by Leroy Douresseaux
The NAACP Image Award an award bestowed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The award honors outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music, and literature. The awards are voted on by members of the NAACP.
The 45th NAACP Image Awards categories are divided into seven groups: Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), and Directing (for film and television).
The 2014 / 45th NAACP Image Awards were presented Saturday, February 22, 2014. Anthony Anderson hosted the ceremony, and Dennis Haysbert was the in-show announcer.
The “Entertainer of the Year” award, which was voted on by members of the NAACP and non-members, was announced during the ceremony and the winner is Kevin Hart. The other nominees were Beyonce, Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba, Nicole Beharie, Oprah Winfrey, Pharrell Williams, Steve Harvey, and Tyler Perry
The 2014 / 45th NAACP Image Awards winners (for the year 2013):
TELEVISION
Outstanding Comedy Series
• "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• Kevin Hart - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• Wendy Raquel Robinson - "The Game" (BET)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• Morris Chestnut - "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Brandy Norwood - "The Game" (BET)
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
• Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Taraji P. Henson - "Person of Interest" (CBS)
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Idris Elba - "Luther" (BBC America)
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Gabrielle Union - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
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)
• "The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." (PBS)
Outstanding Talk Series
• "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)
Outstanding Reality Series
• "Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)
Outstanding Variety Series or Special
• "Black Girls Rock!" (BET)
Outstanding Children’s Program
• "Wynton Marsalis: A YoungArts MasterClass" (HBO)
Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program - (Series or Special)
• China Anne McClain - "A.N.T. Farm" (Disney Channel)
RECORDING (Music)
Outstanding New Artist
• K. Michelle (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Male Artist
• John Legend (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Female Artist
• Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
• "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)
Outstanding Jazz Album
• "The Songs of Stevie Wonder" - SFJAZZ Collective (SFJAZZ Records)
Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary)
• "Best Days Deluxe Edition" - Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music)
Outstanding World Music Album
• "Natalie Cole en Español" - Natalie Cole (Verve Records)
Outstanding Music Video
• "Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
Outstanding Song
• "All Of Me" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Album
• "Love, Charlie" - Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
LITERATURE
Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
• "Anybody's Daughter" - Pamela Samuels Young (Goldman House Publishing)
Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
• "Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery" - Deborah Willis, Barbara Krauthamer (Temple University Press)
Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
• "Nine Years Under" - Sheri Booker (Gotham Books)
Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/ Auto-Biography
• "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" - Jeanne Theoharis (Beacon Press)
Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
• "The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life" - Robin Quivers (Avery)
Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
• "Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers" - Frank X Walker (University of Georgia Press)
Outstanding Literary Work - Children
• "Nelson Mandela" - Kadir Nelson (HarperCollins Children's Books/Katherine Tegen Books)
Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
• "Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers" - Tanya Lee Stone (Candlewick Press)
MOTION PICTURE
Outstanding Motion Picture
• "12 Years A Slave" (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
• Forest Whitaker - "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
• Angela Bassett - "Black Nativity" (Fox Searchlight Pictures/Mavin Pictures/Wonderful Films)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
• David Oyelowo - "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
• Lupita Nyong'o - "12 Years A Slave " (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
• "Fruitvale Station" (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions, OG Project)
Outstanding International Motion Picture
• "War Witch" (Item 7)
DOCUMENTARY
Outstanding Documentary - (Theatrical)
• "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners" (Codeblack Films/Lionsgate)
Outstanding Documentary - (Television)
• "Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic " (Showtime)
WRITING
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
• Vincent Brown - "A.N.T. Farm" - influANTces (Disney Channel)
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
• Janine Sherman Barrois - "Criminal Minds" - Strange Fruit (CBS)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television)
• John Ridley - "12 Years A Slave" (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
DIRECTING
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
• Millicent Shelton - "The Hustle" - Rule 4080 (FUSE)
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
• Regina King - "SouthLAnd" - Off Duty (TNT)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television)
• Steve McQueen - "12 Years A Slave" (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
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