Friday, February 17, 2012

NAACP Image Awards - winners


The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) held their 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards tonight at the Shrine Auditorium. Sanaa Lathan and actor Anthony Mackie hosted the event.

The Help led the Motion Picture field with wins for Outstanding Motion Picture and acting awards for Actress Viola Davis and Supporting Actress Octavia Spencer. The Help had led the nominations with eight along with Pariah.

Salim Akil's Jumping the Broom tied the three wins by The Help with its own trio of prizes. It claimed Best Director and the both Actor and Supporting Actor for Laz Alonso and Mike Epps respectively.

The only win for Pariah was for Independent Motion Picture. The winner for Foreign Motion Picture was In the Land of Blood and Honey. The award for Writing in a Motion Picture went to Ann Peacock for The First Grader

George Lucas was presented with the NAACP Vanguard Award.

Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Reed Between the Lines each picked up a pair of awards.

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Complete list of winners for the 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Motion Picture
The Help (DreamWorks Pictures/Participant Media/Touchstone Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Laz Alonso - Jumping the Broom (TriStar Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Viola Davis - The Help (DreamWorks Pictures/Participant Media/Touchstone Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Mike Epps - Jumping the Broom (TriStar Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Octavia Spencer - The Help (DreamWorks Pictures/Participant Media/Touchstone Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Pariah (Focus Features)

Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
In the Land of Blood and Honey (FilmDistrict)

DOCUMENTARY

Outstanding Documentary - (Theatrical or Television)
Sing Your Song (HBO Documentary Films)

WRITING

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Salim Akil, Mara Brock Akil - The Game - Parachutes....Beach Chairs (BET)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Lolis Eric Elie - Treme - Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues? (HBO)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television)
Ann Peacock - The First Grader (National Geographic Entertainment)

DIRECTING

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Leonard R. Garner Jr. - Rules of Engagement - The Set Up (CBS)

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Ernest Dickerson - Treme - Do Watcha Wanna (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television)
Salim Akil – Jumping the Broom (TriStar Pictures)

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Outstanding Comedy Series
Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TBS)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Reed Between the Lines (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross - Reed Between the Lines (BET)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Nick Cannon - Up All Night (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Keshia Knight Pulliam - Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TBS)

Outstanding Drama Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
L.L. Cool J - NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Regina King - SouthLAnd (TNT)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
James Pickens, Jr. - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife (CBS)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Thurgood (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Laurence Fishburne - Thurgood (HBO)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Taraji P. Henson - Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (Lifetime)

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Emerson Brooks - All My Children (ABC)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Tatyana Ali - The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special)
Unsung (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series
Oprah's Lifeclass (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

Outstanding Reality Series
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)

Outstanding Variety Series or Special
Oprah Presents: Master Class (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

Outstanding Children’s Program
I Can Be President: A Kid’s-Eye View (HBO)

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program - (Series or Special)
Keke Palmer - True Jackson, VP (Nickelodeon)

RECORDING CATEGORIES

Outstanding New Artist
Diggy Simmons (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Male Artist
Cee Lo Green (Elektra Records)

Outstanding Female Artist
Jill Scott (Warner Bros. Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
Mary J. Blige feat. Drake (Geffen)

Outstanding Jazz Album
Guitar Man - George Benson (Concord Jazz)

Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary)
Hello Fear - Kirk Franklin (Verity Gospel Music Group)

Outstanding World Music Album
Sounds of Blackness - Sounds of Blackness (Malaco Music Group)

Outstanding Music Video
Where You At - Jennifer Hudson (Arista Records)

Outstanding Song
I Smile - Kirk Franklin (Verity Gospel Music Group)

Outstanding Album
I Remember Me - Jennifer Hudson (Arista Records)

LITERATURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
"Say Amen, Again" - Reshonda Tate Billingsley (Gallery Books)

Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
"The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place" - Hill Harper (Gotham Books)

Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
"The Strawberry Letter" - Lyah Le Flore (Ballantine/Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto-Biography
"My Song" - Harry Belafonte (Knopf)

Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
"The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God " - T.D. Jakes (Atria Books)

Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
"Afro Clouds & Nappy Rain: The Curtis Brown Poems" - James Golden (iUniverse)

Outstanding Literary Work - Children
"You Can Be A Friend" - Tony Dungy (Author), Ron Mazellan (Illustrator) (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Little Simon)

Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
"Jesse Owens: "I Always Loved Running"" - Jeff Burlingame (Enslow Publishers, Inc.)

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