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REPORT   FEEDBACK   BLANK	THE 40th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS NOMINATION RESULTS TELEVISION CATEGORIES Outstanding Comedy Series • “30 Rock” (NBC) • “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW) • “The Game” (CW) • “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS) • “Ugly Betty” (ABC) Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series • Donald Faison – “Scrubs” (NBC) • LaVan Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS) • Paul James – “Greek” (ABC Family) • Terry Crews – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW) • Tyler James Williams – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW) Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series • America Ferrera – “Ugly Betty” (ABC) • Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS) • Tia Mowry – “The Game” (CW) • Tichina Arnold – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW) • Tracee Ellis Ross – “Girlfriends” (CW) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series • Blair Underwood – “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS) • Dulé Hill – “Psych” (USA) • Lance Gross – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS) • Larramie ‘Doc’ Shaw – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS) • Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series • Keshia Knight Pulliam – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS) • Tisha Campbell-Martin – “Rita Rocks” (Lifetime) • Vanessa Williams – “Ugly Betty” (ABC) • Wanda Sykes – “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS) • Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (CW) Outstanding Drama Series • “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC) • “House” (FOX) • “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family) • “The Unit” (CBS) • “The Wire” (HBO) Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series • Anthony Anderson – “Law & Order” (NBC) • Blair Underwood – “In Treatment” (HBO) • Dennis Haysbert – “The Unit” (CBS) • Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS) • Omar Epps – “House” (FOX) Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series • CCH Pounder – “The Shield” (FX) • Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC) • Loretta Divine – “Eli Stone” (ABC) • Nicki Micheaux – “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family) • Wendy Davis – “Army Wives” (Lifetime) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series • Blair Underwood – “Dirty Sexy Money” (ABC) • James Pickens, Jr. – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC) • Laurence Fishburne – “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS) • Michael Kenneth Williams – “The Wire” (HBO) • Taye Diggs – “Private Practice” (ABC) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series • Alfre Woodard – “My Own Worst Enemy” (NBC) • Angela Bassett – “ER” (NBC) • Audra McDonald – “Private Practice” (ABC) • S. Epatha Merkerson – “Law & Order” (NBC) • Sonja Sohn – “The Wire” (HBO) Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special • “24: Redemption” (FOX) • “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC) • “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel) • “House of Saddam” (HBO) • “Racing For Time” (Lifetime) Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special • Andre Braugher – “The Andromeda Strain” (A&E) • Ben Vereen – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel) • Charles S. Dutton – “Racing For Time” (Lifetime) • Sean Combs – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC) • Sean Patrick Thomas – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC) Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special • Audra McDonald – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC) • Chandra Wilson – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel) • Phylicia Rashad – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC) • Sanaa Lathan – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC) • Vanessa Williams – “Flirting With Forty” (Lifetime) Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series • Bryton McClure – “The Young And The Restless” (CBS) • Cornelius Smith, Jr. – “All My Children” (ABC) • Dan Martin – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS) • Montell Williams – “The Guiding Light” (CBS) • Texas Battle – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS) Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series • Christel Khalil – “The Young And The Restless” (CBS) • Debbi Morgan – “All My Children” (ABC) • Eva Marcille – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS) • Nia Peeples – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS) • Tonya Lee Williams – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS) Outstanding News/ Information – (Series or Special) • “American Gangster” (BET) • “Anderson Cooper 360: Race in America” (CNN) • “An Oprah Winfrey Show Special Event: The Dream Lives – A Martin Luther King Day Special” (Syndicated) • “In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview” (TVOne) • “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (HBO) Outstanding Talk – (Series) • “Iconoclasts: Venus Williams & Wyclef Jean” (Sundance Channel) • “Judge Mathis” (Syndicated) • “Tavis Smiley” (PBS) • “The Tyra Banks Show” (CW) • “The View” (ABC) Outstanding Reality – (Series) • “American Idol 7” (FOX) • “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC) • “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is” (BET) • “Project Runway” (Bravo) • “Run’s House 5” (MTV) Outstanding Variety – (Series or Special) • “American Idol 7: Idol Gives Back” (FOX) • “BET Awards ‘08” (BET) • “Chris Rock – Kill the Messenger” (HBO) • “Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam” (HBO) • “UNCF An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson” (Syndicated) Outstanding Children’s Program • “Cheetah Girls: One World” (Disney Channel) • “Cory in the House” (Disney Channel) • “Dora The Explorer” (Nickelodeon) • “Go, Diego, Go” (Nickelodeon) • “True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon) Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Program - Series or Special • Caitlin Sanchez – “Cheetah Girls: One World” (Disney Channel) • Keke Palmer – “True Jackson” (Nickelodeon) • Kyle Massey – “Cory in the House” (Disney Channel) • Lil’ JJ – “Just Jordan” (Nickelodeon) • Selena Gomez – “Wizards of Waverly Place” (Disney Channel) RECORDING CATEGORIES Outstanding New Artist • Anthony David (Soulbird/Universal Republic) • Estelle (Atlantic/Homeschool) • Jazmine Sullivan (J Records) • Jennifer Hudson (Arista) • Leona Lewis (J Records/Syco) Outstanding Male Artist • Chris Brown (Jive/Zomba) • Common (G.o.o.d. Music/Geffen Records) • Jamie Foxx (J Records) • John Legend (Columbia Records) • Will.i.am (Will.i.am Music Group/Interscope Records) Outstanding Female Artist • Alicia Keys (J Records) • Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records) • Jennifer Hudson (Arista) • Mariah Carey (Island Def Jam) • Rihanna (Island Def Jam) Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration • Anthony David & India.Arie (Soulbird/Universal Republic) • Estelle feat. Kanye West (Atlantic/Homeschool) • Jennifer Hudson feat. Fantasia (Arista) • Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown (Jive/Zomba) • Natalie Cole/ Nat “King” Cole (DMI Records) Outstanding Jazz Artist • Esperanza Spalding – “Esperanza” (Heads Up International) • James Carter – “Present Tense” (Emarcy) • Natalie Cole – “Still Unforgettable” (DMI Records) • The Roy Hargrove Quintet – “Earfood” (Decca Label Group) • Sonny Rollins – “Road Shows Vol. 1”(Doxy/Emarcy) Outstanding Gospel Artist – (Traditional or Contemporary) • Hezekiah Walker (Zomba Gospel) • Marvin Sapp (Zomba Gospel) • Mary Mary (Columbia Records) • Regina Belle (Pendulum Records/Walker Davis Entertainment) • Take 6 (Heads Up International) Outstanding World Music Album • Cheryl Keyes – “Let Me Take You There” (Keycan Records) • Esperanza Spalding – “Esperanza” (Heads Up International) • Miquel Zen’on – “Awake” (Marsalis Music) • Omega Bugembe Okello – “Kiwombra Emmeeme” (Alexom Productions) • Toumani Diabate – “The Mande Variations” (Nonesuch Records) Outstanding Music Video • “If I Were A Boy” – Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records) • “Single Ladies” – Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records) • “Spotlight” – Jennifer Hudson (Arista) • “Superwoman” – Alicia Keys (J Records) • “Yes We Can” – Will.i.am (Will.i.am Music Group/Interscope) Outstanding Song • “Greenlight” – John Legend (Columbia Records) • “Single Ladies” – Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records) • “Spotlight” – Jennifer Hudson (Arista) • “Superwoman” – Alicia Keys (J Records) • “Yes We Can” – Will.i.am (Will.i.am Music Group/Interscope) Outstanding Album • Beyoncé – “I Am…Sasha Fierce” (MusicWorld/Columbia Records) • Jennifer Hudson – “Jennifer Hudson” (Arista) • Kanye West – “808 & Heartbreaks” (Island Def Jam) • Ne-Yo – “Year of the Gentleman” (Island Def Jam) • Seal – “Soul” (Warner Bros. Records) LITERATURE CATEGORIES Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction • “Blood Colony: A Novel” – Tananarive Due (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) • “Going Down South: A Novel” – Bonnie J. Glover (Random House/One World/Ballentine) • “In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel” – Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes (Atria Books/ Simon & Schuster) • “Just Too Good to Be True” – E. Lynn Harris (Doubleday) • “Song Yet Sung” – James McBride (Riverhead Books) Outstanding Literary Work –Non-Fiction • “Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom” – Cornel West (Smiley Books) • “Letter to My Daughter” – Maya Angelou (Random House) • “Moving to Higher Ground” – Wynton Marsalis, Geoffrey Ward (Random House) • “The Sea is So Wide And My Boat Is So Small” – Marian Wright Edelman (Hyperion) • “There’s No Traffic on the Extra Mile: Lessons on the Road From Dreams to Destiny” – Rickey Minor (Gotham Books) Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author • “Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion” – David Glenn Brown (David G. Brown Studios) • “The Beautiful Struggle” – Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel and Grau) • “Homeroom Heroes: Freshman Edition” – Michael B. Jordan, Rahfeal Gordan (RahGor Publishing) • “No Way Home” – Carlos Acosta (Scribner) • “War of the Blood In My Veins” – Dashaun “Jiwe” Morris Scribner) Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Auto-Biography • “21 Nights” – Prince (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) • “Baldwin’s Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin” – Herb Boyd (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) • “The Black List” – Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Elvis Mitchell (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) • “The Legs Are The Last To Go” – Diahann Carroll (Amistad) • “Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration” – Marcia Ann Gillespie, Rosa Johnson Butler, Richard A. Long (Doubleday) Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional • “32 Ways To Be A Champion In Business” – Earvin “Magic” Johnson (Crown Business) • “The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life” – Kevin Powell (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) • “Dining In” – G. Garvin (Meredith Books) • “Good is not Enough and Other Unwritten Rules for Minority Professionals” – Keith R. Wyche (Portfolio/Centennial) • “Tapping the Power Within: A Path To Self-Empowerment For Women” – Iyanla Vanzant (Smiley Books) Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry • “Hardheaded Weather” – Cornelius Eady (Marian Wood Books) • “Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration of “Poetry With A Beat” – Nikki Giovanni (Source Books/Jabberwocky) • “Honoring the Ancestors” – James Cherry (Third World Press) • “Things I Must Have Known” – A B Spellman (Coffee House Press) • “Warhorses” – Yusef Komunyakaa (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Outstanding Literary Work – Children • “Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem” – Maya Angelou (illustrators - Lou Fancher & Steven Johnson) (Schwartz & Wade) • “Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope” – Nikki Grimes, (illustrator - Bryan Collier) (Simon & Schuster) • “Say a Little Prayer” – Dionne Warwick, David Freeman Wooley, Tonya Bolden, (illustrator – Soud) (Running Press) • “We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball” – Kadir Nelson (Disney Publishing) • “You Can Do It!” – Tony Dungy, (illustrator - Amy June Bates) (Simon & Schuster) Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens • “Beacon Hills High” – Mo’Nique Imes Jackson, Sherri McGee McCovey (Amistad) • “Joseph” – Sheila P. Moses (Simon & Schuster) • “Letters To A Young Sister: Define Your Destiny” – Hill Harper (Gotham Books) • “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s American Heroes: Robert Smalls, The Boat Thief” – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., (illustrator Patrick Faricy) (Disney Hyperion) • “Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Plum Fantastic” – Whoopi Goldberg, Nancy Cato, (illustrator - Maryn Roos)(Disney Publishing) MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES Outstanding Motion Picture • “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures) • “Miracle at St. Anna” (Touchstone Pictures) • “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight) • “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures) • “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys” (Lionsgate) Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture • Derek Luke – “Miracle at St. Anna” (Touchstone Pictures) • Don Cheadle – “Traitor” (Overture Films) • Jeffrey Wright – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures) • Rob Brown – “The Express” (Universal Pictures) • Will Smith – “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures) Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture • Alfre Woodard – “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys” (Lionsgate) • Angela Bassett – “Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns” (Lionsgate) • Dakota Fanning – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight) • Queen Latifah – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight) • Rosario Dawson – “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture • Cedric the Entertainer – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures) • Columbus Short – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures) • Dev Patel – “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) • Mos Def – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures) • Nate Parker – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture • Alicia Keys – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight) • Beyoncé Knowles – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures) • Jennifer Hudson – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight) • Sophie Okonedo – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight) • Taraji P. Henson – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount) The nominees listed in the following categories were voted upon by Subcommittees.Outstanding Independent Motion Picture • “Ballast” (Alluvial Film Co.) • “Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom” (Logo) • “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics) • “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) • “The Visitor” (Overture Films) Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture • “Captain Abu Raed” (Neoclassics Films) • “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics) • “Mongol” (Picturehouse) • “Song of Sparrows” (Regent Releasing) • “Under the Same Moon” (Fox Searchlight) DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY Outstanding Documentary • “The Black List” (HBO) • “Black Magic” (ESPN) • “CNN Presents: Black in America” (CNN) • “Dare Not Walk Alone” (DNWA Productions) • “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films) WRITING CATEGORIES Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series • Aaron McGruder & Rodney Barnes – “The Boondocks” - The Story of Gangstalicious Part 2 (Cartoon Network) • Erica D. Montolfo – “The Game” - White Coats and White Lies (CW) • Marc Wilmore – “The Simpsons” - My Pods and Broomstick (FOX) • Ryan Koh – “The Office” - Business Ethics (NBC) • Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally – “Ugly Betty” - Crush'd (ABC) Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series • Aaron Rahsaan Thomas – “Friday Night Lights” - Leave No One Behind (NBC) • Janine Sherman Barrois – “ER” - Parental Guidance (NBC) • Kathleen McGhee-Anderson – “Lincoln Heights” - Glass House (ABC) • Liz Friedman & Sara Hess – “House” – Lucky Thirteen (FOX) • Shonda Rhimes – “Grey’s Anatomy” – Freedom Part 1 & 2 (ABC) Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) • Darnell Martin – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures) • Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight) • Jenny Lumet – “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics) • Paris Qualles – “A Raisin In The Sun” (ABC) • Patrik-Ian Polk & John R. Gordon – “Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom” (LOGO)