{"id":290926,"date":"2011-03-05T11:33:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T11:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/05\/award-show-fab-the-42nd-annual-naacp-image-awards\/"},"modified":"2011-03-05T11:33:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T11:33:38","slug":"award-show-fab-the-42nd-annual-naacp-image-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/05\/award-show-fab-the-42nd-annual-naacp-image-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"AWARD SHOW FAB: The 42nd Annual NAACP IMAGE AWARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 42nd NAACP\u00a0Image Awards were held tonight at\u00a0The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles,\u00a0with Prince<\/strong> making a very special appearance.\u00a0 See what very special award brought the “Kiss” singer out along with\u00a0pics of a who’s who from Halle Berry<\/strong> to Tyler Perry <\/strong>inside…<\/p>\n

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The ceremony was co-hosted by Wayne Brady <\/strong>and Holly Robinson Peete.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Wayne Brady’s face while on stage with\u00a0Holly Robinson Peete\u00a0was priceless.\u00a0 It was great to see them\u00a0together.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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During the pre-awards portion of the show,\u00a0 Holly won the Outstanding Literary Work – Children’ award for My Brother Charlie <\/em>co-written with her daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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And of course Wanye Brady was a constant entertainer all evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The show honored some very talented individuals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tyler Perry<\/strong> had a big night\u00a0racking up awards for Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Director in a Motion Picture for the film For Colored Girls<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Terry McMillan<\/strong> won in the Best Literary Work – Fiction category for Getting to Happy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Regina King<\/strong> won Best Actress in a Drama Series for “Southland.”<\/p>\n

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The Best Writing in a Drama Series award went to Shonda Rhimes<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sofia Vergara <\/strong>won\u00a0Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on “Modern Family.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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LL Cool J<\/strong>\u00a0was awarded the Best Actor in a Drama Series award for his work on “NCIS: Los Angeles.”<\/p>\n

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For her work in For Colored Girls, <\/em>Kimberly Elise<\/strong>\u00a0won Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.
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Prince\u00a0<\/strong>presented the award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture to Halle Berry.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Halle won for her role in Frankie & Alice<\/em>. The movie\u00a0also won for outstanding independent film.<\/p>\n

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Colin Powell<\/strong> was presented\u00a0the President’s Award.<\/p>\n

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And during the show, a who’ who in Hollywood appeared on stage.<\/p>\n

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Cicely Tyson<\/strong> and Vanessa L. Williams<\/strong> both looked stunning.<\/p>\n

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Fab twins Tia<\/strong> and Tamera<\/strong> appeared on stage baring the smiles we have all loved for years.<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Bratt<\/strong> and Viola Davis<\/strong> were presenters.<\/p>\n

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Blair Underwood <\/strong>made the audience swoon when he walked on stage.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Kerry Washington<\/strong> and Anthony Mackie<\/strong> were among the\u00a0presenters.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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And Anika Noni Rose <\/strong>and\u00a0Jason Derulo<\/strong> were presenters.<\/p>\n

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And the\u00a0fabulous Angela Bassett<\/strong> looked amazing.<\/p>\n

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Tyler Perry posed with actress Kerry Washington <\/strong>who starred in his For Colored Girls<\/em> film.<\/p>\n

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Halle Berry looked fabulous in Pucci.<\/p>\n

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It looks like Tyler Perry asked someone for\u00a0silence so he could listen to the show.<\/p>\n

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And Mary Mary<\/strong> caught the spirit while on stage.<\/p>\n

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Below<\/a> is a complete list of winners:<\/p>\n

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\nTELEVISION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nComedy Series<\/u><\/p>\n

30 Rock (NBC)<\/p>\n

Are We There Yet? (TBS)<\/p>\n

Glee (FOX)<\/p>\n

Modern Family (ABC)<\/p>\n

Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nActor in a Comedy Series<\/u><\/p>\n

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David Mann \u2013 Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (TBS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dule Hill \u2013 Psych (USA)<\/p>\n

LaVan Davis \u2013 Tyler Perry’s House of Payne(TBS)<\/p>\n

Phil Morris \u2013 Love That Girl! (TV One)<\/p>\n

Terry Crews \u2013 Are We There Yet?”(TBS)<\/p>\n

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\nActress in a Comedy Series<\/u><\/p>\n

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Cassi Davis \u2013 Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS)<\/p>\n

Essence Atkins \u2013 Are We There Yet? (TBS)<\/p>\n

Salli Richardson-Whitfield \u2013 Eureka (Syfy)<\/p>\n

Tatyana Ali \u2013 Love That Girl! (TV One)<\/p>\n

Vanessa L. Williams \u2013 Desperate Housewives (ABC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nSupporting Actor in a Comedy Series<\/u><\/p>\n

Craig Robinson – The Office (NBC)
Ice Cube – Are We There Yet? (TBS)<\/strong>
Lamman Rucker – Meet the Browns (TBS)
Lance Gross – Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS)
Tracy Morgan – 30 Rock (NBC)<\/p>\n

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series<\/u><\/p>\n

Amber Riley – Glee (FOX)
Anna Deavere Smith – Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Keshia Knight Pulliam – Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS)
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family (ABC)<\/strong>
Viola Davis – United States of Tara (Showtime)<\/p>\n

Drama Series<\/u><\/p>\n

Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)<\/strong>
HawthoRNe (TNT)
Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit (NBC)
Treme (HBO)<\/p>\n

Actor in a Drama Series<\/u><\/p>\n

Anthony Anderson – Law & Order (NBC)
Blair Underwood – The Event (NBC)
Hill Harper – CSI: NY (CBS)
Laurence Fishburne – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)
LL Cool J – NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actress in a Drama Series<\/u><\/p>\n

Chandra Wilson – Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Gu-Gu Mbatha-Raw – Undercovers (NBC)
Jada Pinkett-Smith – HawthoRNe (TNT)
Regina King – Southland (TNT)<\/strong>
Wendy Davis – Army Wives (Lifetime)<\/p>\n

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series<\/u><\/p>\n

Andre Braughner – Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
Giancarlo Esposito – Breaking Bad (AMC)
James Pickens, Jr. – Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Nelsan Ellis – True Blood (HBO)
Terrence Howard – Law & Order: Los Angeles (NBC) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series<\/u><\/p>\n

Alfre Woodard – Memphis Beat (TNT)
Sandra Oh – Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Sara Ramirez – Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
S. Epatha Merkerson – Law & Order (NBC)<\/strong>
Vanessa Bell Calloway – HawthoRNe (TNT)<\/p>\n

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Television Movie – Miniseries or Dramatic Special<\/u><\/p>\n

America: The Story of Us (Part 4) (History)<\/p>\n

Filling the Gap (PBS)<\/p>\n

Luther (BBC America)<\/p>\n

Sins of the Mother (Lifetime Movie Network) <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Wronged Man (Lifetime Movie Network)<\/p>\n

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Actor in a Television Movie – Miniseries or Dramatic Special<\/u><\/p>\n

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Benito Martinez \u2013 Lies in Plain Sight (Lifetime Movie Network)<\/p>\n

Idris Elba \u2013 Luther (BBC America)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jon Seda \u2013 The Pacific (HBO)<\/p>\n

Mahershalalhashbaz Ali \u2013 The Wronged Man (Lifetime Movie Network)<\/p>\n

Michael Jai White \u2013 One Angry Juror (Lifetime Movie Network)<\/p>\n

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Actress in a Television Movie – Mini-Series or Dramatic Special<\/u><\/p>\n

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Jill Scott \u2013 Sins of the Mother (Lifetime Movie Network)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucy Liu \u2013 Marry Me (Lifetime Movie Network)<\/p>\n

Rosie Perez \u2013 Lies in Plain Sight (Lifetime Movie Network)<\/p>\n

Tamera Mowry \u2013 Double Wedding (Lifetime Movie Network)<\/p>\n

Tia Mowry \u2013 Double Wedding (Lifetime Movie Network)<\/p>\n

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Actor in a Daytime Drama Series<\/u><\/p>\n

\nAaron D. Spears – The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
\nCornelius Smith, Jr. – All My Children (ABC)
\nDarnell Williams – All My Children (ABC)
Rodney Saulsberry – The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Actress in a Daytime Drama Series<\/u><\/p>\n

Debbi Morgan – All My Children (ABC)
Julia Pace Mitchell – The Young and the Restless (CBS)
Tatyana Ali – The Young and the Restless (CBS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tonya Lee Williams – The Young and the Restless (CBS)
\nYvette Freeman – The Bold and Beautiful (CBS)<\/p>\n

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News\/Information – Series or Special<\/u><\/p>\n

A Conversation with President Obama – (BET, CMT, MTV)
Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
The Judge Mathis Show (Syndicated)
Unsung (TV One)<\/strong>
Washington Watch with Roland Martin (TV One)<\/p>\n

Talk Series<\/u><\/p>\n

Conversations with Ed Gordon (BET Networks)
Larry King Live (CNN)
The Mo’Nique Show (BET Networks)
The View (ABC)<\/strong>
TV One on One with Cathy Hughes (TV One)<\/p>\n

Reality Series<\/u><\/p>\n

American Idol (FOX)
America’s Next Top Model (The CW)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
Sunday Best (BET Networks)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Variety – Series or Special<\/u><\/p>\n

2010 Best Honors (BET Networks)
Beyonce: I AM…WORLD TOUR (ABC)
Black Girls Rock! (BET Networks)
TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival (TV One)
UNCF An Evening of Stars Tribute to Lionel Richie (Syndicated) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Children’s Program<\/u><\/p>\n

Brave New Voices 2010 (HBO)
Dora the Explorer (Nickelodeon)
The Backyardigans (Nickelodeon)
True Jackson, VP (Nickelodeon)<\/strong>
Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)<\/p>\n

Performance in Youth\/Children’s Program – Series or Special<\/u><\/p>\n

KeKe Palmer – True Jackson, VP (Nickelodeon)<\/strong>
Lance Robertson – Yo Gabba Gabba: Baby (Nickelodeon)
Nick Cannon – TeenNick Halo Awards 2010 (TeenNick)
Selena Gomez – Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
Victoria Justice – Victorious (Nickelodeon)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\nRECORDING<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New Artist<\/u><\/p>\n

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B.o.B (Rebel Rock\/Grand Hustle\/Atlantic)<\/p>\n

Bruno Mars (Elektra Records)<\/p>\n

Jason Derulo (Warner Bros. Records)<\/p>\n

Nicki Minaj (Young Money\/Cash Money\/Universal Motown)<\/p>\n

Willow (Roc Nation\/Columbia Records)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Male Artist<\/u><\/p>\n

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Cee Lo Green (Elektra Records)<\/p>\n

Jay-Z (Roc Nation\/Def Jam)<\/p>\n

Kanye West (Island Def Jam Music Group)<\/p>\n

Ne-Yo (Island Def Jam Music Group)<\/p>\n

Usher (Laface\/Jive Records)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Female Artist<\/u><\/p>\n

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Chrisette Michele (Island Def Jam Music Group)<\/p>\n

Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol Records)<\/p>\n

Mary J. Blige (Geffen Records\/Matriarch)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rihanna (Island Def Jam Music Group)<\/p>\n

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Sade (Epic Records)
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\nDuo, Group, or Collaboration<\/u><\/p>\n

Diddy-Dirty Money (Bad Boy\/Interscope)
Eminem & Rihanna (Shady\/Aftermath\/Interscope)
Herbie Hancock feat. India Arie, Chaka Khan and others (Hancock Music)
John Legend and The Roots (Columbia Records)<\/strong>
The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope)
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\nJazz Album<\/u><\/p>\n

Dee Dee Bridgewater Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love from Dee Dee – Dee Dee Bridgwater (EmArcy\/Decca Label Group\/DDB Records)
From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf: Live in Marciac – The Wynton Marsalis Quintet & Richard (The Orchard)<\/strong>
Geri Allen & Timeline Live – Geri Allen & Timeline Live (Motema Music)
The Imagine Project – Herbie Hancock (Hancock Music)
VOCAbuLarieS – Bobby McFerrin (Universal Music Group\/Decca\/Emarcy)
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\nGospel Album – Traditional or Contemporary<\/u><\/p>\n

Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter III – Kirk Whalum (Rendezvous Music\/Mack Avenue Records)
Here I Am – Marvin Sapp (Verity Gospel Music Group)
Just Love Deluxe – Brian Courtney Wilson (Music World Gospel)
Master Plan – Tamela Mann (TillyMann)
You Are Not Alone – Marvin Sapp (ANTI Records)<\/strong>
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\nWorld Music Album <\/u><\/p>\n

Hymns for Rebel Soul – Rocky Dawuni (Aquarian Records)
Oyo – Angelique Kidjo (Razor & Tie)
The Imagine Project – Herbie Hancock (Hancock Music)
The Sound of Sunshine – Michael Franti (EMI Music)
VOCAbuLarieS – Bobby McFerrin (Universal Music Group\/Decca\/Emarcy)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Music Video<\/u><\/p>\n

Fistful of Tears – Maxwell (Columbia Records)
Solider of Love – Sade (Epic Records)
Un-thinkable (I’m Ready) – Alicia Keys (J Records)<\/strong>
Whip My Hair – Willow (Roc Nation\/Columbia Records)
Why Don’t You Love Me – Beyonce Knowles (Columbia Records)<\/p>\n

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Song<\/u><\/p>\n

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Bittersweet \u2013 Fantasia (J Records)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fistful of Tears \u2013 Maxwell (Columbia Records)<\/p>\n

Forget You \u2013 Cee-Lo Green (Elektra Records)<\/p>\n

Soldier of Love \u2013 Sade (Epic Records)<\/p>\n

Un-thinkable (I’m Ready) \u2013 Alicia Keys (J Records)<\/p>\n

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Album<\/u><\/p>\n

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy \u2013 Kanye West (Island Def Jam Music Group)<\/p>\n

Now and Then \u2013 Smokey Robinson (Saguaro Road\/Cracker Barrel\/Robso Records)<\/p>\n

Raymond vs. Raymond \u2013 Usher (Laface\/Jive Records)<\/p>\n

Soldier of Love \u2013 Sade (Epic Records)<\/p>\n

WakeUp! \u2013 John Legend and The Roots (Columbia Records)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LITERATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Literary Work – Fiction<\/u><\/p>\n

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A Taste of Honey \u2013 Jabari Asim (Broadway Books)<\/p>\n

Getting to Happy \u2013 Terry McMillan (Penguin Group)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glorious \u2013 Bernice L. McFadden (Akashic Books)<\/p>\n

Till You Hear From Me \u2013 Pearl Cleage (Ballantine Books\/One World)<\/p>\n

Wench \u2013 Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Amistad)<\/p>\n

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Literary Work -Non-Fiction<\/u><\/p>\n

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Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority \u2013 Tom Burrell (SmileyBooks)<\/p>\n

Handson the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC \u2013 Editors: Faith S. Holsaert, Judy Richardson, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young, Dorothy M. Zellner (University of Illinois Press)<\/p>\n

Surviving and Thriving 365 Days in Black Economic History \u2013 Dr. Julianne Malveaux (Last Word Productions, Inc.)<\/p>\n

The History of White People \u2013 Nell Irvin Painter (W.W. Norton & Company)<\/p>\n

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness \u2013 Michelle Alexander (The New Press)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>Literary Work – Debut Author<\/u><\/p>\n

Wench – Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Amistad)
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky – Heidi Durrow (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration – Isabel Wilkerson (Random House)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Beneath the Lion’s Gaze – Maaza Mengiste (W.W. Norton & Company)
Forest Gate – Peter Akinti (Free Press\/Simon & Schuster)<\/p>\n

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Literary Work – Biography\/Auto-Biography<\/u><\/p>\n

Conversations with Myself – Ruth Hobday, Nelson Mandela (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Decoded – Jay-Z (Spiegel & Gran, a Division of Random House)
Extraordinary, Ordinary People – Condoleezza Rice (Crown Archetype)
I’m Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen – My Journey Home – Shoshana Johnson, Mary Doyle (Touchstone, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster)
You Don’t Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles – Ray Charles Robinson, Jr. (Crown)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Literary Work – Instructional<\/u><\/p>\n

A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life – Antwone Fisher (Touchstone, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster)<\/strong>
Diet-Free For Life: A Revolutionary Food, Fitness, and Mindset Makeover to Maximize Fat Loss – Robert Ferguson (Penguin Group USA, Perigee Hardcover)
If it Takes A Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too – Malaak Compton-Rock (Crown Archetype)
The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life’s Storms – Kirk Franklin (Gotham Books)
The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women – Elaine Meryl Brown, Rhonda McLean, Marsha Haygood (Ballantine Books\/One World)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Literary Work – Poetry<\/u><\/p>\n

100 Best African-American Poems – Nikki Giovanni (Sourcebooks MediaFusion)<\/strong>
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing – Alice Walker (Author), Shiloh McCloud (Illustrator) (New World Library)
Holding Company – Major Jackson (W.W. Norton & Company)
Stuck On the Marrow – Camille T. Dungy (Red Hen Press)
White Egrets – Derek Walcott (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
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\nLiterary Work – Children<\/u><\/p>\n

Grandma’s Gift – Eric Velasquez (Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books)
Mama Miti: Wangai Maathai and the Tree of Kenya – Donna Jo Napoli (Author), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) (Paul Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
My Brother Charlie – Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete (Authors) , Shane W. Evans (Illustrator) (Scholastic Press)<\/strong>
Side By Side\/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez – Monica Brown (Author), Joe Cepada (Illustrator) (Harper Collins Children’s Books)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Literary Work – Youth\/Teens<\/u><\/p>\n

Condoleezza Rice A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me – Condoleezza Rice (Random House Children’s Books)<\/strong>
Lockdown – Walter Dean Myers (Harper Collins Children’s Books)
Malcolm X: I Believe in the Brotherhood of Men, All Men – Jeff Burlingame (Enslow Publishers, Inc.)
Out of My Mind – Sharon Draper (Atheneum Young Reader)
One Crazy Summer – Rita Williams-Garcia (Harper Collins Children’s Books)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nMOTION PICTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Motion Picture<\/u><\/p>\n

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For Colored Girls (Lionsgate\/34th Street Films)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just Wright (Fox Searchlight Pictures)<\/p>\n

The Book of Eli (Warner Bros. Pictures)<\/p>\n

The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)<\/p>\n

Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? (Lionsgate)<\/p>\n

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Actor in a Motion Picture<\/u><\/p>\n

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Anthony Mackie \u2013 Night Catches Us (Magnolia Pictures)<\/p>\n

Common \u2013 Just Wright (Fox Searchlight Pictures)<\/p>\n

Denzel Washington \u2013 The Book of Eli (Warner Bros. Pictures)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaden Smith \u2013 The Karate Kid (Columbia Pictures)<\/p>\n

Morgan Freeman \u2013 Red (Summit Entertainment)<\/p>\n

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Actress in a Motion Picture<\/u><\/p>\n

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Halle Berry \u2013 Frankie & Alice (Freestyle Releasing)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janet Jackson \u2013 Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? (Lionsgate)<\/p>\n

Kerry Washington \u2013 Night Catches Us (Magnolia Pictures)<\/p>\n

Queen Latifah \u2013 Just Wright (Fox Searchlight Pictures)<\/p>\n

Zoe Saldana \u2013 The Losers (Warner Bros. Pictures)<\/p>\n

Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture <\/u><\/p>\n

Don Cheale – Brooklyn’s Finest (Overture Films)
Idris Elba – Takers (Screen Gems)
Justin Timberlake – The Social Network (Columbia Pictures)
Michael Ealy – For Colored Girls (Lionsgate\/34th Street Films)
Samuel L. Jackson – Mother and Child (Sony Picture Classics)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nSupporting Actress in a Motion Picture <\/u><\/p>\n

Anika Noni Rose – For Colored Girls (Lionsgate\/34th Street Films)
Kimberly Elise – For Colored Girls (Lionsgate\/34th Street Films)<\/strong>
Phylicia Rashad – For Colored Girls (Lionsgate\/34th Street Films)
Jill Scott – Why Did I Get Married Too? (Lionsgate)
Whoopi Goldberg – For Colored Girls (Lionsgate\/34th Street Films)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Independent Motion Picture<\/u><\/p>\n

Conviction (Fox Searchlight Pictures
Frankie & Alice (Freestyle Releasing)<\/strong>
La Mission (Screen Media Ventures)
Mother and Child (Sony Pictures Classics)
Night Catches Us (Magnolia Pictures)<\/p>\n

Foreign Motion Picture<\/u><\/p>\n

A Barefoot Dream (Showbox\/Mediaplex)
Biutiful (Roadside Atrtractions)<\/strong>
Four Lions (Drafthouse Films)
Mother (Magnolia Pictures)
Outside the Law (Tessalit Productions)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\nDocumentary – Theatrical or Television<\/u><\/p>\n

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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots (PBS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (Metaphor Films)<\/p>\n

If God is Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise (HBO)<\/p>\n

Waiting for Superman (Paramount Vantage)<\/p>\n

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (POV)<\/p>\n

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WRITING<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Writing in a Comedy Series<\/u><\/p>\n

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Aaron McGruder \u2013 The Boondocks -The Fund-Raiser (Cartoon Network)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daniel Chun \u2013 The Office – Nepotism (NBC)<\/p>\n

Kenny Smith \u2013 Pair of Kings – Where the Wild Kings Are (Disney XD)<\/p>\n

Myra J. \u2013 Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns – Meet the Racist (TBS)<\/p>\n

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Vali Chandrasekaran \u2013 30 Rock – Khonani (NBC)<\/p>\n

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Writing in a Drama Series<\/u><\/p>\n

Alexander Woo – True Blood – “It Hurts Me Too” (HBO)
Janine Sherman Barrois – Criminal Minds – “Remembrance of Things Past (CBS)
Judith McCreary – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – “Disabled” (NBC)
Leyani Diaz, Venessa Rojas – The Event – “Loyalty” (NBC)
Shonda Rhimes – Private Practice – “Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?” (ABC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)<\/u><\/p>\n

Cheryl Edwards, Marko King, Mary King, Jonathan Walters, Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse – Frankie & Alice (Freestyle Releasing)
Michael C. Martin – Brooklyn’s Finest (Overture Films)
Michael Elliot – Just Wright (Fox Searchlight Pictures)<\/strong>
Rodrigo Garcia – Mother and Child (Sony Pictures Classics)
Tyler Perry – Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? (Lionsgate)<\/p>\n

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Directing in a Comedy Series<\/u><\/p>\n

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Joe Morton \u2013 Eureka -Stoned (Syfy)<\/p>\n

Justin Lin \u2013 Community – Modern Warfare (NBC)<\/p>\n
Ken Whittingham \u2013 30 Rock -Anna Howard Shaw Day (NBC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kevin Rodney Sullivan \u2013 Modern Family -Game Changer (ABC)<\/p>\n

Michael Schultz \u2013 Chuck” -Chuck vs. “The Couch Lock (NBC)<\/p>\n
\nDirecting in a Drama Series <\/u><\/p>\n

Felix Acala – Southland – “What Makes Sammy Run” (TNT)
Millicent Shelton – Men of a Certain Age – “Go with the Flow” (TNT)<\/strong>
Paris Barclay – In Treatment – “Sunil: Week 6” (HBO)
Seith Mann – Friday Night Lights – “Injury List” (DirecTV\/NBC)
Stephen L. Williams – Undercovers – “Instructions” (NBC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Directing in a Motion Picture -Theatrical or Television<\/u><\/p>\n

Geoffrey Sax – Frankie & Alice (Freestyle Releasing)
George Tillman, Jr. – Faster (CBS Films)
Tanya Hamilton – Night Catches Us (Magnolia Pictures)
The Hughes Brothers – The Book of Eli (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Tyler Perry – For Colored Girls (Lionsgate\/34th Street Films)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Photos via WireImage\/Caulfield<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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