NAACP Image Awards 2008

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NAACP Image Awards 2008 Nominees

Image Awards Motion Picture Nominations

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Columbus Short in Stomp the Yard
• Denzel Washington in The Great Debaters
• Don Cheadle in Talk to Me
• Terrence Howard in Pride
• Will Smith in I Am Legend

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Angelina Jolie in A Mighty Heart
• Halle Berry in Things We Lost in the Fire
• Jill Scott in Why Did I Get Married?
• Jurnee Smollett in The Great Debaters
• Taraji Henson in Talk to Me

Outstanding Motion Picture

• American Gangster
• The Great Debaters
• I Am Legend
• Talk to Me
• Why Did I Get Married?

Outstanding Director for a Motion Picture

• Denzel Washington for The Great Debaters
• Kasi Lemmons for Talk to Me
• Preston Whitmore for This Christmas (Film)
• Sunu Gonera for Pride
• Sylvain White for Stomp the Yard

Outstanding Writer for a Motion Picture

• John Sayles for Honeydripper
• Michael Genet and Rick Famuyiwa for Talk to Me
• RIchard LaGravenese for Freedom Writers
• Robert Eisele for The Great Debaters
• Steve Zaillian for American Gangster

Image Awards Television Nominations

Outstanding Comedy Series

• 30 Rock
• Everybody Hates Chris
• Girlfriends
• House of Payne
• Ugly Betty

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Donald Faison in Scrubs
• Dule Hill in Psych
• LaVan Davis in House of Payne
• Reggie Hayes in Girlfriends
• Tyler James Williams in Everybody Hates Chris

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• America Ferrera in Ugly Betty
• Golden Brooks in Girlfriends
• Tia Mowry in The Game
• Tichina Arnold in Everybody Hates Chris
• Tracee Ellis Ross in Girlfriends

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Blair Underwood in The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Lance Gross in House of Payne
• Romany Malco in Weeds
• Terry Crews in Everybody Hates Chris
• Tracy Morgan in 30 Rock

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Keesha Sharp in Girlfriends
• Tonye Patano in Weeds
• Vanessa Williams in Ugly Betty
• Vivica A. Fox in Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Wendy Raquel Robinson in The Game

Outstanding Drama Series

• Grey's Anatomy
• House M.D.
• K-Ville
• Lincoln Heights
• The Unit

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Anthony Anderson in K-Ville
• Dennis Haysbert in The Unit
• Hill Harper in CSI: New York
• Jesse L Martin in Law & Order
• Jimmy Smits in Cane

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• CCH Pounder in The Shield
• Jennifer Beals in The L Word
• Nicki Micheaux in Lincoln Heights
• Regina Taylor in The Unit
• Wendy Davis in Army Wives

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Blair Underwood in Dirty Sexy Money
• James Pickens Jr in Grey's Anatomy
• Mekhi Phifer in ER
• Omar Epps in House M.D.
• Taye Diggs in Private Practice (TV Show)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in Drama Series

• Audra McDonald in Private Practice (TV Show)
• Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy
• Mariannae Jean Baptiste in Without a Trace
• S. Epatha Merkerson in Law & Order

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• The Bronx is Burning
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
• Five Days
• Life Support
• The List Movie

Outstanding Reality Series

• American Idol
• America's Next Top Model
• Dancing with the Stars
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
• Run's House 4

Image Awards Outstanding Recording Categories

Outstanding New Artist

• Chrisette Michele
• Corbin Bleu
• J. Holiday
• Jordin Sparks
• Sean Kingston

Outstanding Male Artist

• Chris Brown
• common
• Kanye West
• Prince
• Seal

Outstanding Female Artist

• Alicia Keys
• Aretha Franklin
• Beyonce
• Jill Scott
• Mary J. Blige

Image Awards Literature Category

Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction

• Blond Faither by Walter Mosley
• The Brief Wondreous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
• Cion by Zakes Mda
• Knots by Nuruddin Farah
• New england White: A Novel by Stephen L Carter

Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction

• An Unbroken Agony by Randall Robinson
• Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
• Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip-Hop by Michael Eric Dyson
• Not on our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfu and Beyond Don Cheadle and John Prendergast
• Race and Racism in the Chinas: Chinese Racial Attitudes Toward Africans and African-Americans by M. Dujon Johnson