Ava DuVernay taking home the Entertainer of the Year Award was perhaps the surprise of the night during the 49th NAACP Image Awards from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The two-hour live special, hosted by Anthony Anderson, opened strong with a show of support of #TIMESUP, featuring Angela Robinson, Kerry Washington, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Laverne Cox, Lena Waithe and Tracee Ellis Ross.
As the acknowledged premiere multicultural award ceremony, a two-hour broadcast couldn’t capture the multiple of plaudits in the fields of television, music, literature and film. To remedy that, the bulk of the year’s cream of the crop were recognized during a gala dinner the night before the TV One broadcast.
Following are the winners of the 49th NAACP Image Awards in the non-televised categories:
Television
Outstanding Supporting Actor
in a Comedy Series
Jay Ellis—“Insecure” (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actress
in a Comedy Series
Marsai Martin—“black-ish” (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor
in a Drama Series
Joe Morton—“Scandal” (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress
in a Drama Series
Naturi Naughton—“Power” (Starz)
Outstanding Television Movie,
Limited—Series or Dramatic Special
“The New Edition Story “ (BET)
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie,
Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Idris Elba—“Guerrilla” (Showtime)
Outstanding Actress in a Television
Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special
Queen Latifah—“Flint” (Lifetime)
Outstanding News/Information—
(Series or Special)
“Unsung” (TV One)
Outstanding Talk Series
“The Real” (Syndicated)
Outstanding Reality Program/Reality
Competition Series
“The Manns” (TV One)
Outstanding Variety or Game Show—
(Series or Special)
“Lip Sync Battle” (Spike)
Outstanding Children’s Program
“Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
Outstanding Performance by a Youth
(Series, Special, Television Movie or
Limited Series)
Caleb McLaughlin—“Stranger
Things” (Netflix)
Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/
Information (Series or Special)—
Individual or Ensemble
Roland Martin—“News One Now”
(TV One)
Outstanding Host in a Reality/
Reality Competition, Game Show or
Variety (Series or Special)—
Individual or Ensemble
LL Cool J—“Lip Sync Battle” (Spike)
Recording
Outstanding New Artist
SZA (RCA Records/Top Dawg
Entertainment)
Outstanding Male Artist
Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Female Artist
Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records)
Outstanding Duo, Group or
Collaboration
Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna
(TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
Outstanding Jazz Album
“Petite Afrique”—Somi (Sony
Music/OKeh)
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album
(Traditional or Contemporary)
“Greenleaf Soundtrack Volume 2”—
Greenleaf Soundtrack
(RCA Inspiration)
Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album
“That’s What I Like”—Bruno Mars
(Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Song – Traditional
“That’s What I Like”—Bruno Mars
(Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Album
“DAMN.”—Kendrick Lamar (TDE/
Aftermath/Interscope)
Outstanding Song – Contemporary
“HUMBLE.”—Kendrick Lamar
(TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
Literature
Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction
“The Annotated African-American
Folktales”—Henry Louis Gates Jr.
(Editor), Maria Tatar (Editor),
(Liveright Publishing Corporation)
Outstanding Literary Work—Non-Fiction
“Defining Moments in Black
History: Reading Between the
Lies”—Dick Gregory (Author),
(HarperCollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work—Debut Author
“No One Is Coming to Save Us”—
Stephanie Powell Watts (Author),
(HarperCollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work—
Biography/Autobiography
“Becoming Ms. Burton—From
Prison to Recovery to Leading the
Fight for Incarcerated Women”—
Susan Burton (Author), Cari Lynn
(Author), Michelle Alexander (Fore
word), (The New Press)
Outstanding Literary Work—Instructional
“The Awakened Woman:
Remembering & Reigniting our
Sacred Dreams”—Dr. Tererai Trent
(Author), Oprah Winfrey (Fore
word), (Simon & Schuster)
Outstanding Literary Work—Poetry
“Incendiary Art: Poems”—Patricia
Smith (Author), (TriQuarterly
Books/Northwestern University Press)
Outstanding Literary Work—Children
“Little Leaders: Bold Women
in Black History “—Vashti
Harrison (Author), (Hachette
Book Group)
Outstanding Literary Work—
Youth/Teens
“Clayton Byrd Goes Under
ground”—Rita Williams-Garcia,
(Author), Frank Morrison
(Illustrator), (Amistad/Harper
Collins Publishers)
Motion Picture
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a
Motion Picture
Idris Elba—“Thor: Ragnarok”
(Marvel Studios)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Motion Picture
Tiffany Haddish—“Girls Trip”
(Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Independent Motion
Picture
“Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures)
Documentary
Outstanding Documentary (Film)
“STEP” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Documentary
(Television)
“The 44th President: In His Own
Words” (History)
Writing
Outstanding Writing in a
Comedy Series
Janine Barrois —“Claws,”
“Batsh*t” (TNT)
Outstanding Writing in a
Dramatic Series
Gina Prince-Bythewood—“Shots
Fired,” “Hour One: Pilot” (Fox)
Outstanding Writing in a Television
Movie or Special
Abdul Williams—“The New
Edition Story, Part 2” (BET)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Jordan Peele—“Get Out”
(Universal Pictures)
Directing
Outstanding Directing in a
Comedy Series
Anton Cropper—“black-ish,”
“Juneteenth” (ABC)
Outstanding Directing in a
Dramatic Series
Carl Franklin—“13 Reasons
Why,” Tape 5, Side B (Netflix)
Outstanding Directing in a
Television Movie or Special
Allen Hughes—“The Defiant
Ones” (HBO)
Outstanding Directing in a
Motion Picture
Jordan Peele—“Get Out”
(Universal Pictures)
Animated/CGI
Outstanding Character Voice-Over
Performance
Tiffany Haddish— “Legends of
Chamberlain Heights” (Comedy
Central)
Tip of the hat to the winners. Next up, the Trumpet Awards. Rest in power to music great Walter Hawkins and Basketball Hall of Famer Joseph Henry “Jo-Jo” White. Thanks for the legacies. Over and Out, holla next week. Til then, enjoy the nightlife.
