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NAACP Image Awards: ‘Black Panther’ Tops Film, ‘Black-Ish’ Leads TV Nominations

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Winston Duke and Logan Browning announced the nominees for the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards early Wednesday.

Marvel’s Black Panther scored a total of 13 nods, including outstanding motion picture. ​Other top projects nominated across film​ are If Beale Street Could TalkBlacKkKlansmanCrazy Rich Asians, and The Hate U Give.

In Television, AtlantaBlack-ish (9) and its spinoff Grown-ishDear White People, and Insecure, were nominated for outstanding comedy series. How To Get Away With Murder, PowerQueen SugarThe Chi, and This Is Us received nods for outstanding drama series.

The NAACP Image Awards will air live Saturday, March 30 on TV One.

See the full nominees list below:

SPECIAL AWARD

Entertainer of the Year

Beyoncé
Chadwick Boseman
LeBron James
Regina King
Ryan Coogler

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Chadwick Boseman – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
Michael B Jordan – Creed II (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios)
Denzel Washington – The Equalizer 2 (Columbia Pictures)
John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)
Stephan James – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox)
Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures)
KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures)
Sanaa Lathan – Nappily Ever After (Marc Platt Production/Badabing Pictures Production for Netflix)
Viola Davis – Widows (20th Century Fox)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures)
Mahershala Ali – Green Book (Universal Pictures, Participant Media, DreamWorks)
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
Russell Hornsby – The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox)
Winston Duke – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Danai Gurira – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
Letitia Wright – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
Lupita Nyong’o – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
Regina Hall – The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox)
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)
If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures)
Nappily Ever After (Marc Platt Production/Badabing Pictures Production for Netflix)
Sorry To Bother You (Annapurna Pictures)
Traffik (Codeblack Films/Lionsgate Entertainment)

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture

Storm Reid – A Wrinkle In Time (Walt Disney Studios)
Letitia Wright – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
Winston Duke – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)
KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures)

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)
Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox)
Widows (20th Century Fox)

Outstanding Motion Picture

Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)
Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures)
If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures)
The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox)

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series

Atlanta (FX Networks)
Black-ish (ABC)
Dear White People (Netflix)
Grown-ish (Freeform)
Insecure (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish (ABC)
Cedric the Entertainer, The Neighborhood (CBS)
Donald Glover, Atlanta (FX Networks)
Dwayne Johnson, Ballers (HBO)
Tracy Morgan, The Last O.G. (TBS)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Danielle Brooks, Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Issa Rae, Insecure (HBO)
Logan Browning, Dear White People (Netflix)
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (ABC)
Yara Shahidi, Grown-ish (Freeform)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Jay Ellis, Insecure (HBO)
John David Washington, Ballers (HBO)
Laurence Fishburne, black-ish (ABC)
Marcus Scribner, black-ish (ABC)
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Essence Atkins, Marlon (NBC)
Marsai Martin, Black-ish (ABC)
Natasha Rothwell, Insecure (HBO)
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Yvonne Orji, Insecure (HBO)

Outstanding Drama Series

How To Get Away With Murder (ABC)
Power (Starz)
Queen Sugar (OWN)
The Chi (Showtime)
This Is Us (NBC)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Mitchell, The Chi (Showtime)
Keith David, Greenleaf (OWN)
Kofi Siriboe, Queen Sugar (OWN)
Omari Hardwick, Power (Starz)
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (NBC)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Alfre Woodard, Marvel’s Luke Cage (Netflix)
Naturi Naughton, Power (Starz)
Rutina Wesley, Queen Sugar (OWN)
Taraji P. Henson, Empire (FOX)
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Jesse Williams, Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Joe Morton, Scandal (ABC)
Jussie Smollett, Empire (FOX)
Romany Malco, A Million Little Things (ABC)
Wendell Pierce, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Prime Video)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

CCH Pounder, NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)
Lynn Whitfield, Greenleaf (OWN)
Sanaa Lathan, The Affair (Showtime)
Susan Kelechi Watson, This Is Us (NBC)
Thandie Newton, Westworld (HBO)

Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series

Erika Alexander – Black Lightning – Book of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowery (CW)
Kendrick Lamar – Power – Happy Birthday (Starz)
Kerry Washington – How to Get Away with Murder – Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (ABC)
Loretta Devine – Love Is_ – Rose (Going Home) (OWN)
Tisha Campbell-Martin – Empire – Without Apology (Fox)

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

Behind The Movement (TV One)
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)
Seven Seconds (Netflix)
The Bobby Brown Story (BET)
The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar (Lifetime)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)
Michael B. Jordan, Fahrenheit 451 (HBO)
Russell Hornsby, Seven Seconds (Netflix)
Woody McClain, The Bobby Brown Story (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

Anna Deavere Smith, Notes From the Field (HBO)
Gabrielle Dennis, The Bobby Brown Story (BET)
Jeanté Godlock, The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar (Lifetime)
Regina King, Seven Seconds (Netflix)
Toni Braxton, Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story (Lifetime)

Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)

A Thousand Words With Michelle Obama (BET)
AM Joy (MSNBC)
Angela Rye’s State of the Union (BET)
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama (OWN)
Unsung (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series

ESPN’s First Take (ESPN)
Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
The Real (Syndicated)
The View (ABC)

Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series)

Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)
Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Shark Tank (ABC)
The Voice (NBC)

Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special)

2 Dope Queens (HBO)
Black Girls Rock! (BET)
Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (Netflix)

Outstanding Children’s Program

Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior)
Marvel’s Avengers: Black Panther’s Quest (Disney XD)
Motown Magic (Netflix)
Sesame Street (HBO)
Top Chef Junior (Universal Kids)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series)

Alex R. Hibbert – The Chi (Showtime)
Lonnie Chavis -T”his Is Us (NBC)
Lyric Ross – This Is Us (NBC)
Marsai Martin – Black-ish (ABC)
Miles Brown – Black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield Norris, Willow Smith – Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
Joy Reid – AM Joy (MSNBC)
LeBron James – The Shop (HBO)
Lester Holt – NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (NBC)
Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

Iyanla Vanzant – Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)
LL Cool J – Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network)
Queen Latifah – Black Girls Rock (BET)
RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Steve Harvey – Family Feud (Syndication)

DOCUMENTARY

Outstanding Documentary (Film)

Amazing Grace (Sundial Pictures/Neon)
Making The Five Heartbeats (Green Lighthouse)
Quincy (Netflix)
RBG (CNN)
Whitney (Roadside Attractions/Miramax)

Outstanding Documentary (Television)

Hope & Fury: MLK, The Movement and the Media (NBC)
King in the Wilderness (HBO)
Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (HBO)
Shut Up & Dribble (Showtime)
Time For Ilhan (Fuse)

WRITING

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Justin Simien – Dear White People – Chapter 1 (Netflix)
Marquita J. Robinson – GLOW – Work the Leg (Netflix)
Peter H. Saji – Black-ish – Purple Rain (ABC)
Regina Y. Hicks – Insecure – High-Like (HBO)
Trevor Noah , Steve Budow, David Kibuuka, Zhubin Parang, Dan Amira, Lauren Sarver Means, Mr. Daniel Radosh, David Angelo, Devin Trey Delliquanti, Zachary DiLanzo – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – 23087 Alex Wagner (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

Janine Sherman Barrois – Claws” – Cracker Casserole (TNT)
Kay Oyegun This Is Us – This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life (NBC)
Lena Waithe – The Chi – Pilot (Showtime)
Patrick Joseph Charles – Black Lightning – Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption (The CW/Netflix)
Lena Waithe, Dime Davis, – The Chi – The Whistle (Showtime)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television)

Anna Deavere Smith – Notes From the Field (HBO)
J. David Shanks – Seven Seconds: Matters of Life and Death (Netflix)
Katrina M. O’Gilvie – Behind the Movement (TV One)
Ramin Bahrani, Amir Naderi – Fahrenheit 451 (HBO)
Shalisha Francis – Seven Seconds: Of Gods and Men (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)

Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures)
Boots Riley – Sorry To Bother You (Annapurna Pictures)
Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)
Peter Chiarelli, Adele Lim – Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)

DIRECTING

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Donald Glover – Atlanta – FUBU (FX Networks)
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin – Chapter Seventy-Four (CW)
Hiro Murai – Atlanta – Teddy Perkins (FX Networks)
Ken Whittingham – Atypical – “Ernest Shackleton’s Rules for Survival” (Netflix)
Millicent Shelton – Insecure – High-Like (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

Ayoka Chenzira – Queen Sugar – Here Beside the River (OWN)
Deborah Ann Chow – Better Call Saul – Something Stupid (AMC)
Dee Rees – Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – Kill All Others (Prime Video)
Salli Richardson-Whitfield – Marvel’s Luke Cage – I Get Physical (Netflix)
Zetna Fuentes – How To Get Away With Murder – Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (ABC)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)

Ernest Dickerson – Seven Seconds: Until It Do (Netflix)
Ramin Bahrani – Fahrenheit 451 (HBO)
Tanya Hamilton – Seven Seconds: That What Follows (Netflix)
Tracy Heather Strai – Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (PBS)
Victoria Mahoney – Seven Seconds: Witness for the Prosecution (Netflix)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)

Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures)
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)
Steve McQueen – Widows (20th Century Fox)
Ryan Coogler – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
Alan Hicks, Rashida Jones – Quincy (A Le Train TrainBob’s Your UncleTribeca Production for Netflix)

ANIMATED/CGI

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film)

Issa Rae – Bojack Horseman (Netflix)
Laya Deleon Hayes – Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior)
Mahershala Ali – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel)
Samuel L. Jackson – Incredibles 2 (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios)
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel)

RECORDING

Outstanding New Artist

Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records)
Jade Novah (EMPIRE)
Koryn Hawthorne (RCA Inspiration)
Omar Wilson (BSE Recordings)
Tory Lanez (Mad Love/Interscope Records)

Outstanding Male Artist

Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
Childish Gambino (RCA Records)
John Legend (Columbia Records)
MAJOR. (BOE/Empire)
Raheem DeVaughn (BMG)

Outstanding Female Artist

Andra Day (Warner Bros. Records)
Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records)
H.E.R. (RCA Records)
Janelle Monáe (Atlantic Records)
Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

“A Good Night” – John Legend feat. BloodPop (Columbia Records)
“All The Stars” – Black Panther – Kendrick Lamar, SZA (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
“Could’ve Been” – H.E.R., Bryson Tiller (RCA Records)
“Finesse (Remix)” – Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B (Atlantic Records)
“Everything Is Love” – The Carters (Roc Nation)

Outstanding Jazz Album

Facing Dragons – Christian Sands (Mack Avenue)
Hollywood Africans – Jon Batiste (Verve)
RISE! – Ben Tankard feat. Marion Meadows, Kirk Whalum, Paul Jackson Jr. (Ben-Jamin’ Universal Music)
The Story of Jaz – Jazmin Ghent feat. Jeff Lorber, James P. Lloyd, Kim Scott, Philippe Saisse (Jazmin Ghent Music)
Waiting for the Sunrise – Camille Thurman (Chesky Records)

Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary)

Heart. Passion. Pursuit. Live at Passion City Church – Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel)
Hiding Place – Tori Kelly (Capitol Records)
Make Room – Jonathan McReynolds (Entertainment One)
One Nation Under God – Jekalyn Carr (LMG)
Unstoppable – Koryn Hawthorne (RCA Inspirational)

Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album

APES**T – The Carters (Roc Nation)
Could’ve Been – H.E.R. feat. Bryson Tiller (RCA Records)
Finesse (Remix) – Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B (Atlantic Records)
This Is America – Childish Gambino (RCA Records)
All The Stars – Kendrick Lamar, SZA (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)

Outstanding Song – Traditional

Amen – Andra Day (Warner Bros. Records)
Better With You In It – MAJOR. (BOE/Empire)
Beyond – Leon Bridges (Columbia Records)
Long As I Live – Toni Braxton (Def Jam Recordings)
Never Alone – Tori Kelly feat. Kirk Franklin (Capital Records)

Outstanding Song – Contemporary

“A Good Night” – John Legend feat. BloodPop (Columbia Records)
“As I Am” – H.E.R. (RCA Records)
“Boo’d Up” – Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records)
“Finesse (Remix)” – Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B (Atlantic Records)
“This Is America” – Childish Gambino (RCA Records)

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation

Black Panther The Album Music From and Inspired By – Kendrick Lamar, SZA feat. 2Chainz, ScHoolboy Q, Saudi, Khalid, Swae Lee, Vince Staples, Yugen Blakrok, SOB x RBE, Jorja Smith, Anderson Paak, Ab Soul, Reason, Zacari, Babes Wudumo, Sjava, Travis Scott (Interscope Records)
Greenleaf, Season 3 (Music from the Original TV series)” – Various Artists (Lions Gate Entertainment)
Marvel’s Luke Cage Season Two” – Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Mondo Music)
Insecure Music From The HBO Original Series, Season 3 – Various Artists (RCA Records)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired by the Motion Picture – Various Artists (Republic Records)

Outstanding Album

Dirty Computer – Janelle Monáe (Atlantic Records)
Ella Mai – Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records)
Even More – MAJOR. (BOE/Empire)
Everything Is Love – The Carters (Roc Nation)
I Used To Know Her: The Prelude – H.E.R. (RCA Records)

LITERARY

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

An American Marriage – Tayari Jones (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)
Better Late Than Never – Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing)
Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther? Prose Novel – Jesse James Holland Jr (Titan Books)
Envy – Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone)
They Come in All Colors: A Novel – Malcolm Hansen (Atria Books)

Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction

Barracoon – Zora Neale Hurston (Amistad HarperCollins Publishers)
Black Girls Rock! Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth – Beverly Bond (37 Ink, A Division of Atria Books)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics” – Donna Brazile (Author), Yolanda Caraway (Author), Leah Daughtry (Author), Minyon Moore (Author), Veronica Chambers (With), (St. Martin’s Press)
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem – Imani Perry (University of North Carolina Press)
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row – Anthony Ray Hinton (Author), Lara Love Hardin (With), (St. Martin’s Press)

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

Heads of the Colored People: Stories” – Nafissa Thompson-Spires (37 Ink, A Division of Atria Books)
Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement” – Janet Dewart Bell (The New Press)
Lucile H. Bluford and the Kansas City Call: Activist Voice for Social Justice” – Dr. Sheila D. Brooks (Author), Clinton C. Wilson II (Author), (Rowman & Littlefield)
Small Country: A Novel” – Gaël Faye (Hogarth)
Us Against The World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family ” – David Mann (Author), Tamela Mann (Author), Shaun Saunders (With), (W Publishing)

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography

Barracoon – Zora Neale Hurston (Amistad HarperCollins Publishers)
Becoming – Michelle Obama (Crown)
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke – Jeffrey C. Stewart (Oxford University Press)
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela – Nelson Mandela (Author), Sahm Venter (Editor) (Liveright Publishing)
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist – Franchesa Ramsey (Grand Central Publishing)

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration – Carla Hall (Author) Genevive Ko (With) (Harper Wave)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics – Donna Brazile (Author), Yolanda Caraway (Author), Leah Daughtry (Author), Minyon Moore (Author), Veronica Chambers (With), (St. Martin’s Press)
Poised For Excellence: Fundamental Principles of Effective Leadership in the Boardroom and Beyond – Karima Mariam-Arthur (Palgrave Macmillan)
Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life – Daymond John (Author), Daniel Paisner (With), (Currency)
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves – Glory Edim (Ballantine Books)

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

Confessions of a Barefaced Woman – Allison Elaine Joseph (Red Hen Press)
Ghost, Like a Place – Iain Haley Pollock (Alice James Books)
Refuse – Julian Randall (University of Pittsburgh Press)
Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart – Alice Walker (Author) (37 Ink/Atria Books)
The Gospel According to Wild Indigo – Cyrus Cassells (Crab Orchard Review & Southern Illinois University Press)

Outstanding Literary Work – Children

Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American Man – Tonya Bolden (Abrams For Young Readers)
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race – Margot Lee Shetterly (Author), Laura Freeman (Illustrator), (Harper)
I Can Be Anything! Don’t Tell Me I Can’t – Diane Dillon (The Blue Sky Press)
The 5 O’Clock Band – Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews (Author), Bryan Collier (Illustrator), (Abrams For Young Readers)
The Word Collector – Peter H. Reynolds (Orchard Books)

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

A Very Large Expanse of Sea – Tahereh Mafi (Harper)
Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin – James L. Swanson (Scholastic Press)
Harbor Me – Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy M. Paulsen)
The Journey of Little Charlie – Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic Press)
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding our Racial Divide – Carol Anderson (Author), Tonya Bolden (With), (Bloomsbury YA)

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NAACP Image Awards 2024: the Complete Winners List

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2024 NAACP Image Awards

This 2024 NAACP Image Awards was a joyous celebration of the achievements of people of color in various fields, including film, television, music, literature, and podcasts. The awards were presented on March 16, 2024, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. This year’s event marked the 55th edition of the prestigious gathering, which has been honoring the outstanding accomplishments of creatives in the Black community since 1967.

The Image Awards featured a star-studded lineup of nominees and presenters. Among the notable winners were Usher, who was named Entertainer of the Year, and ‘The Color Purple’, which won Outstanding Motion Picture. The film also garnered awards for its director, Blitz Bazawule, who won the award for Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (for a motion picture), and its cast members, including Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, and H.E.R.

Acclaimed director and producer Ava DuVernay received the Best Director award for “Origin.”

In the television categories, Abbott Elementary continued its winning streak, taking home the award for Outstanding Comedy Series for the second year in a row. The series creator triumphed in the Best Comedy Actress category. Other notable television winners included Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, which won Outstanding Drama Series, and Ayo Edebiri, who won (another) Best Supporting Actress award for ‘Bear.’

See the full list of winners below:

Entertainer of the Year

  • Colman Domingo
  • Fantasia Barrino
  • Halle Bailey
  • Keke Palmer
  • Usher – WINNER

Outstanding Motion Picture

  • American Fiction
  • Origin
  • Rustin
  • The Color Purple – WINNER
  • They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture 

  • Colman Domingo – Rustin – WINNER
  • Denzel Washington – The Equalizer 3
  • Jamie Foxx – The Burial
  • Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
  • John Boyega – They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 

  • Aunjanue Ellis–Taylor – Origin
  • Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple – WINNER
  • Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid
  • Teyana Taylor – A Thousand And One
  • Yara Shahidi – Sitting in Bars with Cake

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture 

  • Colman Domingo – The Color Purple – WINNER
  • Corey Hawkins – The Color Purple
  • Glynn Turman – Rustin
  • Jamie Foxx – They Cloned Tyrone
  • Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture 

  • Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
  • Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
  • Erika Alexander – American Fiction
  • Halle Bailey – The Color Purple
  • Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple – WINNER

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture 

  • Back on the Strip
  • Brother – WINNER
  • Story Ave
  • Sweetwater
  • The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Outstanding International Motion Picture 

  • Anatomy of a Fall
  • Brother – WINNER
  • Mami Wata
  • Rye Lane
  • Society of the Snow

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture 

  • Aaron Pierre – Brother
  • Laya DeLeon Hayes – The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
  • Mila Davis–Kent – Creed III
  • Phylicia Pearl Mpasi – The Color Purple – WINNER
  • Teyana Taylor – A Thousand And One

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture 

  • American Fiction
  • Rustin
  • The Blackening
  • The Color Purple – WINNER
  • They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture 

  • Elemental
  • Lil’ Ruby
  • Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse – WINNER
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
  • Wish

Outstanding Character Voice–Over Performance (Motion Picture) 

  • Ariana DeBose – Wish
  • Brian Tyree Henry – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse
  • Daniel Kaluuya – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse
  • Issa Rae – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse – WINNER
  • Shameik Moore – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse

Outstanding Short–Form (Live Action) 

  • Flower
  • Gaps
  • Lucille
  • Rocky Road on Channel Three
  • The After – WINNER

Outstanding Short–Form (Animated) 

  • Blueberry
  • Bridges
  • Burning Rubber
  • Ego’ Curse
  • Lil’ Ruby – WINNER

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture) 

  • A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
  • Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple – WINNER
  • Choice Skinner – A New Life
  • Dewayne Perkins – The Blackening
  • Juel Taylor – They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Youth Performance in a Motion Picture

  • Aaron Kingsley Adetola – A Thousand And One
  • Aven Courtnery – A Thousand And One
  • Calah Lane – Wonka
  • Lennox Simms – Origin
  • Mila Davis–Kent – Creed III – WINNER

Outstanding Cinematography in a Feature Film

  • C. Kim Miles, Julia Liu, Clair Popkin – STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
  • Eric K. Yue – A Thousand and One – WINNER
  • Guy Godfree – Brother
  • Ken Seng – They Cloned Tyrone
  • Paul Yee – Joy Ride

Outstanding Comedy Series 

  • Abbott Elementary – WINNER
  • Harlem
  • Survival of the Thickest
  • The Neighborhood
  • UnPrisoned

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series 

  • Cedric The Entertainer – The Neighborhood
  • Delroy Lindo – UnPrisoned
  • Dulé Hill – The Wonder Years
  • Mike Epps – The Upshaws – WINNER
  • Tone Bell – Survival of the Thickest

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series 

  • Kerry Washington – UnPrisoned
  • Meagan Good – Harlem
  • Michelle Buteau – Survival of the Thickest
  • Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary – WINNER
  • Tichina Arnold – The Neighborhood

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series 

  • Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live
  • Roy Wood Jr. – The Daily Show
  • Tyler Lepley – Harlem
  • Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
  • William Stanford Davis – Abbott Elementary – WINNER

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 

  • Ayo Edebiri – The Bear – WINNER
  • Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live
  • Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
  • Shoniqua Shandai – Harlem

Outstanding Drama Series 

  • Bel–Air
  • Black Cake
  • Found
  • Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – WINNER
  • Snowfall

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series 

  • Damson Idris – Snowfall – WINNER
  • Forest Whitaker – Godfather of Harlem
  • Idris Elba – Hijack
  • Jabari Banks – Bel–Air
  • Jesse L. Martin – The Irrational

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series 

  • Angela Bassett – 9–1–1
  • India Ria Amarteifio – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – WIN
  • Octavia Spencer – Truth Be Told
  • Queen Latifah – The Equalizer
  • Zoe Saldaña – Special Ops: Lioness

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 

  • Adrian Holmes – Bel–Air – WINNER
  • Amin Joseph – Snowfall
  • Giancarlo Esposito – Godfather of Harlem
  • LaRoyce Hawkins – Chicago PD
  • Wendell Pierce – Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 

  • Adjoa Andoh – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • Arsema Thomas – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • Golda Rosheuvel – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • Gail Bean – Snowfall – WINNER
  • Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special 

  • Black Girl Missing
  • First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story
  • Heist 88
  • Lawmen: Bass Reeves
  • Swarm – WINNER

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special 

  • Brian Tyree Henry – Class of 09
  • Courtney B. Vance – Heist 88
  • Keith Powers – The Perfect Find – WINNER
  • Lance Reddick – The Caine Mutiny Court–Martial
  • Samuel L. Jackson – Secret Invasion

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special 

  • Ali Wong – Beef
  • Chlöe Bailey – Praise This – WINNER
  • Dominique Fishback – Swarm
  • Gabrielle Union – The Perfect Find
  • Meagan Good – Buying Back My Daughter

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special 

  • Carl Anthony Payne II – Binged to Death
  • Damon Wayans – Cinnamon
  • Damson Idris – Swarm
  • Don Cheadle – Secret Invasion – WINNER
  • Jharrel Jerome – Full Circle

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special 

  • Aja Naomi King – Lessons in Chemistry
  • CCH Pounder – Full Circle
  • Micheala Jaé Rodriguez – American Horror Story: Delicate
  • Phylicia Rashad – Heaven Down Here – WINNER
  • Tisha Campbell – Every Breath She Takes

Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special) 

  • 20/20 – Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water – A Conversation with Robin Roberts – WINNER
  • The 1619 Project
  • theGrio with Marc Lamont Hill 
  • The Reidout
  • Into America 

Outstanding Talk Series

  • Hart to Heart 
  • Sherri
  • Tamron Hall 
  • The Jennifer Hudson Show – WINNER
  • Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts

Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series)

  • America’s Got Talent
  • Barbecue Showdown
  • Celebrity Family Feud
  • Critter Fixers: Country Vets
  • Wild ‘N Out – WINNER

Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special) 

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show – WINNER
  • A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip–Hop 
  • Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
  • My Name is Mo’Nique
  • Wanda Sykes: I’m An Entertainer

Outstanding Children’s Program

  • Ada Twist, Scientist
  • Alma’s Way
  • Craig of the Creek
  • Gracie’s Corner – WINNER
  • My Dad The Bounty Hunter

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited–Series)

  • Alaya High – That Girl Lay Lay
  • Elisha “EJ” Williams – The Wonder Years
  • Jalyn Hall – The Crossover
  • Keivonn Woodard – The Last of Us
  • Leah Sava Jeffries – Percy Jackson and the Olympians – WINNER

Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

  • Bomani Jones – Game Theory with Bomani Jones
  • Joy Reid – The Reidout
  • Sherri Shepherd – Sherri – WINNER
  • Tamron Hall – Tamron Hall
  • Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro,
  • Alyssa Farah Griffin – The View

Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

  • Anthony Anderson, Cedric The Entertainer – Kings of BBQ
  • DC Young Fly – Celebrity Squares – WINNER
  • Nick Cannon – The Masked Singer
  • RuPaul Charles – RuPaul’s Drag Race
  • Steve Harvey – Celebrity Family Feud

Outstanding Guest Performance

  • Ayo Edebiri – Abbott Elementary
  • Garcelle Beauvais – Survival of the Thickest
  • Giancarlo Esposito – The Mandalorian
  • Michael B. Jordan – Saturday Night Live – WINNER
  • Roy Wood, Jr. – The Daily Show

Outstanding Animated Series

  • Big Mouth
  • Gracie’s Corner
  • Marvel’s Spidey & His Amazing Friends
  • The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder – WINNER
  • Young Love

Outstanding Character Voice–Over Performance (Television) 

  • Cree Summer – Rugrats
  • Issa Rae – Young Love
  • Keke Palmer – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
  • Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder – WINNER
  • Scott Mescudi – Young Love

Outstanding Performance in a Short-Form Series

  • Jessica Mikayla – Disney Launchpad Season 2
  • Kevin Hart – Die Hart 2: Die Harter
  • Leslie Jones – After the Cut–The Daily Show – WINNER
  • Nathalie Emmanuel – Die Hart 2: Die Harter 
  • Seth Carr – Disney Launchpad Season 2 

Outstanding Short-Form Series – Comedy or Drama

  • After the Cut
  • Die Hart 2: Die Harter
  • Disney Launchpad Season 2
  • Doggyland – WINNER
  • I Am Groot

Outstanding Short-Form Series – Reality/Nonfiction

  • Did You Know?
  • I Was A Soul Train Dancer – WINNER
  • Mama Mann’s Kitchen
  • Ritual
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race 

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television) 

  • Adjani Salmon – Dreaming Whilst Black
  • Kale Futterman – Ginny & Georgia
  • Michelle Buteau – Survival of the Thickest – WINNER
  • Thara Popoola – Sex Education
  • Troy Hunter – Sex Education

Outstanding New Artist

  • FLO
  • Jordan Ward
  • Leon Thomas
  • October London
  • Victoria Monét – WINNER

Outstanding Male Artist

  • Burna Boy 
  • Chris Brown
  • Davido
  • Jon Batiste
  • Usher – WINNER

Outstanding Female Artist

  • Ari Lennox
  • H.E.R. – WINNER
  • Janelle Monáe
  • Tems 
  • Victoria Monét

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album

  • All Yours – Kierra Sheard
  • Father’s Day – Kirk Franklin – WINNER
  • Impossible – Pastor Mike, Jr. 
  • My Truth – Jonathan McReynolds
  • The Maverick Way Complete – Maverick City Music

Outstanding International Song

  • “Amapiano” – Asake feat. Olamide 
  • “City Boys” – Burna Boy 
  • “Me & U” – Tems – WINNER
  • “People” – Libianca feat. Ayra Starr & Omah Lay 
  • “Unavailable” – Davido 

Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album

  • “Boyfriend” – Usher 
  • “Cobra” – Megan Thee Stallion
  • “How We Roll” – Ciara
  • “On My Mama” – Victoria Monét
  • “Sensational” – Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay – WINNER

Outstanding Album

  • Clear 2: Soft Life – Summer Walker
  • For All The Dogs – Drake
  • I Told Them… – Burna Boy
  • Jaguar II – Victoria Monét – WINNER
  • The Age of Pleasure – Janelle Monáe

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album

  • Creed III: The Soundtrack
  • Godfather of Harlem: Season 3 (Original Series Soundtrack)
  • Metro Boomin Presents Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse (Soundtrack From and Inspired by the Motion Picture/Deluxe Edition)
  • The Color Purple–Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – WINNER
  • The Little Mermaid Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song

  • “All Things” – Kirk Franklin 
  • “All Yours” – Kierra Sheard feat. Anthony Brown – WINNER
  • “In The Room” – Maverick City Music 
  • “It’s Working” – Todd Dulaney 
  • “JOY (Unspeakable) – Voices of Fire feat. Pharrell Williams

Outstanding Jazz Album

  • Brand New Life – Brandee Younger – WINNER
  • Melusine – Cécile McLorin Salvant
  • Who Are You When No One is Watching? – Braxton Cook
  • Phoenix – Lakecia Benjamin
  • Truth Be Told – Angie Wells

Outstanding Soul/R&B Song

  • “Back To Your Place” – October London
  • “Good Good” – Usher feat. 21 Savage x Summer Walker
  • “ICU Remix” – Coco Jones feat. Justin Timberlake – WINNER
  • “On My Mama” – Victoria Monét
  • “Lipstick Lover” – Janelle Monáe

Outstanding Hip-Hop/Rap Song

  • “All My Life” – Lil Durk feat. J. Cole
  • “Blue Eyes” – Vic Mensa
  • “Cobra” – Megan Thee Stallion – WINNER
  • “Palisades, CA” – Larry June & The Alchemist
  • “Sittin’ On Top of the World” – Burna Boy & 21 Savage 

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional)

  • Ciara feat. Chris Brown – “How We Roll” – WINNER
  • Coco Jones feat. Justin Timberlake – “ICU Remix” 
  • Dreamville, Bas & Black Sherif feat. Kel–P – “Creed III: Soundtrack”
  • Karen Clark Sheard, Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard – “God Is Good” 
  • Voices of Fire – “Joy (Unspeakable)”

Outstanding Original Score for TV/Film

  • American Fiction – Laura Karpman
  • Rustin – Branford Marsalis
  • The Color Purple – Kris Bowers
  • The Other Black Girl – EmmoLei Sankofa
  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – Jongnic Bontemps – WINNER

Outstanding Documentary (Film)

  • American Symphony
  • Fast Dreams 
  • Invisible Beauty – WINNER
  • Little Richard: I Am Everything
  • Stamped from the Beginning

Outstanding Documentary (Television)

  • American Experience
  • Dear Mama
  • High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America – WINNER
  • Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only
  • Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip–Hop 

Outstanding Short-Form Documentary

  • Alive in Bronze: Huey P. Newton
  • Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
  • Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games – WINNER
  • Freshwater
  • Ifine: Beauty 

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

  • Ava Coleman – Abbott Elementary
  • Brittani Nichols – Abbott Elementary
  • Donald Glover, Janine Nabers – Swarm
  • Michelle Buteau – Survival of the Thickest
  • Norman Vance, Jr. – Saturdays – WINNER

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

  • Carla Banks–Waddles – Bel–Air – WINNER
  • Lee Sung Jin – BEEF
  • Marissa Jo Cerar – Black Cake 
  • Nkechi Okoro Carroll – Found
  • Shonda Rhimes – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special

  • Dwayne Johnson–Cochran – Heist 88 – WINNER
  • Frank E. Flowers, Tony Rettenmaier, Juel Taylor – Shooting Stars
  • Marlon Wayans – Marlon Wayans: God Loves Me
  • Sam Jay – Sam Jay: Salute Me or Shoot Me
  • Tina Gordon, Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, Jana Savage, Camilla Blackett – Praise This 

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

  • A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
  • Cord Jefferson – American Fiction – WINNER
  • Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier – They Cloned Tyrone 
  • Maggie Betts, Doug Wright – The Burial 
  • Marcus Gardley – The Color Purple

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

  • Amy Aniobi – Survival of the Thickest
  • Donald Glover – Swarm
  • Neema Barnette – Grand Crew – WINNER
  • Numa Perrier – UnPrisoned
  • Robbie Countryman – The Upshaws 

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

  • Alonso Alvarez–Barreda – Snowfall
  • Amin Joseph – Snowfall
  • Carl Seaton – Godfather of Harlem
  • Dawn Wilkinson – Power Book II: Ghost – WINNER
  • Geary McLeod – Power Book II: Ghost 

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special

  • Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. – Cinnamon
  • Chris Robinson – Shooting Stars – WINNER
  • Keke Palmer – Big Boss 
  • Numa Perrier – The Perfect Find
  • Vivica A. Fox – First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story 

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

  • Antoine Fuqua – The Equalizer 3 
  • Ava DuVernay – Origin – WINNER
  • George C. Wolfe – Rustin
  • Juel Taylor – They Cloned Tyrone
  • Michael B. Jordan – Creed III 

Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)

  • Allen Hughes – Dear Mama – WINNER
  • Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng – Invisible Beauty 
  • Dave Wooley, David Heilbroner – Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over 
  • Lisa Cortés – Little Richard: I Am Everything 
  • Roger Ross Williams – Stamped from the Beginning

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

  • Everything Is Not Enough – Lola Akinmade Åkerström
  • Family Lore – Elizabeth Acevedo – WINNER
  • House of Eve – Sadeqa Johnson
  • Let Us Descend – Jesmyn Ward
  • The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store – James McBride

Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction

  • Black AF History: The Un–Whitewashed Story of America – Michael
  • Harriot
  • BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art – Zaria Ware
  • Iconic Home: Interiors, Advice, and Stories from 50 Amazing Black Designers – Black Interior Designers and June Reese
  • The Art of Ruth E. Carter – Ruth E. Carter (Foreword by Danai Gurira)
  • The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families – Karida L. Brown, Charly Palmer – WINNER

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

  • And Then He Sang a Lullaby – Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
  • Coleman Hill: A Novel – Kim Coleman Foote
  • Rootless – Krystle Zara Appiah – WINNER
  • The Black Joy Project – Kleaver Cruz 
  • The God of Good Looks – Breanne McIvor 

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography

  • Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts – Maya Moore Irons
  • Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds – Rich Paul
  • Nothing Is Missing – Nicole Walters
  • Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement – Dr. Tanisha C. Ford – WINNER
  • Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes – Stephen A. Smith 

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

  • Badass Vegan: Fuel Your Body, Ph*ck the System, and Live Your Life Right – John Lewis
  • Everyday Grand: Soulful Recipes for Celebrating Life’s Big and Small Moments – Jocelyn Delk Adams, Olga Massov
  • Flower Love: Lush Floral Arrangements for the Heart and Home – Kristen Griffith–VanderYacht
  • Historically Black Phrases: From “I Ain’t One of Your Lil’ Friends” to “Who All Gon” Be There?” – Jarett Hill, Tre’vell Anderson – WINNER
  • Livable Luxe – Brigette Romanek

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

  • Above Ground – Clint Smith
  • So to Speak – Terrance Hayes
  • suddenly we – Evie Shockley – WINNER
  • The Ferguson Report: An Erasure – Nicole Sealey
  • Why Fathers Cry at Night – Kwame Alexander 

Outstanding Literary Work – Children

  • CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora – Kahran Bethencourt – WINNER
  • How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee –Carole Boston Weathorford, Frank Morrison
  • I Absolutely, Positively Love My Spots – Lid’ya C. Rivera, Nina Mata
  • Is This Love? – Cedella Marley, Alea Marley
  • Like Lava In My Veins – Derrick Barnes, Shawn Martinbrough
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Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

  • Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans – Isi Hendrix
  • Eb & Flow – Kelly J. Baptist
  • Everyone’s Thinking It – Aleema Omotoni – WINNER
  • Fatima Tate Takes the Cake – Khadijah VanBrakle 
  • Friday I’m in Love – Camryn Garrett 

Outstanding Graphic Novel

  • Curlfriends: New in Town – Sharee Miller
  • Ms Davis: A Graphic Biography – Sybille Titeux de la Croix, Amazing Améziane 
  • Queenie: Godmother of Harlem – Aurelie Levy, Elizabeth Colomba
  • Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America – Dr. Ibram X Kendi, Joel Christian Gill
  • The Talk – Darrin Bell – WINNER

Outstanding News and Information Podcast

  • #SundayCivics 
  • Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn–Grant
  • Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams – WINNER
  • Into America with Trymaine Lee
  • The Assignment with Audie Cornish

Outstanding Lifestyle/Self-Help Podcast

  • Black Money Tree – WINNER
  • Chile, Please 
  • Is This Going To Cause An Argument 
  • The Laverne Cox Show
  • The Light

Outstanding Society and Culture Podcast

  • Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay
  • Jill Scott Presents: J.ill the Podcast
  • More Than That with Gia Peppers
  • The 85 South Show with Karlous Miller, DC Young Fly and Chico Bean – WINNER
  • The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Podcast

  • All the Smoke 
  • Baby, This is Keke Palmer
  • Being Black: The 80s
  • Here’s The Thing – WINNER
  • Nightcap with Unc and Ocho

Outstanding Scripted Series Podcast

  • Crimson Hearts Collide 
  • Small Victories 
  • TwentyOne 21: A Black AF Scripted Audio Comedy
  • Whose Amazing Life? 
  • Yes We Cannabis – WINNER

Outstanding Podcast – Limited Series/Short-Form

  • I Am Story 
  • Official Ignorance: The Death in Custody Podcast 
  • Reclaimed: the Forgotten League
  • The Greatest Day: The Epic Story Behind Hip–Hop’s Most Iconic Photograph 
  • Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast  – WINNER

Outstanding Costume Design (Television or Film)

  • Charlese Antoinette Jones – Air 
  • Dierdra Elizabeth Govan –I’m A Virgo
  • Toni–Leslie James, Josh Quinn –Rustin 
  • Francine Jamison–Tanchuck –The Color Purple – WINNER
  • Marci Rodgers, Richard Gross, Paul A. Simmons Jr. – Shooting Stars

Outstanding Make-up (Television or Film)

  • Cole Patterson, Fabiola Mercado – Bel–Air
  • Miho Suzuki –Lessons in Chemistry 
  • Beverly Jo Pryor, Eric Pagdin, Quintessence Patterson –Rustin
  • Carol Rasheed, Saisha Beecham, Ngozi Olandu Young, Manny Davila, Milene Melendez –The Color Purple – WINNER
  • Denise Pugh–Ruiz –UnPrisoned

Outstanding Hairstyling (Television or Film) 

  • Shavonne Brown – A Black Lady Sketch Show 
  • Carla Joi Farmer – Air
  • Elizabeth Robinson – Creed III 
  • Melissa “Missy” Forney, Sterfon Demings – A Black Lady Sketch Show
  • Lawrence Davis, Tym Wallace, Andrea Mona Bowen, Angela Renae Dyson, Jorge Benitez Villalobos – The Color Purple – WINNER

Outstanding Stunt Ensemble (TV or Film)

  • Creed III – WINNER
  • The Continental: From the World of John Wick
  • They Cloned Tyrone 
  • Titans
  • Warrior 

Outstanding Social Media Personality

  • Angel Laketa Moore – WINNER
  • Druski
  • Keith Lee
  • Lynae Vanee
  • Terrell Grice

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‘SCRIPTING REEL CHANGE’ AT THE 5TH ANNUAL ESSENCE HOLLYWOOD HOUSE

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March 8, Los Angeles—Black entertainment elite joined the next generation of media talent at the fifth annual Essence Hollywood House.

The networking event took place the day after Essence’s Black Women in Hollywood Awards, held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and hosted by rapper-turned-producer Method Man. This year’s honorees included Danielle Brooks (‘The Color Purple’), Halle Bailey (‘The Little Mermaid’), and Nkechi Okoro Carroll (‘Found’).

Makeover and Headshot ‘booth’ at ESSENCE Hollywood House (Photo by Betti Halsell for Hollywood Melanin)

This year’s Hollywood House focused on ‘Scripting Reel Change.’ It provided a creative space for writers, directors, actors, producers, and other behind-the-scenes talent to explore and discuss what it means to gain traction in Hollywood and beyond. Guests received candid advice from prominent industry representatives and invaluable networking opportunities. They were given mini makeovers, followed by professional headshots, speed mentoring, and numerous intimate panel discussions.

During the “Black on Screen: A Global Dialogue” panel, Actress Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, known for ‘The Lion King’ Broadway musical, explained the different levels of self-love she went through to see herself in different spectrums of acting as a Black woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo. “I was in a space where I don’t know where I totally fit in, but I know the experience of feeling isolated and feeling like an ‘other’ is a feeling I didn’t want anyone else to feel,” Mpasi said, “I truly feel like the universe, God, gave me the Lion King so I can finally learn and embrace my Blackness.” Mpasi also recently starred in the remake of ‘The Color Purple’, playing the younger version of Fantasia Barrino’s Celie.

The discussion also touched on issues of colorism and the role of the African diaspora as a whole in the entertainment industry.

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Barkue Tubman Zawolo, Osas Ighodaro and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

This year’s theme also focused on equipping film and television communities with the essential tools needed to overcome some of the entertainment industry’s most difficult issues and reach their full potential.

During “Office Hours” (a series of expert-led workshops), a panel discussion focused on perfecting one’s pitch. Leading the conversation were noted screenwriter Tiffany Yarde (‘Roadmap Writers’) and producer D’Angela Proctor (‘The Summoning’), who discussed essential items to include in a pitch. The industry pros emphasized the importance of keeping the buyer’s attention and making sure they see the vision.

D’Angela Proctor and Tiffany Yarde (Photo by Betti Halsell for Hollywood Melanin)

Yarde dissected the elements needed for a strong elevator pitch. “The main thing you want to do is grasp the person’s attention,” she said, “The way you do that is by establishing a connection.” The Director of Competition for Roadmap Writers unpacked the value of developing connections early on in the conversation.

On the main stage, Essence’s own Stephanie Dunivan hosted a cast talkback panel that revealed an exclusive release of the first episode of “Diarra from Detroit,” a modern comedic mystery thriller that highlights dating, friendship, and possible kidnapping.

Stephanie Dunivan, Claudia Logan, DomiNque Perry, and Diarra Kilpatrick (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

Diarra Kilpatrick, the creator, showrunner, and lead actress of the show, discussed her upcoming BET series and revealed her go-to restoration techniques for keeping up with a demanding schedule.

“I’m still learning how to do that [rest]. But for me, I would say baths are like my Prozac. I love a good bath,” Kilpatrick said, “Another thing is sex. I think it’s important, as Black women, we should always put pleasure on the menu and figure out, ‘How am I giving myself pleasure…sometimes we don’t put pleasure on our to-do list.”

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Rechelle Dennis, Zaria, Laya DeLeon Hayes and Da’Vinchi (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

The Essence Hollywood House welcomed many more notable guests, including Academy Award winner Da’Vine Randolph Joy, producer and president of Foxxhole Productions Datari Turner, and ‘BMF’ star Da’Vinchi. They discussed a multitude of industry-related topics, such as Black equity, the ins and outs of production, success stories, and what it means to be a working actor in Hollywood.

Essence partnered with BET+, Coca-Cola, Smartwater, Black Filmspace, and The Black House Foundation to make this event possible.

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Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in ‘Othello’ Play

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Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will star in a new production of William Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy, Othello. The play, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, is scheduled to open in the spring of 2025.

Denzel Washington, known for his captivating performances in Training Day and Malcolm X, is no stranger to the stage. The two-time Academy Award winner has also garnered a Tony Award for his role in the 2010 revival of Fences. His more recent work in The Tragedy of Macbeth earned Washington another Academy Award nomination. In this new production, the film and theater veteran will take on the titular role of the Moorish general who falls victim to jealousy and manipulation.

Joining Washington is Jake Gyllenhaal, a versatile actor who has garnered acclaim for his work in both film and theater. Gyllenhaal’s notable film credits include ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ ‘Nightcrawler,’ and ‘Donnie Darko.’ In 2019, he received a Tony nomination for his performance in ‘Sea Wall/A Life.’ In ‘Othello,’ Gyllenhaal will portray the villainous Iago, a role that promises to showcase his remarkable talent for portraying complex characters.

The casting of Washington and Gyllenhaal in these iconic roles has generated much buzz among theater enthusiasts and casual fans alike. The collaboration of Washington’s commanding presence and Gyllenhaal’s nuanced character work promises to bring new depth to this classic tale of love, jealousy, and betrayal.

The production will be directed by Kenny Leon, a Tony Award-winning director known for his work on ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ and ‘American Son.’ This will mark another reunion for Washington and Leon, who previously collaborated on ‘Fences’ and ‘A Raisin in the Sun.’

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