42nd Annual NAACP Image Awards Nominations
42nd Annual NAACP Image Awards Nominations
The 42 annual NAACP Image Awards were announced and hundreds of our favorite actors, recording artists and authors were nominated. Tyler Perry reigned supreme with a total of 19 nominations — for TBS’s “House of Payne,” “Why Did I Get Married Too?,” and “For Colored Girls.” Other notable nominations went to Sade for her comeback album “Soldier of Love,” Janet Jackson for “Outstanding Supporting Actress” in “For Colored Girls,” and Kanye West for Outstanding Male Artist. Take a look at which of our favorite celebrities are up for awards, andbe sure to catch the awards on live TV on March 4th…
Tyler Perry
Perry leads with 19 nominations, including Outstanding Screenplay for “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?”, Best Director for “For Colored Girls,” which was also nominated for Best Picture.
Whoopi Goldberg
Goldberg is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for ‘For Colored Girls’
Jill Scott
Scott is up for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for ‘Sins of the Mother’ and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for ‘Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?’
Phylicia Rashad
Rashad is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for ‘For Colored Girls’
Kimberly Elise
Elise is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for ‘For Colored Girls’
Anika Noni Rose
Noni Rose is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for ‘For Colored Girls’
Samuel L. Jackson
Jackson is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for ‘Mother and Child’
Michael Ealy
Ealy is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for ‘For Colored Girls’
Justin Timberlake
Timberlake is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for ‘The Social Network’
Idris Elba
Elba is up for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for ‘Luther’ and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for ‘Takers’
Don Cheadle
Cheadle is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for ‘Brooklyn’s Finest’
Zoe Saldana
Saldana is nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for ‘The Losers’
Queen Latifah
Latifah is nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for ‘Just Wright’
Kerry Washington
Washington is nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for ‘Night Catches Us’
Janet Jackson
Jackson is nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for ‘Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?’
Halle Berry
Berry is nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for ‘Frankie & Alice’
Morgan Freeman
Freeman is nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for ‘Red’
Jaden Smith
Smith is nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for ‘The Karate Kid’
Denzel Washington
Washington is nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for ‘The Book of Eli’
Common
Common is nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for ‘Just Wright’
Anthony Mackie
Mackie is nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for ‘Night Catches Us’
Smokey Robinson
Robinson is nominated for Outstanding Album for ‘Now and Then’
Alicia Keys
Keys is nominated for Outstanding Music Video and Outstanding Song for ‘Un-thinkable (I’m Ready)’
Maxwell
Maxwell is nominated for Outstanding Music Video and Outstanding Song for ‘Fistful of Tears’
Fantasia
Fantasia is nominated for Outstanding Song for ‘Bittersweet’
Angelique Kidjo
Kidjo is nominated for Outstanding World Music Album for’Oyo’
Mavis Staples
Staples is nominated for Outstanding Gospel Album for ‘You Are Not Alone’
Tamela Mann
Mann is nominated for Outstanding Gospel Album for ‘Master Plan’
Brian Courtney Wilson
Wilson is nominated for Outstanding Gospel Album for ‘Just Love Deluxe’
Marvin Sapp
Sapp is nominated for Outstanding Gospel Album for ‘Here I Am’
Kirk Whalum
Kirk Whalumis nominated for Outstanding Gospel Album for ‘Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter III’
Eminem & Rihanna
Eminem & Rihanna are nominated for Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration for “Love The Way You Lie”
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are nominated for Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
B.o.B
B.o.B has been nominated for Outstanding New Artist
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars has been nominated for Outstanding New Artist
Jason Derulo
Derulo has been nominated for Outstanding New Artist
Nicki Minaj
Minaj has been nominated for Outstanding New Artist
Willow Smith
Smith has been nominated for Outstanding New Artist and Outstanding Music Video for “Whip My Hair”
Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo is nominated for Outstanding Male Artist
Jay-Z
Jay-Z is nominated for Outstanding Male Artist
Rihanna
Rihanna is nominated for Outstanding Female Artist
Mary J. Blige
MJB is nominated for Outstanding Female Artist
Kanye West
West is nominated for Outstanding Male Artist and Outstanding Album for ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’
Corinne Bailey Rae
Bailey Rae is nominated for Outstanding Female Artist
Usher
Usher is nominated for Outstanding Male Artist
Chrisette Michele
Chrisette is nominated for Outstanding Female Artist
Keke Palmer
Palmer is up for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program (Series or Special) for ‘True Jackson, VP’
Cee Lo Green
Cee Lo is nominated for Outstanding Male Artist and Outstanding Song for ‘Forget You’
Sade
Sade is nominated for Outstanding Female Artist, Outstanding Music Video, Outstanding Song and Outstanding Album for “Soldier of Love”
Nick Cannon
Cannon is up for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program (Series or Special) for the 2010 ‘TeenNick Halo Awards 2010’
Diddy-Dirty Money
Diddy-Dirty Money is nominated for Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
John Legend and The Roots
John Legend and The Roots are nominated for Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
Lance Robertson
Robertson is up for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program (Series or Special) for ‘Yo Gabba Gabba: Baby’
Tatyana Ali
Ali is up for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘Love That Girl!’ and Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for ‘The Young and Restless’
Lance Gross
Gross is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for ‘Tyler Perry’s House of Payne’
Vanessa Williams
Williams is up for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘Desperate Housewives’
Terrence Howard
Howard is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for ‘Law & Order: Los Angeles’
Alfre Woodard
Woodard is up for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Memphis Beat’
Michael Jai White
Jai White is up for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for ‘One Angry Juror’
Terry Crews
Crews is up for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for ‘Are We There Yet?’
Lamman Rucker
Rucker is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for’Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns’
Amber Riley
Riley is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘Glee’
Tracy Morgan
Morgan is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for ’30 Rock’
Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry
Tia and Tamera are both up for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for ‘Double Wedding’
Regina King
ESSENCE February cover star Regina King is up for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Southland’
LL Cool J
LL Cool J is up for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’
Ice Cube
Ice Cube is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for ‘Are We There Yet?’
Viola Davis
Davis is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘United States of Tara’
Blair Underwood
Underwood is up for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for ‘The Event’
Chandra Wilson
Wilson is up for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Anthony Anderson
Anderson is up for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for ‘Law & Order’
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Pulliam is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘Tyler Perry’s House of Payne’
Essence Atkins
Atkins is up for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘Are We There Yet?’
Hill Harper
Harper is up for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for ‘CSI: NY’
Laurence Fishburne
Fishburne is up for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Bell Calloway is up for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ‘HawthoRNe’
Jada Pinkett Smith
Pinkett Smith is up for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for ‘HawthoRNe’
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Mbatha-Raw is up for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Undercovers’