My VOTES are in PURPLE!!
MOTION PICTURE
Outstanding Motion Picture: Barbershop, Brown Sugar, Antwone Fisher,
John Q., Drumline
THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOO HARD!!!
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture:
Denzel Washington, John Q; Ice Cube, Barbershop; Samuel L. Jackson, Changing Lanes; Taye Diggs, Brown Sugar; Morgan Freeman, High Crimes
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture:
Sanaa Lathan, Brown Sugar; Angela Basset, Sunshine State; Jennifer Lopez, Maid in Manhattan; Thandie Newton, The Truth About Charlie; Vivica A. Fox, Juwanna Man
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Cedric the Entertainer, Barbershop; Denzel Washington, Antwone Fisher;
Mos Def, Brown Sugar; Anthony Anderson, Barbershop; Boris Kodjoe, Brown Sugar
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Halle Berry, Die Another Day; Queen Latifah, Brown Sugar; Nicole Ari Parker, Brown Sugar; Eve Jihan Jeffers, Barbershop;
Kimberly Elise, John Q THIS ONE IS HARD TOOOOOOO!!
TELEVISION
Outstanding Comedy Series: The Bernie Mac Show; My Wife and Kids;
Girlfriends; One On One; The Parkers
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: Bernie Mac, The Bernie Mac Show; Damon Wayans, My Wife and Kids; Cedric the Entertainer, Cedric the Entertainer Presents;
Flex Alexander, One on One; D.L.Hughley, The Hughleys
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: Tisha Campbell-Martin, My Wife and Kids; Tracee Ellis Ross, Girlfriends; Mo'nique, The Parkers ; Kellita Smith, The Bernie Mac Show;
Golden Brooks, Girlfriends
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Cedric the Entertainer, The Proud Family; Jeremy Suarez, The Bernie Mac Show; Michael Boatman, Arli$$; David Alan Grier, Life with Bonnie; Ving Rhames, The Proud Family
WHAT ROLE IS HE ON THE PROUD FAMILY!!!
I have seen each episode AT LEAST 4 times.
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Camille Winbush, The Bernie Mac Show; Wendy Raquel Robinson, Cedric the Entertainer Presents;
Dee Dee Davis, The Bernie Mac Show; Terri J. Vaughn, The Steve Harvey Show; Regina Hall, Ally McBeal
Outstanding Drama Series:
Soul Food; Boston Public; 24; The Wire; Six Feet Under
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series: Dennis Haysbert, 24; Michael Beach, Third Watch; Mykelti Williamson, Boomtown; Andre Braugher, Hack; Bill Bellamy, Fastlane
Don't watch any of these shows, where are the SOUL FOOD ACTORS?!!??!
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series:
Nicole Ari Parker, Soul Food; Vanessa Williams, Soul Food; Malinda Williams, Soulfood; Lorraine Toussaint, Any Day Now; CCH Pounder, The Shield
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Boris Kodjoe, Soul Food; Aaron Meeks, Soul Food; Charles S. Dutton, Without a Trace; Mekhi Phifer, ER; Gary Dourdan, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Loretta Devine, Boston Public; Pam Grier, Law & Order: SVU;
Kimberly Elise, Soul Food; Anna Deavere Smith, The West Wing; Rita Moreno, Oz
Outstanding Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: 10,000 Black Men Named George;
The Rosa Parks Story; Keep the Faith, Baby; The Middle Passage; Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Only saw one of these so that is why it gets the vote
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: Charles S. Dutton, 10,000 Black Men Named George; Andre Braugher, 10,000 Black Men Named George; Ving Rhames, Sins of the Father;
Omar Epps, Conviction; Harry Lennix, Keep the Faith, Baby
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special:
Angela Bassett, The Rosa Parks Story; Vanessa L. Williams, Keep the Faith, Baby; Gloria Reuben, Little John; N'Bushe Wright, Widows; Jackie Richardson, Sins of the Father
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series: Kristoff St. John, The Young and the Restless;
Darnell Williams, All My Children; Paul Taylor, As the World Turns; Nathan Purdee, One Life to Live; Peter Parros, As the World Turns
Have not watched a soap since 94 but I will go with the soap I used to watch FAITHFULLY
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series: Victoria Rowell, The Young and the Restless; Tonya Lee Williams, The Young and the Restless; Tracey Ross, Passions; Tamara Tunie, As the World Turns;
Eva La Rue, All My Children
Outstanding News, Talk or Information, Series or Special: ABC News Nightline Up Close: Dr. Ben Carson; Biography: Johnnie Cochran--The Best Defense; 60 Minutes II: A Nation Divided; The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: Episode I, Promises Betrayed 1865-1896;
BET Tonight with Ed Gordon: R. Kelly (Part I)
Outstanding Variety, Series or Special:
Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, The 2002 Essence Awards, BET's 8th Annual Walk of Fame: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder, Behind the Music: Bob Marley
Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special:
Kyla Pratt, The Proud Family; Tommy Davidson, The Proud Family; Jo Marie Payton, The Proud Family; Levar Burton, Reading Rainbow; Keshia Knight Pulliam, What About Your Friends
RECORDING
Outstanding Album: Voyage to India, India.Arie; Nellyville, Nelly; Juslisen, Musiq;
The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin, Kirk Franklin; Brown Sugar Soundtrack, various
Outstanding Song: "No More Drama" (songwriters: James Harris, Terry Lewis, Barry Devorzan and Perry Botkin Jr.; artist: Mary J. Blige); "Little Things" (songwriters: D. Wolinski, A. Fischer, I. Simpson, S. Sanders, A. Robertson; artist: India.Arie); "Love of My Life" (songwriters: Erykah Badu and Lonnie Lynn; artist: Erykah Badu feat. Common);
"Brighter Day" (songwriter/artist: Kirk Franklin); "Work It" (songwriters: Missy Elliott and Timbaland Mosley; artist: Missy Elliott)
Outstanding Duo or Group: India.Arie & Stevie Wonder, Mary Mary, TLC,
Erykah Badu feat. Common, The Roots
Outstanding New Artist: Ashanti, Kelly Rowland, Tweet,
Floetry, Amerie
Outstanding Female Artist:
India.Arie, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Erykah Badu, Ashanti
Outstanding Male Artist:
Musiq, Nelly, Mos Def, LL Cool J, Carlos Santana
Outstanding Jazz Artist: Al Jarreau, Will Downing, Natalie Cole, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman
Outstanding Gospel Artist:
Kirk Franklin, Mary Mary, Fred Hammond, BeBe Winans, Blind Boys of Alabama
Outstanding Music Video:
India.Arie, "Little Things" (directed by Sanaa Hamri); Erykah Badu feat. Common, "Love of My Life" (directed by Chris Robinson); Usher, "You Don't Have to Call" (directed by Little X); Mary J. Blige, "No More Drama" (directed by Sanjii); LL Cool J, "Luv U Better" (directed by Benny Boom)
HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THEM but HEY WHATEVER
LITERATURE:
Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction: A Love of My Own, E. Lynn Harris;
Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Nikki Giovanni; The Emperor of Ocean Park, Stephen L. Carter; Thieves' Paradise, Eric Jerome Dickey; The Bondswoman's Narrative, Hannah Crafts; Henry Louis Gates, editor
UMM of the 2 I read, I honestly would not vote for either. . .
Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction: A Song Flung Up to Heaven, Maya Angelou; Keeping the Faith, Tavis Smiley; Bill Clinton and Black America, DeWayne Wickham; Growing Up X, Ilyasah Shabazz;
Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters, Carla
Kaplan, editor
Outstanding Literary Work, Children's: Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales, Nelson Mandela, editor; Hip Kid Hop: And the Winner Is, LL Cool J; Please, Baby, Please, Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee; When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson: The Voice of a Century, Pam Munoz Ryan, Brian Selznick; A Rainbow All Around Me, Sandra Pinkney
Have not read any of these, although I did read some children's literature this year.