>Tyler Perry is Big Winner at NAACP Awards

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The 42nd annual NAACP Image Awards took place on Friday and the winners were very different from the Academy Award winners. Tyler Perry was once again the big winner. He won Best Director for “For Colored Girls,” which also took home the Best Picture award.

In the TV categories, Perry won for Outstanding Comedy Series for “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” beating out “30 Rock” and “Glee.” Meanwhile, David Mann won Best Actor for “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns.”

Denzel Washington also won Best Actor for “The Book of Eli,” beating Jaden Smith and Common. Halle Berry won Best Actress for “Frankie and Alice,” beating Janet Jackson and Queen Talifah. And of course the Best Documentary award went to “For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots.”

Ice Cube and LL Cool J also won for their acting abilities in “Are We There Yet?” and “NCIS: Los Angeles.”

Here are the nominees and winners (in red) in the film categories:

Best Motion Picture:

* For Colored Girls

* Just Wright

* The Book of Eli

* The Kids Are All Right

* Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?

Best Actor in a Motion Picture:

* Denzel Washington (The Book of Eli)

* Anthony Mackie (Night Catches Us)

* Common (Just Wright)

* Jaden Smith (The Karate Kid)

* Morgan Freeman (Red)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture:

* Halle Berry (Frankie and Alice)

* Janet Jackson (Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?)

* Kerry Washington (Night Catches Us)

* Queen Latifah (Just Wright)

* Zoe Saldana (The Losers)

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:

* Samuel L. Jackson (Mother and Child)

* Don Cheadle (Brooklyn’s Finest)

* Idris Elba (Takers)

* Justin Timberlake (The Social Network)

* Michael Ealy (For Colored Girls)

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture:

* Kimberly Elise (For Colored Girls)

* Anika Noni Rose (For Colored Girls)

* Phylicia Rashad (For Colored Girls)

* Jill Scott (Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?)

* Whoopi Goldberg (For Colored Girls)

Best Independent Motion Picture:

* Frankie and Alice

* Conviction

* La Mission

* Mother and Child

* Night Catches Us

Best Foreign Motion Picture:

* Biutiful

* A Barefoot Dream

* Four Lions

* Mother

* Outside the Law

Best Documentary (Theatrical or Television):

* For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots

* Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

* If God is Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise

* Waiting for “Superman”

* William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

Best Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television):

* Just Wright

* Frankie and Alice

* Brooklyn’s Finest

* Mother and Child

* Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?

Best Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television):

* Tyler Perry (For Colored Girls)

* Geoffrey Sax (Frankie and Alice)

* George Tillman, Jr. (Faster)

* Tanya Hamilton (Night Catches Us)

* The Hughes Brothers (The Book of Eli)

>Halle Berry, Tyler Perry Honored at NAACP Image Awards

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Halle Berry, Tyler Perry, Denzel Washington, Ice Cube and LL Cool J were among the winners at the 42nd annual NAACP Image Awards Friday in Los Angeles.

Berry was recognized as best actress in a motion picture for her role in Frankie & Alice; Washington took best actor for The Book of Eli; LL Cool J was named outstanding actor in a drama series for CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles; and Ice Cube won best supporting actor for his work on TBS’ comedy series Are We There Yet?
For Colored Girls dominated the film categories with three prizes: outstanding motion picture, directing honors for Perry, and a supporting actress nod for Kimberly Elise. Frankie & Alice was named outstanding independent motion picture in addition to Barry’s acting award, and Samuel L. Jackson rounded out the major motion picture awards with a prize for best supporting actor for Sony Pictures Classics’ Mother and Child.
Perry also made his mark in TV categories, with an outstanding comedy series win for Tyler Perry’s House of Payne as well as best actor kudos to David Mann for TBS’ Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns. Other TV winners included: ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy for outstanding drama series; Desperate Housewives’ Vanessa Williams as best actress in a comedy series; Regina King of TNT’s Southland as outstanding actress in a drama series, Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara as supporting actress in a comedy series and Law & Order: Los Angeles’ Terrence Howard as supporting actor in a drama series.
Mary J. Blige, John Legend, the Roots, Usher, Fantasia and Willow Smith received were among the music winners.
Broadcast on Fox, the ceremony’s opening music number included a spoof of Charlie Sheen during which Wayne Brady sang “He is the new Rick James!” and showed a photo of Sheen with James’ bead-dreadlocks ‘do.