(MENAFN- Arab Times) LOS ANGELES Dec 10 (Agencies): The civil rights drama 'Selma' led all films Tuesday when it collected eight nominations for the NAACP Image Awards. The movie earned nods for outstanding motion picture; lead actor for David Oyelowo; supporting actor for Andre Holland Common and Wendell Pierce; supporting actress for Carmen Ejogo and Oprah Winfrey; and director for Ava DuVernay. Other films nominated for outstanding motion picture were 'Belle' ''Beyond the Lights' ''Dear White People' and 'Get On Up.'
The civil rights group's 46th annual awards show will be presented during a Feb 6 ceremony airing live on the TV One channel. The awards honor diversity in the arts. Viola Davis was the most nominated performer with three nods for her work in the films 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby' and 'Get On Up' and the TV series 'How to Get Away with Murder.' Other nominees included best movie actor contenders Chadwick Boseman for 'Get On Up' Denzel Washington for 'The Equalizer' Idris Elba for 'No Good Deed' and Nate Parker for 'Beyond The Lights.' Outstanding Outstanding actress nominees were Gugu Mbatha-Raw for 'Belle' Quvenzhane Wallis for 'Annie' Taraji P. Henson for 'No Good Deed' Tessa Thompson for 'Dear White People' and Davis for 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.' In addition to Holland Common and Pierce outstanding supporting actor nods went to Cedric the Entertainer for 'Top Five' and Danny Glover for 'Beyond The Lights.' Other nominees for outstanding supporting actress were Jill Scott Octavia Spencer and Davis for 'Get On Up.' On the television side nominations for outstanding comedy series went to 'black-ish' ''House of Lies' ''Key & Peele' ''Orange is the New Black' and 'Real Husbands of Hollywood.' Nods for best TV drama went to 'Being Mary Jane' ''Grey's Anatomy' ''House of Cards' ''How to Get Away with Murder' and 'Scandal.' The nominees for outstanding comedy series actor were Andre Braugher for 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Anthony Anderson for 'black-ish' Don Cheadle for 'House of Lies' Keegan-Michael Key for 'Key & Peele' and Kevin Hart for 'Real Husbands of Hollywood.' Outstanding comedy series actress nominees were Mindy Kaling for 'The Mindy Project' Niecy Nash for 'The Soul Man' Tracee Ellis Ross for 'black-ish' Uzo Aduba for 'Orange is the New Black' and Wendy Raquel Robinson for 'The Game.' Nominations for outstanding actor in a drama series went to LL Cool J for 'NCIS: Los Angeles' Omar Epps for 'Resurrection' Omari Hardwick for 'Being Mary Jane' Shemar Moore for 'Criminal Minds' and Taye Diggs for 'Murder in the First.' Nominated for outstanding drama series actress were Gabrielle Union for 'Being Mary Jane' Kerry Washington for 'Scandal' Nicole Beharie for 'Sleepy Hollow' Octavia Spencer for 'Red Band Society' and Viola Davis for 'How to Get Away with Murder.' Recording Outstanding New Artist 3 Winans Brothers (BMG) Aloe Blacc (XIX Recordings/Interscope Records) Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music) Jhene Aiko (Def Jam Recordings) Liv Warfield (Kobalt Label Services) Male Artist: John Legend (Columbia Records) Kem (Motown Capitol) Kendrick Lamar (Interscope Records) Michael Jackson (Epic Records) Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records) Female Artist: Alicia Keys (RCA Records) Beyonce (Columbia Records) Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records) Ledisi (Verve Records) Mary J Blige (Capitol) Duo Group or Collaboration: 'Being With You' Smokey Robinson feat. Mary J Blige (Verve) 'Brand New' Pharrell Williams feat. Justin Timberlake (Columbia Records) 'Gust of Wind' Pharrell Williams feat. Daft Punk (Columbia Records) 'Love Marriage & Divorce' Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings) 'Stay with Me' Sam Smith feat. Mary J Blige (Capitol) Jazz Album: 'Beautiful Life' Dianne Reeves (Concord) 'Dave Koz and Friends: The 25th of December' Dave Koz (Concord Records) 'Living My Dream' Jonathan Butler (Rendezvous Music) 'My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke' Al Jarreau (Concord) 'Up' Stanley Clarke (Mack Avenue Records) Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary): 'Duets' Donnie McClurkin (RCA Inspiration) 'Help' Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music) 'I Will Trust' Fred Hammond (RCA Inspiration) 'Journey To Freedom' Michelle Williams (eOne Music) 'Where My Heart Belongs' Gladys Knight (Shadow Mountain Records) Music Video: 'i' Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope) 'It's You' KEM (Motown Capitol) 'Love Never Felt So Good' Michael Jackson feat. Justin Timberlake (Epic Records) 'Pretty Hurts' Beyonce (Columbia Records) 'You & I (Nobody in the World) ' John Legend (Columbia Records) Song: 'Good Kisser' Usher (RCA Records) 'i' Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope) 'Pretty Hurts' Beyonce (Columbia Records) 'The Man' Aloe Blacc (Interscope Records) 'We Are Here' Alicia Keys (RCA Records) Album: 'Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics' Aretha Franklin (RCA Records) 'Beyonce Platinum Edition' Beyonce (Columbia Records) 'G I R L' Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records) 'JHUD' Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records) 'Love Marriage & Divorce' Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings) Literature Literary Work Fiction: 'A Wanted Woman' Eric Jerome Dickey (Penguin Random House) 'An Untamed State' Roxane Gay (Grove/Atlantic Black Cat) 'Another Woman's Man' Shelly Ellis (Kensington Publishing Corp.) 'Momma: Gone' Nina Foxx (Brown Girls Publishing) 'The Prodigal Son' Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing/HachetteBook Group) Literary Work Non-Fiction: 'Bad Feminist' Roxane Gay (Harper Perennial/HarperCollins) 'Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption' Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau) 'Place not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America' Sheryll Cashin (Beacon Press) 'The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act' Clay Risen (Bloomsbury Press) 'Who We Be: The Colorization of America' Jeff Chang (St. Martin's Press) Literary Work Debut Author: 'Forty Acres' Dwayne Alexander Smith (Atria Books) 'Queen Sugar' Natalie Baszile (Pamela Dorman Books/Penguin Random House) 'Remedy For A Broken Angel' Toni Ann Johnson (Nortia Press) 'The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider's Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond15 Minutes of Fame' Darrell Miller (Dunham Books) 'Time of the Locust' Morowa Yejide (Atria Books) Literary Work Biography/Autobiography: 'Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine' Louis Sullivan with David Chanoff (University ofGeorgia Press) 'Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My CrazyMother and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair) ' Rosie Perez (Crown Archetype) 'Life In Motion' Misty Copeland (Touchstone) 'Mayor for Life' Marion Barry Omar Tyree (Strebor Books) 'Stand Up Straight and Sing!' Jessye Norman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Literary Work Instructional: '10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse' JJ Smith (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) '101 Scholarship Applications: What It Takes to Obtain a Debt-Free CollegeEducation' Gwen Richardson (Cushcity Communications) 'Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African Caribbean and Southern Flavors Remixed' -Bryant Terry (Ten Speed Press) 'Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal JusticeSystem' Robbin Shipp Nick Chiles (Agate Bolden) 'Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life' Joe Brewster MicheleStephenson Hilary Beard (Spiegel & Grau) Literary Work Poetry: 'Citizen: An American Lyric' Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press) 'Digest' Gregory Pardlo (Four Way Books) 'The New Testament' Jericho Brown (Copper Canyon Press) 'The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013' Derek Walcott Selected by Glyn Maxwell(Farrar Straus and Giroux) 'We Didn't Know Any Gangsters' Brian Gilmore (Cherry Castle Publishing LLC) Literary Work Children: 'Beautiful Moon' Tonya Bolden (Author) Eric Velasquez (Illustrator) (Abrams/AbramsBooks for Young Readers) 'Dork Diaries 8: Tales From A Note-So-Happily Ever After' Rachel ReneeRussell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell (Simon & Schuster) 'Little Melba and Her Big Trombone' Katheryn Russell-Brown (Author) FrankMorrison (Illustrator) (Lee & Low Books) 'Malcolm Little' Ilyasah Shabazz (Author) AG Ford (Illustrator) (Simon & Schuster) 'Searching for Sarah Rector' Tonya Bolden (Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers) Literary Work Youth/Teens: 'Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That ChangedAmerica' Russell Freedman (Holiday House) 'Brown Girl Dreaming' Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books) 'Revolution' Deborah Wiles (Scholastic Press) 'The Freedom Summer Murders' Don Mitchell (Scholastic Press) 'The Red Pencil' Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author) Shane Evans (Illustrator) (Little Brown Books for Young Readers)
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