Category: NAACP Awards

NAACP Image Award Winners & A Special Announcement

2/24/2020

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Since the month of February celebrates African American History and the month of March celebrates Irish American Heritage Month, Novelpro Junkie will bring attention to some books and their film adaptation from these two cultures. This is to bring cultural awareness and educate others on their contribution to the arts. (hashtag: #Spotlighonbook/movie)

I will leave clues on my pinterest account(which would be shared on twitter) on which book/movie will be posted the next day. I hope you retweet/like/share these clues and challenge yourself to GUESS WHICH BOOK/MOVIE that i'll post on my blog the next day. Share the tweets with your families and friends to help you out on the GUESSING GAME (#guessthebook/movie) and support their work by purchasing the movie/book.

I also want to congrats NAACP 2020 winners. I hope they enjoy the ceremony and had a memorable night. Again, congrats to the following winners:

Outstanding Comedy Series
black-ish
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Deon Cole, black-ish
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Marsai Martin, black-ish
Outstanding Drama Series
Greenleaf
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Omari Hardwick, Power
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Harold Perrineau, Claws
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Lynn Whitfield, Greenleaf
Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
When They See Us
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Niecy Nash, When They See Us
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
Unsung
Outstanding Talk Series
Red Table Talk
Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series/Game Show
Rhythm + Flow
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
Outstanding Children’s Program
Family Reunion
Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series)
Marsai Martin, black-ish
Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Jada Pinkett Smith, Red Table Talk
Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Steve Harvey, Celebrity Family Feud
Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series
Kelly Rowland, American Soul
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
The Revisioners, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations, Toni Morrison
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
I Am Dance: Words and Images of the Black Dancer, Hal Banfield (Author), Javier Vasquez (Illustrator)
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say), Elaine Welteroth
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, And Opportunity For Black Women In America, Karen Arrington (Author), Joanna Price (Illustrator), Sheryl Taylor (Forward)
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
Felon: Poems, Reginald Dwayne Betts
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
Sulwe, Lupita Nyong’o (Author), Vashti Harrison (Illustrator), (Simon & Schuster, BFYR)
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
Around Harvard Square, C.J. Farley (Akashic Books)
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture
Marsai Martin, Little
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
Just Mercy
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Dolemite is My Name
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film)
James Earl Jones, The Lion King
Outstanding Documentary (Film)
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Outstanding Documentary (Television – Series or Special)
Hitsville: The Making of Motown
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Cord Jefferson, The Good Place, "Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy"
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Truth Be Told, "Monster"
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Suzan-Lori Parks, Native Son
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)
Jordan Peele, Us
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Anya Adams, GLOW, "Outward Bound"
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Power, "Forgot About Dre"
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Rashid Johnson, Native Son
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Marsai Martin, Little
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Jamie Foxx, Just Mercy
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross, Blackish
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Angela Bassett, 9-1-1
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Lupita Nyong'o, Us

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Michael B. Jordan, Just Mercy
Outstanding Motion Picture
Just Mercy

For the Full List of the Winner, go to billboard.com

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NAACP Image Awards gave some attention to book-based movies/ written materials

2/6/2020

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TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Jill Scott – “First Wives Club” (BET+)

Outstanding Drama Series

“Queen Sugar” (OWN)
“Watchmen” (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Kofi Siriboe – “Queen Sugar” (OWN)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Regina King – “Watchmen” (HBO)
Rutina Wesley – “Queen Sugar” (OWN)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Wendell Pierce – “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” (Prime Video)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Tina Lifford – “Queen Sugar” (OWN)

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

Native Son (HBO)

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

Octavia Spencer – “Truth Be Told” (Apple TV+)

Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series

David Alan Grier – “Queen Sugar” (OWN)

LITERATURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

“New Daughters of Africa” – Margaret Busby (HarperCollins Publishers)
“Out of Darkness, Shining Light” – Petina Gappah (Simon and Schuster)
“Red at the Bone” – Jacqueline Woodson (Riverhead Books PRH)
“The Revisioners” – Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (Counter Point Press)
“The Water Dancer” – Ta-Nehisi Coates (One World)

Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction

“Breathe: A Letter to My Sons” – Dr. Imani Perry (Beacon Press)
“STONY THE ROAD: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow” – Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Penguin Press)
“The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations” – Toni Morrison (Alfred A. Knopf)
“The Yellow House” – Sarah M. Broom (Grove Atlantic)
“What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays” – Damon Young (HarperCollins Publishers)

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

“American Spy” – Lauren Wilkinson (Random House)

“I Am Dance: Words and Images of the Black Dancer” – Hal Banfield (Author), Javier Vasquez (Illustrator), (Literary Revolutionary)
“More Than Pretty: Doing The Soul Work To Uncover Your True Beauty ” – Erica Campbell (Howard Books)
“Such A Fun Age” – Kiley Reid (Penguin Publishing Group)
“The Farm” – Joanne Ramos (Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography

“Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System” – Cyntoia Brown-Long (Atria Books)
“Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward” – Valerie Jarrett (Viking Press)
“More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)” – Elaine Welteroth (Viking Press)
“My Name Is Prince” – Randee St. Nicholas (HarperCollins Publishers)
“The Beautiful Ones” – Prince (Author), Dan Piepenbring (Edited by), (Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

“Inspire Your Home: Easy, Affordable Ideas to Make Every Room Glamorous” – Farah Merhi (Tiller Press)
“Letters to the Finishers (who struggle to finish)” – Candace E. Wilkins (New Season Books)
“More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty” – Erica Campbell (Howard Books)
“Vegetables Unleashed” – José Andres (HarperCollins Publishers)
“Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, And Opportunity For Black Women In America” – Karen Arrington (Author), Joanna Price (Illustrator), Sheryl Taylor (Forward) (Mango Publishing)

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

“A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland” – DaMaris B. Hill (Bloomsbury Publishing)
“Felon: Poems” – Reginald Dwayne Betts (W.W. Norton Company)
“Honeyfish” – Lauren K. Alleyne (New Issues Poetry and Prose)
“Mistress” – Chet’la Sebree (New Issue Poetry and Prose)
“The Tradition” – Jericho Brown (Copper Canyon Press)

Outstanding Literary Work – Children

“A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation” – Barry Wittenstein (Author), Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator), (Penguin Random House)
“Hair Love” – Matthew A. Cherry (Author), Vashti Harrison (Illustrator), (Kokila)
“Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment” – Parker Curry (Author), Jessica Curry (Author), Brittany Jackson (Illustrator), (Aladdin Books)
“Ruby Finds a Worry” – Tom Percival (Bloomsbury Publishing)
“Sulwe” – Lupita Nyong’o (Author), Vashti Harrison (Illustrator), (Simon & Schuster, BFYR)

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

“Around Harvard Square” – C.J. Farley (Akashic Books)
“Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to Walk” – Meredith Davis (Author), Rebeka Uwitonze (Author), (Scholastic Inc.)
“Hot Comb” – Ebony Flowers (Author), Ebony Flowers (Illustrator), (Drawn and Quarterly)
“I’m Not Dying with You Tonight” – Gilly Segal (Author), Kimberly Jones (Author), (Sourcebooks Fire)
“The Forgotten Girl” – India Hill Brown (Scholastic Inc.)

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Motion Picture

“Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Michael B. Jordan – “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Jamie Foxx – “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Jennifer Lopez – “Hustlers” (STX Films)

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in Motion Picture

Rob Morgan – “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

“Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” (Netflix)

WRITING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Cord Jefferson – “The Good Place” – Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy (NBC)
Gloria Calderon Kellett, Mike Royce – “One Day at a Time” – Ghosts (Netflix)
Jason Kim – “Barry” – Past=Present x Future Over Yesterday (HBO)
Karen Gist, Peter Saji – “Mixed-ish” – Let Your Hair Down (ABC)
Trevor Noah – “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” – Steve King’s Comments Meet Trevor Noah: Racism Detective (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

Ava DuVernay, Michael Starrbury – “When They See Us” – Part Four (Netflix)
Damon Lindelof, Cord Jefferson – “Watchmen” – The Extraordinary Being (HBO)
Nichelle Tramble Spellman – “Truth Be Told” – Monster (Apple TV+)
Nkechi Okoro Carroll – “All American” – Hussle & Motivate (The CW)
Pat Charles – “Black Lightning” – The Book of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son (The CW)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television)

Cas Sigers-Beedles – “Twas the Chaos Before Christmas” (BET)
Melissa Bustamante – “A Christmas Winter Song” (Lifetime)
Patrik-Ian Polk – “Being Mary Jane” (BET Networks)
Suzan-Lori Parks – “Native Son” (HBO)
Yvette Nicole Brown – “Always a Bridesmaid” (BET Networks)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)

Chinonye Chukwu – “Clemency” (Neon)
Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham – “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Doug Atchison – “Brian Banks” (Bleeker Street and ShivHans)
Jordan Peele – “Us” (Universal Pictures)
Kasi Lemmons, Gregory Allen Howard – “Harriet” (Focus Features)

DIRECTING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Shaka King – “Shrill” – Pool (Hulu)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)

Rashid Johnson – “Native Son (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)

Chiwetel Ejiofor – “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” (Netflix)

Source material: https://www.naacp.org/

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50th NAACP Image Awards has given attention and trophies to book-based movies

3/30/2019

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Outstanding Motion Picture

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman
Stephan James – If Beale Street Could Talk

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians
KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk
Sanaa Lathan – Nappily Ever After
Amandla Stenberg- The Hate U Give (WINNER)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Russell Hornsby – The Hate U Give
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Regina Hall – The Hate U Give

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim – Crazy Rich Asians
Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee –BlacKkKlansman

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

BlacKkKlansman
Nappily Ever After
If Beale Street Could Talk (WINNER)

Outstanding Breakthrough Role in a Motion Picture

Winston Duke – Black Panther
Storm Reid – A Wrinkle in Time
KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk
John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

Outstanding Drama Series

Queen Sugar

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar

Best Acting in a Drama Series( Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series)

Kofi Siriboe – Queen Sugar

Best Acting in a Drama Series (Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series)

Rutina Wesley – Queen Sugar

Best Acting in a Drama Series (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series)

Wendell Pierce – Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

Best Acting in a Comedy Series(Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series)

Danielle Brooks – Orange Is the New Black

Best Acting in a Comedy Series(Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series)

Uzo Aduba – Orange Is the New Black

Best Acting in a Movie/Limited Series(Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special)

Michael B. Jordan – Fahrenheit 451(WINNER)

Best Acting in a Movie/Limited Series(Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special)

Jeanté Godlock – The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

WINNER: An American Marriage - Tayari Jones (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)
Better Late Than Never - Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing)
Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther? Prose Novel - Jesse James Holland Jr (Titan Books)
Envy - Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone)
They Come in All Colors: A Novel - Malcolm Hansen (Atria Books)

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction

Barracoon - Zora Neale Hurston (Amistad HarperCollins Publishers)
Black Girls Rock! Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth - Beverly Bond (37 Ink, A Division of Atria Books)
WINNER: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics - Donna Brazile (Author), Yolanda Caraway (Author), Leah Daughtry (Author), Minyon Moore (Author), Veronica Chambers (With), (St. Martin's Press)
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem - Imani Perry (University of North Carolina Press)
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row - Anthony Ray Hinton (Author), Lara Love Hardin (With), (St. Martin's Press)

NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Literary Work, Children's:
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American Man - Tonya Bolden (Abrams For Young Readers)
WINNER: Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race - Margot Lee Shetterly (Author), Laura Freeman (Illustrator), (Harper)
I Can Be Anything! Don't Tell Me I Can't - Diane Dillon (The Blue Sky Press)
The 5 O'Clock Band - Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews (Author), Bryan Collier (Illustrator), (Abrams For Young Readers)
The Word Collector - Peter H. Reynolds (Orchard Books)

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
Heads of the Colored People: Stories - Nafissa Thompson-Spires (37 Ink, A Division of Atria Books)
Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement - Janet Dewart Bell (The New Press)
Lucile H. Bluford and the Kansas City Call: Activist Voice for Social Justice - Dr. Sheila D. Brooks (Author), Clinton C. Wilson II (Author), (Rowman & Littlefield)
Small Country: A Novel - Gael Faye (Hogarth)
WINNER: Us Against The World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family - David Mann (Author), Tamela Mann (Author), Shaun Saunders (With), (W Publishing)

NAACPImage Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Autobiography
Barracoon - Zora Neale Hurston (Amistad HarperCollins Publishers)
WINNER: Becoming - Michelle Obama (Crown)
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke - Jeffrey C. Stewart (Oxford University Press)
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela - Nelson Mandela (Author), Sahm Venter (Editor) (Liveright Publishing)
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist - Franchesa Ramsey (Grand Central Publishing)

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
Carla Hall's Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration - Carla Hall (Author) Genevive Ko (With) (Harper Wave)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics - Donna Brazile (Author), Yolanda Caraway (Author), Leah Daughtry (Author), Minyon Moore (Author), Veronica Chambers (With), (St. Martin's Press)
Poised For Excellence: Fundamental Principles of Effective Leadership in the Boardroom and Beyond - Karima Mariam-Arthur (Palgrave Macmillan)
WINNER: Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life - Daymond John (Author), Daniel Paisner(With), (Currency)
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves - Glory Edim (Ballantine Books)

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Instructional

The Awakened Woman: Remembering & Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams'''Tererai Trent(WINNER)
Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You by Misty Copeland
Notoriously Dapper - How to Be A Modern Gentleman with Manners, Style and Body ConfidenceKelvin Davis
Kristen Kish Cooking Kristen Kish and Meredith Erickson
Exponential Living - Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You AreSheri Riley and Douglas Abrams

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
WINNER: Clayton Byrd Goes Underground - Rita Williams-Garcia (Author), Frank Morrison (Illustrator (Amistad/HarperCollins Publishers)

Allegedly - Tiffany D. Jackson (HarperCollins Publishers)
Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds (S&S Children's Publishing)
Solo - Kwame Alexander (Author), Mary Rand Hess (With) (Blink)
The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (HarperCollins Publishers)

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