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The Underground Showcase Links Performers with Venues

[…] Inglewood, the lounge slowly filled with artist and creators of independent Hip Hop music.  They mingled while waiting to step onto the spotlight and perform at the Underground Showcase this past April 26.  Get ready for the May edition this Thursday, May 24. With the moon moving from the third quarter (half moon) to its […]

‘Underground’ Cancelled; Exec Prod. John Legend Vows to Find Another Network Home

*We reported several weeks back that it probably would happen. Now, after 2 seasons, unfortunately, it has. And it just doesn’t feel right. WGN America’s “ Underground” fought the good fight, but unfortunately the cable outlet has decided that, going forward, the program would not make a good fit. Apparently there’s nothing about the […]

Stars of ‘Underground’ Shine at 2016 Essence Festival

Stars of ‘ Underground’ Shine at 2016 Essence Festival Left to Right: Cori Murray (Entertainment Director, Essence Magazine), Director/Executive Producer Anthony Hemingway, Actors Amirah Vann, Alano Miller and Aldis Hodge; Director/Executive Producer Anthony Hemingway, Actors Amirah Vann, Alano Miller and Aldis Hodge * A crowd of cheering fans greeted WGN America’s “Underground” stars Aldis Hodge (“Noah”), Alano […]

Comedy Underground Series Releases Celeb Flicks – LOOK!

Comedian Pretty Ricki at the Comedy Underground Series at The Alex Theatre on June 26, 2017 in Glendale, California. *Red Grant, Guy Torry, Flex Alexander, Shanice, Pretty Ricki, and many more were among the celebrities in attendance at the live taping of The Comedy Underground Series Season 2 produced by Silver Lining Entertainment. The comics took over the […]

‘Underground: Season One’ Arrives on DVD June 14

Underground: Season’ One Available May 24 on DVD * WGN America’s critically acclaimed new drama Underground: Season One arrives on DVD June 14 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Tribune Studios. The suspenseful ‘Underground’ series – executive produced by Academy Award® and GRAMMY Award® winner John Legend (2014, Best Original Song, Selma) – […]

Sherman’s Showcase’s ‘Black History Month Spectacular’ Set to Premiere Fri., June 19 on AMC and IFC

[…] Bashir Salahuddin serve as executive producers on the series, along with John Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorious through their Get Lifted Film Co. (La La Land, Underground, Jesus Christ Superstar). Pete Aronson serves as executive producer, and Frank Scherma and Jim Bouvet of RadicalMedia (Stan Against Evil, Conversations With a Killer: The Ted […]

WATCH EUR’s Exclusive Clip of WGN’s ‘Underground’ Featuring Aldis Hodge

*Season one of WGN’s monumental and ground-breaking series, “ Underground” Arrives on DVD tomorrow, June 14. But we’ve got  an exclusive clip for you to see right now featuring Aldis Hodge who plays Noah. WGN America’s critically acclaimed new drama UNDERGROUND: SEASON ONE arrives on DVD June 14 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Tribune Studios. The […]

Watch Clip of ‘Underground’ Final Moments from Season One Finale

*Tonight’s season one finale of WGN America’s breakout series, “ Underground,” was so epic, you have to see it again to believe it! In fact, you can relive a slice of the final moments of the jaw dropping episode, entitled “The White Whale,” in the video clip above. On the heels of the U.S. Treasury’s decision to […]

Flex Alexander Set to Emcee Comedy Underground Series Live

Flex Alexander Set to Emcee Comedy Underground Series Live *Friday at 7:30 p.m., Silver Lining Entertainment’s Comedy Underground Series Vol. 3 & 4 kick-off live at the Alex Theater in Glendale, CA, where OWN docu-series star Flex Alexander will host an evening of urban entertainment. On the bill includes stand-up acts Red Grant, Alex Thomas, Chastity […]

OWN Acquires Critically Acclaimed Drama Series ‘Underground’ Airings Begin Jan 5 / EUR Exclusive!

*Los Angeles – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that it has acquired the critically acclaimed historical drama “ Underground” to air beginning Tuesday, January 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The dramatic series from Sony Pictures Television will have a revitalized presentation on OWN, with newly filmed episodic introductions by cast members, never-before-seen behind […]

The Pulse of Entertainment: Underground Hits Production Presents Gxlden Doll aka Gene$i$

Underground Hits Production artist Gxlden Doll. (Photo: Underground Hits Production) *“I want to make the time worth it,” said entertainer Gxlden Doll aka Gene$i$ about signing a management deal with Underground Hits Production. “I’m looking forward to progressing. He wasn’t doing management because he was too busy, but he made time to work […]

Lukevision, Underground Hits, Twelve27 Heads to Speak at ‘ULMII’ Entertainment Conference

Underground Hits Production’s Gxlden Doll and Eli, and Lukevision Enterprises’ Odillia to perform at the ‘ULMII’ Entertainment Conference. *On Saturday, November 7, 2020 between 1-3pmPT at the 21st annual Los Angeles “Uplifting Minds II” Entertainment Conference via Zoom video conferencing the heads of two record labels, two management companies and a music producer […]

For the Record: New Showcase Opportunity for Independent Artists in Los Angeles (Podcast)

[…] platform,” he says of the talent on Don Cornelius’ long-running series. “So I’m the first person that’s giving an independent artist a platform in Los Angeles.” The Underground Hit Breakers Independent Showcase and Comedy Slam, produced by Blackmon and held every last Thursday of the month at The Rooftop Inglewood (130 Market Street), offers […]

Sherman’s Showcase ‘Black History Month Spectacular’ Premiers Friday June 19 on AMC & IFC

[…] Bashir Salahuddin serve as executive producers on the series, along with John Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorious through their Get Lifted Film Co. (La La Land, Underground, Jesus Christ Superstar). Pete Aronson serves as executive producer, and Frank Scherma and Jim Bouvet of RadicalMedia (Stan Against Evil, Conversations With a Killer: The Ted […]

48th NAACP Image Awards Announced: Beyoncé Leads with 7 Noms; Sister Solange, 5

[…] “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz) Yvonne Orji – “Insecure” (HBO)   Outstanding Drama Series “Empire” (FOX) “Power” (Starz) “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) “This Is Us” (NBC) “ Underground” (WGN America)   Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Kofi Siriboe – “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Mike Colter – “Marvel’s Luke Cage” (Netflix) Omari Hardwick – “Power” (Starz) Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us” (NBC) Terrence Howard – “Empire” (FOX)   Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Jurnee Smollett-Bell – “Underground” (WGN America) Kerry Washington – “Scandal” (ABC) Rutina Wesley – “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Taraji P. Henson – “Empire” (FOX) Viola Davis – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC)   Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Alfred Enoch – “How To Get Away With Murder” (ABC) Jesse Williams – “Greys Anatomy” (ABC) Joe Morton – “Scandal” (ABC) Jussie Smollett – “Empire” (FOX) Trai Byers – “Empire” (FOX)   Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Amirah Vann – “Underground” (WGN America) CCH Pounder – “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS) Cicely Tyson – “How To Get Away with Murder” (ABC) Lynn Whitfield – “Greenleaf” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Naturi Naughton – “Power” (Starz)   Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special “American Crime” (ABC) “Confirmation” (HBO) “Roots” (History) “The Night Of” (HBO) “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)   Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Courtney B. Vance – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX) Cuba Gooding Jr. – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX) Jeffrey Wright – “Confirmation” (HBO) Malachi Kirby – “Roots” (History) Sterling K. Brown – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)   Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Anika Noni Rose – “Roots” (History) Audra McDonald – “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” (HBO) Emayatzy Corinealdi – “Roots” (History) Kerry Washington – “Confirmation” (HBO) Regina King – “American Crime” (ABC)   Outstanding News / Information – (Series or Special) “AM Joy with Joy Reid” (MSNBC/NBC News) “BET Love and Happiness White House Special” (BET) “StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson” (National Geographic Channel) “Stay Woke” (BET) “Unsung: Sugarhill Gang” (TV One)   Outstanding Talk Series “Steve Harvey” (Syndicated) “SuperSoul Sunday” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) “The Real” (Syndicated) “The Talk” (CBS) “The View” (ABC)   Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) “Little Big Shots” (NBC) “Mary Mary” (WE tv) “The Voice” (NBC) “United Shades of America” (CNN)   Outstanding Variety (Series or Special) “2016 Black Girls Rock” (BET) “Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC) “Lemonade” (HBO) “Lip Sync Battle” (Spike TV) “The Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards 2016” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)   Outstanding Children’s Program “All In With Cam Newton” (Nickelodeon) “An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win” (Amazon) “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior) “K.C. Undercover” (Disney Channel) “The Lion Guard” (Disney Junior)   Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-series) Emyyri Crutchfield – “Roots” (History) Hudson Yang – “Fresh Off The Boat” (ABC) Lonnie Chavis – “This Is Us” (NBC) Marsai Martin – “black-ish” (ABC) Miles Brown – “black-ish” (ABC)   Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Anthony Anderson & Tracee Ellis Ross – “2016 BET Awards” (BET) Joy Reid – “AM Joy with Joy Reid” (MSNBC) Roland S. Martin – “NewsOne Now with Roland S. Martin” (TV One) Steve Harvey – “The Steve Harvey Show” (Syndicated) W. Kamau Bell – “United Shades of America” (CNN)   RECORDING   Outstanding New Artist Chance the Rapper (Chance the Rapper) Chloe X Halle (Columbia Records) MAJOR.  (BOE/Empire) Ro James (RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment) Serayah (Columbia Records)   Outstanding Male Artist Anthony Hamilton (RCA Records) Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records) Chance the Rapper (Chance the Rapper) Kendrick Lamar (Top Dawg Entertainment/ Aftermath/Interscope Records) Maxwell (Columbia)   Outstanding Female Artist Alicia Keys (RCA Records) Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment) Fantasia (RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited) K. Michelle (Atlantic Records) Solange (Columbia Records)   Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration “Blended Family” – Alicia Keys feat. A$AP Rocky (RCA Records) “Everything’s Beautiful” – Robert Glasper & Miles Davis (Legacy Recordings) “Freedom” – Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment) “Mad” – Solange feat. Lil Wayne (Columbia Records) “Royalty” – Sounds of Blackness feat HSRA (High School for Recording Arts) (Sounds of Blackness/Atomic K Records)   Outstanding Jazz Album “Everything’s Beautiful” – Robert Glasper & Miles Davis (Legacy Recordings) “Latin America Songbook” – Edward Simon (Sunnyside) “Leslie Odom Jr.” – Leslie Odom (S-Curve) “Ready Take One” – Erroll Garner (Legacy Recordings / Octave Music Licensing LLC) “Upward Spiral” – Branford Marsalis Quartet and Kurt Elling (Okeh)   Outstanding Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary) “Jericho: Tribe of Joshua” – Livre’ (Glory 2 Glory Entertainment/RAL) “Myron Butler & Levi On Purpose” – Myron Butler (Motown Gospel) “One Way” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann, Inc.) “The Journey (Live)” – Donnie McClurkin (RCA Inspiration) “Worship Journal Live” – Fred Hammond (RCA Inspiration)   Outstanding Music Video “24K Magic” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records) “Cranes In The Sky” – Solange (Columbia Records) “Formation” – Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment) “This One’s for Me and You” – Johnny Gill feat. New Edition (Jskillz) “In Common” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records)   Outstanding Song – Traditional “Amen” – Anthony Hamilton (RCA Records) “Cranes In The Sky” – Solange (Columbia Records) “God Provides” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann, Inc.) “I See Victory” – Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams (I Am Other/Columbia) “Lake By The Ocean” – Maxwell (Columbia Records)   Outstanding Song – Contemporary “24K Magic” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records) “Formation” – Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment) “Freedom” – Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment) “Letter to the Free” – Common featuring Bilal (ARTium Records/ Def Jam Recordings) “Royalty” – Sounds of Blackness feat HSRA (High School for Recording Arts) (Sounds of Blackness/Atomic K Records)   Outstanding Album “A Seat At The Table” – Solange (Columbia Records) “Coloring Book” – Chance the Rapper (Chance the Rapper) “Lemonade” – Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment) “untitled unmastered.” – Kendrick Lamar (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records) “What I’m Feelin” – Anthony Hamilton (RCA Records)   LITERATURE   Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction “Another Brooklyn” – Jacqueline Woodson (HarperCollins /Amistad) “The Book of Harlan” – Bernice L. McFadden (Akashic Books) “The Illegal” – Lawrence Hill (W. W. Norton & Company) “The Mother” – Yvvette Edwards (HarperCollins Publishers / Amistad) “The Underground Railroad: A Novel” – Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)   Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction “Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul” – Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (Crown / The Crown Publishing Group) “Freedom is a Constant Struggle” – Angela Y. Davis (Author), Cornel West (Foreword), (Haymarket Books) “Hidden Figures” – Margot Lee Shetterly (HarperCollins Publishers / William Morrow) “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America” – Ibram X. Kendi (Nation Books) “Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Author), Raymond Obstfeld (Author), (Time Inc. Books)   Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author “Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” – Trevor Noah (Random House) “Carry On” – Lisa Fenn (HarperCollins Publishers / Harper Wave) “Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court” – Dr. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve (Stanford University Press) “Grace: A Novel” – Natashia Deón (Counterpoint Press) “United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good” – Cory Booker (Ballantine Books)   Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/ Auto-Biography “Answering the Call: An Autobiography of the Modern Struggle to End Racial Discrimination in America” – Nathaniel Jones (The New Press) “Around the Way Girl: A Memoir” – Taraji P. Henson (37 Ink/Atria Books) “Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” – Trevor Noah (Random House) “Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, A Young Black Man’s Education” – Mychal Denzel Smith (Nation Books) “My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire” – Herb Powell (Author), Maurice White (Author), Steve Harvey (Foreword), David Foster (Foreword), (HarperCollins Publishers / Amistad)   Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional “Green Smoothies for Life” – JJ Smith (Atria Books) “LA Reid Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who’s Next” – LA Reid (Harper Collins) “Running the Long Race in Gifted Education: Narratives and Interviews from Culturally Diverse Gifted Adults” – Joy M. Scott-Carrol (Author), Anthony Sparks (Author), Diana Slaughter Kotzin (Foreword), (IGET-Network Press/Book Publisher’s Network) “The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World ” – The Dalai Lama (Author), Desmond Tutu (Author), Douglas Abrams (With), (Avery) “The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage” – Daymond John (Author), Daniel Paisner (With), (Crown Business / The Crown Publishing Group)   Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry “Collected Poems: 1974 — 2004” – Rita Dove (W. W. Norton & Company) “Counting Descent” – Clint Smith (Write Bloody Publishing) “The Big Book of Exit Strategies” – Jamaal May (Alice James Books) “The Sobbing School” – Joshua Bennett (Penguin Books) “Thief in the Interior” – Phillip B. Williams (Alice James Books)   Outstanding Literary Work – Children “A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day” – Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Lou Fancher (Illustrator), Steve Johnson (Illustrator), (Viking Children’s Books) “Daddy’s Little Girl” – Karissa Culbreath (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) “Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat” – Javaka Steptoe (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) “The Golden Girls Of Rio” – Nikkolas Smith (Skyhorse Publishing / Sky Pony Press) “Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas” – Gwendolyn Hooks (Author), Colin Bootman (Illustrator), (Lee & Low Books)   Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens “As Brave As You” – Jason Reynolds (Simon & Schuster (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books)) “Riding Chance” – Christine Kendall (Scholastic / Scholastic Press) “Same But Different: Teen Life on the Autism Express” – Holly Robinson Peete (Author), Ryan Elizabeth Peete (Author), RJ Peete (Author), (Scholastic / Scholastic Press) “The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend” – Sharon Robinson (Scholastic / Scholastic Press) “Two Naomis” – Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (Author), Audrey Vernick (Author), (HarperCollins Children’s Books)   MOTION PICTURE   Outstanding Motion Picture “Fences” (Paramount Pictures) “Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox) “Loving” (Focus Features/Big Beach) “Moonlight” (A24) “The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)   Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Denzel Washington – “Fences” (Paramount Pictures) Don Cheadle – “Miles Ahead” (Sony Pictures Classics) Nate Parker – “The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Stephan James – “Race” (Focus Features/The Luminary Group A Solofilms/Trinidad/Trinity/Trinity Race Production) Will Smith – “Collateral Beauty” (Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema)   Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Angela Bassett – “London Has Fallen” (Focus Features/Millennium Films/G-Base Production) Madina Nalwanga – “Queen of Katwe” (Walt Disney Studios) Ruth Negga – “Loving” (Focus Features/Big Beach) Taraji P. Henson – “Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox) Tika Sumpter – “Southside With You” (Roadside Attractions)   Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Alano Miller – “Loving” (Focus Features/Big Beach) Chadwick Boseman – “Captain America: Civil War” (Marvel Studios) David Oyelowo – “Queen of Katwe” (Walt Disney Studios) Mahershala Ali – “Moonlight” (A24) Trevante Rhodes – “Moonlight” (A24)   Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Aja Naomi King – “The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Lupita Nyong’o – “Queen of Katwe” (Walt Disney Studios) Mo’ Nique – “Almost Christmas” (Universal Pictures) Octavia Spencer – “Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox) Viola Davis – “Fences” (Paramount Pictures)   Outstanding Independent Motion Picture “Lion” (See-Saw Films) “Loving” (Focus Features/Big Beach) “Miles Ahead” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Moonlight” (A24) “The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)   DOCUMENTARY   Outstanding Documentary – (Film) “13th” (Netflix) “I Am Not Your Negro” (Velvet Film) “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” (The People’s Poet LLC) “Miss Sharon Jones!” (Cabin Creek Films) “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice” (Coffee Bluff Pictures)   Outstanding Documentary – (Television) “Major League Legends: Hank Aaron” (Smithsonian Channel) “Policing the Police” (PBS) “Roots: A History Revealed” (History) “Roots: A New Vision” (History) “Streets of Compton” (A&E)   WRITING   Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Donald Glover – “Atlanta” – B.A.N. (FX) Issa Rae, Larry Wilmore – “Insecure” – Insecure as F**k (HBO) Kenya Barris – “black-ish” – Hope (ABC) Our Lady J – “Transparent” – If I Were A Bell (Amazon) Prentice Penny – “Insecure” – Real as F**k (HBO)   Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series Akela Cooper – “Marvel’s Luke Cage” – Manifest (Netflix) Anthony Sparks – “Queen Sugar” – By Any Chance (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Ava DuVernay – “Queen Sugar” – First Things First (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Joe Robert Cole – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story – The Race Card” – (FX) LaToya Morgan – “TURN: Washingtons Spies” – Benediction (AMC)   Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Television) Alison McDonald – “An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win” (Amazon) Alison McDonald – “Roots (Night 2)” (History) Charles Murray – “Roots (Night 3)” (History) Rashida Jones and Mike Schur – “Black Mirror: Nosedive” (Netflix) Rhonda Freeman-Baraka – “Merry Christmas, Baby!” (UP TV)   Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film) Adam Mansbach “Barry” (Black Bear Pictures and Cinetic Media) Barry Jenkins “Moonlight” (A24) Jeff Nichols “Loving” (Focus Features/Big Beach) Nate Parker “The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Richard Tanne “Southside With You” (Roadside Attractions)   DIRECTING   Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Anton Cropper – “black-ish” – God (ABC) Anton Cropper – “black-ish” – Good-ish Times (ABC) Donald Glover – “Atlanta” – Value (FX) Marta Cunningham – “Transparent” – Exciting and New (Amazon) Melina Matsoukas – “Insecure” – Insecure as F**k” (HBO)   Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series Anthony Hemingway – “Underground” – The Macon 7 (WGN America) John Singleton – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story: The Race Card” – (FX) Millicent Shelton – “Empire” – The Lyon Who Cried Wolf (FOX) Paris Barclay – “Pitch” – Pilot (FOX) Sam Esmail – “Mr. Robot” – eps2.5_h4ndshake.sme (USA Network)   Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television) Carl Seaton – “Bad Dad Rehab” – (TV One) Mario Van Peebles – “Roots (Night 2)” – (History) Rick Famuyiwa – “Confirmation” – (HBO) Thomas Carter – “Roots (Night 3)” – (History) Vondie Curtis-Hall – “Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart” – (Lifetime)   Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture – (Film) Anthony Russo, Joe Russo – “Captain America: Civil War” (Marvel Studios) Barry Jenkins – “Moonlight” (A24) Garth Davis – “Lion” (See-Saw Films) Mira Nair – “Queen of Katwe” (Walt Disney Studios) Nate Parker – “The Birth of a Nation” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)   ANIMATED/CGI   Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film) Dwayne Johnson – “Moana” (Walt Disney Studios) Idris Elba – “Finding Dory” (Walt Disney Studios) Idris Elba – “The Jungle Book” (Walt Disney Studios) Kevin Hart – “The Secret Life of Pets” (Universal Pictures) Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)   ###   About NAACP: Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. Read more about the NAACP’s work and our six “Game Changer” issue areas at NAACP.org.   About TV One: Launched in January 2004, TV One serves more than 60 million households, offering a broad range of real-life and entertainment-focused original programming, classic series, movies and music designed to entertain and inform a diverse audience of adult black viewers. The network represents the best in black culture and entertainment with fan favorite shows Unsung, Rickey Smiley For Real, Fatal Attraction, Hollywood Divas and The NAACP Image Awards. In addition, TV One is the cable home of blockbuster drama Empire, and NewsOne Now, the only live daily news program dedicated to black viewers. In December 2008, the company launched TV One High Def, which now serves 14 million households. TV One is solely owned by Radio One , the largest radio company that primarily targets Black and urban listeners. For more information about TV One, viewers can join the conversation by visiting the network’s companion website at www.tvone.tv>. TV One viewers can also join the conversation by connecting via social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (@tvonetv) using the hash tag #REPRESENT and catch clips […]
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