NAACP Image Awards List Of Nominees 2009

THE 40th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS NOMINATION RESULTS
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
Outstanding Comedy Series • “30 Rock” (NBC)
• “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• “The Game” (CW)
• “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy
Series
• Donald Faison – “Scrubs” (NBC)
• LaVan Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Paul James – “Greek” (ABC Family)
• Terry Crews – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• Tyler James Williams – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy
Series
• America Ferrera – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
• Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tia Mowry – “The Game” (CW)
• Tichina Arnold – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• Tracee Ellis Ross – “Girlfriends” (CW)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a
Comedy Series
• Blair Underwood – “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS)
• Dulé Hill – “Psych” (USA)
• Lance Gross – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Larramie ‘Doc’ Shaw – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Comedy Series
• Keshia Knight Pulliam – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tisha Campbell-Martin – “Rita Rocks” (Lifetime)
• Vanessa Williams – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
• Wanda Sykes – “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS)
• Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (CW)
Outstanding Drama Series • “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• “House” (FOX)
• “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)
• “The Unit” (CBS)
• “The Wire” (HBO)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama
Series
• Anthony Anderson – “Law & Order” (NBC)
• Blair Underwood – “In Treatment” (HBO)
• Dennis Haysbert – “The Unit” (CBS)
• Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS)
• Omar Epps – “House” (FOX)
Outstanding Actress in a Drama
Series
• CCH Pounder – “The Shield” (FX)
• Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Loretta Divine – “Eli Stone” (ABC)
• Nicki Micheaux – “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)
• Wendy Davis – “Army Wives” (Lifetime)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a
Drama Series
• Blair Underwood – “Dirty Sexy Money” (ABC)
• James Pickens, Jr. – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Laurence Fishburne – “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS)
• Michael Kenneth Williams – “The Wire” (HBO)
• Taye Diggs – “Private Practice” (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Drama Series
• Alfre Woodard – “My Own Worst Enemy” (NBC)
• Angela Bassett – “ER” (NBC)
• Audra McDonald – “Private Practice” (ABC)
• S. Epatha Merkerson – “Law & Order” (NBC)
• Sonja Sohn – “The Wire” (HBO)
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-
Series or Dramatic Special
• “24: Redemption” (FOX)
• “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• “House of Saddam” (HBO)
• “Racing For Time” (Lifetime)
Outstanding Actor in a Television
Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic
Special
• Andre Braugher – “The Andromeda Strain” (A&E)
• Ben Vereen – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• Charles S. Dutton – “Racing For Time” (Lifetime)
• Sean Combs – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Sean Patrick Thomas – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
Outstanding Actress in a Television
Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic
Special
• Audra McDonald – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Chandra Wilson – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• Phylicia Rashad – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Sanaa Lathan – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Vanessa Williams – “Flirting With Forty” (Lifetime)
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime
Drama Series
• Bryton McClure – “The Young And The Restless” (CBS)
• Cornelius Smith, Jr. – “All My Children” (ABC)
• Dan Martin – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
• Montell Williams – “The Guiding Light” (CBS)
• Texas Battle – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime
Drama Series
• Christel Khalil – “The Young And The Restless” (CBS)
• Debbi Morgan – “All My Children” (ABC)
• Eva Marcille – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Nia Peeples – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Tonya Lee Williams – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
Outstanding News/ Information –
(Series or Special)
• “American Gangster” (BET)
• “Anderson Cooper 360: Race in America” (CNN)
• “An Oprah Winfrey Show Special Event: The Dream Lives – A
Martin Luther King Day Special” (Syndicated)
• “In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview” (TVOne)
• “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (HBO)
Outstanding Talk – (Series) • “Iconoclasts: Venus Williams & Wyclef Jean” (Sundance
Channel)
• “Judge Mathis” (Syndicated)
• “Tavis Smiley” (PBS)
• “The Tyra Banks Show” (CW)
• “The View” (ABC)
Outstanding Reality – (Series) • “American Idol 7” (FOX)
• “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
• “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is” (BET)
• “Project Runway” (Bravo)
• “Run’s House 5” (MTV)
Outstanding Variety – (Series or
Special)
• “American Idol 7: Idol Gives Back” (FOX)
• “BET Awards ‘08” (BET)
• “Chris Rock – Kill the Messenger” (HBO)
• “Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam” (HBO)
• “UNCF An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson”
(Syndicated)
Outstanding Children’s Program • “Cheetah Girls: One World” (Disney Channel)
• “Cory in the House” (Disney Channel)
• “Dora The Explorer” (Nickelodeon)
• “Go, Diego, Go” (Nickelodeon)
• “True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon)
Outstanding Performance in a
Youth/Children’s Program – Series
or Special
• Caitlin Sanchez – “Cheetah Girls: One World” (Disney Channel)
• Keke Palmer – “True Jackson” (Nickelodeon)
• Kyle Massey – “Cory in the House” (Disney Channel)
• Lil’ JJ – “Just Jordan” (Nickelodeon)
• Selena Gomez – “Wizards of Waverly Place” (Disney Channel)
RECORDING CATEGORIES
Outstanding New Artist • Anthony David (Soulbird/Universal Republic)
• Estelle (Atlantic/Homeschool)
• Jazmine Sullivan (J Records)
• Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
• Leona Lewis (J Records/Syco)
Outstanding Male Artist • Chris Brown (Jive/Zomba)
• Common (G.o.o.d. Music/Geffen Records)
• Jamie Foxx (J Records)
• John Legend (Columbia Records)
• Will.i.am (Will.i.am Music Group/Interscope Records)
Outstanding Female Artist • Alicia Keys (J Records)
• Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records)
• Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
• Mariah Carey (Island Def Jam)
• Rihanna (Island Def Jam)
Outstanding Duo, Group or
Collaboration
• Anthony David & India.Arie (Soulbird/Universal Republic)
• Estelle feat. Kanye West (Atlantic/Homeschool)
• Jennifer Hudson feat. Fantasia (Arista)
• Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown (Jive/Zomba)
• Natalie Cole/ Nat “King” Cole (DMI Records)
Outstanding Jazz Artist • Esperanza Spalding – “Esperanza” (Heads Up International)
• James Carter – “Present Tense” (Emarcy)
• Natalie Cole – “Still Unforgettable” (DMI Records)
• The Roy Hargrove Quintet – “Earfood” (Decca Label Group)
• Sonny Rollins – “Road Shows Vol. 1”(Doxy/Emarcy)
Outstanding Gospel Artist –
(Traditional or Contemporary)
• Hezekiah Walker (Zomba Gospel)
• Marvin Sapp (Zomba Gospel)
• Mary Mary (Columbia Records)
• Regina Belle (Pendulum Records/Walker Davis Entertainment)
• Take 6 (Heads Up International)
Outstanding World Music Album • Cheryl Keyes – “Let Me Take You There” (Keycan Records)
• Esperanza Spalding – “Esperanza” (Heads Up International)
• Miquel Zen’on – “Awake” (Marsalis Music)
• Omega Bugembe Okello – “Kiwombra Emmeeme” (Alexom
Productions)
• Toumani Diabate – “The Mande Variations” (Nonesuch
Records)
Outstanding Music Video • “If I Were A Boy” – Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records)
• “Single Ladies” – Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records)
• “Spotlight” – Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
• “Superwoman” – Alicia Keys (J Records)
• “Yes We Can” – Will.i.am (Will.i.am Music Group/Interscope)
Outstanding Song • “Greenlight” – John Legend (Columbia Records)
• “Single Ladies” – Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records)
• “Spotlight” – Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
• “Superwoman” – Alicia Keys (J Records)
• “Yes We Can” – Will.i.am (Will.i.am Music Group/Interscope)
Outstanding Album • Beyoncé – “I Am…Sasha Fierce” (MusicWorld/Columbia
Records)
• Jennifer Hudson – “Jennifer Hudson” (Arista)
• Kanye West – “808 & Heartbreaks” (Island Def Jam)
• Ne-Yo – “Year of the Gentleman” (Island Def Jam)
• Seal – “Soul” (Warner Bros. Records)
LITERATURE CATEGORIES
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction • “Blood Colony: A Novel” – Tananarive Due (Atria Books/Simon
& Schuster)
• “Going Down South: A Novel” – Bonnie J. Glover (Random
House/One World/Ballentine)
• “In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel” – Blair
Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes (Atria Books/
Simon & Schuster)
• “Just Too Good to Be True” – E. Lynn Harris (Doubleday)
• “Song Yet Sung” – James McBride (Riverhead Books)
Outstanding Literary Work –
Non-Fiction
• “Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom” – Cornel West
(Smiley Books)
• “Letter to My Daughter” – Maya Angelou (Random House)
• “Moving to Higher Ground” – Wynton Marsalis, Geoffrey Ward
(Random House)
• “The Sea is So Wide And My Boat Is So Small” – Marian Wright
Edelman (Hyperion)
• “There’s No Traffic on the Extra Mile: Lessons on the Road
From Dreams to Destiny” – Rickey Minor (Gotham Books)
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut
Author
• “Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion” –
David Glenn Brown (David G. Brown Studios)
• “The Beautiful Struggle” – Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel and Grau)
• “Homeroom Heroes: Freshman Edition” – Michael B. Jordan,
Rahfeal Gordan (RahGor Publishing)
• “No Way Home” – Carlos Acosta (Scribner)
• “War of the Blood In My Veins” – Dashaun “Jiwe” Morris
(Scribner)
Outstanding Literary Work –
Biography/Auto-Biography
• “21 Nights” – Prince (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster)
• “Baldwin’s Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin” – Herb
Boyd (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster)
• “The Black List” – Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Elvis Mitchell
(Atria Books/Simon & Schuster)
• “The Legs Are The Last To Go” – Diahann Carroll (Amistad)
• “Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration” – Marcia Ann Gillespie,
Rosa Johnson Butler, Richard A. Long (Doubleday)
Outstanding Literary Work –
Instructional
• “32 Ways To Be A Champion In Business” – Earvin “Magic”
Johnson (Crown Business)
• “The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life” – Kevin Powell
(Atria Books/Simon & Schuster)
• “Dining In” – G. Garvin (Meredith Books)
• “Good is not Enough and Other Unwritten Rules for Minority
Professionals” – Keith R. Wyche (Portfolio/Centennial)
• “Tapping the Power Within: A Path To Self-Empowerment For
Women” – Iyanla Vanzant (Smiley Books)
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry • “Hardheaded Weather” – Cornelius Eady (Marian Wood Books)
• “Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration of “Poetry With A
Beat” – Nikki Giovanni (Source Books/Jabberwocky)
• “Honoring the Ancestors” – James Cherry (Third World Press)
• “Things I Must Have Known” – A B Spellman (Coffee House
Press)
• “Warhorses” – Yusef Komunyakaa (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Outstanding Literary Work –
Children
• “Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem” – Maya Angelou
(illustrators – Lou Fancher & Steven Johnson) (Schwartz &
Wade)
• “Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope” – Nikki
Grimes, (illustrator – Bryan Collier) (Simon & Schuster)
• “Say a Little Prayer” – Dionne Warwick, David Freeman
Wooley, Tonya Bolden, (illustrator – Soud) (Running Press)
• “We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball” – Kadir
Nelson (Disney Publishing)
• “You Can Do It!” – Tony Dungy, (illustrator – Amy June Bates)
(Simon & Schuster)
Outstanding Literary Work –
Youth/Teens
• “Beacon Hills High” – Mo’Nique Imes Jackson, Sherri McGee
McCovey (Amistad)
• “Joseph” – Sheila P. Moses (Simon & Schuster)
• “Letters To A Young Sister: Define Your Destiny” – Hill Harper
(Gotham Books)
• “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s American Heroes: Robert Smalls, The
Boat Thief” – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., (illustrator Patrick Faricy)
(Disney Hyperion)
• “Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Plum Fantastic” – Whoopi Goldberg,
Nancy Cato, (illustrator – Maryn Roos)(Disney Publishing)
MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES
Outstanding Motion Picture • “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• “Miracle at St. Anna” (Touchstone Pictures)
• “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)
• “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys” (Lionsgate)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion
Picture
• Derek Luke – “Miracle at St. Anna” (Touchstone Pictures)
• Don Cheadle – “Traitor” (Overture Films)
• Jeffrey Wright – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood
Pictures)
• Rob Brown – “The Express” (Universal Pictures)
• Will Smith – “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion
Picture
• Alfre Woodard – “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys”
(Lionsgate)
• Angela Bassett – “Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns” (Lionsgate)
• Dakota Fanning – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Queen Latifah – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Rosario Dawson – “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a
Motion Picture
• Cedric the Entertainer – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music
Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Columbus Short – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music
Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Dev Patel – “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
• Mos Def – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood
Pictures)
• Nate Parker – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Motion Picture
• Alicia Keys – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Beyoncé Knowles – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music
Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Jennifer Hudson – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Sophie Okonedo – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Taraji P. Henson – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
(Paramount)
The nominees listed in the following categories were voted upon by Subcommittees.
Outstanding Independent Motion
Picture
• “Ballast” (Alluvial Film Co.)
• “Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom” (Logo)
• “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
• “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture • “Captain Abu Raed” (Neoclassics Films)
• “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “Mongol” (Picturehouse)
• “Song of Sparrows” (Regent Releasing)
• “Under the Same Moon” (Fox Searchlight)
DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY
Outstanding Documentary • “The Black List” (HBO)
• “Black Magic” (ESPN)
• “CNN Presents: Black in America” (CNN)
• “Dare Not Walk Alone” (DNWA Productions)
• “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films)
WRITING CATEGORIES
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy
Series
• Aaron McGruder & Rodney Barnes – “The Boondocks” – The
Story of Gangstalicious Part 2 (Cartoon Network)
• Erica D. Montolfo – “The Game” – White Coats and White Lies
(CW)
• Marc Wilmore – “The Simpsons” – My Pods and Broomstick
(FOX)
• Ryan Koh – “The Office” – Business Ethics (NBC)
• Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally – “Ugly Betty” – Crush’d (ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic
Series
• Aaron Rahsaan Thomas – “Friday Night Lights” – Leave No
One Behind (NBC)
• Janine Sherman Barrois – “ER” – Parental Guidance (NBC)
• Kathleen McGhee-Anderson – “Lincoln Heights” – Glass House
(ABC)
• Liz Friedman & Sara Hess – “House” – Lucky Thirteen (FOX)
• Shonda Rhimes – “Grey’s Anatomy” – Freedom Part 1 & 2
(ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a
Motion Picture
(Theatrical or Television)
• Darnell Martin – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood
Pictures)
• Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox
Searchlight)
• Jenny Lumet – “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures
Classics)
• Paris Qualles – “A Raisin In The Sun” (ABC)
• Patrik-Ian Polk & John R. Gordon – “Noah’s Arc: Jumping the
Broom” (LOGO)
Nominees in the Directing Category will be announced at a later date.
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