Kerry Washington, Jaime Foxx take top honors at 44th NAACP Image Awards
The winners of the “44th NAACP Image Awards” were announced during the live broadcast from Los Angeles’ historic Shrine Auditorium which aired on NBC on February 1.
The two-hour live special was hosted by Steve Harvey. Some of the biggest names in film, television and music appeared including Archie Panjabi, Cedric The Entertainer, Common, Don Cheadle, Halle Berry, Keke Palmer, Lamorne Morris, Laz Alonso, LL Cool J, Meagan Good, Niecy Nash, Samuel L Jackson, Terrence Jenkins, Tony Goldwyn, Tyler James Williams, Wanda Sykes and Wayne Brady. Gladys Knight performed “The Way We Were” for the in memoriam segment and Wyclef and Common performed a version of Belafonte's "Day-O."
Jamie Foxx was named Entertainer of the Year.
NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock presented the NAACP Chairman’s Award to Vice Admiral Michelle Howard, and NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous presented the President’s Award to Kerry Washington and Sidney Poitier announced Harry Belafonte as the Spingarn Medal recipient.
Nominees for the NAACP Image Awards are determined by the number of entries received by the deadline. To be eligible, projects must have had a national distribution date between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. For the 2012 voting period, over 1,200 submissions were received by the artists, managers, publicists, production companies, record labels, studios, networks and/or publishers. From those entries, a nominating committee of 300 industry professionals and NAACP leaders from across the country select five nominees in each of the 53 categories. Those results were announced at a press conference. To determine the winners, the members of the NAACP vote via a secured online site. The results are tabulated by the Image Awards auditors, Bert Smith & Co., and the results are confidential until the envelope is opened LIVE on stage during the NBC telecast on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Below is the full list of winners:
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Category |
Title/Name |
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Outstanding Comedy Series
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"The Game" (BET) |
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Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
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Don Cheadle "House Of Lies" (Showtime) |
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Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
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Cassi Davis "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
Lance Gross "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
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Vanessa Williams "Desperate Housewives" (ABC) |
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Outstanding Drama Series
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"Scandal" (ABC) |
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Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
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LL Cool J "NCIS: Los Angeles" (CBS) |
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Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
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Kerry Washington "Scandal" (ABC) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
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Omar Epps "House M.D." (FOX) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
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Loretta Devine "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC) |
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Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
"Steel Magnolias" (Lifetime) |
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Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
Cuba Gooding, Jr. "Hallmark Hall of Fame's FIRELIGHT" (ABC) |
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Category |
Title/Name |
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Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
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Alfre Woodard "Steel Magnolias" (Lifetime) |
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Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series |
Kristoff St. John "The Young and the Restless" (CBS) |
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Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
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Tatyana Ali "The Young and the Restless" (CBS) |
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Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
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"Unsung" (TV One) |
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Outstanding Talk Series |
"The View" (ABC) |
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Outstanding Reality Series
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"Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" (OWN) |
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Outstanding Variety Series or Special
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"Black Girls Rock" (BET) |
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Outstanding Children’s Program |
"Kasha and the Zulu King" (BET) |
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Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program - (Series or Special)
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Loretta Devine "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior block on Disney Channel) |
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Outstanding New Artist
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Elle Varner (MBK/RCA) |
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Outstanding Male Artist
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Usher (RCA Records) |
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Outstanding Female Artist
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Alicia Keys (RCA Records) |
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Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
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Mary Mary (Columbia) |
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Outstanding Jazz Album
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"The Preservation Hall 50th Anniversary Collection" The Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Legacy) |
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Category |
Title/Name |
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Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary)
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"Go Get It" Mary Mary (Columbia) |
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Outstanding World Music Album
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"All of Me" Estelle (Atlantic) |
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Outstanding Music Video
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"Girl On Fire" Alicia Keys (RCA Records) |
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Outstanding Song
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"I Look To You" Whitney Houston and R. Kelly (RCA Records) |
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Outstanding Album
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"I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston" Whitney Houston (RCA Records) |
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Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction |
"The Reverend's Wife" Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing) |
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Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
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"The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court " Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday) |
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Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
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"Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own Words" Darryl L. Lacy (Darryl L. Lacy (iUniverse)) |
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Outstanding Literary Work Biography/Auto-Biography |
"Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change" John Lewis (Hyperion) |
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Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
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"Health First: The Black Woman's Wellness Guide" Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, Hilary Beard (SmileyBooks) |
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Category |
Title/Name |
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Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
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"Speak Water" Truth Thomas (Cherry Castle Publishing) |
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Outstanding Literary Work - Children
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"What Color is My World?" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Author), Raymond Obstfeld (Author), A.G. Ford (Illustrator) (Candlewick Press) |
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Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
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"Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons A Dialogue With America's Young Leaders" Gregory Reed (Amber Books) |
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Outstanding Motion Picture
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"Red Tails" (Lucasfilm) |
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Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
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Denzel Washington "Flight" (Paramount Pictures) |
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Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
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Viola Davis "Won't Back Down" (20th Century Fox) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture |
Samuel L. Jackson "Django Unchained" (The Weinstein Company) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
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Kerry Washington "Django Unchained" (The Weinstein Company) |
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Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
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"Beasts of the Southern Wild" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
"Red Tails" (Lucasfilm) |
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Outstanding International Motion Picture
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"The Intouchables" (The Weinstein Company) |
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Category |
Title/Name |
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Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television)
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"On the Shoulders of Giants The Story of the Greatest Team You've Never Heard Of" (Showtime) |
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Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
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Marc Wilmore "The Simpsons" - The Spy Who Learned Me (FOX) |
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Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series |
Cheo Hodari Coker "SouthLAnd" - God's Work (TNT) |
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Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) |
Elizabeth Hunter "Abducted: The Carlina White Story" (Lifetime) |
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Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
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Ken Whittingham "Parks and Recreation" (NBC) |
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Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
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Paris Barclay "Smash" (NBC) |
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Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) |
Benh Zeitlin Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight Pictures) |
