Just when you thought the Hollywood awards season was over, comes the news that Oscar/Golden Globe/SAG winners for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress – Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland’) and Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls’) – have been honoured again.
This time the triumphant twosome scored at the 28th Annual NAACP Image Awards held in Los Angeles on 2 March. These awards honour the achievements of Afro-Americans and other minorities in the field of entertainment in general.
Keke Palmer won the best actress trophy for “Akeelah and the Bee’, Djimon Hounsou won best supporting actor for “Blood Diamond’ and best picture went to Will Smith’s “The Pursuit of Happyness’.
The other award winners are:
Independent or Foreign Film – “An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Vantage)
Directing in a Feature Film/TV Movie, Comedy or Drama – Spike Lee, “Inside Man” (Universal)
Writing in a Feature Film/TV Movie, Comedy or Drama – Doug Atchison, “Akeelah and the Bee” (Lionsgate)
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Comedy Series – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
Actor in a Comedy Series – Tyler James Williams, “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
Actress in a Comedy Series – Tracee Ellis Ross, “Girlfriends” (CW)
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – Reggie Hayes, “Girlfriends” (CW)
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Vanessa L. Williams, “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
Directing in a Comedy Series – Kenneth Whittingham, “Michael’s Birthday,” “The Office” (NBC)
Writing in a Comedy Series – Silvio Horta, “Pilot,” “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
Drama Series – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Actor in a Drama Series – Isaiah Washington, “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Actress in a Drama Series – Kimberly Elise, “Close to Home” (CBS)
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – Omar Epps, “House” (Fox)
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Directing in a Dramatic Series – Karen Gaviola, “The Whole Truth,” “Lost” (ABC)
Writing in a Dramatic Series – Shonda Rhimes, “It’s the End of the World,” “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special – “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts” (HBO)
Actor in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special – Kadeem Hardison, “Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story” (Lifetime)
Actress in a TV Movie, Minseries or Dramatic Special – Sophie Okonedo, “Tsunami: The Aftermath” (HBO)
Reality Series – “American Idol” (Fox)
Variety Series or Special – “An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder” (Syndicated)
Children’s Programme – “That’s So Raven” (Disney Channel)
Performance in a Youth/Children’s Series or Special – Raven, “That’s So Raven” (Disney Channel)
