The 2009 NAACP Image Awards were handed out recently honoring the contribution of people of color in the arts. Big winners this year at "The Secret Life of Bees" in the motion picture category and "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" in the television category. Also pocketing a number of recognitions in this year's NAACP Image Awards were Grey's Anatomy, The Young and The Restless and American Idol for television while Will Smith's "Seven Pounds" came in a close second in the motion picture category.
Notable individual winners this year are Will Smith and Rosario Dawson for "Seven Pounds",
The NAACP Image Awards is an award presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature.
Similar to other awards, like the Oscars and the Grammys, the 35 categories of Image Awards are voted on by members of the NAACP. There are also honorary awards, including the President's Award, the Chairman's Award, Entertainer of the Year and The Image Award Hall of Fame.
The awards were first presented in 1969. The awards series, normally broadcast with tape delay and aired by Fox Network, was broadcast live for the first time in 2007 for the 38th edition of the awards show. It was first nationally televised in 1974.
Listed below are the honorees in the 2009 NAACP Image awards presented in Los Angeles recently. With the awards season coming to a close, there's one more to go - the biggest of them all, the Oscars.
2009 NAACP Image Awards Winners for Motion Picture
Outstanding Motion Picture: "The Secret Life of Bees"
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Will Smith, "Seven Pounds"
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Rosario Dawson, "Seven Pounds"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Columbus Short, "Cadillac Records"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire"
Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture: "The Class"
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television): Jenny Lumet, "Rachel Getting Married"
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television): Gina Prince-Bythewood, "The Secret Life of Bees"
2009 NAACP Image Awards Winners for Television
Comedy Series: "Tyler Perry's House of Payne"
Actor in a Comedy Series: LaVan Davis - "Tyler Perry's House of Payne"
Actress in a Comedy Series: Tracee Ellis Ross - "Girlfriends"
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Lance Gross - "Tyler Perry's House of Payne"
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Keshia Knight Pulliam - "Tyler Perry's House of Payne"
Drama Series: "Grey's Anatomy"
Actor in a Drama Series: Hill Harper - "CSI: NY"
Actress in a Drama Series: Chandra Wilson - "Grey's Anatomy"
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Taye Diggs - "Private Practice"
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Angela Bassett - "ER"
Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special: "A Raisin in The Sun"
Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special: P. Diddy - "A Raisin in The Sun"
Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special: Phylicia Rashad - "A Raisin in The Sun"
Actor in a Daytime Drama Series: Bryton McClure - "The Young And The Restless"
Actress in a Daytime Drama Series: Debbi Morgan - "All My Children"
News/ Information: "In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview"
Talk: "The View"
Reality: "American Idol" Season 7
Variety: "UNCF An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson"
Children's Program: "Dora The Explorer"
Performance in a Youth/Children's Program: Keke Palmer - "True Jackson"
Documentary: "The Black List"
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