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[…] YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Viral Meme Inspires Nipsey Hussle Fans to Launch Book Club Based on Late Rapper’s Reading List (L-R) Actors Bryshere “Yazz” Gray, Jussie Smollett and Trai Byers appear onstage at the Television Academy event for Fox Tv’s “Empire” – A Performance Under The Stars at The Grove on May 28, 2015 in […]

[…] it’s a process, and it’s trial and error. We came back.” READ RELATED STORY: ‘Empire’ Adds Rapper Xzibit as Lucious Lyon’s Rival READ RELATED STORY: ‘Empire’ Star Trai Byers Denies Reports He Wants Off Series Daniels also reflected on the evolution of the young cast and their command over the red carpet press line. […]

[…] 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 […]

[…] He would not enjoy the accolades – shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on September 7 the same year the album was released. “Empire” also stars Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollett, Bryshere Y. Gray, and Trai Byers. Hear Tene Croom’s exclusive interview with Annie Ilonzeh: Follow on @TcTene [email protected] annie ilonzeh

*Gabourey Sidibe continues making her rounds on the promo trail for her memoir “This Is Just My Face,” so she hit up the clubhouse on “Watch What Happens Live” alongside former “RHOA” star Kim Zolciak. When a fan called in and asked Gabby about the alleged ongoing feud between Nia Long and Taraji P. […]

[…] MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Damon Dash Says Kanye Ain’t Crazy and Doesn’t ‘Give A F–k’ if Kim K Disagrees EMPIRE: Pictured Clockwise L-R: Terrence Howard, Jussie Smollett, Bryshere Gray, Trai Byers and Taraji P. Henson on Season Four of EMPIRE premiering Wednesday, Sept. 27 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2017 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Michael Lavine/FOX […]

[…] (Critics’ Choice Television Award winner for Best Actress in a Drama Series, BET Award winner for Best Actress), Jussie Smollett, Byshere Y. Gray, Kaitlin Doubleday, Malik Yoba, Trai Byers and Grace Gealey. The series included an impressive roster of guest star appearances from the likes of Courtney Love, Jennifer Hudson, Gabourey Sidibe, Gladys Knight, […]

[…] campaigning for his ASA award to get too involved with the family drama, but he does side with Cookie in her attempt to remove Camilla. Andre ( Trai Byers) learns about the loss of his child on a day that he apparently hasn’t taken his bipolar meds. And the episode ended with Lucious handing […]

[…] love ‘Empire’ even a quarter of how much we love making it, there’s nothing better than that.” Below, Jussie (seated next to his on-screen brothers Bryshere Gray and Trai Byers) tells us what it’s like to go into his neighborhood Whole Foods now that he’s a bona fide television star. Actor Jussie Smollett attends the […]

[…] eating up the scenery around him. He’s gotten to the point that when he enters the room, we welcome the relief. The same could be said of Trai Byers (Andre), but his talent is largely being wasted as more focus is put upon Bryshere “Yazz” Gray (Hakeem), the baby rapper struggling to find his […]

[…] Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Bryshere Gray – “Empire” (FOX) Dondre Whitfield – “Queen Sugar” (OWN) Joe Morton – “Scandal” (ABC) Jussie Smollett – “Empire” (FOX) Trai Byers – “Empire” (FOX)   Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Lynn Whitfield – “Greenleaf” (OWN) Naturi Naughton – “Power” (Starz) Samira Wiley – “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu) Susan Kelechi Watson – “This Is Us” (NBC) Tina Lifford – “Queen Sugar” (OWN)   Outstanding Television Movie, Limited – Series or Dramatic Special “Flint” (Lifetime) “Shots Fired” (FOX) “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” (HBO) “The New Edition Story” (BET) “When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story” (TV One)   Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Bryshere Grey – “The New Edition Story” (BET) Idris Elba – “Guerrilla” (Showtime) Laurence Fishburne – “Madiba” (BET) Mack Wilds – “Shots Fired” (FOX) Woody McClain – “The New Edition Story” (BET)   Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Jill Scott – “Flint” (Lifetime) Oprah Winfrey – “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” (HBO) Queen Latifah – “Flint” (Lifetime) Regina King – “American Crime” (ABC) Sanaa Lathan – “Shots Fired” (FOX)   Outstanding News/ Information – (Series or Special) “News One Now” (TV One) “Oprah’s Master Class” (OWN) “The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman” (National Geographic) “Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama” (BET) “Unsung” (TV One)   Outstanding Talk Series “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC) “Super Soul Sunday” (OWN) “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central) “The Real” (Syndicated) “The View” (ABC)   Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN) “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party” (VH1) “Shark Tank” (ABC) “The Manns” (TV One) “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” (CNN)   Outstanding Variety or Game Show – (Series or Special) “Black Girls Rock! 2017” (BET) “Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas” (Netflix) “Def Comedy Jam 25” (Netflix) “Lip Sync Battle” (Spike) “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)   Outstanding Children’s Program “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior) “Free Rein” (Netflix) “Nella the Princess Knight” (Nickelodeon) “Project Mc²” (Netflix) “Raven’s Home” (Disney Channel)   Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series) Caleb McLaughlin – “Stranger Things” (Netflix) Ethan Hutchison – “Queen Sugar” (OWN) Lonnie Chavis – “This Is Us” (NBC) Marsai Martin – “black-ish” (ABC) Michael Rainey – “Power” (Starz)   Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Fredricka Whitfield – “Fredricka Whitfield” (CNN) Morgan Freeman – “The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman” (National Geographic) Neil deGrasse Tyson – “StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson” (National Geographic) Roland Martin – “News One Now” (TV One) Trevor Noah – “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)   Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Alfonso Ribeiro – “America’s Funniest Home Video” (ABC) Iyanla Vanzant – “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN) Michael Smith and Jemele Hill – “SC6 with Michael and Jemele” (ESPN) LL Cool J – “Lip Sync Battle” (Spike) Kamau Bell – “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” (CNN)   RECORDING   Outstanding New Artist Demetria McKinney – “Officially Yours” (eOne Music) Kevin Ross – “The Awakening” (Motown/Capitol Records) Khalid – “American Teen” (RCA Records/Right Hand Music Group) SZA – “Ctrl” (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment) Vic Mensa – “The Autobiography” (Roc Nation/Capitol Records)   Outstanding Male Artist Brian McKnight – “Genesis” (SoNo Recording Group) Bruno Mars – “Versace On the Floor” (Atlantic Records) Charlie Wilson – “In It to Win It” (RCA Records/P Music Group) JAY-Z – “4:44” (Roc Nation) Kendrick Lamar – “DAMN.” (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)   Outstanding Female Artist Andra Day – “Stand Up For Something” (Warner Bros. Records) Beyoncé – “Die With You” (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment) Ledisi – “Let Love Rule” (Verve Label Group) Mary J. Blige – “Strength of a Woman” (Capitol Records) SZA – “Ctrl” (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)   Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration Andra Day feat. Common – “Stand Up For Something” (Warner Bros. Records) Charlie Wilson feat. T.I. – “I’m Blessed” (RCA Records/P Music Group) Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna – “LOYALTY.” (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) Mary J. Blige feat. Kanye West – “Love Yourself” (Capitol Records) SZA feat. Travis Scott – “Love Galore” (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)   Outstanding Jazz Album “Boundless” – Damien Escobar (Phoenix Lane Entertainment) “Dreams and Daggers” – Cécile McLorin Salvant (Mack Avenue Records) “Petite Afrique” – Somi (Sony Music/OKeh) “Poetry In Motion” – Najee (Shanachie Entertainment) “So It Is” – Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Legacy Recordings)   Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album (Traditional or Contemporary) “Close” – Marvin Sapp (Verity Records) “Crossover Live From Music City” – Travis Greene (RCA Inspiration) “Greenleaf Soundtrack Volume 2” – Greenleaf Soundtrack (RCA Inspiration) “Heart. Passion. Pursuit.” – Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel) “Let Them Fall In Love” – CeCe Winans (Puresprings Gospel)   Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album “4:44” – JAY-Z (Roc Nation) “Gods” – Maxwell (Columbia Records) “High” – Ledisi (Verve Label Group) “Strength of A Woman” – Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records) “That’s What I Like” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)   Outstanding Song – Traditional “High” – Ledisi (Verve Label Group) “Honest” – MAJOR. (BOE/Empire) “Surefire (Piano Version)” – John Legend (Columbia Records) “That’s What I Like” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records) “U + Me” – Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records)   Outstanding Song – Contemporary “Gonna Be Alright” – Mali Music (RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment) “HUMBLE.” – Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) “Insecure” – Jazmine Sullivan X Bryson Tiller (RCA Records) “Love Galore” – SZA feat. Travis Scott (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment) “The Story of O.J.” – JAY-Z (Roc Nation)   Outstanding Album “4:44” – JAY-Z (Roc Nation) “DAMN.” – Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) “Genesis” – Brian McKnight (SoNo Recording Group) “In It To Win It” – Charlie Wilson (RCA Records/P Music Group) “Strength of A Woman” – Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records)   LITERATURE   Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction “Little Fires Everywhere” – Celeste Ng (Penguin Random House) “No One Is Coming to Save Us” – Stephanie Powell Watts (HarperCollins Publishers) “Sing, Unburied, Sing” – Jesmyn Ward (Simon and Schuster) “The Annotated African American Folktales” – Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Author), Maria Tatar (Author) (Liveright Publishing Corporation) “The Wide Circumference of Love” – Marita Golden (Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.)   Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction “Black Detroit – A People’s History of Self-Determination” – Herb Boyd (HarperCollins Publishers) “Chokehold: Policing Black Men” – Paul Butler (The New Press) “Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies” – Dick Gregory (HarperCollins Publishers) “The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas” – Adrian Miller (University of North Carolina Press) “We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy” – Ta-Nehisi Coates (Random House)   Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author “A Beautiful Ghetto” – Devin Allen (Haymarket Books) “Chasing Spaces: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace & Second Chances” – Leland Melvin (HarperCollins Publishers) “No One Is Coming to Save Us” – Stephanie Powell Watts (HarperCollins Publishers) “Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat” – Patricia Williams (Author) Jeannine Amber (With) (HarperCollins Publishers) “We’re Going to Need More Wine” – Gabrielle Union (HarperCollins Publishers)   Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography “Ali: A Life” – Jonathan Eig (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) “Becoming Ms. Burton – From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women” – Susan Burton (Author), Cari Lynn (Author), Michelle Alexander (Foreword By) (The New Press) “Chester B. Himes” – Lawrence P. Jackson (W. W. Norton & Company) “Obama: The Call of History” – Peter Baker (New York Times/Callaway) “We’re Going to Need More Wine” – Gabrielle Union (HarperCollins Publishers)   Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional “Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You” – Misty Copeland (Grand Central Publishing) “Exponential Living – Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are” – Sheri Riley (Author), Usher (Foreword By) (Penguin Random House) “Kristen Kish Cooking” – Kristen Kish (Author), Meredith Erickson (With) (Clarkson Potter) “Notoriously Dapper – How to Be A Modern Gentleman with Manners, Style and Body Confidence” – Kelvin Davis (Mango Media Inc.) “The Awakened Woman: Remembering & Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams” – Dr. Tererai Trent (Author), Oprah Winfrey (Foreword By) (Simon and Schuster)   Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry “Incendiary Art: Poems” – Patricia Smith (TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press) “My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter” – Aja Monet (Haymarket Books) “Silencer” – Marcus Wicker (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) “The Drowning Boy’s Guide to Water” – Cameron Barnett (Autumn House Press) “Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems” – Ntozake Shange (Simon and Schuster)   Outstanding Literary Work – Children “Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Author), Raymond Obstfeld (With) (Hachette Book Group) “Before She Was Harriet” – Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator) (Holiday House) “Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History” – Vashti Harrison (Hachette Book Group) “Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!” – Andrea J. Loney (Author), Keith Mallett (Illustrator) (Lee & Low Books) “The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, A Young Civil Rights Activist” – Cynthia Levinson (Author), Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator) (S&S Children’s Publishing)   Outstanding Literary Work – Youth / Teens “Allegedly” – Tiffany D. Jackson (HarperCollins Publishers) “Clayton Byrd Goes Underground” – Rita Williams-Garcia (Author), Frank Morrison (Illustrator) (Amistad/HarperCollins Publishers) “Long Way Down” – Jason Reynolds (S&S Children’s Publishing) “Solo” – Kwame Alexander (Author), Mary Rand Hess (With) (Blink) “The Hate U Give” – Angie Thomas (HarperCollins Publishers)   MOTION PICTURE   Outstanding Motion Picture “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures) “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) “Marshall” (Open Road Films) “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” (Sony Pictures Entertainment)   Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Algee Smith – “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures) Chadwick Boseman – “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Daniel Kaluuya – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Denzel Washington – “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” (Columbia Pictures) Idris Elba – “The Mountain Between Us” (20th Century Fox)   Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Amandla Stenberg – “Everything, Everything” (Warner Bros. Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) Danai Gurira – “All Eyez on Me” (Summit Entertainment) Halle Berry – “Kidnap” (Aviron Pictures) Natalie Paul – “Crown Heights” (Amazon Studios) Octavia Spencer – “Gifted” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)   Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Idris Elba – “THOR: Ragnarok” (Marvel Studios) Laurence Fishburne – “Last Flag Flying” (Amazon Studios) Lil Rel Howery – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Nnamdi Asomugha – “Crown Heights” (Amazon Studios) Sterling K. Brown – “Marshall” (Open Road Films)   Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Audra McDonald – “Beauty and the Beast” (Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures) Keesha Sharp – “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Regina Hall – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) Tessa Thompson – “THOR: Ragnarok” (Marvel Studios) Tiffany Haddish – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures)   Outstanding Independent Motion Picture “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures) “Last Flag Flying” (Amazon Studios) “Mudbound” (Netflix) “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” (Annapurna Pictures) “Wind River” (Acacia Filmed Entertainment)   DOCUMENTARY   Outstanding Documentary (Film) “I Called Him Morgan” (Submarine Deluxe/Filmrise) “STEP” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities” (Firelight Films) “The Rape of Recy Taylor” (Augusta Films) “Whose Streets?” (Magnolia Pictures)   Outstanding Documentary (Television) “Birth of a Movement” (PBS) “Black Love” (OWN) “The 44th President: In His Own Words” (History) “The Defiant Ones” (HBO) “What the Health” (AUM Films and Media + First Spark Media)   WRITING   Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Aziz Ansari – “Master of None” – Thanksgiving (Netflix) Janine Barrois – “Claws” – Batsh*t (TNT) Justin Simien – “Dear White People” – Chapter 1 (Netflix) Issa Rae – “Insecure” – Hella Great (HBO) Issa Rae – “Insecure” – Hella Perspective (HBO)   Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series Anthony Sparks – “Queen Sugar” – What Do I Care for Morning (OWN) Ava DuVernay – “Queen Sugar” – Dream Variations (OWN) Erica Anderson – “Greenleaf” – The Bear (OWN) Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Shots Fired” – Hour One: Pilot (FOX) Vera Herbert – “This Is Us” – Still Here (NBC)   Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special Abdul Williams – “The New Edition Story” – Night Two (BET) Alison McDonald – “An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life” (Amazon) Cas Sigers-Beedles – “When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story” (TV One) May Chan – “An American Girl Story – Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance” (Amazon) Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe – “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” (HBO)   Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Dee Rees, Virgil Williams – “Mudbound” (Netflix) Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani – “The Big Sick” (Amazon Studios) Jordan Peele – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Kenya Barris, Tracy Oliver – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) Mark Boal – “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures)   DIRECTING   Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Anton Cropper – “black-ish” – Juneteenth (ABC) Barry Jenkins – “Dear White People” – Chapter 5 (Netflix) Justin Simien – “Dear White People” – Chapter 1 (Netflix) Spike Lee – “She’s Gotta Have It” – #NolasChoice (Netflix) Ken Whittingham – “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” – Kimmy Bites an Onion! (Netflix)   Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series Carl Franklin – “13 Reasons Why” – Tape 5, Side B (Netflix) Ernest R. Dickerson – “The Deuce” – Show and Prove (HBO) Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Shots Fired” – Hour One: Pilot (FOX) Jeffrey Byrd – “Switched at Birth” – Occupy Truth (Freeform) Jonathan Demme – “Shots Fired” Hour Six: The Fire This Time (FOX)   Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special Allen Hughes – “The Defiant Ones” (HBO) Chris Robinson – “The New Edition Story” – Night 1 (BET) Codie Elaine Oliver – “Black Love” (OWN) Kevin Hooks – “Madiba ” – Night 2 (BET) Mark Ford – “Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.” (A&E)   Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Dee Rees – “Mudbound” (Netflix) Jordan Peele – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Malcolm D. Lee – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) Reginald Hudlin – “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Stella Meghie – “Everything, Everything” (Warner Bros. Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)   ANIMATED/CGI   Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance David Oyelowo – “The Lion Guard” (Disney Junior) Kerry Washington – “Cars 3” (Disney/Pixar) Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Channel) Tiffany Haddish – “Legends of Chamberlain Heights” (Comedy Central) Yvette Nicole Brown – “Elena of Avalor” (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 59 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, The Manns 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 Urban One, Inc., formerly known as Radio One, Inc. , the largest African-American owned multi-media company primarily targeting Black and urban audiences. 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.       NAACP Image Awards Media Contacts: The […]

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