THE 38th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS NOMINATION RESULTS

Television Categories

TV COMEDY: Outstanding Comedy Series

• "All of Us" (CW)
• "The Bernie Mac Show" (FOX)
• "Everybody Hates Chris" (CW)
• "Girlfriends" (CW)
• "Ugly Betty" (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Bernie Mac - "The Bernie Mac Show" (FOX)
• Donald Faison - "Scrubs" (NBC)
• Duane Martin - "All of Us" (CW)
• George Lopez - "George Lopez" (ABC)
• Tyler James Williams - "Everybody Hates Chris" (CW)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• America Ferrera - "Ugly Betty" (ABC)
• Maya Rudolph - "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
• Raven-Symoné - "That's So Raven" (Disney Channel)
• Tichina Arnold - "Everybody Hates Chris" (CW)
• Tracee Ellis Ross - "Girlfriends" (CW)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Antonio Fargas -"Everybody Hates Chris" (CW)
• Reggie Hayes - "Girlfriends" (CW)
• Romany Malco - "Weeds" (Showtime)
• Terry Crews - "Everybody Hates Chris" (CW)
• Victor Williams - "The King of Queens" (CBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Dee Dee Davis - "The Bernie Mac Show" (FOX)
• LisaRaye McCoy Misick - "All of Us" (CW)
• Telma Hopkins - "Half & Half" (UPN)
• Vanessa L. Williams - "Ugly Betty" (ABC)
• Whoopi Goldberg - "Everybody Hates Chris" (CW)

TV DRAMA: Outstanding Drama Series

• "24" (FOX)
• "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• "Heroes" (NBC)
• "The Unit" (CBS)
• "The Wire" (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Dennis Haysbert - "The Unit" (CBS)
• Hill Harper - "CSI: New York" (CBS)
• Isaiah Washington - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• Jesse L. Martin - "Law & Order" (NBC)
• Michael K. Williams - "The Wire" (HBO)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• CCH Pounder - "The Shield" (FX)
• Jennifer Beals - "The L Word" (Showtime)
• Kimberly Elise - "Close To Home" (CBS)
• Regina Taylor - "The Unit" (CBS)
• Roselyn Sanchez - "Without A Trace" (CBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Gary Dourdan - "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS)
• Glynn Turman - "The Wire" (HBO)
• James Pickens, Jr. - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• Omar Epps - "House" (FOX)
• Wendell Pierce - "The Wire" (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Chandra Wilson - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
• Khandi Alexander - "CSI: Miami" (CBS)
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste - "Without A Trace" (CBS)
• S. Epatha Merkerson - "Law & Order" (NBC)
• Sanaa Lathan - "Nip/Tuck" (FX)

TV MOVIE, MINI-SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL: Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• "Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story" (Lifetime)
• "Sleeper Cell: American Terror" (Showtime)
• "Tsunami, The Aftermath" (HBO)
• "Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till" (Court TV)
• "When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• Andre Braugher - "Thief" (FX)
• Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Tsunami, The Aftermath" (HBO)
• Clarence Williams III - "Mystery Woman" (Hallmark)
• Kadeem Hardison - "Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story" (Lifetime)
• Michael Ealy - "Sleeper Cell: American Terror" (Showtime)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• Aisha Tyler - "For One Night" (Lifetime)
• Fantasia Barrino - "Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story" (Lifetime)
• Loretta Devine - "Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story" (Lifetime)
• Patti LaBelle - "Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy" (Lifetime)
• Sophie Okonedo - "Tsunami, The Aftermath" (HBO)

TV DAYTIME DRAMA: Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Antonio Sabato Jr. - "The Bold & The Beautiful" (CBS)
• Bryton McClure - "The Young And The Restless" (CBS)
• James Reynolds - "Days of Our Lives" (NBC)
• Kristoff St. John - "The Young And The Restless" (CBS)
• Michael B. Jordan - "All My Children" (ABC)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Christel Khalil - "The Young And The Restless" (CBS)
• Davetta Sherwood - "The Young And The Restless" (CBS)
• Renee Elise Goldsberry - "One Life to Live" (ABC)
• Tracey Ross - "Passions" (NBC)
• Yvonna Wright - "Guiding Light" (CBS)

TV NEWS, TALK OR INFORMATION: Outstanding News, Talk or Information - Series or Special

• "Biography: Barack Obama" (Biography Channel)
• "Crisis in Darfur" (NBC)
• "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" (HBO Sports)
• "Tavis Smiley: Katrina - One Year Later" (PBS)
• "The Tyra Banks Show" (Syndicated)

TV REALITY: Outstanding Reality Series

• "American Idol" (FOX)
• "America's Next Top Model" (CW)
• "Black. White." (FX)
• "Dancing With The Stars" (ABC)
• "Run's House" (MTV)

TV VARIETY PROGRAMMING: Outstanding Variety - Series or Special

• "2006 Black Movie Awards - A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present, and Future" (TNT)
• "BET Awards 2006" (BET)
• "Cedric The Entertainer: Taking You Higher" (HBO)
• "An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder" (Syndicated)
• "Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable" (NBC)

TV YOUTH/CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING: Outstanding Children's Program

• "The Backyardigans" (Nick, Jr.)
• "Dora The Explorer" (Nickelodeon)
• "High School Musical" (Disney Channel)
• "Romeo!" (Nickelodeon)
• "That's So Raven" (Disney Channel)

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program - Series or Special

• Corbin Bleu - "High School Musical" (Disney Channel)
• Kathleen Hurley - "Dora The Explorer" (Nickelodeon)
• Kyle Massey - "That's So Raven" (Disney Channel)
• Raven-Symoné - "That's So Raven" (Disney Channel)
• Romeo - "Romeo!" (Nickelodeon)

Recording Categories Outstanding New Artist

• Cherish (Capitol)
• Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol)
• LeToya (Capitol)
• Lupe Fiasco (Atlantic)
• Mario Vazquez (J Records/ Arista)

Outstanding Male Artist

• Chris Brown (Zomba)
• Jay-Z (Island Def Jam)
• John Legend (Sony Urban)
• Lionel Richie (Island Def Jam)
• Prince (Universal Republic)

Outstanding Female Artist

• Beyoncé (Sony/Urban)
• Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol)
• Fantasia (J Records/ Arista)
• India.Arie (Universal Motown)
• Mary J. Blige (Geffen)

Outstanding Duo or Group

• The Cheetah Girls (Disney)
• Dave Matthews Band (RCA)
• Gnarls Barkley (Downtown/Atlantic)
• Outkast (LaFace/Zomba)
• The Roots (Island Def Jam)

Outstanding Jazz Artist

• George Duke (Big Piano Music)
• Gerald Albright (Peak Records)
• Gladys Knight (Verve)
• Regina Carter (Verve)
• Take 6 (Take 6 Records)

Outstanding Gospel Artist - Traditional or Contemporary

• Andraé Crouch - "Mighty Wind" (Zomba Gospel)
• The Cast of "Inspired By…The Bible Experience" - "Inspired By…The Bible Experience: New Testament" (Zondervan)
• Fred Hammond - "Free To Worship" (Zomba Gospel)
• Kirk Franklin - "Imagine Me" (Zomba Gospel)
• Patti LaBelle - "The Gospel According To Patti" (Umbrella Recording)

Outstanding Music Video

• Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable" (Sony Urban)
• India.Arie - "I Am Not My Hair" (Universal Motown)
• Jay-Z - "Show Me What You Got" (Island Def Jam)
• Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You" (Geffen)
• Prince - "Black Sweat" (Universal Republic)

Outstanding Song

• "Be Without You" - Mary J. Blige (Geffen)
• "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley (Downtown/Atlantic)
• "I Am Not My Hair" - India.Arie (Universal Motown)
• "Irreplaceable" - Beyoncé (Sony Urban)
• "Save Room" - John Legend (Sony Urban)

Outstanding Album

• "B'Day" - Beyoncé (Sony Urban)
• "Corinne Bailey Rae" - Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol)
• "Dreamgirls (Soundtrack)" - Various (Music World/Sony Urban/Columbia)
• "Once Again" - John Legend (Sony Urban)
• "Reflections: A Retrospective" - Mary J. Blige (Geffen)

Literary Categories Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction

• "After" - Marita Golden (Doubleday)
• "All Aunt Hager's Children" - Edward P. Jones (HarperCollins/Amistad)
• "Baby Brother's Blues" - Pearl Cleage (Random House Publishing Group)
• "Fortunate Son: A Novel" - Walter Mosley (Little, Brown & Company)
• "Wizard of the Crow" - Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Pantheon Books)

Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction

• "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" - Barack Obama (Crown)
• "Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster" - Michael Eric Dyson (Basic Civitas)
• "The Covenant With Black America" - Tavis Smiley (Third World Press)
• "Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete" - William C. Rhoden (Crown)
• "Not In My Family: AIDS in the African American Community" - Gil Robertson IV (Agate Publishing, Inc.)

Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author

• "A Dead Man Speaks" - Lisa Jones (Genesis Press/ Kensington)
• "Boldfaced Lies" - Charlene A. Porter (Rose City Press)
• "The Legend of Quito Road" - Dwight Fryer (Kimani Press - Sepia Imprint)
• "Letters to a Young Brother" - Hill Harper (Gotham Books)
• "Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia" - Bil Carpenter (Backbeat Books/Hal Leonard)

Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto-Biography

• "Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley" - Christopher John Farley (Amistad/ HarperCollins Publishers)
• "Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero" - Mike Freeman (HarperCollins Publishers)
• "Jokes My Father Never Taught Me" - Rain Pryor (ReganBooks/ HarperCollins)
• "The Pursuit of Happyness" - Chris Gardner (Amistad/ HarperCollins)
• "Unbowed" - Wangari Maathai (Alfred A. Knopf)

Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional

• "Mama Made The Difference" - T.D. Jakes (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
• "The Mocha Manual To a Fabulous Pregnancy" - Kimberly Allers (Amistad/ HarperCollins Publishers)
• "Shine" - Star Jones Reynolds (Harvest House Publishers)
• "Skinny Cooks Can't Be Trusted" - Mo'Nique Imes Jackson (Amistad/ HarperCollins Publishers)
• "Southern Homecoming Traditions: Recipes And Remembrances" - Carolyn Quick Tillery (Kensington Publishing Corp.)

Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry

• "Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer" - Maya Angelou (Random House Publishing Group)
• "Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees" - DuEwa M. Frazier, Editor (Lit Noire Publishing)
• "Hoops" - Major Jackson (W.W. Norton)
• "Jazz" - Walter Dean Myers (Holiday House)
• "We Speak Your Names" - Pearl Cleage (Random House Publishing Group)

Outstanding Literary Work - Children

• "Dear Mr. Rosenwald" - Carole Boston Weatherford (Scholastic Press)
• "I Like You But I Love Me" - Lonnie Lynn (Hip Hop Schoolhouse)
• "Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom" - Carole Boston Weatherford (Disney Book Group)
• "Nobody Gonna Turn Me'Round" - Doreen Rappaport (Candlewick Press)
• "Whoopi's Big Book of Manners" - Whoopi Goldberg (Disney Book Press)

Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens

• "Copper Sun" - Sharon M. Draper (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing)
• "Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott" - Russell Freedman (Holiday House)
• "Letters to a Young Brother" - Hill Harper (Gotham Books)
• "Maya Angelou" - Donna Brown Agins (Enslow Publishers, Inc.)
• "Superwoman's Child" - J.L. Woodson (Strebor/Atria Books)

Motion Picture Categories Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Denzel Washington - "Inside Man" (Universal)
• Forest Whitaker - "The Last King of Scotland" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Jamie Foxx - "Dreamgirls" (DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures)
• Laurence Fishburne - "Akeelah and the Bee" (Lionsgate Films)
• Will Smith - "The Pursuit of Happyness" (Sony Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Beyoncé Knowles - "Dreamgirls" (DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures)
• Keke Palmer - "Akeelah and the Bee" (Lionsgate Films)
• Penélope Cruz - "Volver" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Queen Latifah - "Last Holiday" (Paramount Pictures)
• Sanaa Lathan - "Something New" (Focus Features)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Danny Glover - "Dreamgirls" (DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures)
• Djimon Hounsou - "Blood Diamond" (Warner Bros.)
• Eddie Murphy - "Dreamgirls"
• Harry Belafonte - "Bobby" (The Weinstein Co./ MGM) (DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures)
• Jaden Christopher Syre Smith - "The Pursuit of Happyness" (Sony Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Angela Bassett - "Akeelah and the Bee" (Lionsgate Films)
• Anika Noni Rose - "Dreamgirls" (DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures)
• Jennifer Hudson - "Dreamgirls" (DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures)
• Kerry Washington - "The Last King of Scotland" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Thandie Newton - "The Pursuit of Happyness" (Sony Pictures)

Outstanding Motion Picture

• "Akeelah and the Bee" (Lionsgate Films)
• "Blood Diamond" (Warner Bros.)
• "Catch A Fire" (Focus Features)
• "Dreamgirls" (DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures)
• "The Pursuit of Happyness" (Sony Pictures)

Please Note: The winners of the Independent or Foreign Film, Directing, and Writing categories are determined solely by subcommittees, and do not appear on the ballot. Independent/Foreign Film Category Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film

• "Curse of the Golden Flower" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• "Days of Glory (Indigènes)" (The Weinstein Co./ MGM)
• "An Inconvenient Truth" (Paramount Vantage)
• "Tsotsi" (Miramax Films)
• "Volver" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Directing Categories Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Ali LeRoi - Everybody Hates Chris (CW) "Everybody Hates Elections"
• Kenneth Whittingham - The Office (NBC) "Michael's Birthday"
• Lauren Breiting - According to Jim (ABC) "The Stick"
• Millicent Shelton - Everybody Hates Chris (UPN) "Everybody Hates Valentine's Day"
• Salim Akil - Girlfriends (UPN) "The Game"

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

• Anthony Hemingway - Close to Home (CBS) "Prodigal Son"
• Craig Ross, Jr. - Bones (FOX) "Aliens in a Spaceship"
• Karen Gaviola - Lost (ABC) "The Whole Truth"
• Paris Barclay - Cold Case (CBS) "Saving Sammy"
• Seith Mann - The Wire (HBO) "Homerooms"

Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/ Television Movie - Comedy or Drama

• Alejandro González Iñárritu - "Babel" (Paramount Vantage)
• Chris Robinson - "ATL" (Lionsgate Films)
• Sanaa Hamri - "Something New" (Focus Features)
• Spike Lee - "Inside Man" (Universal Pictures)
• Tyler Perry - "Madea's Family Reunion" (Lionsgate Films)

Writing Categories Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Kenny Smith - The Game (CW) "The Trey Wiggs Episode"
• Mara Brock Akil - Girlfriends (CW) " After the Storm"
• Regina Y. Hicks - Girlfriends (CW) "I'll Have a Blueline Christmas"
• Royale Watkins - All Of Us (UPN) " The -N- Word"
• Silvio Horta - Ugly Betty (ABC) "Pilot"

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Aaron Rahsaan Thomas - Friday Night Lights (NBC) "Full Hearts"
• Janine Sherman-Barrois - ER (NBC) "Darfur"
• Naren Chankar - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) "Killer"
• Shonda Rhimes - Grey's Anatomy (ABC) "It's the End of the World"
• Steven Maeda - Daybreak (ABC) "What if He Lets Her Go"

Outstanding Writing in a Feature Film/ Television Movie - Comedy or Drama

• Dianne Houston - "Take the Lead" (New Line Cinema)
• Doug Atchison - "Akeelah and the Bee" (Lionsgate Films)
• Keith Glover - "Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story" (Lifetime)
• Reggie Gaskins - "Restraining Order" (Codeblack Entertainment)
• Tyler Perry - "Madea's Family Reunion" (Lionsgate Films)