40th NAACP Image Awards...And the Nominees Are...

40th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS Airs Live Thursday, February 12 On FOX

And the nominees are:

Outstanding Comedy Series

• “30 Rock” (NBC)
• “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• “The Game” (CW)
• “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy
Series

• Donald Faison – “Scrubs” (NBC)
• LaVan Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Paul James – “Greek” (ABC Family)
• Terry Crews – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• Tyler James Williams – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy
Series

• America Ferrera – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
• Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tia Mowry – “The Game” (CW)
• Tichina Arnold – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• Tracee Ellis Ross – “Girlfriends” (CW)

Outstanding Drama Series

• “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• “House” (FOX)
• “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)
• “The Unit” (CBS)
• “The Wire” (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama
Series

• Anthony Anderson – “Law & Order” (NBC)
• Blair Underwood – “In Treatment” (HBO)
• Dennis Haysbert – “The Unit” (CBS)
• Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS)
• Omar Epps – “House” (FOX)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama
Series

• CCH Pounder – “The Shield” (FX)
• Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Loretta Divine – “Eli Stone” (ABC)
• Nicki Micheaux – “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)
• Wendy Davis – “Army Wives” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-
Series or Dramatic Special

• “24: Redemption” (FOX)
• “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• “House of Saddam” (HBO)
• “Racing For Time” (Lifetime)

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

• Andre Braugher – “The Andromeda Strain” (A&E)
• Ben Vereen – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• Charles S. Dutton – “Racing For Time” (Lifetime)
• Sean Combs – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Sean Patrick Thomas – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)

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

• Audra McDonald – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Chandra Wilson – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• Phylicia Rashad – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Sanaa Lathan – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Vanessa Williams – “Flirting With Forty” (Lifetime)

Outstanding News/ Information –
(Series or Special)

• “American Gangster” (BET)
• “Anderson Cooper 360: Race in America” (CNN)
• “An Oprah Winfrey Show Special Event: The Dream Lives – A
Martin Luther King Day Special” (Syndicated)
• “In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview” (TVOne)
• “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (HBO)

Outstanding Talk – (Series)

• “Iconoclasts: Venus Williams & Wyclef Jean” (Sundance
Channel)
• “Judge Mathis” (Syndicated)
• “Tavis Smiley” (PBS)
• “The Tyra Banks Show” (CW)
• “The View” (ABC)

Outstanding Reality – (Series)

• “American Idol 7” (FOX)
• “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
• “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is” (BET)
• “Project Runway” (Bravo)
• “Run’s House 5” (MTV)

Outstanding New Artist

• Anthony David (Soulbird/Universal Republic)
• Estelle (Atlantic/Homeschool)
• Jazmine Sullivan (J Records)
• Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
• Leona Lewis (J Records/Syco)

Outstanding Male Artist

• Chris Brown (Jive/Zomba)
• Common (G.o.o.d. Music/Geffen Records)
• Jamie Foxx (J Records)
• John Legend (Columbia Records)
• Will.i.am (Will.i.am Music Group/Interscope Records)

Outstanding Female Artist

• Alicia Keys (J Records)
• Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records)
• Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
• Mariah Carey (Island Def Jam)
• Rihanna (Island Def Jam

Outstanding Music Video

• “If I Were A Boy” – Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records)
• “Single Ladies” – Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records)
• “Spotlight” – Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
• “Superwoman” – Alicia Keys (J Records)
• “Yes We Can” – Will.i.am (Will.i.am Music Group/Interscope)

Outstanding Album

• Beyoncé – “I Am…Sasha Fierce” (MusicWorld/Columbia
Records)
• Jennifer Hudson – “Jennifer Hudson” (Arista)
• Kanye West – “808 & Heartbreaks” (Island Def Jam)
• Ne-Yo – “Year of the Gentleman” (Island Def Jam)
• Seal – “Soul” (Warner Bros. Records)

Outstanding Motion Picture

• “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• “Miracle at St. Anna” (Touchstone Pictures)
• “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)
• “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys” (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion
Picture

• Derek Luke – “Miracle at St. Anna” (Touchstone Pictures)
• Don Cheadle – “Traitor” (Overture Films)
• Jeffrey Wright – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood
Pictures)
• Rob Brown – “The Express” (Universal Pictures)
• Will Smith – “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion
Picture

• Alfre Woodard – “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys”
(Lionsgate)
• Angela Bassett – “Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns” (Lionsgate)
• Dakota Fanning – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Queen Latifah – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Rosario Dawson – “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)

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