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Thursday, February 2, 2017

48th Image Award Nominations - Literary Categories

Sunday, July 24, 2016

2016 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards Announced - Complete Winners List

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, also simply know as the “Eisner Awards,” are awards annually given for creative achievement in American comic books. The awards are named for pioneering comic book writer, artist, and publisher, Will Eisner. Some consider the Eisner Awards to be the preeminent awards that honor American comic books, even referring to the awards as “the Oscars of comic books” (which is so obviously ridiculous).

The Eisner Awards also include the Comic Industry's Hall of Fame. The Eisner Awards are associated with the annual Comic-Con International convention held in San Diego, California, in July. The Eisner Awards have been given annually since 1988, with the exception of 1990.

The 2016 Eisner Award nominations were announced Tuesday, April 19, 2016. They winners were revealed Friday, July 22, 2016 at a gala ceremony held during San Diego Comic-Con International 2016.

2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Winners:

Best Continuing Series: Southern Bastards, by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour (Image)

Best Limited Series: The Fade Out, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

Best New Series: Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image)

Best Writer: Jason Aaron, Southern Bastards (Image), Men of Wrath (Marvel Icon), Doctor Strange, Star Wars, Thor (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist: Bill Griffith, Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls (Image)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)

Best Cover Artist: David Aja, Hawkeye, Karnak, Scarlet Witch (Marvel)

Best Coloring: Jordie Bellaire, The Autumnlands, Injection, Plutona, Pretty Deadly, The Surface, They’re Not Like Us, Zero (Image); The X-Files (IDW); The Massive (Dark Horse); Magneto, Vision (Marvel)

Best Lettering: Derf Backderf, Trashed (Abrams)

Best Short Story: “Killing and Dying,” by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #14 (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot: Silver Surfer #11: “Never After,” by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8): Little Robot, by Ben Hatke (First Second)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12): Over the Garden Wall, by Pat McHale, Amalia Levari, and Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios/KaBOOM!)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17): SuperMutant Magic Academy, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Humor Publication: Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Digital/Webcomic: Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)

Best Anthology:Drawn & Quarterly, Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary, Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, edited by Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Reality-Based Work: March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Graphic Album—New: Ruins, by Peter Kuper (SelfMadeHero)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint: Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson (Harper Teen)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium: Two Brothers, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material: The Realist, by Asaf Hanuka (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia: Showa, 1953–1989: A History of Japan, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tales, edited by Craig Yoe (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)

Best Comics-Related Book: Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America, by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work: The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art, edited by Frances Gateward and John Jennings (Rutgers)

Best Publication Design: The Sandman Gallery Edition, designed by Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios (Graphitti Designs/DC)

Hall of Fame:
Judges’ Choices: Carl Burgos, Tove Jansson
Voters’ Choices: Lynda Barry, Rube Goldberg, Matt Groening, Jacques Tardi

Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Dan Mora

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Matthew Inman

Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing: Richard E. Hughes, Elliot S! Maggin

Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Orbital Comics and Games, London, UK

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Sunday, February 7, 2016

2016 Image Award Winners Announced; Michael B. Jordan is "Entertainer of the Year"

The NAACP Image Award an award bestowed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The award honors outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music, and literature. The awards are voted on by members of the NAACP.

The NAACP announced the winners of its 47th annual Image Awards, which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), Directing (for film and television), and Animated/CGI (for film and television). Winners were announced Friday, February 5, 2016 during a ceremony airing live on TV One.

2016 / 47th NAACP Image Awards winners:

Entertainer of the Year: Michael B. Jordan

President’s Award: John Legend

Motion Picture Categories

Outstanding Motion Picture
Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Michael B. Jordan – Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Sanaa Lathan – The Perfect Guy (Screen Gems)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
O’Shea Jackson Jr. – Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Phylicia Rashad – Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)

Television Categories

Outstanding Drama Series
Empire (Fox)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Terrence Howard – Empire (Fox)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Taraji P. Henson – Empire (Fox)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Joe Morton – Scandal (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Regina King – American Crime (ABC)

Outstanding Comedy Series
black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson – black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross – black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Mike Epps – Survivor’s Remorse (Starz)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Marsai Martin – black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Miniseries, or Dramatic Special
The Wiz Live! (NBC)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Miniseries, or Dramatic Special
David Alan Grier – The Wiz Live! (NBC)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Miniseries, or Dramatic Special
Queen Latifah – Bessie (HBO)

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

Outstanding Talk Series
The Talk (CBS)

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series
Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s (OWN)

Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
Family Feud (Syndicated)

Outstanding Children’s Program
Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Miniseries)
Marcus Scribner – black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety Program (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Steve Harvey – Family Feud (Syndicated)

Documentary Categories

Outstanding Documentary – (Film)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (PBS Distribution/Firelight Films)

Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champ (BET)

Writing Categories

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Kenya M. Barris – black-ish – “The Word” (ABC)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Mara Brack Ali, Jameal Turner, Keli Goff – Being Mary Jane – “Sparrow” (BET)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Lawrence Hill, Clement Virgo – The Book of Negroes (BET)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)
Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington – Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

Directing Categories

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Don Cheadle – House of Lies – “The Urge to Save Humanity Is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule” (Showtime)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
John Ridley – American Crime – “Episode 1″ (ABC)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Dee Rees – Bessie (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)
Ryan Coogler – Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

Animated or Computer-Generated Image (CGI) Category

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film)
Loretta Devine – Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior)

Recording Categories

Outstanding New Artist
Jussie Smollett (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Male Artist
Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Female Artist
Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
“Conqueror” – Empire Cast feat. Estelle & Jussie Smollett (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album
Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol.4 – Miles Davis (Columbia Legacy Recordings)

Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary)
It’s Personal – Tina Campbell (Gee Tree Creative)

Outstanding Music Video
“Shame” – Tyrese Gibson (Voltron Recordz)

Outstanding Song – Traditional
“Back Together – Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Album
Woman – Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Song – Contemporary
“You’re So Beautiful” – Empire Cast feat. Jussie Smollett & Yazz (Columbia Records)

Literature Categories

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
Stand Your Ground – Victoria Christopher Murrary(Touchstone)

Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga – Pamela Newkirk (HarperCollins/Amistad)

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
The Fishermen – Chigozie Obioma (Little, Brown & Company)

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
Between The World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates (Speigel & Grau)

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family – Alice Randall, Caroline Randall Williams (Clarkson Potter)

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
How to Be Drawn – Terrance Hayes (Penguin Books/ Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Children
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America – Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), Jamey Christoph (Illustrator) (Albert Whitman & Company)

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
X: A Novel – Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekia Magoon(Candlewick Press)

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Monday, February 1, 2016

2016 Image Award Nominations - Television and Motion Picture Categories

The NAACP Image Award an award bestowed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The award honors outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music, and literature. The awards are voted on by members of the NAACP.

The NAACP announced nominees for its 47th annual Image Awards, which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), Directing (for film and television), and Animated/CGI (for film and television). Winners will be announced February 5, 2016 during a ceremony airing live on TV One.

2016 / 47th NAACP Image Awards nominees - Television, Motion Picture, and Animation Categories:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Michael B. Jordan
Misty Copeland
Pharrell Williams
Shonda Rhimes
Viola Davis

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series
“black-ish” (ABC)
“House of Lies” (Showtime)
“Key & Peele” (Comedy Central)
“Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)
“Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX)
Anthony Anderson – “black-ish” (ABC)
Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” (Showtime)
Dwayne Johnson – “Ballers” (HBO)
RonReaco Lee – “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Gina Rodriguez – “Jane The Virgin” (The CW)
Loretta Devine – “The Carmichael Show” (NBC)
Tracee Ellis Ross – “black-ish” (ABC)
Uzo Aduba – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)
Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (BET)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
David Alan Grier – “The Carmichael Show” (NBC)
Laurence Fishburne – “black-ish” (ABC)
Mike Epps – “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz)
Miles Brown – “black-ish” (ABC)
Terry Crews – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Anna Deavere Smith – “Nurse Jackie” (Showtime)
Danielle Brooks – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)
Laverne Cox – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)
Marsai Martin – “black-ish” (ABC)
Tichina Arnold – “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz)

Outstanding Drama Series
“Being Mary Jane” (BET)
“Empire” (FOX)
“How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
“Power” (Starz)
“Scandal” (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
LL Cool J – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS)
Morris Chestnut – “Rosewood” (FOX)
Omari Hardwick – “Power” (Starz)
Terrence Howard – “Empire” (FOX)
Wesley Snipes – “The Player” (NBC)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Gabrielle Union – “Being Mary Jane” (BET)
Kerry Washington – “Scandal” (ABC)
Nicole Beharie – “Sleepy Hollow” (FOX)
Taraji P. Henson – “Empire” (FOX)
Viola Davis – “How to Get Away With Murder” (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Alfred Enoch – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
Bryshere Y. Gray – “Empire” (FOX)
Guillermo Diaz – “Scandal” (ABC)
Joe Morton – “Scandal” (ABC)
Jussie Smollett – “Empire” (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Cicely Tyson – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
Danai Gurira – “The Walking Dead” (AMC)
Grace Gealey – “Empire” (FOX)
Naturi Naughton – “Power” (Starz)
Regina King – “American Crime” (ABC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
“American Crime” (ABC)
“Bessie” (HBO)
“Luther” (BBC America)
“The Book of Negroes” (BET)
“The Wiz Live!” (NBC)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Cuba Gooding, Jr. – “The Book of Negroes” (BET)
David Alan Grier – “The Wiz Live!” (NBC)
David Oyelowo – “Nightingale” (HBO)
Idris Elba – “Luther” (BBC America)
Michael Kenneth Williams – “Bessie” (HBO)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Angela Bassett – “American Horror Story: Hotel” (FX Networks)
Aunjanue Ellis – “The Book of Negroes” (BET)
Jill Scott – “With this Ring” (Lifetime)
LaTonya Richardson Jackson – “Show Me a Hero” (HBO)
Queen Latifah – “Bessie” (HBO)

Outstanding News/ Information – (Series or Special)
“Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm” (ABC)
“News One Now” (TV One)
“Oprah Prime: Celebrating Dr. King and the Selma Marches 50 Years Later” (OWN)
“Oprah: Where Are They Now?- Civil Rights Special” (OWN)
“Unsung” (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series
“Melissa Harris-Perry” (MSNBC)
“Steve Harvey” (Syndicated)
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
“The Talk” (CBS)
“The Wendy Williams Show” (Syndicated)

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series
“Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
“Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN)
“Shark Tank” (ABC)
“The Voice” (NBC)
“Welcome to Sweetie Pies” (OWN)

Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
“Black Girls Rock!” (BET)
“Family Feud” (Syndicated)
“Oprahs Master Class” (OWN)
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
“The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Children’s Program
“Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
“Dora and Friends” (Nickelodeon)
“K.C. Undercover” (Disney Channel)
“Little Ballers” (Nickelodeon)
“Project MC2” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Mini-series)
Hudson Yang – “Fresh Off The Boat” (ABC)
Marcus Scribner – “black-ish” (ABC)
Marsai Martin – “black-ish” (ABC)
Miles Brown – “black-ish” (ABC)
Skai Jackson – “Jessie” (Disney Channel)

Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or
“Family Feud” – Steve Harvey (Syndicated)
“Melissa Harris-Perry” – Melissa Harris-Perry (MSNBC)
“Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel ” – Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” – Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
“The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” – Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
“August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand” (PBS)
“Belief” (OWN)
“Kareem: Minority of One” (HBO)
“Light Girls” (OWN)
“Muhammad Ali: The Peoples Champ” (BET)

ANIMATED/CGI

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film)
Aisha Tyler – “Archer” (FX Networks)
Audra McDonald – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
Jeffrey Wright – “The Good Dinosaur” (Disney/Pixar)
Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Channel)
Wanda Sykes – “Penn Zero” (Disney XD)

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture
“Beasts of No Nation” (Netflix)
“Concussion” (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
“Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
“Dope” (Open Road Films)
“Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Abraham Attah – “Beasts of No Nation” (Netflix)
Chiwetel Ejiofor – “Secret in Their Eyes” (STX Entertainment)
Michael B. Jordan – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Michael Ealy – “The Perfect Guy” (Screen Gems)
Will Smith – “Concussion” (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Lauren ‘Keke’ Palmer – “Brotherly Love” (Flavor Unit)
Sanaa Lathan – “The Perfect Guy” (Screen Gems)
Teyonah Parris – “Chi-Raq” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
Viola Davis – “Lila and Eve” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Zoe Saldana – “Infinitely Polar Bear” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Chiwetel Ejiofor – “The Martian” (20th Century Fox)
Corey Hawkins – “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)
Forest Whitaker – “Southpaw” (The Weinstein Company)
Idris Elba – “Beasts of No Nation” (Netflix)
O’Shea Jackson, Jr. – “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Angela Bassett – “Chi-Raq” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Concussion” (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Jennifer Hudson – “Chi-Raq” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
Phylicia Rashad – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Tessa Thompson – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
“Beasts of No Nation” (Netflix)
“Brotherly Love” (Flavor Unit)
“Chi-Raq” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
“Infinitely Polar Bear” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Secret in Their Eyes” (STX Entertainment)

Outstanding Documentary – (Film)
“Amy” (A24)
“Dreamcatcher” (Rise Films, Green Acres Films & Vixen Films in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundation)
“In My Fathers House” (Break Thru Films)
“The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” (PBS Distribution/Firelight Films)
“What Happened, Miss Simone?” (A Radical Media Production in Association with Moxie Firecracker for Netflix)

Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
“August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand” (PBS)
“Belief” (OWN)
“Kareem: Minority of One” (HBO)
“Light Girls” (OWN)
“Muhammad Ali: The Peoples Champ” (BET)

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2016 Image Awards Nominations - Writing and Directing Categories

Alan Yang, Aziz Ansari – “Master of None” – Parents (Netflix)
Jennie Snyder Urman – “Jane The Virgin” – Chapter Twenty-Three (The CW)
Jill Soloway – “Transparent” – Kina Hora (Amazon Video)
Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Rebecca Drysdale, Colton Dunn, Phil Augusta Jackson, Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders, Rich Talarico – “Key & Peele” – Y’all Ready For This? (Comedy Central)
Kenya M. Barris – “black-ish” – The Word (ABC)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

Erika Green Swafford, Doug Stockstill – “How to Get Away with Murder” – Mama’s Here Now (ABC)
John Ridley – “American Crime” – Episode 1 (ABC)
LaToya Morgan – “TURN: Washingtons Spies” – False Flag (AMC)
Lee Daniels, Danny Strong – “Empire” – Pilot (FOX)
Mara Brock Akil, Jameal Turner, Keli Goff – “Being Mary Jane” – Sparrow (BET)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Television)
Dee Rees – “Bessie” (HBO)
Lawrence Hill, Clement Virgo – “The Book of Negroes” (BET)
Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein – “White Water” (TV One)
Nzingha Stewart – “With this Ring” (Lifetime)
Shem Bitterman – “Whitney” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)

Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman – “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)
Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois, Grant Thompson – “McFarland USA” (Walt Disney Pictures)
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – “Inside Out” (Disney/Pixar)
Rick Famuyiwa – “Dope” (Open Road Films)
Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

DIRECTING

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Aziz Ansari – “Master of None” – Parents (Netflix)
Brad Silberling – “Jane The Virgin” – Chapter Twenty-Three (The CW)
Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” – The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule (Showtime)
Peter Atencio – “Key & Peele” – The End (Comedy Central)
Stan Lathan – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” – Cabin Pressure (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Ernest Dickerson – “Hand of God” – Welcome the Stranger (Amazon Video)
John Ridley – “American Crime” – Episode 1 (ABC)
Lee Daniels – “Empire” – Pilot (FOX)
Millicent Shelton – “American Crime” – Episode Ten (ABC)
Salim Akil – “Being Mary Jane” – Sparrow (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Christine Swanson – “For the Love of Ruth” (TV One)
Dee Rees – “Bessie” (HBO)
Nzingha Stewart – “With this Ring” (Lifetime)
Rusty Cundieff – “White Water” (TV One)
Salim Akil – “The Start Up” (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture – (Film)

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon – “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (Fox Searchlight Pictures / Rhode Island Ave)
Charles Stone, III – “Lila and Eve” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
F. Gary Gray – “Straight Outta Compton” (Universal Pictures)
Rick Famuyiwa – “Dope” (Open Road Films)
Ryan Coogler – “Creed” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

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2016 Image Awards Nominations - Literature and Recording Categories

The NAACP announced nominees for its 47th annual Image Awards, which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), Directing (for film and television), and Animated/CGI (for film and television). Winners will be announced February 5, 2016 during a ceremony airing live on TV One.

2016 / 47th NAACP Image Awards nominees - Literary and Music Recording categories:

LITERATURE
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
“Driving the King” – Ravi Howard (HarperCollins/Harper)
“Ghost Summer: Stories” – Tananarive Due (Prime Books)
“Mama’s Boy” – ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster)
“Stand Your Ground” – Victoria Christopher Murrary (Touchstone)
“Under the Udala Trees” – Chinelo Okparanta (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction

“50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership” – Kathey Porter (Author), Andrea Hoffman(Author), (Palgrave Macmillan)
“Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America” – Jill Leovy (Spiegel & Grau)
“SHOWDOWN: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America” – Wil Haygood (Alfred A. Knopf)
“Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga” – Pamela Newkirk (HarperCollins/Amistad)
“The Light of the World” – Elizabeth Alexander (Grand Central Publishing)

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

“Between The World and Me” – Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau)
“The Fishermen” – Chigozie Obioma (Little, Brown & Company)
“The Star Side of Bird Hill” – Naomi Jackson (Penguin Press)
“The Turner House” – Angela Flournoy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
“The Wind In The Reeds: A Storm, A Play And The City That Could Not Be Broken” – Wendell Pierce (Author), Rod Dreher (Author), (Riverhead Books)

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/ Auto-Biography

“After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye” – Jan Gaye (Author), David Ritz (With), (HarperCollins/Amistad)
“Between The World and Me” – Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau)
“One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York” – Arthur Browne (Beacon Press)
“Power Forward: My Presidential Education” – Reggie Love (Simon & Schuster)
“Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person” – Shonda Rhimes (Simon & Schuster)

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

“Big Words to Little Me: Tips and Advice for the Younger Self” – Sakina Ibrahim (Author), Jessie Lee (With), (Createspace (Self published))
“Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom” – Cortez R. Rainey (CreateSpace)
“Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories” – Jocelyn Delk Adams (Agate Surrey)
“Keep Calm… It’s Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide To Buying A Home” – Egypt Sherrod (Perseus/Running Press)
“Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family” – Alice Randall (Author), Caroline Randall Williams (Author), (Clarkson Potter)

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
“Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude” – Ross Gay (University of Pittsburgh Press)
“How to Be Drawn” – Terrance Hayes (Penguin Books / Penguin Random House)
“Reconnaissance” – Carl Phillips (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
“Redbone” – Mahogany L. Browne (Willow Books)
“Wild Hundreds” – Nate Marshall (University of Pittsburgh Press)

Outstanding Literary Work – Children

“Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts” – Nikki Grimes (Author), Michele Wood (Illustrator), (Orchard Books / Scholastic)
“Gordon Parks How the Photographer Captured Black and White America” – Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), Jamey Christoph (Illustrator), (Albert Whitman & Company)
“Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box” – Michael S. Bandy (Author), Eric Stein (Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator), (Candlewick Press)
“If You Plant a Seed” – Kadir Nelson (Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
“New Shoes” – Susan Lynn Meyer (Author), Eric Velasquez (Illustrator), (Holiday House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

“Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound” – Andrea Davis Pinkney (Roaring Brook Press)
“Stella By Starlight” – Sharon Draper (Simon & Schuster)
“Untwine” – Edwidge Danticat (Scholastic Press)
“X: A Novel” – Ilyasah Shabazz (Author), Kekla Magoon (With), (Candlewick Press)
“You Are Wonderfully Made: 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace” – Gwen Richardson (Author), Sylvia Daye Richardson (Author), (Cushcity Communications)

RECORDING

Outstanding New Artist
Andra Day (Warner Bros. Records)
Judith Hill (NPG Records)
Jussie Smollett (Columbia Records)
The Weeknd (Republic Records)
Yazz (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Male Artist
Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
Kendrick Lamar (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope)
Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records/iamOTHER)
The Weeknd (Republic Records)
Tyrese Gibson (Voltron Recordz)

Outstanding Female Artist
Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)
Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)
Lalah Hathaway (Hathaway Entertainment/Entertainment One)
Lauryn Hill (RCA Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

“Conqueror” – Empire Cast feat. Estelle & Jussie Smollett (Columbia Records)
“Hamilton: An American Musical” – Original Broadway Cast (Atlantic Records)
“No Sleeep” – Janet Jackson feat. J. Cole (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
“One Man Can Change The World” – Big Sean feat. Kanye West and John Legend (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings)
“Sound & Color” – Alabama Shakes (ATO Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album

“BrotherLEE Love: Celebrating Lee Morgan” – Terell Stafford Quintet (Capri Records)
“Dee Dee’s Feathers” – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (Okeh)
“Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4” – Miles Davis (Columbia/Legacy Recordings)
“The Complete Concert By The Sea” – Erroll Garner (Legacy Recordings/Octave Music Publishing Corporation)
The Epic” – Kamasi Washington (Brainfeeder)

Outstanding Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary)

“A Different Place” – Kim Burrell (Shanachie Entertainment)
“It’s Personal” – Tina Campbell (Gee Tree Creative)
“Losing My Religion” – Kirk Franklin (RCA Inspiration)
“The Gospel According To Jazz – Chapter IV” – Kirk Whalum (Mack Avenue Records, Rendezvous, Top Drawer Records)
“You Shall Live” – Marvin Sapp (RCA Inspiration)

Outstanding Music Video
“Can’t Feel My Face” – The Weeknd (Republic Records)
“Freedom” – Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records/iamOTHER)
“No Sleeep” – Janet Jackson feat. J. Cole (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
“Shame” – Tyrese Gibson (Voltron Recordz)
“Sound & Color” – Alabama Shakes (ATO Records)

Outstanding Song – Traditional
“Back Together” – Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)
“Everytime I’m With You” – Seal (Reprise Records)
“Feeling Good” – Lauryn Hill (RCA Records)
“Goodnight Kisses” – Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
“Let It Burn” – Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)

Outstanding Album
“Beauty Behind the Madness” – The Weeknd (Republic Records)
“Empire (Original Soundtrack from Season One)” – Empire Cast (Columbia Records)
“Forever Charlie” – Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
“Unbreakable” – Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
“Woman” – Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Song – Contemporary
“Conqueror” – Empire Cast feat. Estelle & Jussie Smollett (Columbia)
“Freedom” – Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records/iamOTHER)
“No Sleeep” – Janet Jackson feat. J. Cole (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
“Unbreakable” – Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
“You’re So Beautiful” – Empire Cast feat. Jussie Smollett & Yazz (Columbia Records)

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Saturday, February 7, 2015

"Selma," "black-ish" Dominate 2015 NAACP Image Awards - Complete Winners List

The NAACP Image Award is an award bestowed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The award honors outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music, and literature. The awards are voted on by members of the NAACP.

The nominations for the 46th NAACP Image Awards were announced with the categories divided into eight groups: Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), Directing (for film and television), and Animated/CGI (for film and television).

The 2015 NAACP Image Awards were presented Friday, February 6, 2015.

Entertainer of the Year: Taraji P. Henson

NAACP President’s Award: Spike Lee

2015 / 46TH NAACP Image Awards winners:

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series
• "black-ish" (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• Anthony Anderson - "'black-ish" (ABC)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• Laurence Fishburne - "black-ish" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Yara Shahidi - "black-ish" (ABC)

Outstanding Drama Series
• "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
• Shemar Moore - "Criminal Minds" (CBS)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
• Viola Davis - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Khandi Alexander - "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Blair Underwood - "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Cicely Tyson - "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)

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

Outstanding Talk Series
• "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)

Outstanding Reality Series
• "Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)

Outstanding Variety Series or Special
• "Oprah's Master Class" (OWN)

Outstanding Children’s Program
• "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth in a Youth/ Children’s Program - (Series or Special)
• Fatima Ptacek - "Dora and Friends: Into The City!" (Nickelodeon)

Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/ Information or Variety
• Steve Harvey - "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)

RECORDING

Outstanding New Artist
• 3 Winans Brothers (BMG)

Outstanding Male Artist
• Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Female Artist
• Beyoncé (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
• "Stay with Me" - Sam Smith feat. Mary J Blige (Capitol)

Outstanding Jazz Album
• "My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke" - Al Jarreau (Concord)

Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary)
• "Where My Heart Belongs" - Gladys Knight (Shadow Mountain Records)

Outstanding Music Video
• "You & I (Nobody in the World)" - John Legend (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Song
• "We Are Here" - Alicia Keys (RCA Records)

Outstanding Album
• "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics" - Aretha Franklin (RCA Records)

LITERATURE

Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
• "A Wanted Woman" - Eric Jerome Dickey (Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
• "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" - Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau)

Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
• "Forty Acres" - Dwayne Alexander Smith (Atria Books)

Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/ Auto-Biography
• "Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine" - Louis Sullivan with David Chanoff (University of Georgia Press)

Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
• "Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life" - Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson, Hilary Beard (Spiegel & Grau)

Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
• "Citizen: An American Lyric" - Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)

Outstanding Literary Work - Children
• "Dork Diaries 8: Tales From A Note-So-Happily Ever After" - Rachel Renee Russell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell (Simon & Schuster)

Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
• "Brown Girl Dreaming" - Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books)

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture
• "Selma" (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
• David Oyelowo - "Selma" (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
• Taraji P. Henson - "No Good Deed" (Screen Gems)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
• Common - "Selma" (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
• Carmen Ejogo - "Selma" (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
• "Belle" (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)

DOCUMENTARY

Outstanding Documentary - (Film)
• "Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People" (Chimpanzee Productions, Inc.)

Outstanding Documentary - (Television)
• "Bad Boys" (ESPN)

WRITING

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
• Sara Hess - "Orange is the New Black" - It Was the Change (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
• Erika Green Swafford - "How to Get Away with Murder" - Let's Get To Scooping (ABC)

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie
• Shernold Edwards - "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" (Lifetime Networks)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
• Misan Sagay - "Belle" (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)

DIRECTING

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
• Ken Whittingham - "Parks and Recreation" - Prom (NBC)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
• Carl Franklin - "House of Cards" - Chapter 14 (Netflix)

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie
• Reggie Bythewood - "Gun Hill" (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
• Antoine Fuqua - "The Equalizer" (Columbia Pictures)

ANIMATED/CGI

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance - (Television or Film)
• Loretta Devine - "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)

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Friday, February 6, 2015

2015 NAACP Image Award Nominations - Television Categories

The NAACP Image Award an award bestowed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The award honors outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music, and literature. The awards are voted on by members of the NAACP.

The nominations for the 46th NAACP Image Awards were recently announced. The categories are divided into eight groups: Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), Directing (for film and television), and Animated/CGI (for film and television).

The 2015 NAACP Image Awards will be presented in a 2-hour special that will air live on Friday, February 6, 2015 on TV One at 9pm ET/8CT (tape-delayed for PT – Pacific Time). The ceremony will be preceded by a one-hour pre-show, which will air live from the red carpet at 8pm ET/7CT (PT tape-delayed).

Nominations in the Television Categories for the 2015 / 46TH NAACP Image Awards nominees:

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series
• "black-ish" (ABC)
• "House of Lies" (Showtime)
• "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
• "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
• "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• Andre Braugher - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)
• Anthony Anderson - "'black-ish" (ABC)
• Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime)
• Keegan-Michael Key - "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
• Kevin Hart - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• Mindy Kaling - "The Mindy Project" (FOX)
• Niecy Nash - "The Soul Man" (TV Land)
• Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish" (ABC)
• Uzo Aduba - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
• Wendy Raquel Robinson - "The Game" (BET)

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" (Netflix)
• Laverne Cox - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
• Lorraine Toussaint - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
• Sofia Vergara - "Modern Family" (ABC)
• Yara Shahidi - "black-ish" (ABC)

Outstanding Drama Series
• "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
• "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• "House of Cards" (Netflix)
• "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
• "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
• LL Cool J - "NCIS: LA" (CBS)
• Omar Epps - "Resurrection" (ABC)
• Omari Hardwick - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
• Shemar Moore - "Criminal Minds" (CBS)
• Taye Diggs - "Murder in the First" (TNT)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
• Gabrielle Union - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
• Kerry Washington - "Scandal" (ABC)
• Nicole Beharie - "Sleepy Hollow" (FOX)
• Octavia Spencer - "Red Band Society" (FOX)
• Viola Davis - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Alfred Enoch - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
• Courtney B. Vance - "Masters of Sex" (Showtime)
• Guillermo Diaz - "Scandal" (ABC)
• Jeffrey Wright - "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO)
• Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Aja Naomi King - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
• Alfre Woodard - "State of Affairs" (NBC)
• Chandra Wilson - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• Jada Pinkett Smith - "Gotham" (FOX)
• Khandi Alexander - "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" (Lifetime Networks)
• "American Horror Story: Freak Show" (FX)
• "Drumline: A New Beat" (VH1)
• "The Gabby Douglas Story" (Lifetime Networks)
• "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Blair Underwood - "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)
• Charles S. Dutton - "Comeback Dad" (UP Entertainment)
• Larenz Tate - "Gun Hill" (BET)
• Mekhi Phifer - "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" (Lifetime Networks)
• Ving Rhames - "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" (Lifetime Networks)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Angela Bassett - "American Horror Story: Freak Show" (FX)
• Cicely Tyson - "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)
• Keke Palmer - "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)
• Regina King - "The Gabby Douglas Story" (Lifetime Networks)
• Vanessa Williams - "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime Networks)

Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special)
• "America After Ferguson" (PBS)
• "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." (PBS)
• "Melissa Harris Perry" (MSNBC)
• "Oprah's Lifeclass" (OWN)
• "Unsung" (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series
• "Oprah Prime" (OWN)
• "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)
• "The Queen Latifah Show" (Syndicated)
• "The View" (ABC)
• "The Wendy Williams Show" (Syndicated)

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

Outstanding Variety Series or Special
• "BET Awards" (BET)
• "Family Feud" (Syndicated)
• "On the Run: Beyoncé and Jay Z" (HBO)
• "Oprah's Master Class" (OWN)
• "UNCF An Evening of Stars" (NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, The CW, BET, Centric)

Outstanding Children’s Program
• "Anna Deavere Smith: A Youngarts Masterclass" (HBO)
• "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)
• "Dora and Friends: Into The City!" (Nickelodeon)
• "HALO Awards" (Nickelodeon)
• "Kid President: Declaration of Awesome" (HUB)

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

Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/ Information or Variety
• Chris Rock - "BET Awards" (BET)
• Gwen Ifill - "America After Ferguson" (PBS)
• Melissa Harris Perry - "Melissa Harris Perry" (MSNBC)
• Queen Latifah - "The Queen Latifah Show" (Syndicated)
• Steve Harvey - "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)

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2015 NAACP Image Award Nominations - Recording and Literature Categories

The 2015 NAACP Image Awards will be presented in a 2-hour special that will air live on Friday, February 6, 2015 on TV One at 9pm ET/8CT (tape-delayed for PT – Pacific Time). The ceremony will be preceded by a one-hour pre-show, which will air live from the red carpet at 8pm ET/7CT (PT tape-delayed).

Nominees in the Recording and Literature categories for the 2015 / 46TH NAACP Image Awards:

RECORDING

Outstanding New Artist
• 3 Winans Brothers (BMG)
• Aloe Blacc (XIX Recordings/Interscope Records)
• Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music)
• Jhene Aiko (Def Jam Recordings)
• Liv Warfield (Kobalt Label Services)

Outstanding Male Artist
• John Legend (Columbia Records)
• Kem (Motown - Capitol)
• Kendrick Lamar (Interscope Records)
• Michael Jackson (Epic Records)
• Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Female Artist
• Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
• Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records)
• Ledisi (Verve Records)
• Mary J Blige (Capitol)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
• "Being With You" - Smokey Robinson feat. Mary J Blige (Verve)
• "Brand New" - Pharrell Williams feat. Justin Timberlake (Columbia Records)
• "Gust of Wind" - Pharrell Williams feat. Daft Punk (Columbia Records)
• "Love, Marriage & Divorce" - Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings)
• "Stay with Me" - Sam Smith feat. Mary J Blige (Capitol)

Outstanding Jazz Album
• "Beautiful Life" - Dianne Reeves (Concord)
• "Dave Koz and Friends: The 25th of December" - Dave Koz (Concord Records)
• "Living My Dream" - Jonathan Butler (Rendezvous Music)
• "My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke" - Al Jarreau (Concord)
• "Up" - Stanley Clarke (Mack Avenue Records)

Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary)
• "Duets" - Donnie McClurkin (RCA Inspiration)
• "Help" - Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music)
• "I Will Trust" - Fred Hammond (RCA Inspiration)
• "Journey To Freedom" - Michelle Williams (eOne Music)
• "Where My Heart Belongs" - Gladys Knight (Shadow Mountain Records)

Outstanding Music Video
• "i" - Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope)
• "It's You" - KEM (Motown - Capitol)
• "Love Never Felt So Good" - Michael Jackson feat. Justin Timberlake (Epic Records)
• "Pretty Hurts" - Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• "You & I (Nobody in the World)" - John Legend (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Song
• "Good Kisser" - Usher (RCA Records)
• "i" - Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope)
• "Pretty Hurts" - Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• "The Man" - Aloe Blacc (Interscope Records)
• "We Are Here" - Alicia Keys (RCA Records)

Outstanding Album
• "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics" - Aretha Franklin (RCA Records)
• "Beyoncé Platinum Edition" - Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• "G I R L" - Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)
• "JHUD" - Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records)
• "Love, Marriage & Divorce" - Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings)

LITERATURE

Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
• "A Wanted Woman" - Eric Jerome Dickey (Penguin Random House)
• "An Untamed State" - Roxane Gay (Grove/Atlantic - Black Cat)
• "Another Woman's Man" - Shelly Ellis (Kensington Publishing Corp.)
• "Momma: Gone" - Nina Foxx (Brown Girls Publishing)
• "The Prodigal Son" - Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group)

Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
• "Bad Feminist" - Roxane Gay (Harper Perennial/HarperCollins)
• "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" - Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau)
• "Place not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America" - Sheryll Cashin (Beacon Press)
• "The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act" - Clay Risen (Bloomsbury Press)
• "Who We Be: The Colorization of America" - Jeff Chang (St. Martin's Press)

Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
• "Forty Acres" - Dwayne Alexander Smith (Atria Books)
• "Queen Sugar" - Natalie Baszile (Pamela Dorman Books/Penguin Random House)
• "Remedy For A Broken Angel" - Toni Ann Johnson (Nortia Press)
• "The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider's Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond 15 Minutes of Fame" - Darrell Miller (Dunham Books)
• "Time of the Locust" - Morowa Yejide (Atria Books)

Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/ Auto-Biography
• "Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine" - Louis Sullivan with David Chanoff (University of Georgia Press)
• "Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair)" - Rosie Perez (Crown Archetype)
• "Life In Motion" - Misty Copeland (Touchstone)
• "Mayor for Life" - Marion Barry, Omar Tyree (Strebor Books)
• "Stand Up Straight and Sing!" - Jessye Norman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
• "10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse" - JJ Smith (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster)
• "101 Scholarship Applications: What It Takes to Obtain a Debt-Free College Education" - Gwen Richardson (Cushcity Communications)
• "Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed" – Bryant Terry (Ten Speed Press)
• "Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System" - Robbin Shipp, Nick Chiles (Agate Bolden)
• "Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life" - Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson, Hilary Beard (Spiegel & Grau)

Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
• "Citizen: An American Lyric" - Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
• "Digest" - Gregory Pardlo (Four Way Books)
• "The New Testament" - Jericho Brown (Copper Canyon Press)
• "The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013" - Derek Walcott, Selected by Glyn Maxwell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• "We Didn't Know Any Gangsters" - Brian Gilmore (Cherry Castle Publishing, LLC)

Outstanding Literary Work - Children
• "Beautiful Moon" - Tonya Bolden (Author), Eric Velasquez (Illustrator) (Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers)
• "Dork Diaries 8: Tales From A Note-So-Happily Ever After" - Rachel Renee Russell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell (Simon & Schuster)
• "Little Melba and Her Big Trombone" - Katheryn Russell-Brown (Author), Frank Morrison (Illustrator) (Lee & Low Books)
• "Malcolm Little" - Ilyasah Shabazz (Author), AG Ford (Illustrator) (Simon & Schuster)
• "Searching for Sarah Rector" - Tonya Bolden (Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers)

Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
• "Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America" - Russell Freedman (Holiday House)
• "Brown Girl Dreaming" - Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books)
• "Revolution" - Deborah Wiles (Scholastic Press)
• "The Freedom Summer Murders" - Don Mitchell (Scholastic Press)
• "The Red Pencil" - Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Shane Evans (Illustrator) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

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2015 NAACP Image Award Nominations - Motion Picture and Documentary Categories

2015 NAACP Image Award Nominations - Writing, Directing, and Animation Categories

Sunday, February 23, 2014

2014 NAACP Image Award Winners - Complete List

by Leroy Douresseaux

The NAACP Image Award an award bestowed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The award honors outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music, and literature. The awards are voted on by members of the NAACP.

The 45th NAACP Image Awards categories are divided into seven groups: Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), and Directing (for film and television).

The 2014 / 45th NAACP Image Awards were presented Saturday, February 22, 2014. Anthony Anderson hosted the ceremony, and Dennis Haysbert was the in-show announcer.

The “Entertainer of the Year” award, which was voted on by members of the NAACP and non-members, was announced during the ceremony and the winner is Kevin Hart. The other nominees were Beyonce, Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba, Nicole Beharie, Oprah Winfrey, Pharrell Williams, Steve Harvey, and Tyler Perry

The 2014 / 45th NAACP Image Awards winners (for the year 2013):

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series
• "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• Kevin Hart - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• Wendy Raquel Robinson - "The Game" (BET)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• Morris Chestnut - "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Brandy Norwood - "The Game" (BET)

Outstanding Drama Series
• "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
• LL Cool J - "NCIS: Los Angeles" (CBS)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
• Kerry Washington - "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Taraji P. Henson - "Person of Interest" (CBS)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• "Being Mary Jane" (BET)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Idris Elba - "Luther" (BBC America)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Gabrielle Union - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
• Kristoff St. John - "The Young and the Restless" (CBS)

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

Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special)
• "The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." (PBS)

Outstanding Talk Series
• "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)

Outstanding Reality Series
• "Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)

Outstanding Variety Series or Special
• "Black Girls Rock!" (BET)

Outstanding Children’s Program
• "Wynton Marsalis: A YoungArts MasterClass" (HBO)

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program - (Series or Special)
• China Anne McClain - "A.N.T. Farm" (Disney Channel)

RECORDING (Music)

Outstanding New Artist
• K. Michelle (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Male Artist
• John Legend (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Female Artist
• Beyoncé (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
• "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)

Outstanding Jazz Album
• "The Songs of Stevie Wonder" - SFJAZZ Collective (SFJAZZ Records)

Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary)
• "Best Days Deluxe Edition" - Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music)

Outstanding World Music Album
• "Natalie Cole en Español" - Natalie Cole (Verve Records)

Outstanding Music Video
• "Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)

Outstanding Song
• "All Of Me" - John Legend (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Album
• "Love, Charlie" - Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)

LITERATURE

Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
• "Anybody's Daughter" - Pamela Samuels Young (Goldman House Publishing)

Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
• "Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery" - Deborah Willis, Barbara Krauthamer (Temple University Press)

Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
• "Nine Years Under" - Sheri Booker (Gotham Books)

Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/ Auto-Biography
• "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" - Jeanne Theoharis (Beacon Press)

Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
• "The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life" - Robin Quivers (Avery)

Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
• "Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers" - Frank X Walker (University of Georgia Press)

Outstanding Literary Work - Children
• "Nelson Mandela" - Kadir Nelson (HarperCollins Children's Books/Katherine Tegen Books)

Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
• "Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers" - Tanya Lee Stone (Candlewick Press)

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture
• "12 Years A Slave" (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
• Forest Whitaker - "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
• Angela Bassett - "Black Nativity" (Fox Searchlight Pictures/Mavin Pictures/Wonderful Films)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
• David Oyelowo - "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
• Lupita Nyong'o - "12 Years A Slave " (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
• "Fruitvale Station" (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions, OG Project)

Outstanding International Motion Picture
• "War Witch" (Item 7)

DOCUMENTARY

Outstanding Documentary - (Theatrical)
• "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners" (Codeblack Films/Lionsgate)

Outstanding Documentary - (Television)
• "Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic " (Showtime)

WRITING

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
• Vincent Brown - "A.N.T. Farm" - influANTces (Disney Channel)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
• Janine Sherman Barrois - "Criminal Minds" - Strange Fruit (CBS)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television)
• John Ridley - "12 Years A Slave" (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)

DIRECTING

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
• Millicent Shelton - "The Hustle" - Rule 4080 (FUSE)

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
• Regina King - "SouthLAnd" - Off Duty (TNT)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television)
• Steve McQueen - "12 Years A Slave" (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)

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Saturday, February 1, 2014

The 2014 NAACP Image Award Nominations - Television Categories

Leroy Douresseaux

The NAACP Image Award an award bestowed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The award honors outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music, and literature. The awards are voted on by members of the NAACP.

The nominations for the 45th NAACP Image Awards were recently announced. The categories are divided into seven groups: Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), and Directing (for film and television).

The 2014 NAACP Image Awards will be presented in a 2-hour special that will air live on Saturday, February 22, 2014 on TV One at 9pm ET (tape-delayed for PT – Pacific Time). The ceremony will be preceded by a one-hour pre-show, which will air live from the red carpet at 8pm ET (PT tape-delayed).

Television nominees for the 2014 45th NAACP Image Awards:

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series
• "House of Lies" (Showtime)
• "Modern Family" (ABC)
• "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
• "The Game" (BET)
• "The Soul Man" (TV Land)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• Andre Braugher - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)
• Cedric The Entertainer - "The Soul Man" (TV Land)
• Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime)
• Dulé Hill - "Psych" (USA Network)
• Kevin Hart - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• Aisha Tyler - "Archer" (FX Networks)
• Mindy Kaling - "The Mindy Project" (FOX)
• Niecy Nash - "The Soul Man" (TV Land)
• Tasha Smith - "Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse" (OWN)
• Wendy Raquel Robinson - "The Game" (BET)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• Boris Kodjoe - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
• Jerry "J B Smoove" Brooks - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
• Morris Chestnut - "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)
• Nick Cannon - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
• Tracy Morgan - "30 Rock" (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Anna Deavere Smith - "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)
• Brandy Norwood - "The Game" (BET)
• Nia Long - "House of Lies" (Showtime)
• Rashida Jones - "Parks and Recreation" (NBC)
• Sofia Vergara - "Modern Family" (ABC)

Outstanding Drama Series
• "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO)
• "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• "Scandal" (ABC)
• "The Good Wife" (CBS)
• "Treme" (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
• James Pickens, Jr. - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• LL Cool J - "NCIS: Los Angeles" (CBS)
• Michael Ealy - "Almost Human" (FOX)
• Shemar Moore - "Criminal Minds" (CBS)
• Wendell Pierce - "Treme" (HBO)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
• Chandra Wilson - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• Kerry Washington - "Scandal" (ABC)
• Khandi Alexander - "Treme" (HBO)
• Nicole Beharie - "Sleepy Hollow" (FOX)
• Regina King - "SouthLAnd" (TNT)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Columbus Short - "Scandal" (ABC)
• Guillermo Diaz - "Scandal" (ABC)
• Jeffrey Wright - "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO)
• Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)
• Michael Kenneth Williams - "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Archie Panjabi - "The Good Wife" (CBS)
• Debbie Allen - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• Diahann Carroll - "White Collar" (USA)
• Taraji P. Henson - "Person of Interest" (CBS)
• Vanessa L. Williams - "666 Park Avenue" (ABC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
• "Betty & Coretta" (Lifetime)
• "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" (VH1)
• "Luther" (BBC America)
• "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Dancing on the Edge" (Starz)
• Danny Glover - "Muhammad Ali's Greatest (HBO)
• Idris Elba - "Luther" (BBC America)
• Malik Yoba - "Betty & Coretta" (Lifetime)
• Omari Hardwick - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Angela Bassett - "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX Networks)
• Angela Bassett - "Betty & Coretta" (Lifetime)
• Gabourey Sidibe - "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX Networks)
• Gabrielle Union - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
• Keke Palmer - "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" (VH1)

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
• Aaron D. Spears - "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS)
• Kristoff St. John - "The Young and the Restless" (CBS)
• Lawrence Saint Victor - "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS)
• Redaric Williams - "The Young and the Restless" (CBS)
• Tequan Richmond - "General Hospital" (ABC)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
• Angell Conwell - "The Young and the Restless" (CBS)
• Christel Khalil - "The Young and the Restless" (CBS)
• Karla Mosley - "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS)
• Kristolyn Lloyd - "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS)
• Tatyana Ali - "The Young and the Restless" (CBS)

Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special)
• "Justice for Trayvon" (BET)
• "Mandela: Freedom's Father" (BET)
• "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" (OWN)
• "The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." (PBS)
• "Unsung" (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series
• "Oprah's Lifeclass" (OWN)
• "Oprah's Next Chapter" (OWN)
• "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)
• "The Arsenio Hall Show" (Syndicated)
• "The Queen Latifah Show" (Syndicated)

Outstanding Reality Series
• "Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)
• "Shark Tank" (ABC)
• "Sunday Best" (BET)
• "The Voice" (NBC)
• "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" (OWN)

Outstanding Variety Series or Special
• "12 Years A Slave: A TV One Special with Cathy Hughes" (TV One)
• "Black Girls Rock!" (BET)
• "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
• "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" (HBO)
• "Oprah's Master Class" (OWN)

Outstanding Children’s Program
• "2013 HALO Awards" (Nickelodeon/TeenNick)
• "A.N.T. Farm" (Disney Channel)
• "Dora the Explorer" (Nickelodeon)
• "Postcards: Mandela" (The Africa Channel)
• "Wynton Marsalis: A YoungArts MasterClass" (HBO)

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program - (Series or Special)
• China Anne McClain - "A.N.T. Farm" (Disney Channel)
• Eric I. Keyes, III - "Live Life and Win!" (Syndicated)
• Fatima Ptacek - "Dora the Explorer" (Nickelodeon)
• Karan Brar - "Jessie" (Disney Channel)
• Zendaya - "Shake It Up" (Disney Channel)

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The 2014 NAACP Image Award Nominations - Recording and Literature Categories

The 2014 NAACP Image Awards will be presented in a 2-hour special that will air live on Saturday, February 22, 2014 on TV One at 9pm ET (tape-delayed for PT – Pacific Time). The ceremony will be preceded by a one-hour pre-show, which will air live from the red carpet at 8pm ET (PT tape-delayed).

Recording and Literature nominees for the 2014 / 45th NAACP Image Awards:

RECORDING (Music)

Outstanding New Artist
• Ariana Grande (Republic Records)
• Candice Glover (19 Recordings/Interscope Records)
• K. Michelle (Atlantic Records)
• RaVaughn Brown (Columbia Records)
• Zendaya (Hollywood Records)

Outstanding Male Artist
• Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
• Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
• John Legend (Columbia Records)
• Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)
• Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)

Outstanding Female Artist
• Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• India.Arie (Motown Records)
• Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• Ledisi (Verve Records)
• Mary J Blige (Verve Records/Interscope)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
• "#Beautiful" - Mariah Carey feat. Miguel (Island Def Jam)
• "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "Hurt You" - Toni Braxton feat. Babyface (Motown Records)
• "Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z (RCA Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album
• "Summer Horns" - Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, Richard Elliot (Concord Records)
• "The Beat" - Boney James (Concord Records)
• "The Messenger" - Kevin Eubanks (Mack Avenue Records)
• "The Morning After: A Musical Love Journey" - Najee (Shanachie)
• "The Songs of Stevie Wonder" - SFJAZZ Collective (SFJAZZ Records)

Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary)
• "20 Year Celebration Volume 1 - Best For Last" - Donald Lawrence (Quietwater Entertainment/eOne Music)
• "Azusa: The Next Generation" - Hezekiah Walker (RCA Inspiration)
• "Best Days Deluxe Edition" - Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music)
• "Good God" - Shirley Caesar (eOne Music)
• "Music From the Motion Picture Black Nativity" - Various (RCA Inspiration)

Outstanding World Music Album
• "Coming from a Lady" - Lady Ele (13 Black Records)
• "Live At The Royal Albert Hall" - Emeli Sande (Capitol)
• "Natalie Cole en Español" - Natalie Cole (Verve Records)
• "Sing To The Moon" - Laura Mvula (Columbia Records)
• "The Standards" - Gloria Estefan (Masterworks)

Outstanding Music Video
• "Cocoa Butter" - India.Arie (Motown Records)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "Made To Love" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• "Treasure" - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Song
• "All Of Me" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "Blurred Lines " - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• "Treasure" - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Album
• "20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience" - Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)
• "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)
• "Love In The Future" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "Love, Charlie" - Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
• "The Electric Lady" - Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)

LITERATURE

Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
• "A Deeper Love Inside: The Porscha Santiaga Story" - Sister Souljah (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)
• "Anybody's Daughter" - Pamela Samuels Young (Goldman House Publishing)
• "Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery" - Walter Mosley (Doubleday)
• "Never Say Never: A Novel" - Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)
• "Who Asked You?" - Terry McMillan (Viking)

Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
• "Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations: 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World" - Retha Powers (Little, Brown and Company)
• "Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery" - Deborah Willis, Barbara Krauthamer (Temple University Press)
• "High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society" - Carl Hart (HarperCollins, Harper)
• "Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones" - Hill Harper (Gotham Books)
• "The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross" - Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Donald Yacovone (SmileyBooks)

Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
• "Better Than Good Hair - The Curly Girl Guide to Healthy Gorgeous Natural Hair!" - Nikki Walton with Ernessa T. Carter (Harper Collins- Amistad)
• "Ghana Must Go" - Taiye Selasi (The Penguin Press)
• "Nine Years Under" - Sheri Booker (Gotham Books)
• "On The Come Up" - Hannah Weyer (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)
• "The Returned" - Jason Mott (Harlequin MIRA)

Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/ Auto-Biography
• "Buck: A Memoir" - MK Asante (Spiegel & Grau)
• "Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington" - Terry Teachout (Gotham Books)
• "Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker" - Stanley Crouch (HarperCollins, Harper)
• "Mom & Me & Mom" - Maya Angelou (Random House)
• "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" - Jeanne Theoharis (Beacon Press)

Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
• "Do I Look Like An ATM? A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible African American Children" - Sabrina Lamb (Chicago Review Press)
• "Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don't Have It)" – Sherri Shepherd with Billie Fitzpatrick (HarperCollins, It Books)
• "Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education" - Donna Y. Ford, Ph.D. (Prufrock Press Inc.)
• "The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs" - Kevin D. Johnson (Johnson Media Inc.)
• "The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life" - Robin Quivers (Avery)

Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
• "Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid" - Nikki Giovanni (HarperCollins, William Morrow)
• "Hum" - Jamaal May (Alice James Books)
• "The Cineaste: Poems" - A. Van Jordan (W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)
• "The Collected Poems of Ai" - Ai (W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)
• "Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers" - Frank X Walker (University of Georgia Press)

Outstanding Literary Work - Children
• "I'm A Pretty Little Black Girl!" - Betty K. Bynum (Author), Claire Armstrong-Parod (Illustrator) (Dream Title Publishing)
• "Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me" - Daniel Beaty (Author), Bryan Collier (Illustrator) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• "Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song" - Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• "Nelson Mandela" - Kadir Nelson (HarperCollins Children's Books/Katherine Tegen Books)
• "You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!" - Jonah Winter (Author), Terry Widener (Illustrator) (RH Childrens Books; Schwartz & Wade)

Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
• "Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers" - Tanya Lee
Stone (Candlewick Press)
• "God's Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens" - Romal Tune (Judson Press)
• "Invasion" - Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic Press/Scholastic)
• "Raising the Bar" - Gabrielle Douglas (Zondervan)
• "Serafina's Promise: A Novel In Verse" - Ann E. Burg (Scholastic Press/Scholastic)

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