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42nd NAACP Image Awards

Motion Picture 
Outstanding Motion Picture
For Colored Girls
Lionsgate/34th Street Films
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Denzel Washington
The Book of Eli
Warner Bros. Pictures
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Samuel L. Jackson
Mother and Child
Sony Pictures Classic
Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
Biutiful
Roadside Attractions
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Frankie & Alice
Freestyle Releasing
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Halle Berry
Frankie & Alice
Freestyle Releasing
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Kimberly Elise
For Colored Girls
Lionsgate/34th Street Films
Outstanding Documentary
(Theatrical or Television)
For Love of Liberty:
The Story of America's Black Patriots
PBS
 
Television 
Outstanding Comedy Series
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
TBS
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Vanessa Williams
Desperate Housewives
ABC
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Sofia Vergara
Modern Family
ABC
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
LL Cool J
NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Regina King
Southland
TNT
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
S. Epatha Merkerson
Law & Order
NBC
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Idris Elba
Luther
BBC America
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Jill Scott
Sins of the Mother
Lifetime Movie Network
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Tatyana Ali
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Outstanding Talk Series
The View
ABC
Outstanding Variety – (Series or Special)
UNCF An Evening of Stars Tribute to Lionel Richie
Syndicated
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
David Mann
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
TBS
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ice Cube
Are We There Yet?
TBS
Outstanding Drama Series
Grey's Anatomy
ABC
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Terrence Howard
Law & Order: Los Angeles
NBC
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Sins of the Mother
Lifetime Movie Network
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Darnell Williams
All My Children
ABC
Outstanding News/ Information – (Series or Special)
Unsung
TV One
Outstanding Reality Series
Sunday Best
BET Network
Outstanding Children's Program
True Jackson, VP
Nickelodeon
Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program – (Series or Special)
Keke Palmer
True Jackson, VP
Nickelodeon
 
Writing & Directing 
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Aaron McGruder
"The Boondocks" - The Fund-Raiser
Cartoon Network
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Shonda Rhimes
"Private Practice" - Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?
ABC
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)
Michael Elliot
Just Wright
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Kevin Rodney Sullivan
"Modern Family" - Game Changer
ABC
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Millicent Shelton
"Men of a Certain Age" - Go with the Flow
TNT
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)
Tyler Perry
For Colored Girls
Lionsgate/34th Street Films
 
Recording 
Outstanding New Artist
Willow
Roc Nation/Columbia Records
Outstanding Female Artist
Mary J. Blige
Geffen Records/Matriarch
Outstanding Jazz Album
From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf - Live in Marciac
The Wynton Marsalis Quintet & Richard Galliano
The Orchard
Outstanding World Music Album
VOCAbuLarieS
Bobby McFerrin
Universal Music Group/Decca/Emarcy
Outstanding Song
Bittersweet
Fantasia
J Records
Outstanding Male Artist
Usher
Laface/Jive Records
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
John Legend and The Roots
Columbia Records
Outstanding Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary)
You Are Not Alone
Mavis Staples
ANTI Records
Outstanding Music Video
Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)
Alicia Keys
J Records
Outstanding Album
Wake Up!
John Legend and The Roots
Columbia Records
 
Literature 
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
Getting to Happy
Terry McMillan
Penguin Group
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson
Random House
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
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
My Brother Charlie
Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete (Authors), Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
Scholastic Press
Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander
The New Press
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
You Don't Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson, Jr., Mary Jane Ross
Crown
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
100 Best African-American Poems
Nikki Giovanni
Sourcebooks MediaFusion
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
Condoleezza Rice A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me
Condoleezza Rice
Random House Children's Books
 
Honorees 
Chairman's Award
Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA

President's Award
Gen. Colin L. Powell
 
 
 
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