Beyoncé and her daughter Blue Ivy Carter are adding a number of more NAACP Image Awards to the family trophy case.
During night two of the Image Awards’ virtual ceremonies, Beyoncé picked up two trophies — one for outstanding female artist, in addition to the outstanding album prize her country record “Cowboy Carter” to boost her profession tally to 17 — while Blue Ivy won her second Image Award for her voiceover performance as Kiara in “Mufasa: The Lion King.”
Fresh off his Grammy sweep and triumphant Super Bowl halftime show performance, who can also be nominated for the NAACP Image Awards’ Entertainer of the 12 months, picked up the outstanding hip-hop/rap song trophy for his smash-hit diss track “Not Like Us.” Netflix’s “The Six Triple Eight” also won two Image Awards: one for the film’s ensemble solid, led by Kerry Washington, while Ebony Obsidian nabbed the prize for outstanding breakthrough performance in a movie.
Angel “ThatChickAngel” Laketa Moore and Marcus Tanksley hosted the two-night virtual event, which streamed on the NAACP Image Awards YouTube channel.
Other winners — presented within the music and podcast categories, in addition to various artisans awards — included Doechii (for outstanding recent artist, one in all six Image Awards she was nominated for, leading the music categories); Adam Blackstone and Fantasia (outstanding duo, group or collaboration – traditional); “The Piano Lesson” filmmaker Malcolm Washington (outstanding breakthrough creative – movie); “Portrait” by Samara Joy (outstanding jazz album); “Live Breathe Fight” by Tamela Mann (outstanding gospel/christian album; and Ryan Michelle Bathé and Sterling K. Brown’s “We Don’t At all times Agree with Ryan & Sterling” (outstanding podcast – lifestyle/self-help).
The 56th Image Awards broadcast will happen on Feb. 22, airing live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on BET and CBS. Special honorees include Vice President Kamala Harris, who will receive the Chairman’s Award; trailblazing comedian Dave Chappelle, who will probably 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. — who will probably be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame. Jotaka Eaddy, founder and CEO of #WinWithBlackWomen, and Essence Communications will receive special awards on the Creative Honors ceremony on Feb. 21.
This 12 months, the Image Awards broadcast will probably be prolonged by half-hour to 2 and a half hours, with the ceremony also used to drive support for the Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Pasadena communities affected by the recent wildfires. BET Media Group, NAACP, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole and WME partnered with L.A. County and collaborated with area people organizations, including Community Aid Dena, Altadena Heritage and WalkGood LA, to launch the Altadena Community Preservation Fund, which is aimed toward protecting homeowners from displacement and preserving the community’s cultural heritage.t
[Pictured above: Kendrick Lamar; Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Carter; and the cast of “The Six Triple Eight”]
The complete list of winners from Night 2 are below:
Outstanding Latest Artist
Doechii (Capitol Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)
Outstanding Male Artist
Chris Brown (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Outstanding Female Artist
Beyoncé (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment LLC)
Outstanding International Song
“Hmmm” – Chris Brown feat. Davido (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Outstanding Jazz Album
“Portrait” – Samara Joy (Verve Records)
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song
“Working For Me” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album
“Live Breathe Fight” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional)
Adam Blackstone & Fantasia – “Summertime” (BASSic Black Entertainment Records/Anderson Music Group/EMPIRE)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary)
Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece of My Heart” (RCA Records/Sony Music International/Starboy Entertainment)
Outstanding Original Rating for Television/Film
“Star Wars: The Acolyte (Original Soundtrack)” (Walt Disney Records)
Outstanding Song – Hip-Hop/Rap Song
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang, under exclusive license to Interscope Records)
Outstanding Album
“Cowboy Carter” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment LLC)
Outstanding Podcast – Limited Series/Short Form
“Stranded” (Broadway Video and Audible)
Outstanding Podcast – News and Information
“Native Land Pod” (iHeartPodcasts, Reasoned Alternative Media)
Outstanding Podcast – Lifestyle/Self-Help
“We Don’t At all times Agree with Ryan & Sterling” (ABF Creative & Indian Meadows Production)
Outstanding Costume Design (Television or Motion Picture)
“Wicked” – Paul Tazewell (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Hair Styling (Television or Motion Picture)
“Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” – Lawrence Davis (Peacock)
Outstanding Make-up (Television or Motion Picture)
“Shirley” – Debi Young (Netflix)
Outstanding Stunt Ensemble
“Rebel Ridge” – Keith Woulard, Nico Woulard (Netflix)
Outstanding International Motion Picture
“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Motion Picture)
Blue Ivy Carter – “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture)
Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)
Dawn Porter – “Luther: Never Too Much” (Sony Music Entertainment/Sony Music Publishing/CNN Movies)
Outstanding Cinematography in a Motion Picture
Jomo Fray – “Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)
Malcolm Washington – “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture
Ebony Obsidian – “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Outstanding Ensemble Solid in a Motion Picture
“The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Ayo Edebiri on “The Bear”; Marlon Wayans on “Bel-Air”; Keke Palmer hosting “Password”; Jamie Foxx on “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was.”
Edebiri: FX / Wayans: Peacock / Palmer: NBC / Foxx: Netflix
Monday, February 18
Ayo Edebiri, Keke Palmer, Marlon Wayans and Jamie Foxx’s ‘What Had Happened Was’ Comedy Special Get Early Wins
The 56th NAACP Image Awards have officially kicked off with Ayo Edebiri, Keke Palmer, Marlon Wayans and Jamie Foxx among the many first set of winners.
A handful of awards were presented throughout the pre-Awards virtual ceremony, including Edebiri for outstanding breakthrough creative for television for FX’s “The Bear”; Palmer as host of NBC’s “Password”; Marlon Wayans for his guest performance on Peacock’s “Bel-Air”; and Foxx’s Netflix comedy special “What Had Happened Was,” in addition to film and TV writing and directing honors; quite a few short film prizes; and winners within the literary categories.
Taraji P. Henson won two Image Awards: one for outstanding supporting actress in a limited television series, special or movie for Peacock’s “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” (her co-star Samuel L. Jackson picked up the supporting actor prize) and because the creator of the kids’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 because the creator of the biography “Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Woke up America.” The hit YouTube series “Gracie’s Corner” picked up two prizes (outstanding children’s program and outstanding animated series).
Leah Sava Jeffries, star of “Percy Jackson and the Olympics” on Disney+, won the award for outstanding performance within the TV categories, while Cree Summer, who was also nominated for outstanding guest performance for “Abbott Elementary,” took home the Image Award for outstanding voiceover performance on television for her work on Nickelodeon’s “Rugrats.”
The complete list of winners from Night 1 are below:
Outstanding Children’s Program
“Gracie’s Corner” (YouTube TV)
Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television 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 (Television)
Cree Summer – “Rugrats” (Nickelodeon)
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
“One in all Us Knows: A Thriller” – Alyssa Cole (William Morrow – HarperCollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction
“Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest” – Fawn Weaver (Melcher Media Inc.)
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Creator
Sarai Johnson – “Grown Women” (Harper – HarperCollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
“Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Woke up America” – Joy-Ann Reid (Mariner Books – HarperCollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
“Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair” – Tomesha Faxio (Clarkson Potter – Crown Publishing Group)
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
“This Is the 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 Set in Brooklyn, Latest York” – Samarra St. Hilaire (Self-Published)
Outstanding Literary Work – Graphic Novel
“Punk Rock Karaoke” – Bianca Xunise
Outstanding Variety (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 Television Movie or Special
Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Thembi L. Banks – “Young. Wild. Free.” (BET+)
Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)
Ayo Edebiri – “The Bear” (FX/Hulu)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Television (Series, Special, Movie)
Taraji P. Henson – “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” (Peacock)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Television (Series, Special, Movie)
Samuel L. Jackson – “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” (Peacock)
Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special
Tina Mabry – “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” (Hulu)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Tiffany Johnson – “Learn how to Die Alone – ‘Trust No One’” (Hulu)
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Rapman – “Supacell – ‘Supacell’” (Netflix)
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
“The Reidout” (MSNBC)
Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, 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 ShortForm Series or Special – Reality/Nonfiction/Documentary
“The Prince of Death Row Records” (YouTube TV)
Outstanding Short Form Documentary (Film)
“Learn how to Sue the Klan”
Outstanding Short Form (Live Motion)
“Superman Doesn’t Steal”
Outstanding Short Form (Animated)
“Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz “Jackie Robinson” (Exhibit Treal Studios)
