Following is the list of categories and nominees for the 42ND NAACP IMAGE AWARDS:
TELEVISION
Outstanding Comedy Series
• “30 Rock” (NBC)
• “Are We There Yet?” (TBS)
• “Glee” (FOX)
• “Modern Family” (ABC)
• “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• David Mann – “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns” (TBS)
• Dulé Hill – “Psych” (USA)
• LaVan Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Phil Morris – “Love That Girl!” (TV One)
• Terry Crews – “Are We There Yet?” (TBS)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Essence Atkins – “Are We There Yet?” (TBS)
• Salli Richardson-Whitfield – “Eureka” (Syfy)
• Tatyana Ali – “Love That Girl!” (TV One)
• Vanessa Williams – “Desperate Housewives” (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• Craig Robinson – “The Office” (NBC)
• Ice Cube – “Are We There Yet?” (TBS)
• Lamman Rucker – “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns” (TBS)
• Lance Gross – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Amber Riley – “Glee” (FOX)
• Anna Deavere Smith – “Nurse Jackie” (Showtime)
• Keshia Knight Pulliam – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family” (ABC)
• Viola Davis – “United States of Tara” (Showtime)
Outstanding Drama Series
• “Detroit 1-8-7” (ABC)
• “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• “HawthoRNe” (TNT)
• “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)
• “Treme” (HBO)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
• Anthony Anderson – “Law & Order” (NBC)
• Blair Underwood – “The Event” (NBC)
• Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS)
• Laurence Fishburne – “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS)
• LL Cool J – “NCIS: Los Angeles ” (CBS)
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
• Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Undercovers” (NBC)
• Jada Pinkett Smith – “HawthoRNe” (TNT)
• Regina King – “Southland” (TNT)
• Wendy Davis – “Army Wives” (Lifetime)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Andre Braugher – “Men of a Certain Age” (TNT)
• Giancarlo Esposito – “Breaking Bad” (AMC)
• James Pickens, Jr. – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Nelsan Ellis – “True Blood” (HBO)
• Terrence Howard – “Law & Order: Los Angeles” (NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Alfre Woodard – “Memphis Beat” (TNT)
• Sandra Oh – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Sara Ramirez – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• S. Epatha Merkerson – “Law & Order” (NBC)
• Vanessa Bell Calloway – “HawthoRNe” (TNT)
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• “America: The Story of Us (Part 4)” (History)
• “Filling the Gap” (PBS)
• “Luther” (BBC America)
• “Sins of the Mother” (Lifetime Movie Network)
• “The Wronged Man” (Lifetime Movie Network)
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Benito Martinez – “Lies in Plain Sight” (Lifetime Movie Network)
• Idris Elba – “Luther” (BBC America)
• Jon Seda – “The Pacific” (HBO)
• Mahershalalhashbaz Ali – “The Wronged Man” (Lifetime Movie Network)
• Michael Jai White – “One Angry Juror” (Lifetime Movie Network)
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Jill Scott – “Sins of the Mother” (Lifetime Movie Network)
• Lucy Liu – “Marry Me” (Lifetime Movie Network)
• Rosie Perez – “Lies in Plain Sight” (Lifetime Movie Network)
• Tamera Mowry – “Double Wedding” (Lifetime Movie Network)
• Tia Mowry – “Double Wedding” (Lifetime Movie Network)
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
• Aaron D. Spears – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
• Cornelius Smith, Jr. – “All My Children” (ABC)
• Darnell Williams – “All My Children” (ABC)
• Rodney Saulsberry – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
• Debbi Morgan – “All My Children” (ABC)
• Julia Pace Mitchell – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Tatyana Ali – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Tonya Lee Williams – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Yvette Freeman – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
• “A Conversation with President Obama” (BET, CMT, MTV)
• “Anderson Cooper 360” (CNN)
• “The Judge Mathis Show” (Syndicated)
• “Unsung” (TV One)
• “Washington Watch with Roland Martin” (TV One)
Outstanding Talk (Series)
• “Conversations with Ed Gordon” (BET Networks)
• “Larry King Live” (CNN)
• “The Mo’Nique Show” (BET Networks)
• “The View” (ABC)
• “TV One on One with Cathy Hughes” (TV One)
Outstanding Reality Series
• “American Idol” (FOX)
• “America’s Next Top Model” (The CW)
• “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
• “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (ABC)
• “Sunday Best” (BET Networks)
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
• “2010 BET Honors” (BET Networks)
• “Beyoncé: I AM…WORLD TOUR” (ABC)
• “Black Girls Rock!” (BET Networks)
• “TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival” (TV One)
• “UNCF An Evening of Stars Tribute to Lionel Richie” (Syndicated)
Outstanding Children’s Program
• “Brave New Voices 2010” (HBO)
• “Dora the Explorer” (Nickelodeon)
• “The Backyardigans” (Nickelodeon)
• “True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon)
• “Wizards of Waverly Place” (Disney Channel)
Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program (Series or Special)
• Keke Palmer – “True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon)
• Lance Robertson – “Yo Gabba Gabba: Baby” (Nickelodeon)
• Nick Cannon – “TeenNick Halo Awards 2010” (TeenNick)
• Selena Gomez – “Wizards of Waverly Place” (Disney Channel)
• Victoria Justice – “Victorious” (Nickelodeon)
RECORDING
Outstanding New Artist
• B.o.B (Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
• Bruno Mars (Elektra Records)
• Jason Derulo (Warner Bros. Records)
• Nicki Minaj (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown)
• Willow (Roc Nation/Columbia Records)
Outstanding Male Artist
• Cee Lo Green (Elektra Records)
• Jay-Z (Roc Nation/Def Jam)
• Kanye West (Island Def Jam Music Group)
• Ne-Yo (Island Def Jam Music Group)
• Usher (Laface/Jive Records)
Outstanding Female Artist
• Chrisette Michele (Island Def Jam Music Group)
• Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol Records)
• Mary J. Blige (Geffen Records/Matriarch)
• Rihanna (Island Def Jam Music Group)
• Sade (Epic Records)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
• Diddy-Dirty Money (Bad Boy/Interscope)
• Eminem & Rihanna (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
• Herbie Hancock (feat. India.Arie, Chaka Khan and others) (Hancock Music)
• John Legend and The Roots (Columbia Records)
• The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope)
Outstanding Jazz Album
• “Dee Dee Bridgewater Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee”
– Dee Dee Bridgewater (EmArcy, Decca Label Group, DDB Records)
• “From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf – Live in Marciac” -The Wynton Marsalis Quintet &
Richard Galliano (The Orchard)
• “Geri Allen & Timeline Live” – Geri Allen & Timeline Live (Motema Music)
• “The Imagine Project” – Herbie Hancock (Hancock Music)
• “VOCAbuLarieS” – Bobby McFerrin (Universal Music Group/Decca/Emarcy)
Outstanding Gospel Album -(Traditional or Contemporary)
• “Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter III” – Kirk Whalum (Rendezvous Music/Mack Avenue
Records)
• “Here I Am” – Marvin Sapp (Verity Gospel Music Group)
• “Just Love Deluxe” – Brian Courtney Wilson (Music World Gospel)
• “Master Plan” -Tamela Mann (TillyMann)
• “You Are Not Alone” – Mavis Staples (ANTI Records)
Outstanding World Music Album
• “Hymns for the Rebel Soul” – Rocky Dawuni (Aquarian Records)
• “Oyo” – Angelique Kidjo (Razor & Tie)
• “The Imagine Project” – Herbie Hancock (Hancock Music)
• “The Sound of Sunshine” – Michael Franti (EMI Music)
• “VOCAbuLarieS” – Bobby McFerrin (Universal Music Group/Decca/Emarcy)
Outstanding Music Video
• “Fistful of Tears” – Maxwell (Columbia Records)
• “Soldier of Love” – Sade (Epic Records)
• “Un-thinkable (I’m Ready)” – Alicia Keys (J Records)
• “Whip My Hair” – Willow Smith (Roc Nation/Columbia Records)
• “Why Don’t You Love Me” – Beyoncé Knowles (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Song
• “Bittersweet” – Fantasia (J Records)
• “Fistful of Tears” – Maxwell (Columbia Records)
• “Forget You” – Cee-Lo Green (Elektra Records)
• “Soldier of Love” – Sade (Epic Records)
• “Un-thinkable (I’m Ready)” – Alicia Keys (J Records)
Outstanding Album
• “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” – Kanye West (Island Def Jam Music Group)
• “Now and Then” – Smokey Robinson (Saguaro Road/Cracker Barrel/Robso Records)
• “Raymond vs. Raymond” – Usher (Laface/Jive Records)
• “Soldier of Love” – Sade (Epic Records)
• “Wake Up!” – John Legend and The Roots (Columbia Records)
LITERATURE
Outstanding Literary Work -Fiction
• “A Taste of Honey” – Jabari Asim (Broadway Books)
• “Getting to Happy” – Terry McMillan (Penguin Group)
• “Glorious” – Bernice L. McFadden (Akashic Books)
• “Till You Hear From Me” – Pearl Cleage (Ballantine Books/One World)
• “Wench” – Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Amistad)
Outstanding Literary Work -Non-Fiction
• “Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority” – Tom Burrell (SmileyBooks)
• “Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC” – Editors: Faith
S. Holsaert, Judy Richardson, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Betty Garman
Robinson, Jean Smith Young, Dorothy M. Zellner (University of Illinois Press)
• “Surviving and Thriving 365 Days in Black Economic History” – Dr. Julianne Malveaux
(Last Word Productions, Inc.)
• “The History of White People” – Nell Irvin Painter (W.W. Norton & Company)
• “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” – Michelle
Alexander (The New Press)
Outstanding Literary Work -Debut Author
• “Wench” – Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Amistad)
• “The Girl Who Fell from the Sky” – Heidi Durrow (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)
• “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration” – Isabel
Wilkerson (Random House)
• “Beneath the Lion’s Gaze” – Maaza Mengiste (W.W. Norton & Company)
• “Forest Gate” – Peter Akinti (Free Press/Simon & Schuster)
Outstanding Literary Work -Biography/Auto-Biography
• “Conversations with Myself” – Ruth Hobday, Nelson Mandela (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• “Decoded” – Jay-Z (Spiegel & Gran, a division of Random House)
• “Extraordinary, Ordinary People – Condoleezza Rice (Crown Archetype)
• “I’m Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen – My Journey Home” –
Shoshana Johnson (Touchstone, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster)
• “You Don’t Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles” – Ray Charles Robinson,
Jr. (Crown)
Outstanding Literary Work -Instructional
• “A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life” –
Antwone Fisher (Touchstone, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster)
• “Diet-Free for Life: A Revolutionary Food, Fitness and Mindset Makeover to Maximize
Fat Loss” – Robert Ferguson (Penguin Group USA, Perigee Hardcover)
• “If it Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and
100+ Ways You Can Too” – Malaak Compton-Rock (Crown Archetype)
• “The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life’s Storms” – Kirk Franklin (Gotham Books)
• “The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women” – Elaine Meryl
Brown, Rhonda McLean, Marsha Haygood (Ballantine Books/One World)
Outstanding Literary Work -Poetry
• “100 Best African-American Poems” – Nikki Giovanni (Sourcebooks MediaFusion)
• “Hard Times Require Furious Dancing” – Alice Walker (Author), Shiloh McCloud
(Illustrator) (New World Library)
• “Holding Company” – Major Jackson (W.W. Norton & Company)
• “Suck on the Marrow” – Camille T. Dungy (Red Hen Press)
• “White Egrets” – Derek Walcott (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Outstanding Literary Work -Children
• “Grandma’s Gift” – Eric Velasquez (Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books)
• “Mama Miti: Wangai Maathai and the Tree of Kenya” – Donna Jo Napoli (Author), Kadir
Nelson (Illustrator) (Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
• “My Brother Charlie” – Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete (Scholastic Press)
• “Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez” – Monica
Brown (Author), Joe Cepeda (Illustrator) (Harper Collins Children’s Books)
• “The Great Migration: Journey to the North” – Eloise Greenfield (Author), Jan Pivey
Gilchrist (Illustrator) (Harper Collins Children’s Books)
Outstanding Literary Work -Youth/Teens
• “Condoleezza Rice A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me” –
Condoleezza Rice (Random House Children’s Books)
• “Lockdown” – Walter Dean Myers (Harper Collins Children’s Books)
• “Malcolm X: I Believe in the Brotherhood of Man, All Men” – Jeff Burlingame (Enslow
Publishers, Inc.)
• “Out of My Mind” – Sharon Draper (Atheneum Young Reader)
• “One Crazy Summer” – Rita Williams-Garcia (Harper Collins Children’s Books)
MOTION PICTURE
Outstanding Motion Picture
• “For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
• “Just Wright” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• “The Book of Eli” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
• “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?” (Lionsgate)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
• Anthony Mackie – “Night Catches Us” (Magnolia Pictures)
• Common – “Just Wright” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Denzel Washington – “The Book of Eli” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Jaden Smith – “The Karate Kid” (Columbia Pictures)
• Morgan Freeman – “Red” (Summit Entertainment)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
• Halle Berry – “Frankie & Alice” (Freestyle Releasing)
• Janet Jackson – “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?” (Lionsgate)
• Kerry Washington – “Night Catches Us” (Magnolia Pictures)
• Queen Latifah – “Just Wright” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Zoë Saldana – “The Losers” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
• Don Cheadle – “Brooklyn’s Finest” (Overture Films)
• Idris Elba – “Takers” (Screen Gems)
• Justin Timberlake – “The Social Network” (Columbia Pictures)
• Michael Ealy – “For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
• Samuel L. Jackson – “Mother and Child” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
• Anika Noni Rose – “For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
• Kimberly Elise – “For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
• Phylicia Rashad – “For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
• Jill Scott – “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?” (Lionsgate)
• Whoopi Goldberg – “For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
• “Conviction” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• “Frankie & Alice” (Freestyle Releasing)
• “La Mission” (Screen Media Ventures)
• “Mother and Child” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “Night Catches Us” (Magnolia Pictures)
Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
• “A Barefoot Dream” (Showbox/Mediaplex)
• “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions)
• “Four Lions” (Drafthouse Films)
• “Mother” (Magnolia Pictures)
• “Outside the Law” (Tessalit Productions)
DOCUMENTARY
Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television)
• “For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots” (PBS)
• “Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel” (Metaphor Films)
• “If God is Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise” (HBO)
• “Waiting for “Superman” (Paramount Vantage)
• “William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe” (POV)
WRITING
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
• Aaron McGruder – “The Boondocks” -The Fund-Raiser (Cartoon Network)
• Daniel Chun – “The Office” -Nepotism (NBC)
• Kenny Smith – “Pair of Kings” -Where the Wild Kings Are (Disney XD)
• Myra J. – “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns” -Meet the Racist (TBS)
• Vali Chandrasekaran – “30 Rock” -Khonani (NBC)
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
• Alexander Woo – “True Blood” – It Hurts Me Too (HBO)
• Janine Sherman Barrois – “Criminal Minds” -Remembrance of Things Past (CBS)
• Judith McCreary – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” -Disabled (NBC)
• Leyani Diaz, Vanessa Rojas – “The Event” -Loyalty (NBC)
• Shonda Rhimes – “Private Practice” -Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?
(ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture -(Theatrical or Television)
• Mary King, Anna Waterhouse, Joe Shrapnel, Marko King, Jonathan Watters, Cheryl
Edwards – “Frankie & Alice” (Freestyle Releasing)
• Michael C. Martin – “Brooklyn’s Finest” (Overture Films)
• Michael Elliot – “Just Wright” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Rodrigo Garcia – “Mother and Child” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Tyler Perry – “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?” (Lionsgate)
DIRECTING
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
• Joe Morton – “Eureka” -Stoned (Syfy)
• Justin Lin – “Community” -Modern Warfare (NBC)
• Ken Whittingham – “30 Rock” -Anna Howard Shaw Day (NBC)
• Kevin Rodney Sullivan – “Modern Family” -Game Changer (ABC)
• Michael Schultz – “Chuck” -Chuck vs. “The Couch Lock” (NBC)
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
• Felix Alcal – “Southland” -What Makes Sammy Run (TNT)
• Millicent Shelton – “Men of A Certain Age” -Go with the Flow (TNT)
• Paris Barclay – “In Treatment” -Sunil: Week 6 (HBO)
• Seith Mann – “Friday Night Lights” -Injury List (DirecTV/NBC)
• Stephen L. Williams – “Undercovers” -Instructions (NBC)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture -(Theatrical or Television)
• Geoffrey Sax – “Frankie & Alice” (Freestyle Releasing)
• George Tillman, Jr. – “Faster” (CBS Films)
• Tanya Hamilton – “Night Catches Us” (Magnolia Pictures)
• The Hughes Brothers – “The Book of Eli” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Tyler Perry – “For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)