Beyonce, 'Moonlight,' 'Birth of a Nation' Lead NAACP Image Awards Nominees
The NAACP Image Awards revealed its slate of 2016 nominees on Tuesday, hailing some movies and TV series that have already received lots of love from critics this awards season, as well as highlighting one particular piece of cinema that's fallen by the wayside in recent months.
Lemonade." "Moonlight" tied for the most nominations in the film category, earning citations in the Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Supporting Actor (two nods, for Mahershala Ali and Trevante Rhodes), Outstanding Independent Motion Picture, Outstanding Writing, and Outstanding Directing fields.
The other flick to receive six nominations was "The Birth of a Nation," with actor-writer-director Nate Parker earning individual nods for all three of those roles, in addition to the film scoring citations for Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Independent Motion Picture, and Outstanding Supporting Actress (for Aja Naomi King). "Birth" hasn't received much critical attention this awards season, thanks in part to the controversy surrounding Parker, and his past trial for rape (he was acquitted of all charges). The continued conversation about that event soured the film's Oscar chances (the Sundance favorite was once considered an early frontrunner for Best Picture), and it has largely been ignored by critics groups handing out accolades for 2016 releases.
Below, find the full list of film and television nominees for the 48th annual NAACP Image Awards. (Nominees in the music and literature categories can be found here.) Winners will be announced at a ceremony on February 11 airing on TV One.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé
Viola Davis
Regina King
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Chance the Rapper
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 News / Information – (Series or Special)
"AM Joy with Joy Reid" (MSNBC/NBC News)
"BET Love and Happiness White House Special" (BET)
"StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson" (National Geographic Channel)
"Stay Woke" (BET)
"Unsung: Sugarhill Gang" (TV One)
Outstanding Talk Series
"Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)
"SuperSoul Sunday" (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
"The Real" (Syndicated)
"The Talk" (CBS)
"The View" (ABC)
Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series
"Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
"Little Big Shots" (NBC)
"Mary Mary" (WE tv)
"The Voice" (NBC)
"United Shades of America" (CNN)
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
"2016 Black Girls Rock" (BET)
"Celebrity Family Feud" (ABC)
"Lemonade" (HBO)
"Lip Sync Battle" (Spike TV)
"The Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards 2016" (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
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)
Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Anthony Anderson & Tracee Ellis Ross – "2016 BET Awards" (BET)
Joy Reid – "AM Joy with Joy Reid" (MSNBC)
Roland S. Martin – "NewsOne Now with Roland S. Martin" (TV One)
Steve Harvey – "The Steve Harvey Show" (Syndicated)
W. Kamau Bell – "United Shades of America" (CNN)
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" (See-Saw Films)
"Loving" (Focus Features/Big Beach)
"Miles Ahead" (Sony Pictures Classics)
"Moonlight" (A24)
"The Birth of a Nation" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
DOCUMENTARY
Outstanding Documentary – (Film)
"13th" (Netflix)
"I Am Not Your Negro" (Velvet Film)
"Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise" (The People's Poet LLC)
"Miss Sharon Jones!" (Cabin Creek Films)
"Olympic Pride, American Prejudice" (Coffee Bluff Pictures)
Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
"Major League Legends: Hank Aaron" (Smithsonian Channel)
"Policing the Police" (PBS)
"Roots: A History Revealed" (History)
"Roots: A New Vision" (History)
"Streets of Compton" (A&E)
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: Washingtons 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 "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" (See-Saw Films)
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 Studios)
Idris Elba – "Finding Dory" (Walt Disney Studios)
Idris Elba – "The Jungle Book" (Walt Disney Studios)
Kevin Hart – "The Secret Life of Pets" (Universal Pictures)
Loretta Devine – "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)
[via: Deadline]