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Monthly Archives: January 2020
The Apollo nominated for NAACP Image Award
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NAACP Image Awards: ‘Harriet’ Leads Film Nominations With 10Other top nominees include ‘Us,’ ‘Dolemite Is My Name,’ ‘Queen & Slim,’ ‘Just Mercy’ and ‘The Lion King.’![]() Glen Wilson / Focus Features Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet on Thursday scored the most NAACP Image Awards nominations of any film with 10, including one for star Cynthia Erivo’s original song featured in the film, “Stand Up.” The movie is also up for best soundtrack, outstanding motion picture, best actress (Erivo), supporting actor (Leslie Odom Jr.), supporting actress (Janelle Monáe), breakthrough performance (Erivo), ensemble cast, writing (Lemmons and Gregory Allen Howard) and directing (Lemmons). Other films nominated for multiple NAACP Image Awards include Jordan Peele’s Us, with eight nods; Eddie Murphy-starrer Dolemite Is My Name and Melina Matsoukas’ Queen & Slim, which are up for seven awards each; and Just Mercy and The Lion King, which are up for six awards apiece, with Beyoncé’s soundtrack contribution “Spirit” also nominated. Harriet, Us, Dolemite, Just Mercy and Queen & Slim are all up for outstanding motion picture and ensemble cast, while Dolemite and Queen & Slim are both nominated in the outstanding independent motion picture category, where they will face off against three-time nominee Clemency and two-time nominees Luce and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Best actor nominees include 21 Bridges‘ Chadwick Boseman, Queen & Slim‘s Daniel Kaluuya, Dolemite‘s Murphy, Just Mercy‘s Michael B. Jordan and Winston Duke of Us. Joining Erivo in the best actress category are Clemency‘s Alfre Woodard, Queen & Slim‘s Jodie Turner-Smith, Lupita Nyong’o of Us and Black and Blue‘s Naomie Harris. Meanwhile, Turner-Smith joins Erivo in the breakthrough performance category alongside Little‘s Marsai Martin, Just Mercy‘s Rob Morgan and Shahidi Wright Joseph of Us. Dolemite is represented twice in the best supporting actor category, with both Tituss Burgess and Wesley Snipes earning nods, alongside Harriet‘s Odom Jr., Just Mercy‘s Jamie Foxx and Waves‘ Sterling K. Brown. Supporting actress nominees are Dolemite‘s Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Harriet‘s Monáe, Hustlers‘ Jennifer Lopez, Little‘s Marsai Martin and Luce‘s Octavia Spencer. The Lion King dominates the outstanding character voiceover performance category with nominations for Woodard, Donald Glover and James Earl Jones. Other nominees are Nyong’o for Discovery Channel’s Serengeti and Sterling K. Brown for Frozen 2. Us‘ Jordan Peele is also nominated in the outstanding writing and directing in a motion picture category, facing off in the former with the writers of Harriet, Just Mercy, Clemencyand Brian Banks. On the TV side, Netflix’s When They See Us leads with nine noms, followed by ABC’s Black-ish with eight, NBC’s This Is Us and OWN’s Queen Sugar with five each and EPIX’s Godfather of Harlem with four. In terms of individual performers, Beyoncé has six nominations across various categories, followed by H.E.R. and Lizzo with four each. Lizzo is also up for entertainer of the year, where she will face off against Tyler Perry and two-time nominees Angela Bassett, Billy Porter and Regina King. In terms of studios behind the nominated projects, Netflix leads with 42 mentions (30 in TV and 12 in film), followed by Universal with 15. The 51st NAACP Image Awards — recognizing the achievements of people of color in TV, music, literature and film and those who promote social justice through creative endeavors — will air live on BET on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m. ET. A complete list of this year’s nominees follows. Entertainer of the Year![]() Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Angela Basset Outstanding Drama Series![]() Skip Bolen/2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Godfather of Harlem (EPIX) Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
![]() Courtesy of Starz Billy Porter – Pose (FX Networks) Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series![]() Boris Martin/HBO Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 (FOX) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series![]() Ron Batzdorff/NBC CCH Pounder – NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series![]() Epix/Photofest Delroy Lindo – The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Outstanding Comedy Series![]() Lara Solanki/Netflix Ballers (HBO) Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series![]() Courtesy of TBS Logan Browning – Dear White People (Netflix) Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series![]() Erin Simkin/SHOWTIME Anthony Anderson – black-ish (ABC) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series![]() Freeform/Photofest Halle Bailey – grown-ish (Freeform) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series![]() Courtesy of Netflix Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC) Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special![]() Courtesy of BET American Son (Netflix) Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special![]() Apple TV+ Aunjanue Ellis – When They See Us (Netflix) Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special![]() Courtesy of Netflix Caleel Harris – When They See Us (Netflix) Outstanding News/Information – (Series or Special)![]() Courtesy of Lifetime PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (PBS) Outstanding Talk Series![]() Courtesy of Comedy Central Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch) Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series)![]() Trae Patton/NBC Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN) Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special)![]() Shareif Ziyadat/WireImage 2019 Black Girls Rock! (BET Networks) Outstanding Children’s Program
Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior) Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series)![]() Ron Batzdorff/NBC Caleel Harris – When They See Us (Netflix) Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble![]() Screengrab/YouTube Angela Rye – Young Gifted and Broke: A BET Town Hall (BET Networks) Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble![]() Courtesy of Byron Cohen/ABC Iyanla Vanzant – Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN) Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series![]() Courtesy of BET Blair Underwood – Dear White People ( Netflix) Outstanding Album![]() Kevin Winter/Getty Images Cuz I Love You – Lizzo (Nice Life Records/Atlantic Records) Outstanding New Artist![]() Kevin Winter/Getty Images Ari Lennox (Dreamville/Interscope Records) Outstanding Male Artist![]() Courtesy of Slate Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records) Outstanding Female Artist![]() Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images Beyoncé (Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records) Outstanding Song – Traditional![]() Steve Granitz/WireImage “Enough” – Fantasia (Rock Soul Inc./BMG) Outstanding Song – Contemporary![]() Hollywood Foreign Press Association/ Image Group LA “Before I Let Go” – Beyoncé (Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records) Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration![]() Jesse Grant/Getty Images for THR “Brown Skin Girl” – Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, Beyoncé & WizKiD (Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records) Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album (Traditional or Contemporary)I Made It Out – John P. Kee feat. Zacardi Cortez (Kee Music Group/Entertainment One) Outstanding Jazz AlbumCarib – David Sanchez (Ropeadope) Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album![]() Kevin Winter/Getty Images “Hard Place” – H.E.R. (RCA Records) Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation![]() Universal Pictures Harriet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Terence Blanchard (Back Lot Music) Outstanding Literary Work – FictionNew Daughters of Africa – Margaret Busby (HarperCollins Publishers) Outstanding Literary Work – Non-FictionBreathe: A Letter to My Sons – Dr. Imani Perry (Beacon Press) Outstanding Literary Work – InstructionalInspire Your Home: Easy, Affordable Ideas to Make Every Room Glamorous – Farah Merhi (Tiller Press) Outstanding Literary Work – Debut AuthorAmerican Spy – Lauren Wilkinson (Random House) Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/AutobiographyFree Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System – Cyntoia Brown-Long (Atria Books) Outstanding Literary Work – PoetryA Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland – DaMaris B. Hill (Bloomsbury Publishing) Outstanding Literary Work – ChildrenA Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation – Barry Wittenstein (Author), Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator), (Neal Porter Books / Holiday House Publishing Inc) Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/TeensAround Harvard Square – C.J. Farley (Akashic Books) Outstanding Motion Picture![]() Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Dolemite is My Name (Netflix) Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture![]() Courtesy of STXfilms Chadwick Boseman – 21 Bridges (STX Films) Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture![]() Courtesy of TIFF Alfre Woodard – Clemency (Neon) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture![]() Courtesy of A24 Jamie Foxx – Just Mercy (Warner Bros. Pictures) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture![]() Da’Vine Joy Randolph – Dolemite is My Name (Netflix) Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture![]() Glen Wilson / Focus Features Cynthia Erivo – Harriet (Focus Features) Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture![]() Courtesy of TIFF Dolemite is My Name (Netflix) Outstanding Independent Motion Picture![]() Clemency (Neon) Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance![]() Walt Disney Studios Alfre Woodard – The Lion King (Walt Disney Studios) Outstanding Documentary (Film)![]() Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool (Eagle Rock Entertainment) Outstanding Documentary (Television – Series or Special)![]() Netflix; Inset: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Free Meek (Prime Video) Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series![]() Courtesy of Comedy Central Cord Jefferson – The Good Place – “Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy” (NBC) Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series![]() Kay Oyegun – This Is Us – “This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life” (NBC) (WINNER) Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television)![]() Matthew Libatique/Courtesy of Sundance Institute Cas Sigers-Beedles – Twas the Chaos Before Christmas (BET) Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)![]() Chinonye Chukwu – Clemency (Neon) Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series![]() Ali Goldstein/Netflix Anya Adams – GLOW – “Outward Bound” (Netflix) Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series![]() Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix Ava DuVernay – When They See Us – “Part Four” (Netflix) Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)![]() Courtesy of TIFF Codie Elaine Oliver – Black Love (OWN) Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)![]() Ilze Kitshoff/Courtesy of Sundance Institute Chiwetel Ejiofor – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Netflix) |
The Apollo has been nominated for for a Motion Picture Sound Editor award for Non-Theatrical Documentary
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Non-Theatrical Nominees:Non-Theatrical FeatureDeadwood: The Movie Supervising Sound Editors: Mandell Winter, MPSE, Daniel Colman Escape Plan: Extractors Supervising Sound Editor: David Barber, MPSE Guava Island Supervising Sound Editor: Trevor Gates IO Supervising Sound Editor: Mac Smith Music Editor: Felipe Pacheco Lady and the Tramp Supervising Sound Editors: Andrew DeCristofaro, MPSE, Darren “Sunny” Warkentin MPSE Foley Editor: Alex Jongbloed Mary Supervising Sound Editor: David Barber, MPSE Music Editor: Steven Saltzman, MPSE O.G. Supervising Sound Editors: Frederic Dubois, MPSE, Dror Mohar Sound Editor: Bryan Parker, MPSE Togo Supervising Sound Editors: Odin Benitez, MPSE, Todd Toon, MPSE Non-Theatrical AnimationBatman: Hush Supervising Sound Editor: Rob McIntyre, D.J. Lynch Batman vs Teenage Mutant Turtles Supervising Sound Editor: Jeff Shiffman, MPSE Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus Supervising Sound Editor: Kate Finan, MPSE, Jeff Shiffman, MPSE Foley Editor: Carol Ma Lego DC Batman: Family Matters Supervising Sound Editor: Rob McIntyre, D.J. Lynch Lucky Supervising Sound Editor: Jeff Shiffman, MPSE Reign of the Supermen Supervising Sound Editor: Rob McIntyre, D.J. Lynch Wonder Woman: Bloodlines Supervising Sound Editor: Rob McIntyre, D.J. Lynch Non-Theatrical DocumentarySerengeti Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Cowgill Apollo: Missions to the Moon Supervising Sound Editor: John Warrin Epic Yellowstone Sound Designer: Brian Eimer Hostile Planet: Oceans Supervising Sound Editor: Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens Our Planet: One Planet Sound Effects Editors: Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens The Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Bird of Prey Supervising Sound Editor: Nicholas Renbeck The Apollo Supervising Sound Editor: Christopher Barnett, Al Nelson This Is Football Supervising Sound Editor: Greg Gettens What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali Supervising Sound Editor: Mandell Winter, David Esparza |