia DeBarge (Def Jam)
Melanie Fiona (SRC/Universal/Motown) Outstanding Male Artist * Maxwell (Columbia Records)
Anthony Hamilton (SoSo Def/Jive Records)
Charlie Wilson (Jive Label Group)
Jay-Z (Atlantic Records)
Ne-Yo (Def Jam) Outstanding Female Artist * Mary J. Blige (Matriarch/Geffen)
Alicia Keys (Columbia Records)
India.Arie (Universal Republic Records)
Rihanna (Def Jam)
Whitney Houston (Artista Records) Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration * The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope Records)
3 Mo’ Divas (MariMo’ Music Inc.)
Day26 (Bad Boy Records)
Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys (Atlantic Records)
Jay-Z ft. Rihanna & Kanye West (Atlantic Records) Outstanding Jazz Album * “He and She” – Wynton Marsalis (Blue Note
Records)
“Detroit” – Gerald Wilson Orchestra (Mack Avenue
Records)
“Kind of Brown” – Christian McBride & Inside
Straight (Mack Avenue Records)
“Poetically Justified” – Marcus Johnson (Three
Keys Music)
“The Real Thing” – Vanessa Williams (Concord Records) Outstanding Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary) * “Still” – BeBe & CeCe Winans (B &
C Records)
“A City Called Heaven” – Shirley Caesar (Light
Records)
“How I Got Over” – Vickie Winans (Destiny Joy)
“Love Unstoppable” – Fred Hammond (Verity Records)
“We Are All One: Live In Detroit” – Donnie McClurkin
(Verity Records) Outstanding Music Video * “I Look To You” – Whitney Houston (Arista)
“Blame It” – Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain (J Records/MBK
Entertainment)
“Boom Boom Pow” – The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope
Records)
“Pretty Wings” – Maxwell (Columbia Records)
“Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart” – Alicia Keys
(J Records/MBK Entertainment) Outstanding Song * “God In Me” – Mary Mary (Columbia Records)
“Bad Habits” – Maxwell (Columbia Records)
“Blame It” – Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain (J Records/MBK
Entertainment)
“Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys
(Atlantic Records)
“Pretty Wings” – Maxwell (Columbia Records) Outstanding Album * “Stronger With Each Tear” – Mary J. Blige
(Matriarch/Geffen)
“The Blueprint 3” – Jay-Z (Atlantic Records)
“BLACKsummers’night” – Maxwell (Columbia Records)
“The Element of Freedom” – Alicia Keys (J Records/MBK
Entertainment)
“Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” – Mariah Carey
(Def Jam)
