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January 15, 2014
M a rtin L u th er K in g J r .
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A Year Rich with Black-Oriented Films
Achievements
recognized in
Image Award
nominations
(AP) - In a year rich with black-
oriented films, nominees for the
NAACP Image Awards include" 12
Years a Slave" and "Lee Daniels'
The Butler."
"Fruitvale Station," "Mandela:
Long Walk to Freedom" and "The
Best Man Holiday" are the other
nominees for outstanding motion
picture, the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People announced Thursday.
The 45th annual NAACP Image
Awards, which honor diversity in
the arts, will be presented in a Feb.
22 ceremony airing on the TV One
channel.
O ther nom inees include best
movie actor contenders Chadwick
Boseman for "42," Chiwetel Ejiofor
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for "12 Years a Slave," Forest
Years a Slave is based on the 1853 autobiography of Solomon Northup (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man who was
Whitaker for "Lee Daniels' The But­ later sold into slavery in the South.
ler," Idris Elba for "Mandela: Long
Walk to Freedom" and Michael B.
Jordan for "Fruitvale Station."
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The outstanding actress nomi­
nees are Angela Bassett for "Black
Nativity," Halle Berry for "The Call,"
Je n n ife r H udson for "W innie
Mandela," Kerry Washington for
"Tyler Perry Presents Peeples" and
Nicole Beharie for "42."
In the outstanding supporting
actor category, nods went to Cuba
Gooding Jr., David Oyelowo and
Terrence Howard for "Lee Daniels'
The Butler" and to Howard and
Morris Chestnut for "The Best Man
Holiday."
The nominees for outstanding
su p p o rtin g a c tre ss are A lfre
Woodard and Lupita Nyong'o for
"12 Years a Slave," Naomie Harris
for "Mandela: Long Walk to Free­
dom ," O c tav ia S p e n c er for
"Fruitvale Station" and O prah Michael B. Jordan stars in Fruitvale Station, a film about the
Winfrey for "Lee Daniels' The But­ death of Oscar Grant who was killed by transit police in 2009 in
ler."
Oakland, Calif.
On the television side, nomina­
Don Cheadle for "House of Lies," actor in a drama series went to James
tions for outstanding comedy se­
Dule Hill for "Psych" and Kevin Pickens Jr. for "Grey's Anatomy,"
ries went "House of Lies," "Modem
Hart for "Real Husbands of Holly­ LLCool J for 'NCIS: Los Angeles,"
Family," "Real Husbands of Holly­
wood."
Michael Ealy for "Almost Human,"
wood," "The Game" and "The Soul
Outstanding comedy series ac­ Shemar Moore for "Criminal Minds"
Man," while "Boardwalk Empire,"
tress nominees are Aisha Tyler for and Wendell Pierce for "Treme."
"Grey's Anatomy," "Scandal," "The
"Archer," Mindy Kaling for "The
N o m in ated for o u tstan d in g
Good Wife" and "Treme" earned
Mindy Project," Niecy Nash for "The drama series actress were Chandra
dramatic series nods.
Soul Man," Tasha Smith for "Tyler Wilson for "Grey's Anatomy," Kerry
Outstanding comedy series ac­
Perry's for Better or Worse" and Washington for "Scandal," Khandi
tor nominees are Andre Braugher
Wendy Raquel Robinson for "The A lexander for "Treme," Nicole
for "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," Cedric
Game."
Beharie for "Sleepy Hollow" and
The Entertainer for "The Soul Man,"
N om inations for outstanding Regina King for "Southland."
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