Yesterday the 2016 NAACP Image Awards were aired on TVOne. The Oscars may be so white, the Image Awards were live and fully in color. We have a snippet of award winners and photos from the event below.

Outstanding Motion Picture:
Straight Outta Compton

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture:
Michael B. Jordan, Creed

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture:
Sanaa Lathan, The Perfect Guy

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:
O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Straight Outta Compton

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture:
Phylicia Rashad, Creed

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture:
Beasts of No Nation

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film):
Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington, Creed

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film):
Ryan Coogler, Creed

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series:
Terrence Howard, Empire

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series:
Taraji P. Henson, Empire

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series:
Anthony Anderson, Black-Ish

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-Ish

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Mike Epps, Survivor’s Remorse

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Marsai Martin, Black-Ish

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Joe Morton, Scandal

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Regina King, American Crime

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special:
Queen Latifah, Bessie

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special:
David Alan Grier, The Wiz Live!

Outstanding Comedy Series:
Black-Ish

Outstanding Drama Series:
Empire

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special:
The Wiz Live!

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Kenya M. Barris, Black-Ish – “The Word”

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

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

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”

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series:
John Ridley, American Crime

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television):
Dee Rees, Bessie

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film):
Loretta Devine, Doc McStuffins

Outstanding Children’s Program:
Doc McStuffins

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Mini-series):
Marcus Scribner, Black-Ish

Congratulations to all the 2016 NAACP Image Award winners. A full list of winners can be found here.

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Best Actor – Terrence Howard

Best Actress – Taraji P. Henson

Best Movie – Selma

The winners in the other categories can be found here.

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Tonight is the 2015 edition of the BET Awards, where BET acknowledges the achievements of entertainers and athletes in their fields. The show will be full of performances and laughs. Tune in tonight to see if your faves take home an award. The nominees for the filmmaking categories are included below.

BEST ACTRESS

Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington
Taraji P. Henson
Tracee Ellis Ross
Viola Davis

BEST ACTOR

Anthony Anderson
Idris Elba
Jussie Smollett
Kevin Hart
Terrence Howard

YOUNGSTARS AWARD

Jacob Latimore
Jaden Smith
Mo’ne Davis
Quvenzhané Wallis
Zendaya

BEST MOVIE

Annie
Beyond the Lights
Selma
Think Like a Man Too
Top Five

The 2015 BET Awards air tonight at 8/7c on BET and Centric. The full nomination list can be found here.

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Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz were taking care of things in America, but Winnie Mandela was holding things down in South Africa.

Mandela is the former wife of Nelson Mandela. She is known for her vocal activism and politics. She was a key member of the anti-Apartheid movement. When her husband was in jail, she would often be the medium between him and the rest of the world.

Winnie Mandela is a 2011 film based on the biography Winnie Mandela: A Life by Anne Marie du Preez. It starred Jennifer Hudson as Winnie Mandela and Terrence Howard (sans conk) as Nelson Mandela. It follows Mandela from her rural childhood to her marriage with Nelson to accusations of her committing violent crimes. It is available here.

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The storyline is neither revolutionary nor original, but hardly anything is these days. It’s time for a father to step down and pick his successor. Conveniently, all of his children are male. The sons must prove their worth. One is all for it. One is apathetic. One is against it. The one against it soon changes his mind. War is brewing. Winter is coming. It’s like Godfather meets Hustle and Flow.

The acting leaves something to be desired, except for Taraji P. Henson. Her performance alone elevated the show. Her character will be the one to look after. She seems to be the most developed character on the show. She has the right amount of jadedness, cunning, spunk. She appears to be the one getting played, but by the end, she’ll probably be on top.

Terrence Howard’s acting could use some fine tuning. He wasn’t the most believable as a ruthless media mogul. Maybe he needs to put some bass in his voice or something. He seems like the mogul Drake would be. And of course his character gets ALS to capitalize off of the popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge. I mean I guess… It’s whatever. I’m just gonna pretend he has cancer or something.

Watching the show, I was like “Who taught these kids to hate themselves?” Would it kill just one of them to have a Black significant other? It didn’t take long for my first question to be answered. Their parents taught them to hate themselves. Between a homophobic father who doesn’t hide his disdain for his child and the mother who uses troublesome languages and beats her child with a broomstick, these kids are surprisingly well-adjusted.

Empire wasn’t a homerun, but I’ve seen worse. I don’t put much stock pilots, because they’re usually rough around the edges. I’ll follow it for at least a few episodes to see how it progresses. Taraji alone should make it worthwhile.

If using an arbitrary rating system, I would give it three Pan-African flags out of five.

My favorite moment has been captured by beysoldweave on Tumblr.

Empire airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on FOX.

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Synopsis:

An immensely talented artist, the CEO of Empire Entertainment and a former street thug, his reign has been unchallenged for years. But all that changes, when he learns he has a disease that is going to render him crippled and incapacitated in a matter of three years. The clock is ticking, and he must groom one of his three sons to take over his crowning achievement, without destroying his already fractured family. Lucious’ favorite is his youngest son, Hakeem, a gifted musician and a spoiled playboy who values fame over hard work. The middle son, Jamal, is a sensitive soul and a musical prodigy who, unlike Hakeem, shies away from the spotlight. Jamal also happens to be gay, which infuriates and embarrasses his father. Andre, the eldest son, is CFO of Empire Entertainment. Wharton-educated with a brilliant business mind, Andre lacks the charisma that Lucious believes is crucial to running the company. But in his quest for power, Andre is assisted by his manipulative and like-minded wife, Rhonda (Kaitlin Doubleday). As Lucious prompts his sons to vie for the empire, his plans are thrown into chaos when his ex-wife, Cookie, mysteriously emerges seven years early from prison, where she’s been for almost two decades. Brash and fearless, she sees herself as the sacrificial lamb who built this empire with Lucious and then took the fall for running the drugs that financed Lucious’ early career. For now, Lucious remains firmly in control of Empire Entertainment. As the Lyons slug it out, an emotional chess game begins that will either cause the family’s destruction or redemption. Lives and loves will be lost as the complicated family will come together and fall apart over the elusive throne, all set to an original soundtrack written and produced by legendary hip-hop hitmaker Timbaland. Will the family unite and learn to love each other before it’s too late? Love, war, family, sacrifice, money and music: this is the story of the Lyons’ EMPIRE

Cast

Terrence Howard – Lucious Lyon

Taraji P. Henson – Cookie Lyon

Bryshere Gray – Hakeem Lyon

Jussie Smollett – Jamal Lyon

Trai Byers – Andre Lyon

Crew

Creator – Lee Daniels

Executive Producers

• Lee Daniels
• Danny Strong
• Brian Grazer
• Francie Calfo

Premieres Wednesday, January 7 at 9/8c on FOX.

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