The NAACP Image Awards aired last night, and I must say there were quite a few highlights that stood out for me.
Angela Bassett "did the thing" and won the award for Entertainer of the Year. Her Black Panther: Wakanda Forever co-star Tenoch Huerta Mejia won the Best Supporting Actor In A Motion Picture award, and Nicco Annan won the Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for their role as Uncle Clifford on P-Valley.
I was truly moved when Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union won the President's Award for their charity work, and not only dedicated the award to their transgender daughter Zaya, but called out the black community for asking for equality, but excluding QPOC in the fight for equal rights.
Overall it was a great night, and I really feel that it's time that black celebrities stop looking to the Oscars, the SAG awards, and all these other mainstream awards for validation, and support the award shows created for the black community - such as the NAACP, Soul Train, etc.
Check out the full winners list below...
Entertainer of the Year WINNER: Angela Bassett Mary J. Blige Quinta Brunson Viola Davis Zendaya
Outstanding Motion Picture “A Jazzman’s Blues” WINNER: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” “Emancipation” “The Woman King“ “Till”
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Joshua Boone — “A Jazzman’s Blues” Jonathan Majors — “Devotion” WINNER: Will Smith — “Emancipation” Sterling K. Brown — “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul“ Daniel Kaluuya — “Nope”
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Danielle Deadwyler — “Till” Keke Palmer — “Alice” Letitia Wright — “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Regina Hall — “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul“ WINNER: Viola Davis — “The Woman King”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Aldis Hodge — “Black Adam” Cliff “Method Man” Smith — “On the Come Up” Jalyn Hall — “Till” John Boyega — “The Woman King“ WINNER: Tenoch Huerta Mejía — “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture WINNER: Angela Bassett — “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Danai Gurira — “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Janelle Monae — “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” Lashana Lynch — “The Woman King“ Lupita Nyong’o — “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture “Breaking” “Causeway” “Mr. Malcolm’s List” “Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story“ WINNER: “The Inspection”
Outstanding International Motion Picture “Athena” WINNER: “Bantú Mama” “Broker” “Learn to Swim“ “The Silent Twins”
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture WINNER: Jalyn Hall — “Till” Joshua Boone — “A Jazzman’s Blues” Ledisi — “Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story” Y’lan Noel — “A Lot of Nothing“ Yola — “Elvis”
Outstanding Comedy Series WINNER: “Abbott Elementary” “Atlanta” “Black-ish” “Rap Sh!t” “The Wonder Years”
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Mike Epps — “The Upshaws” Donald Glover — “Atlanta” Anthony Anderson — “Black-ish” WINNER: Cedric the Entertainer — “The Neighborhood” Dule Hill — “The Wonder Years”
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Loretta Devine — “Family Reunion” Maya Rudolph — “Loot” WINNER: Quinta Brunson — “Abbott Elementary” Tichina Arnold — “The Neighborhood” Tracee Ellis Ross — “Black-ish”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Kenan Thompson — “Saturday Night Live” Brian Tyree Henry — “Atlanta” Deon Cole — “Black-ish” WINNER: Tyler James Williams — “Abbott Elementary” William Stanford Davis —”Abbott Elementary”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series WINNER: Janelle James — “Abbott Elementary” Sheryl Lee Ralph — “Abbott Elementary” Jenifer Lewis — “Black-ish” Marsai Martin — “Black-ish” Wanda Sykes — “The Upshaws”
Outstanding Drama Series “Bel-Air” “Bridgerton” “Euphoria” WINNER: “P-Valley” “Queen Sugar”
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Damson Idris — “Snowfall” Jabari Banks Glover — “Bel-Air” Kofi Siriboe — “Queen Sugar” WINNER: Nicco Annan — “P-Valley” Sterling K. Brown — “This is Us”
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series WINNER: Angela Bassett — “9-1-1” Brandee Evans — “P-Valley” Queen Latifah — “The Equalizer” Rutina Wesley — “Queen Sugar” Zendaya — “Euphoria”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Adrian Holmes — “Bel-Air” Amin Joseph — “Snowfall” Caleb Mclaughlin — “Stranger Things” WINNER: Cliff “Method Man” Smith — “Power Book II: Ghost” J. Alphonse Nicholson — “P-Valley”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Adjoa Andoh — “Bridgerton” Bianca Lawson — “Queen Sugar” WINNER: Loretta Devine — “P-Valley” Susan Kelechi Watson Martin — “This is Us” Tina Lifford — “Queen Sugar”
Outstanding Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special “The Black Hamptons” “From Scratch” WINNER: “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” “The Last of Ptolemy Grey” “Women of the Movement”'
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special WINNER: Morris Chestnut — “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” Samuel L. Jackson — “The Last of Ptolemy Grey” Terrence Howard — “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” Trevante Rhodes — “Mike” Wendell Pierce — “Don’t Hang Up”
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special WINNER: Niecy Nash — “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” Regina Hall — “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” Sanaa Lathan — “The Best Man: The Final Chaptersr” Viola Davis — “The First Lady” Zoe Saldana — “From Scratch”
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