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JJortlanì» (¡Dbseruer_________________________ March3 0 .200s Page A2 Biopic ‘Ray’ Wins Four NAACP Awards Gilbert King Police Shoot at Suspected Truck Thief G ilbert K ing, suspected o f steal ing a pickup truck and then ram ming the truck into a police car, survived when Portland police shot at the m oving vehicle M onday night. The suspect suffered a su perficial w ound to the head. T w o officers w ere trying to stop the truck near the intersection o f SE Boise Street and SE 113th A venue w hen they said the incident hap pened ju st before 11 p.m. It is thought by the Portland Police Bureau that the head w ound may have been caused w hen the suspect hit the w indshield and not from a bullet. As o f 7:30 a.m ., no arrests had been m ade and the suspect was being treated at O regon Health and Science U niversity. Both o ffic ers in v o lv ed have worked in the southeast Portland precinct for the past four years. (AP) - The biopic "Ray” about the life of legendary singer Ray Charles won four NAACP Image Awards, including an outstanding-actor trophy that added to its star Jamie Foxx’s armful o f honors. "Ray” was nominated for a leading seven awards, including outstanding motion picture and 1 nit standi ng actor in a motion picture for Foxx, who received the best-actor Oscar at last month's Academy Awards. Foxx exchanged longembraces Saturday night with presenters Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll as he accepted his NAACP trophy. The 36th annual Image Awards, which honor films, television, literature and music by and about people of color, were handed out at the Don ithy Chandler Pavilion. Theceremony, hosted by actorChrisTucker, was scheduled to air Friday on Fox. "This has been an absolute wonderful ride,” said Foxx, who also won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of the music legend. 11 was the second year i n a row that Ray Charles loomed large at the Image Awards, which honor works by and about people o f color. He was inducted into the NAACP Hall of Fame in 2004, three months before his death at 73. Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys also was a multiple winner, taking home a pair o f trophies for outstanding song and music video for "If I A in’t Got You." W inners were chosen by members o f the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation’s oldest and largest ci vi I rights organization. Other honors for "Ray ” included: Kerry W ashington, outstanding ac tress in a motion picture, and Regina King, outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture. In her acceptance speech, W ashington said the country needs the N A A C P’s activism more than ever. Man Found Shot at school in Northeast O fficers responding to a 9-1-1 call at 11:30 p.m. on M onday night found a 19-year-old man suffering from a gunshot w ound near the intersection o f NE 80th and NE Everett. T he victim was on the grounds o f V estal School. He w as conscious, talked with officers and was transported to the hospital. Police have not yet released any inform ation about suspects. This text is invisible on the page, but this text is affected by the invis ible item ’s flow. This text is invis ible on the page, but this text is affected by the invisible item ’s flow. Jamie Foxx receives congratulations from actors Sidney Poitier, left, and Diahann Carroll, right, after he won the Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture award for his performance in the film “Ray, ” at the 36th NAACP Image Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, Saturday, March 19. (AP Photo) Speaking at a cerem ony that, unlike most other awards shows, eagerly blends politics and entertainment, she warned that the rights of people o f color, w omen and the poor are “in danger o f being stripped” away. Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman won the Image Award for supporting actor in his role in the film “Million Dollar Baby.” Freeman and Foxx made Oscar history earlier this year. For only the second tim e in the cerem ony’s 77 years, blacks earned two o f the four acting awards. Denzel Washington and Halle Berry won in 2002. Kanye West was named outstanding new artist for his album, “College Dropout,” while G ram m y-w inner Usher was honored as out standing male artist. “A merican Idol" winner Fantasia was named outstanding female art ist. West was humble in his acceptance speech. “ I made some mistakes and 1 learned from those mistakes,” he told the audience, charac terizing the past year as “a trip.” In the new category o f outstanding inde pendent or foreign film, the aw ard went to Bishop T.D . Jak es’ dram a about abuse, “W om an Thou Art Loosed.” Jakes’ novel, from which the movie was adapted, also was nam ed best literary work, fiction. U.S. Sen. Barack Obam a, D-I1L, received the Chairm an’s Award, while the Vanguard Award went to pop star Prince. Talk show host and entrepreneur Oprah W infrey also was inducted into the N A A C P Hall o f Fame. Urban League Meeting O n W e d n e sd a y , M a rc h 3 0 lh, th e U rb a n L e a g u e o f P o rtla n d w ill h o st an e v e n t fo r p a re n ts an d c o n c e rn e d c itiz e n s o f n o rth / n o rth e a s t P o rtla n d . A p a n e l o f e x p e rts w ill d is c u ss sc h o o l c lo s u re , r e o r g a n i z a tio n p la n s a n d th e P PS T ra n s fe r P o lic y . 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