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48th NAACP Image Awards Nominees

James — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:17:39 +0000

Award season in full swing, and the NAACP has released their nominations for the 2017 Image Awards. Anthony Anderson will serve as host. Nominations pretty much went as expected. Check the list below to see who got nominated and tune into the Image Awards. Good luck to all the nominees.

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series

“Atlanta” (FX)
“black-ish” (ABC)
“Insecure” (HBO)
“Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz)
“The Carmichael Show” (NBC)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson – “black-ish” (ABC)
Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” (Showtime)
Donald Glover – “Atlanta” (FX)
Dwayne Johnson – “Ballers” (HBO)
Kevin Hart – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Issa Rae – “Insecure” (HBO)
Keesha Sharp – “Lethal Weapon” (FOX)
Niecy Nash – “The Soul Man” (TV Land)
Tracee Ellis Ross – “black-ish” (ABC)
Uzo Aduba – “Orange Is the New Black” (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

David Alan Grier – “The Carmichael Show” (NBC)
Deon Cole – “black-ish” (ABC)
Laurence Fishburne – “black-ish” (ABC)
Miles Brown – “black-ish” (ABC)
Tituss Burgess – “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Erica Ash – “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz)
Laverne Cox – “Orange Is The New Black” (Netflix)
Marsai Martin – “black-ish” (ABC)
Tichina Arnold – “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz)
Yvonne Orji – “Insecure” (HBO)

Outstanding Drama Series

“Empire” (FOX)
“Power” (Starz)
“Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
“This Is Us” (NBC)
“Underground” (WGN America)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Kofi Siriboe – “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Mike Colter – “Marvel’s Luke Cage” (Netflix)
Omari Hardwick – “Power” (Starz)
Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us” (NBC)
Terrence Howard – “Empire” (FOX)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Jurnee Smollett-Bell – “Underground” (WGN America)
Kerry Washington – “Scandal” (ABC)
Rutina Wesley – “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
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)
Jesse Williams – “Greys Anatomy” (ABC)
Joe Morton – “Scandal” (ABC)
Jussie Smollett – “Empire” (FOX)
Trai Byers – “Empire” (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Amirah Vann – “Underground” (WGN America)
CCH Pounder – “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS)
Cicely Tyson – “How To Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
Lynn Whitfield – “Greenleaf” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Naturi Naughton – “Power” (Starz)

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

“American Crime” (ABC)
“Confirmation” (HBO)
“Roots” (History)
“The Night Of” (HBO)
“The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)

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

Courtney B. Vance – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)
Cuba Gooding Jr. – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)
Jeffrey Wright – “Confirmation” (HBO)
Malachi Kirby – “Roots” (History)
Sterling K. Brown – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)

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

Anika Noni Rose – “Roots” (History)
Audra McDonald – “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” (HBO)
Emayatzy Corinealdi – “Roots” (History)
Kerry Washington – “Confirmation” (HBO)
Regina King – “American Crime” (ABC)

Outstanding Children’s Program

“All In With Cam Newton” (Nickelodeon)
“An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win” (Amazon)
“Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
“K.C. Undercover” (Disney Channel)
“The Lion Guard” (Disney Junior)

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

Emyyri Crutchfield – “Roots” (History)
Hudson Yang – “Fresh Off The Boat” (ABC)
Lonnie Chavis – “This Is Us” (NBC)
Marsai Martin – “black-ish” (ABC)
Miles Brown – “black-ish” (ABC)

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture

“Fences” (Paramount Pictures)
“Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox)
“Loving” (Focus Features/Big Beach)
“Moonlight” (A24)
“The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Denzel Washington – “Fences” (Paramount Pictures)
Don Cheadle – “Miles Ahead” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Nate Parker – “The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Stephan James – “Race” (Focus Features/The Luminary Group A Solofilms/Trinidad/Trinity/Trinity Race Production)
Will Smith – “Collateral Beauty” (Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Angela Bassett – “London Has Fallen” (Focus Features/Millennium Films/G-Base Production)
Madina Nalwanga – “Queen of Katwe” (Walt Disney Studios)
Ruth Negga – “Loving” (Focus Features/Big Beach)
Taraji P. Henson – “Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox)
Tika Sumpter – “Southside With You” (Roadside Attractions)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Alano Miller – “Loving” (Focus Features/Big Beach)
Chadwick Boseman – “Captain America: Civil War” (Marvel Studios)
David Oyelowo – “Queen of Katwe” (Walt Disney Studios)
Mahershala Ali – “Moonlight” (A24)
Trevante Rhodes – “Moonlight” (A24)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Aja Naomi King – “The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Lupita Nyong’o – “Queen of Katwe” (Walt Disney Studios)
Mo’ Nique – “Almost Christmas” (Universal Pictures)
Octavia Spencer – “Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox)
Viola Davis – “Fences” (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

“Lion” (The Weinstein Co.)
“Loving” (Focus Features/Big Beach)
“Miles Ahead” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Moonlight” (A24)
“The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

WRITING

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Donald Glover – “Atlanta” – B.A.N. (FX)
Issa Rae, Larry Wilmore – “Insecure” – Insecure as F**k (HBO)
Kenya Barris – “black-ish” – Hope (ABC)
Our Lady J – “Transparent” – If I Were A Bell (Amazon)
Prentice Penny – “Insecure” – Real as F**k (HBO)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

Akela Cooper – “Marvel’s Luke Cage” – Manifest (Netflix)
Anthony Sparks – “Queen Sugar” – By Any Chance (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Ava DuVernay – “Queen Sugar” – First Things First (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Joe Robert Cole – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story – The Race Card” – (FX)
LaToya Morgan – “TURN: Washington’s Spies” – Benediction (AMC)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Television)

Alison McDonald – “An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win” (Amazon)
Alison McDonald – “Roots (Night 2)” (History)
Charles Murray – “Roots (Night 3)” (History)
Rashida Jones and Mike Schur – “Black Mirror: Nosedive” (Netflix)
Rhonda Freeman-Baraka – “Merry Christmas, Baby!” (UP TV)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)

Adam Mansbach “Barry” (Black Bear Pictures and Cinetic Media)
Barry Jenkins (Screenplay) and Tarell Alvin McCraney (Story by) “Moonlight” (A24)
Jeff Nichols “Loving” (Focus Features/Big Beach)
Nate Parker “The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Richard Tanne “Southside With You” (Roadside Attractions)

DIRECTING

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Anton Cropper – “black-ish” – God (ABC)
Anton Cropper – “black-ish” – Good-ish Times (ABC)
Donald Glover – “Atlanta” – Value (FX)
Marta Cunningham – “Transparent” – Exciting and New (Amazon)
Melina Matsoukas – “Insecure” – Insecure as F**k” (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

Anthony Hemingway – “Underground” – The Macon 7 (WGN America)
John Singleton – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story: The Race Card” – (FX)
Millicent Shelton – “Empire” – The Lyon Who Cried Wolf (FOX)
Paris Barclay – “Pitch” – Pilot (FOX)
Sam Esmail – “Mr. Robot” – eps2.5_h4ndshake.sme (USA Network)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)

Carl Seaton – “Bad Dad Rehab” – (TV One)
Mario Van Peebles – “Roots (Night 2)” – (History)
Rick Famuyiwa – “Confirmation” – (HBO)
Thomas Carter – “Roots (Night 3)” – (History)
Vondie Curtis-Hall – “Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart” – (Lifetime)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture – (Film)

Anthony Russo, Joe Russo – “Captain America: Civil War” (Marvel Studios)
Barry Jenkins – “Moonlight” (A24)
Garth Davis – “Lion” (The Weinstein Co.)
Mira Nair – “Queen of Katwe” (Walt Disney Studios)
Nate Parker – “The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

ANIMATED/CGI

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film)

Dwayne Johnson – “Moana” (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
Idris Elba – “Finding Dory” (Pixar Animation Studios)
Idris Elba – “The Jungle Book” (Walt Disney Studios)
Kevin Hart – “The Secret Life of Pets” (Universal Pictures)
Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)

The 48th NAACP Image Awards airs February 11, 2017 at 9/8c live on TV One.

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The 67th Primetime Emmy Award Nominations

James — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 18:29:24 +0000

The Primetime Emmy nominations were announced this morning, and we got some decent representation, which is more than we can say for the Oscars. Check below to see if your favorite Black actor/filmmaker was nominated for an Emmy. Who do you think was snubbed?

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson – Black-ish

Don Cheadle – House of Lies

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Niecy Nash – Getting On

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Keegan-Michael Key – Key & Peele

Titus Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

Key & Peele

Outstanding TV Movie

Bessie

Nightingale

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Cicely Tyson – How to Get Away with Murder

Khandi Alexander – Scandal

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Reg E. Cathey – House of Cards

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Regina King – American Crime

Angela Bassett – American Horror Story: Freak Show

Mo’Nique – Bessie

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Michael Kenneth Williams – Bessie

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

John Ridley – American Crime, “Episode One”

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Dee Rees – Bessie

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

Key & Peele

The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards will air September 20 at 8/7c on FOX.

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Black Girls Rock! 2015

James — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 18:49:21 +0000

Tonight is Black Girls Rock! Black Girls Rock! is an annual award show that highlights and honors the achievement of Black women in various fields. Among those honored will be Jada Pinkett Smith, Cicely Tyson, and Ava DuVernay. Tracee Ellis Ross and Regina King are hosting. Our Black women are worth celebrating so tune in. Follow us on Instagram as we’ll be showcasing photos from the event.

Black Girls Rock! airs tonight at 7/6c on BET and Centric.

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2015 Black Reel Awards Winners

James — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 22:47:50 +0000

The winners of the 2015 Black Reel Awards were announced Thursday, February 19, 2015. Selma, Dear White People, Gun Hill, and The Trip to Bountiful were big winners. The full list can be found below.