The 56th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS Has officially started with Ayo Edebiri, Keke Palmer, Marlon Wayans and Jamie Foxx among the first winners during the pre -distribution ceremony.
Two-nights virtual event streams at the NAACP Image Awards Youtube channel, with night a host of angel “Thatchickangel” Laketa Moore and Marcus Tankley.
A handful of awards were awarded including Edebiri for outstanding TV for FX’s “The Bear”; Palmer worth NBC’s “password”; Marlon Wayans for his guest performance at Peacock’s “Bel-Air”; and Foxx’s Netflix -comedy Special “What Hased was”, as well as film and television writing and directing awards; Many short film prices; And winners in the literary categories.
Taraji P. Henson won two image prizes: one for outstanding actress in a limited TV series, special or movie for Peacock’s “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” (her co-star Samuel L. Jackson picked up Supporting Actor Prize) and as the author of The children’s book “You can be a good friend (no matter what!): a lil tj book.”
MSNBC -host Joy Ann Reid also won two awards for her show “The Reidout” (Outstanding News/Information Series or Special) and as the author of the biography “Medgar and Myrlie: Medar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America.” Hit Youtube series “Gracie’s Corner” picked up two prices (outstanding children’s programs and outstanding animated series).
Leah Sava Jeffries, star in “Percy Jackson and the Olympics” on Disney+, won the award for outstanding performance in the TV categories, while Cree Summer, which was also nominated for outstanding guest performance for “Abbott Elementary”, took home the picture award for Enstanding Voiceover – on television for his work on Nickelodeon’s “Rugrats.”
The 56th picture Awards broadcast will take place on February 22 and will be broadcast live from Pasadena Civic Auditorium at 20:00 et/PT on bet and CBS.
Special Honorees includes Vice President Kamala Harris, which will receive the chairman’s award; Trailblazing comedian Dave Chappelle, who will be awarded the president’s award; And the Wayans family – namely Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans Sr., Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Kim Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. – which will be introduced in the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame. Jotaka Eaddy, founder and CEO of #winwithBlackwomen, and Essence Communications will receive special prizes at Creative Honors Ceremony on February 21.
This year, the image distribution broadcast will be extended by 30 minutes to two and a half hours, with the ceremony also to support Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Pasadena communities affected by the latest fire fires. Bet Media Group, NAACP, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole and Wme collaborated with La County and collaborated with local community organizations, including community support Dena, Altadena Heritage and Walkgood La, to start Altadena Community Preservation Fund, which aims to protect homeowners from shipping preservation of society’s cultural heritage.
(Picture above: Ayo Edebiri on “The Bear”; Marlon Wayans on “Bel-Air”; Keke Palmer who hosts “Password”; Jamie Foxx on “Jamie Foxx: What Had had happened where.”)
The full list of winners from night 1 in the ceremonies of the virtual image distribution is below:
Outstanding children’s programs
“Gracie’s Corner” (Youtube TV)
Outstanding performance of a youth (series, special, TV movie or limited series)
Leah Sava Jeffries – “Percy Jackson and the Olympics” (Disney+)
Outstanding animated series
“Gracie’s Corner” (Youtube TV)
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (TV)
Cree Summer – “Rugrats” (Nickelodeon)
Outstanding literary work – fiction
“One of us knows: a thriller” – Alyssa Cole (William Morrow – Harpercollins Publishers)
Outstanding literary work-compartment literature
“Love & whiskey: The remarkable true stories about Jack Daniel, his master destiller’s closest green, and the unlikely increase of uncle closest” – Fawn Weaver (Melcher Media Inc.))
Outstanding literary work – debut writers
Sarai Johnson – “Grown Women” (Harper – Harpercollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
“Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America” -Joy-Ann Reid (Mariner Books-Harpercollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work – instructional
“Wash Day: forward the inheritance, rituals and love for natural hair” – Tomesha Faxio (Clarson Potter – Crown Publishing Group)
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
“This is honey: an anthology of contemporary black poets” – Kwame Alexander (Little, Brown and Company – Hachette Book Group)
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
“You can be a good friend (no matter what!): A Lil Tj -Book” – Taraji P. Henson, Paul Kellam (Zonderkidz – Harpercollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
“Brushed between cultures: A YA Coming of Age novel put in Brooklyn, New York,” Samary St. Hilaire (self -published)
Outstanding literary work – graphic novel
“Punk Rock Karaoke” – Bianca Xunise
Outstanding variation (series or special)
“Jamie Foxx: What had happened was” (Netflix)
Outstanding guest performance
Marlon Wayans- “Bel-Air” (Peacock)
Outstanding writing in a comedy series
Crystal Jenkins – “No Good Deed – Letters of Intent” Netflix)
Outstanding writing in a drama series
Ben Watkins – Cross “Hero Complex” (Prime Video)
Outstanding writing in a TV movie or a special
Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Thembi L. Banks – “Young. Wild. Free. ”(Bet+)
Outstanding breakthrough Creative (TV)
Available is – “The Bear” (FX / HUGU)
Outstanding support actress in a limited TV (series, special, film)
Taraji P. Henson – “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” (Peacock)
Outstanding supporting actors in a limited TV (series, special, film)
Samuel L. Jackson – “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” (Peacock)
Outstanding director in a TV movie or special
Tina Mabry- “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” (Hulu)
Outstanding director in a comedy series
Tiffany Johnson – “How to Die alone – ‘Trust No’ ‘(Hulu)
Outstanding director in a drama series
Rapman – “Supacell – ‘Supacell'” (Netflix)
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
“Reidout” (msnbc)
Outstanding host in a reality/reality contest, game show or variety (series or special) – individual or ensemble
Keke Palmer – “Password” (NBC)
Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition Services/Game Show
“Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC)
Outstanding Card Former Series or Special – Reality/Nonfiction/Documentary
“Prince of Death Row Records” (Youtube TV)
Outstanding short -shaped documentary (film)
“How to sue the clan”
Outstanding Card Form (Live Action)
“Superman doesn’t steal”
Outstanding card form (animated)
“Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz“ Jackie Robinson ”(Exhibit Treal Studios)
