Filed under: News
The 42nd NAACP Image Awards nominations were unveiled today and, as can be expected, Tyler Perry dominated the categories in both the film and television.
'For Colored Girls' led the pack with seven nominations, followed by Perry's other film, 'Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?' with four nods.
In the television section, 'Tyler Perry's House of Payne' picked up five nominations in the comedy categories, followed by the four nods 'Grey's Anatomy' received in the drama categories.
Winners will be announced on March 4, at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills and will be broadcast live on Fox.
Nominees in the film categories include:
Outstanding Motion Picture: 'For Colored Girls,' 'Just Wright,' 'The Book of Eli,' 'The Kids Are All Right,' and 'Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?'
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Anthony Mackie- 'Night Catches Us,' Common - 'Just Wright,' Denzel Washington - 'The Book of Eli,' Jaden Smith - 'The Karate Kid,' Morgan Freeman- 'Red'
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Halle Berry - 'Frankie and Alice,' Janet Jackson - 'Tyler Perry's 'Why Did I Get Married Too?,' Kerry Washington - 'Night Catches Us,' Queen Latifah - 'Just Wright,' Zoe Saldana - 'The Losers'
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Don Cheadle - 'Brooklyn's Finest,' Idris Elba - 'Takers,' Justin Timberlake - 'The Social Network,' Michael Ealy - 'For Colored Girls,' Samuel L. Jackson - 'Mother and Child'
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Anika Noni Rose - 'For Colored Girls,' Kimberly Elise - 'For Colored Girls,' Phylicia Rashad - 'For Colored Girls,' Jill Scott - 'Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?,' Whoopi Goldberg - 'For Colored Girls,'
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture: 'Conviction,' 'Frankie and Alice,' La Mission,' 'Mother and Child,' Night Catches Us'
Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture: 'A Barefoot Dream,' 'Biutiful,' 'Four Lions,' 'Mother,' 'Outside the Law'
Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television): 'For Love of Liberty,' 'Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, and Rebel,' 'If God is Willing and the Creek Don't Rise,' 'Waiting for Superman,' 'William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe'
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television): Mary King, Anna Waterhouse, Joe Shrapnel, Marko King, Jonathan Watters, Cheryl Edwards - 'Frankie & Alice,' Michael C. Martin - 'Brooklyn's Finest,' Michael Elliot - 'Just Wright,' Rodrigo Garcia - 'Mother and Child,' Tyler Perry - 'Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?'
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television): Geoffrey Sax - 'Frankie & Alice,' George Tillman, Jr. - 'Faster,' Tanya Hamilton - 'Night Catches Us,' The Hughes Brothers - 'The Book of Eli,' Tyler Perry - 'For Colored Girls'
Nominees in the television categories include:
Outstanding Comedy Series: '30 Rock,' 'Are We There Yet?,' 'Glee,' 'Modern Family,' 'Tyler Perry's House of Payne'
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: David Mann - 'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns,' Dulé Hill - 'Psych,' 'LaVan Davis - 'Tyler Perry's House of Payne,' Phil Morris - 'Love That Girl!,' Terry Crews - 'Are We There Yet?'
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: Cassi Davis - 'Tyler Perry's House of Payne,' Essence Atkins - 'Are We There Yet?' Salli Richardson-Whitfield - 'Eureka,' Tatyana Ali - 'Love That Girl!,' Vanessa Williams - 'Desperate Housewives'
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Craig Robinson - 'The Office,' Ice Cube - 'Are We There Yet?,' Lamman Rucker - 'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns,' Lance Gross - 'Tyler Perry's House of Payne,' Tracy Morgan - '30 Rock'
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Amber Riley - 'Glee,' Anna Deavere Smith - 'Nurse Jackie,' Keshia Knight Pulliam - 'Tyler Perry's House of Payne,' Sofia Vergara - 'Modern Family,' Viola Davis - 'United States of Tara,' Viola Davis - 'United States of Tara'
Outstanding Drama Series: 'Detroit 1-8-7,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,' 'Treme'
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series: Anthony Anderson - 'Law & Order,' Blair Underwood - 'The Event,' Hill Harper - 'CSI: NY,' Laurence Fishburne - 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,' LL Cool J - 'NCIS: Los Angeles'
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series: Chandra Wilson - 'Grey's Anatomy,' Gugu Mbatha-Raw - 'Undercovers,' Jada Pinkett Smith - 'HawthoRNe,' Regina King - 'Southland,' Wendy Davis - 'Army Wives'
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Andre Braugher - 'Men of a Certain Age,' Giancarlo Esposito - 'Breaking Bad,' James Pickens, Jr. - 'Grey's Anatomy,' Nelsan Ellis - 'True Blood,' Terrence Howard - 'Law & Order: Los Angeles'
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Alfre Woodard - 'Memphis Beat,' Sandra Oh - 'Grey's Anatomy,' Sara Ramirez - 'Grey's Anatomy,' S. Epatha Merkerson - 'Law & Order,' Vanessa Bell Calloway - 'HawthoRNe'