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    Read The Winners List For 2018 The NAACP Image Awards

    Mary Anne ButlerBy Mary Anne ButlerJanuary 16, 2018No Comments
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    The 49th annual NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Image Awards took place tonight in a ceremony hosted by Anthony Anderson, who was nominated in the Best Actor in a Comedy category.

    Read The Winners List For 2018 The NAACP Image Awards

    Here’s a list of the 10 main categories with their nominees and winners, as well as the two special achievement awards:

     

    ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR:

    Ava DuVernay 
    Bruno Mars
    Chadwick Boseman
    Chance the Rapper
    Issa Rae
    JAY-Z

    WINNER: Ava DuVernay

    OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES:

    black-ish (ABC)
    Ballers (HBO)
    Dear White People (Netflix)
    Insecure (HBO)
    Survivor’s Remorse (Starz)

    WINNER: black-ish

    OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:

    Aziz Ansari for Master of None (Netflix)
    Dwayne Johnson for Ballers (HBO)
    Keegan-Michael Key for Friends from College (Netflix)
    RonReaco Lee for Survivor’s Remorse (Starz)
    Anthony Anderson for black-ish (ABC)

    WINNER: Anthony Anderson for black-ish

    OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:

    Danielle Brooks for Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
    Issa Rae for Insecure (HBO)
    Tracee Ellis Ross for black-ish (ABC) 
    Loretta Devine for The Carmichael Show (NBC)
    Niecy Nash for Claws (TNT)

    WINNER: Tracee Ellis Ross for black-ish

    OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES:

    Greenleaf (OWN)
    Power (Starz)
    Queen Sugar (OWN)
    This Is Us (NBC)
    Underground (WGN America)

    WINNER: Power

    OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:

    Kofi Siriboe for Queen Sugar (OWN)
    Mike Colter for Marvel’s The Defenders (Netflix)
    Omari Hardwick for Power (Starz)
    Sterling K. Brown for This Is Us  (NBC)
    Terrence Howard for Empire (FOX)

    WINNER: Omari Hardwick for Power

    OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:

    Jurnee Smollett-Bell for Underground (WGN America)
    Kerry Washington for Scandal (ABC)
    Rutina Wesley for Queen Sugar (OWN)
    Taraji P. Henson for Empire (FOX)
    Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)

    WINNER: Taraji P. Henson for Empire

    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)

    WINNER: Girls Trip

    OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICUTRE:

    Algee Smith for Detroit (Annapurna Pictures)
    Chadwick Boseman for Marshall (Open Road Films)
    Daniel Kaluuya for Get Out (Universal Pictures)
    Denzel Washington for Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Columbia Pictures)
    Idris Elba for The Mountain Between Us (20th Century Fox)

    WINNER: Daniel Kaluuya for Get Out

    OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE:

    Amandla Stenberg for Everything, Everything (Warner Bros. Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    Pictures)
    Danai Gurira for All Eyez on Me (Summit Entertainment)
    Halle Berry for Kidnap (Aviron Pictures)
    Natalie Paul for Crown Heights (Amazon Studios)
    Octavia Spencer for Gifted (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

    WINNER: Octavia Spencer for Gifted

    NAACP Music Makes A Difference Honor award was presented to Charlie Wilson.

    The NAACP Chairman’s Award was given to William Lucy.

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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

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