44th Annual NAACP Image Awards Winners janda Monday, February 4, 2013 The Script The 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards went down this past weekend at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Several celebrities were in the house to support and/or to see if they would be deemed a winner. The night’s biggest winner was Kerry Washington for her roles in the hit television series Scandal and the controversial film “Django Unchained”. Other winners included Denzel Washington, Samuel Jackson, Loretta Devine, Usher and Elle Varner. Check out the full list of winners of the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards below! MOTION PICTURE Outstanding Motion Picture “Red Tails” (Lucasfilm) Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Denzel Washington – “Flight” (Paramount Pictures) Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Viola Davis – “Won’t Back Down” (20th Century Fox) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Samuel L. Jackson – “Django Unchained” (The Weinstein Company) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Kerry Washington – “Django Unchained” (The Weinstein Company) Outstanding Independent Motion Picture “Beasts of the Southern Wild” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Outstanding International Motion Picture “The Intouchables” (The Weinstein Company) Outstanding Documentary – (Theatrical or Television) “On the Shoulders of Giants – The Story of the Greatest Team You’ve Never Heard Of” (Showtime) Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) Benh Zeitlin – “Beasts of the Southern Wild” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) TELEVISION Outstanding Comedy Series “The Game” (BET) Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Don Cheadle – “House Of Lies” (Showtime) Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Lance Gross – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Vanessa Williams – “Desperate Housewives” (ABC) Outstanding Drama Series “Scandal” (ABC) Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series LL Cool J – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS) Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Kerry Washington – “Scandal” (ABC) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Omar Epps – “House M.D.” (FOX) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Loretta Devine – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC) Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Marc Wilmore – “The Simpsons” – The Spy Who Learned Me (FOX) Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series Cheo Hodari Coker – “SouthLAnd” – God’s Work (TNT) Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Theatrical or Television) Elizabeth Hunter – “Abducted: The Carlina White Story” (Lifetime) Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series Paris Barclay – “Smash” (NBC) Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special “Steel Magnolias” (Lifetime) Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Cuba Gooding, Jr. – “Hallmark Hall of Fame’s FIRELIGHT” (ABC) Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series Kristoff St. John – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS) Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series Tatyana Ali – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS) Outstanding News/ Information – (Series or Special) “Unsung” (TV One) Outstanding Talk Series “The View” (ABC) Outstanding Reality Series “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” (OWN) Outstanding Variety Series or Special “Black Girls Rock” (BET) Outstanding Children’s Program “Kasha and the Zulu King” (BET) Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program – (Series or Special) Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior block on Disney Channel) DOCUMENTARY Documentary – (Theatrical or Television) “On the Shoulders of Giants – The Story of the Greatest Team You’ve Never Heard Of” (Showtime) RECORDING New Artist Elle Varner (MBK / RCA) Male Artist Usher (RCA Records) Female Artist Alicia Keys (RCA Records) Duo, Group or Collaboration Mary Mary (Columbia) Jazz Album “The Preservation Hall 50th Anniversary Collection” – The Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Legacy) Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary) “Go Get It” – Mary Mary (Columbia) World Music Album “Wonderful Life” – Estelle (Atlantic) Music Video “Girl On Fire” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records) Song “I Look To You” – Whitney Houston and R. Kelly (RCA Records) Album “I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston” – Whitney Houston (RCA Records) LITERATURE Literary Work – Fiction *WINNER “The Reverend’s Wife” – Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central’s Wife) Literary Work – Non-Fiction “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court ” – Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday) Literary Work – Debut Author “Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own Words” – Darryl L. Lacy (Darryl L. Lacy (iUniverse)) Literary Work – Biography/ Auto-Biography “Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change” – John Lewis (Hyperion) Literary Work – Instructional “Health First: The Black Woman’s Wellness Guide” – Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, Hilary Beard (SmileyBooks) Literary Work – Poetry “Speak Water” – Truth Thomas (Cherry Castle Publishing) Literary Work – Children “What Color is My World?” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Author), Raymons Obstfeld (Author), A.G. Ford (Illustrator) (Candlewick Press) Literary Work – Youth/Teens “Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons – A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders” – Gregory Reed (Amber Books) WRITING Writing in a Comedy Series Marc Wilmore – “The Simpsons” – The Spy Who Learned Me (FOX) Writing in a Dramatic Series Cheo Hodari Coker – “SouthLAnd” – God’s Work (TNT) Writing in a Motion Picture – (Theatrical or Television) Elizabeth Hunter – “Abducted: The Carlina White Story” (Lifetime)
