NAACP Image Awards TONIGHT

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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.