NAACP Image Awards TONIGHT

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No image problem for Barbershop at the Image Awards.

The cutting comedy, called out by activist Jesse Jackson because of a certain expletive-undeleted line of dialogue that called out Jesse Jackson, scored five nods as nominations were announced Thursday for the 34th annual NAACP Image Awards.

Brown Sugar, the romantic comedy steeped in hip-hop history, was tops among the movies, earning seven nominations, including one for Outstanding Motion Picture. The film, starring Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan (acting nominees both), will vie for top honors against Barbershop, John Q., and the not-yet-released dramas Antwone Fisher and Drumline.

The Image Awards, honoring film, TV, music and books that promote "positive images of people of color," are scheduled to be presented March 8 in Los Angeles.

Big names who just may stop by to see if they're worthy of trophies include: Denzel Washington, a double nominee for John Q. (Best Actor, Film) and Antwone Fisher (Best Supporting Actor, Film), which he also directed; Halle Berry, a supporting actress contender in the film race for her Bond girl turn in Die Another Day; and Jennifer Lopez, a Best Actress nominee for her upcoming comedy, Maid in Manhattan.

Like Washington, Cedric the Entertainer, Angela Bassett, Charles S. Dutton and Ving Rhames nabbed two nominations each. Cedric the Entertainer, the Barbershop instigator who spouted the offending lines about civil-rights leaders Jackson, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., brought home a Best Supporting Film Actor nod for the controversial role. He also was singled out for his Fox series, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, with a Best Actor in a Comedy Series nomination.

Bassett also scored in film and TV--a nominee for the indie drama Sunshine State (Best Actress), and the CBS biopic, The Rosa Parks Story (Best Actress, TV Movie, Miniseries or Special).

Dutton earned nods for CBS' Without a Trace (Best Supporting Actor, Drama) and Showtime's 10,000 Black Men Named George (Best Actor, TV Movie, Miniseries or Special).

Rhames was a two-timer for FX's Sins of the Father (Best Actor, TV Movie, Miniseries or Special) and the Disney Channel's The Proud Family (Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series).

Among TV nominees, Showtime's Soul Food spiced things up with seven nominations, tops for a drama series; Fox's The Bernie Mac Show managed six nods, tops for a comedy series.

Other notable TV-land nominees: blaxploitation legend Pam Grier, a Best Supporting Drama Actress hopeful for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; and, grownup Cosby Show kid Keshia Knight Pulliam, now 23, cited for her work on the UPN kids' special What About Your Friends.

In the music division, soul queens India.Arie and Erykah Badu earned four nominations each, including ones for Outstanding Female Artist.

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture: Barbershop, Brown Sugar, Antwone Fisher, John Q., Drumline

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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, CarlaKaplan, 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

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CED will be hosting the awards this year. Kweisi Mfume received from flack about him hosting but told them Barbershop was not the end all be all in terms of his character's comments about Rosa, MLK and Jesse.

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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, CarlaKaplan, 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.

[RedefinedDiva]

Here are my picks:

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture: Brown Sugar

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Denzel Washington, John Q

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Sanaa Lathan, Brown Sugar

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Cedric the Entertainer, Barbershop

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Queen Latifah, Brown Sugar

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series: My Wife and Kids

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: Damon Wayans, My Wife and Kids

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: Tracee Ellis Ross, Girlfriends and Golden Brooks, Girlfriends (it's a toss-up)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Cedric the Entertainer, The Proud Family

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Terri J. Vaughn, The Steve Harvey Show (Lovita Alize Jenkins!)

Outstanding Drama Series: Soul Food

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series: Andre Braugher, Hack

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series: Nicole Ari Parker, Soul Food; Vanessa Williams, Soul Food; Malinda Williams, Soulfood
(How you gonna put all of them in the same category? If I had to choose, it would be Vanessa. She has ATTITUDE!)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Boris Kodjoe, Soul Food

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Loretta Devine, Boston Public

Outstanding Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: 10,000 Black Men Named George

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: Charles S. Dutton, 10,000 Black Men Named George

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: Angela Bassett, The Rosa Parks Story

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series: Kristoff St. John, The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series: Victoria Rowell, The Young and the Restless

Outstanding News, Talk or Information, Series or Special: ABC News Nightline Up Close: Biography: Johnnie Cochran--The Best Defense

Outstanding Variety, Series or Special: Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special: Kyla Pratt, The Proud Family

RECORDING

Outstanding Album: Brown Sugar Soundtrack, various

Outstanding Song: "Love of My Life" (songwriters: Erykah Badu and Lonnie Lynn; artist: Erykah Badu feat. Common)

Outstanding Duo or Group: Erykah Badu feat. Common

Outstanding New Artist: Amerie

Outstanding Female Artist: Erykah Badu (When is her new album dropping?)

Outstanding Male Artist: Mos Def

Outstanding Jazz Artist: Branford Marsalis (NEW ORLEANS!)

Outstanding Gospel Artist: Mary Mary

Outstanding Music Video: Erykah Badu feat. Common, "Love of My Life" (directed by Chris Robinson)

LITERATURE:

Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction: A Love of My Own, E. Lynn Harris

Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction: A Song Flung Up to Heaven, Maya Angelou; Keeping the Faith, Tavis Smiley (How you put Tavis in with Maya?)

Outstanding Literary Work, Children's: Please, Baby, Please, Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee

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Rosa Parks Won't Attend NAACP Awards
Fri Mar 7, 5:50 PM ET Add Top Stories - AP to My Yahoo!


DETROIT - Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks will not attend Saturday's NAACP Image Awards because the event's host, Cedric the Entertainer, made jokes about her in the film "Barbershop" that she considered offensive.


In a letter dated Thursday, Elaine Steele, a co-founder of the Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, said the invitation was appreciated but that jokes by Cedric's character in "Barbershop" represent "a sensitive area to us."


"We with many others do not understand the endorsement the NAACP gave to the hurtful jokes in the movie `Barbershop,' about America's civil rights leaders," the letter stated.


Parks, 90, made history in December 1955 when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus. Her arrest triggered a 381-day boycott of the bus system by blacks and led to court rulings desegregating public transportation nationwide.


"Barbershop," last summer's surprise box-office hit about a barbershop on Chicago's South Side, featured Cedric as an old cantankerous barber.


In the film, Cedric's character says other blacks had refused to give up their seats to whites in the segregated South but that Parks got the credit because she was connected to the NAACP.


He also directs an expletive at the Rev. Jesse Jackson (news - web sites) and jokes about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s alleged promiscuity.


Kweisi Mfume, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (news - web sites), said he was disappointed that Parks wouldn't attend, in part because "The Rosa Parks Story" is nominated in the category for outstanding TV movie, miniseries or dramatic special.


"Rosa Parks is a member of our organization, has been long before I was born and will continue to be," Mfume said. "We believe if there is a concern we want to hear it."


Mfume, who has called the uproar over the lines "overblown," noted that immediately following the remarks, Cedric's character is admonished for making them. And while he said they need to be taken in context, he recognized that people have varied opinions on art.


The NAACP has nominated "Barbershop" for outstanding motion picture and Cedric the Entertainer for best supporting actor.


Show-business and NAACP officials from across the country choose the Image Award winners. The 34th annual ceremony is set for Los Angeles at the Universal Amphitheatre, and Fox will broadcast a tape of the program on Thursday.

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Outstanding Motion Picture: Drumline

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Denzel Washington, John Q;

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Sanaa Lathan, Brown Sugar;

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Cedric the Entertainer, Barbershop;

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Kimberly Elise, John Q

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series: The Bernie Mac Show

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: D.L.Hughley, The Hughleys

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: Mo'nique, The Parkers

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Cedric the Entertainer, The Proud Family;

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Terri J. Vaughn, The Steve Harvey Show

Outstanding Drama Series: Soul Food

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series: Michael Beach, Third Watch;

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series: Nicole Ari Parker, Soul Food;

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Boris Kodjoe, Soul Food;

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Loretta Devine, Boston Public;

Outstanding Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: The Rosa Parks

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: Charles S. Dutton, 10,000 Black Men Named George;

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: Angela Bassett, The Rosa Parks Story;

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series: Kristoff St. John, The Young and the Restless;

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series: Tracey Ross, Passions;

Outstanding News, Talk or Information, Series or Special: BET Tonight with Ed Gordon: R. Kelly (Part I)

Outstanding Variety, Series or Specials, BET's 8th Annual Walk of Fame: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special: Kyla Pratt, The Proud Family;

RECORDING

Outstanding Album: The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin, Kirk Franklin;

Outstanding Song: "Brighter Day" (songwriter/artist: Kirk Franklin);

Outstanding Duo or Group: Mary Mary,

Outstanding New Artist: Ashanti,

Outstanding Female Artist: India.Arie

Outstanding Male Artist: Nelly,

Outstanding Jazz Artist: Al Jarreau

Outstanding Gospel Artist: Fred Hammond

Outstanding Music Video: Mary J. Blige, "No More Drama"


LITERATURE:

Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction: A Love of My Own, E. Lynn Harris;

Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction: A Song Flung Up to Heaven, Maya Angelou;

Outstanding Literary Work, Children's: ; A Rainbow All Around Me, Sandra Pinkney

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The AWARDS will air this Thursday @ 8:00PM EST on FOX. . .

Denzel Washington Sweeps NAACP Image Awards
Sun Mar 9, 2:22 AM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo!


By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Denzel Washington (news) swept the 34th annual NAACP's Image Awards on Saturday with a trifecta for his acting and directing prowess, while the top nominee, "Brown Sugar," was shut out of the awards.


Washington, describing his awards as "an embarrassment of riches," won statuettes for best actor for playing a desperate father in "John Q" and for best supporting actor for his role as a Navy psychiatrist in "Antwone Fisher."


"Antwone Fisher," the film Washington guided from script to screen in his directing debut, captured the show's top prize for best picture. As producer and director, Washington collected the award.


The film "Brown Sugar" garnered eight nominations -- the most for any film -- but ended up empty-handed. The controversial "Barbershop," whose digs at civil rights icons Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. prompted an outcry from some African American groups, also failed to win any of its six nominations.


Parks announced the day before the taping that she would not attend the awards ceremony to protest the film's joke about her famous bus ride by Cedric "The Entertainer," who served as master of ceremonies.


Washington, who last year became the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor since Sidney Poitier (news) in 1963, and Halle Berry (news), the first black best actress Oscar winner ever, got standing ovations when they appeared to induct director Spike Lee (news) into the Image Award's Hall of Fame.


Lee, whose 16 films include "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X," thanked his late mother for "dragging me to movies and Broadway plays" and his 96-year-old grandmother, a teacher who put him through film school and helped fund his first movie.


"This is a very wonderful moment ... from the very beginning I wanted to build up a body of work ... that's how you judge an artist," Lee said.


Berry picked up a best supporting actress award for her role as sexy secret agent Jinx in the James Bond thriller, "Die Another Day."


"With a movie like 'Bond,' I never thought I could win an award," Berry said. "But I did it (for) black women so people could see past our color and see the women that we are."


TWO AWARDS FOR ANGELA BASSETT


Backstage, Berry said a spin-off movie starring Jinx was in development. "If (the script) is any good, we'll see," she said to questions about reprising the role.


Angela Bassett (news) took home two best actress statuettes for the film "Sunshine State," and for CBS's "The Rosa Parks Story." The other nominees in the film category included Jennifer Lopez (news) in "Maid in Manhattan," Thandie Newton (news) in "The Truth About Charlie," Vivica A. Fox (news) in "Juwanna Man," and Sanaa Lathan (news) in "Brown Sugar."


Tennis champion sisters Venus and Serena Williams (news - web sites) received the President's Award for their sporting accomplishments, joining such previous winners as President Bill Clinton and national security adviser Condoleeza Rice.


"Lethal Weapon" actor Danny Glover (news) received the Chairman's Award for his work to broaden human rights internationally and to abolish the death penalty. In his acceptance speech, Glover admonished the audience "to question, to dissent, to speak truth when the call to patriotism and nationalism are used as barriers to detain us."


"We are in the face of some real dangerous villainy ... that is getting ready to take our rights and set up a system of tyranny and intimidation," Glover said backstage.


Glover was among several actors who used their time at the microphone to voice their opposition to the looming U.S. war with Iraq (news - web sites).


The two-hour telecast of the show airs on March 13 on Fox.



**Singing: You need to pick yo afro daddy cuz it's flat on one siiiiiide**


BLONDE NO MORE

[Steeltrap]

About time Serena lost the blonde. Her coloring just didn't support it.

[ladygreek]

They won't be showing it here until Midnight because the Fox station airs the State Girls High School Basetball Tourney.

[CrimsonTide4]

Aight folks, you know how we do it. Let's kick off The Good, The Bad, The UGLY, the WTH/Aw Hell 2 Da Naw

So far, GREAT OPENER with Jackson State University band.

LMAO @ Jordan's hanky hanging all the way out. Umm Kellita your breasts are overflowing the dress. *psssssst** bigger size top next time. We do not want to see your cups overflowing.

[AKA2D '91]

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NAW!

AIN NO MO BANDS!

I LOVE J-State's band, second to Grambling, but EVERYBODY IN THE SWAC KNOWS....

the diddy they played "JSU rocks the house" CAME FROM GRAMBLING!


IT'S G-S-U- ROCKS THE HOUSE!

I'm hotter than fish grease right about now!

SASAS! They deserve a major azz pimp slap and dap!

EDIT: The J-settes...looked like JUNGLE BOOGIE! BUY MORE UNIFORMS! You all should have performed to "Funky Good Time" by JB!

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91
HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NAW!

AIN NO MO BANDS!

I LOVE J-State's band, second to Grambling, but EVERYBODY IN THE SWAC KNOWS....

the diddy they played "JSU rocks the house" CAME FROM GRAMBLING!


IT'S G-S-U- ROCKS THE HOUSE!

I'm hotter than fish grease right about now!

SASAS! They deserve a major azz pimp slap and dap!

EDIT: The J-settes...looked like JUNGLE BOOGIE! BUY MORE UNIFORMS! You all should have performed to "Funky Good Time" by JB!

LMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOO.

You not bitter is you?

Hotter than fish grease, classic country talk.

[AKA2D '91]

Naw, I ain't bitter. I just want the record to reflect that they should have done their own chit.

When our band performs (nationally or internationally) we don't do things indicative to another band. That's where confusion comes in.

Dat's all!

Go 'head Angela!

Good night!

[royalpinkastry]

Oh my goodness...did you see the tribute to Spike Lee? It was tight to me...they had real Greeks (Omega Psi Phi) to step as well a drumline and dancers as well as the guy who sings Doing the Butt. It was tight...

Unfortunately I missed the opener

[RedefinedDiva]

Is Giancarlos an Omega? He was jumping with the best of them! Maybe he still had that touch from "School Daze." The Spike Lee tribute was beautiful. I LOVE Spike.