41st NAACP Image Award Winners

Held were the achievements people of color working in the fields of literature, music, television and film. Special honors were presented to Tyler Perry, who was awarded the NAACP President, Wyclef Jean, who received the NAACP Vanguard Award, Clarence Avant was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the NAACP, and Van Jones received the NAACP PresidentThe star-studded event was executive producer Vicangelo Bulluck. Anika Noni Rose Hill Harper and hosted the 41 th NAACP Image Awards, which was broadcast live “historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles tonight on FOX.
The 41 winners of the NAACP Image Awards are
� Best Comedy Series “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS
Best Actor in a Comedy Series � Daryl “Chill” Mitchell – “Brothers” (FOX
Best Actress in a Comedy Series � Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS
Best Actor in a Comedy Series � Lance Gross – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Keshia Knight Pulliam � – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS
� Best Drama Series “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family
Best Actor in a Drama Series � Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS
Best Actress in a Drama Series � Jada Pinkett Smith – “Hawthorne” (TNT
Best Actor in a Drama Series � Delroy Lindo – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series � S. Epatha Merkerson – “Law & Order” (NBC
Best Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special � “Gifted Hands” (TNT
Best Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special � Cuba Gooding Jr. – “Gifted Hands” (TNT
Best Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special � Kimberly Elise – “Gifted Hands” (TNT
Best actor in a daytime drama series � Cornelius Smith Jr. – “All My Children” (ABC
Best Actress in a Daytime Drama Series � Debbi Morgan – “All My Children” (ABC
Outstanding News / Information – (Series or Special) � “The inauguration of Barack Obama, 44 th President of the United States” (BET
� Best Talk Series “The Mo’Nique Show” (BET
� Best Reality Series “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (ABC
Outstanding Variety – (Series or Special) � “The Memorial of Michael Jackson” (ABC, BET, CNN, MTV, NBC, …
Outstanding Children’s Program � “Dora the Explorer” (Nickelodeon
Best Performance by a Young Man / ’s Children Program (Series or Special) � Keke Palmer – “True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon
/ Interscope Records� Outstanding New Artist Keri Hilson (Mosley Music Group / Zone 4 Inc.
� Outstanding Male Artist Maxwell (Columbia Records
Best Female Artist Mary J. � Blige (Matriarch / Geffen
Best Duo, Group or Collaboration � The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope Records
� Jazz Album exceptional “He and She” – Wynton Marsalis (Blue Note Records
Outstanding Gospel Album – (traditional or modern) � “yet” – Bebe and CeCe Winans (B & C Records
� Outstanding World Music Album “Black President” – Sila and experience Afrofunk (VISIL Documents
� Exceptional Music Video “I Look To You” – Whitney Houston (Arista Records
� Best Song “God In Me” – Mary Mary (Columbia Records
� Best album stronger with each tear “- Mary J. Blige (Matriarch / Geffen
Outstanding literary work – fiction � “The long decay” – Walter Mosley (Riverhead Books
Outstanding literary works – nonfiction � “In search of our roots” – Henry Louis Gates Jr. Corona (
Outstanding literary work – Debut Author � “A Question of Freedom” – R. Dwayne Betts (Avery Books
Outstanding literary work – Biography / Autobiography � “Michelle Obama” – Deborah Willis (WW Norton
Outstanding literary work – � Instruction “act like a lady, think like a man” – Steve Harvey (Friendship
Outstanding literary work – � Poetry “Bicycle” – Nikki Giovanni (William Morrow
Outstanding literary work – � Children “Our children can Soar” – Michelle Cook (Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Outstanding literary work – Youth / Teens � “Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady” – David Bergen Brophy (Collins / HarperCollins
� Outstanding Motion Picture “Precious: Based on the novel” Push “by Sapphire” (Lionsgate
� Best Actor in a Motion Picture Morgan Freeman – “Invictus” (Warner Bros. Pictures
Best Actress in a Motion � Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious: Based on the novel” Push “by Sapphire” (Lionsgate
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion � Adam Rodriguez Picture – “Tyler Perry can make me bad all by myself” (Lionsgate
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion � Mo’Nique – “Precious: Based on the novel” Push “by Sapphire” (Lionsgate
� Outstanding Independent Film “Precious: Based on the novel” Push “by Sapphire” (Lionsgate
� Foreign pending Motion Picture “The Stoning of Soraya M.” (Photos Mpower
Outstanding Documentary (theatrical or television) � “Good Hair” (Roadside Attractions
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series � Halsted Sullivan and Warren Lieberstein – “The Office” – Caf? Disco (NBC
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Shonda Rhimes � – “Grey’s Anatomy” – What a difference a day makes (ABC
Best Screenplay in a movie (theater or television) � Geoffrey Fletcher – “Precious: Based on the novel” Push “by Sapphire” (Lionsgate
Best Direction in a Comedy Series Ken Whittingham � – “30 Rock” – The Funcooker (NBC
Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series � Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” – Give Peace a Chance (ABC
Best direction in a movie (theatrical or television) � Lee Daniels – “Precious: Based on the novel” Push “by Sapphire” (Lionsgate