The 2024 NAACP Image Honors are underway, with Queen Latifah holding the telecasted event broadcasting on wager and CBS.
Saturday evening’s telecasted event, which Latifah hosts for the 2nd year in a row, follows the NAACP provided honors in non-televised groups previously today.
Entering into Saturday evening, The Shade Purple has actually currently won a leading 7 honors from its 16 elections.
Latifah began the program, which started greater than 20 mins behind its set up begin time of 8 p.m. ET, with a cold open including the host obtaining a telephone call from Vice Head of state Kamala Harris backstage.
Throughout her talk, Latifah took in the target market and proclaimed instances of Black quality that made their mark over the previous year consisting of Maryland Guv Wes Moore, Patrick Mahomes, Usher, Coco Gauff and Beyoncé.
Harris had actually prompted Latifah to advise people of the 2024 political elections and informed her to inform the target market to register to vote and inspect their ballot condition at vote.gov, and Latifah did simply that after attending to several of crucial problems, consisting of pay inequality in Hollywood.
“Everyone keeps talking about inflation,” Latifah stated. “You know what’s not facing inflation?”
“Equal pay for Black actresses,” Taraji P. Henson chimed in from the target market. The Shade Purple celebrity, that won the very first honor of the night for her duty in the movie, has actually been forthright regarding her battles to get boosted payment regardless of honors acknowledgment and a lengthy occupation in struck jobs.
Latifah said thanks to Henson for “standing for all of us” and welcomed various other Black starlets in the target market to stand and after that others to stand to reveal their assistance.
“We’ve always done more than survive, we’ve thrived,” Latifah stated. “This is our country, and we have to save it again.” She prompted people to go to the surveys in November.
As she approved her honor, Henson stated she marvelled however “grateful.”
“Thank you for showing up for me all the time,” she informed the target market, pointing to her remarks regarding pay inequality.
“It’s a scary thing to speak your truth but I urge you all to speak your truth because at end of the day, our truth is all we have,” Henson stated.“The truth will set you free and set someone else free.”
She took place to give thanks to“every woman and person in the struggle together.”
Furthermore to the affordable honors, Saturday evening Amanda Gorman will certainly be acknowledged with the Chairman’s Honor, Usher will certainly get the Head of state’s Honor, and New Version will certainly be sworn in right into the NAACP Image Honors Hall of Popularity.
Andra Day is established to carry out at the occasion where speakers consist of Delroy Lindo, Deon Cole, Diarra Kilpatrick, Donnie Wahlberg, Erika Alexander, Idris Elba, Jeffrey Wright, Keke Palmer, Kenya Barris, Kerry Washington, Leslie Jones, Lil Rel Howery, Morris Chestnut, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Sabrina Elba, Sterling K. Brown and Taraji P. Henson.
Victors were introduced in online events on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thursday, a lot more victors were called throughout a non-televised gala occasion at the Hollywood Palladium held by Sherri Guard, that additionally took home the honor for superior host in a talk or news/information collection or unique. Thursday evening’s victors consisted of finest funny collection champ Abbott Elementary, which additionally won in the sustaining star classification for William Stanford Davis’ efficiency, and Ayo Edebiri included to her honors period haul with a finest sustaining starlet in a funny collection reward for The Bear. Finest dramatization collection went to Queen Charlotte while the sustaining star and starlet in a dramatization collection honors went to Bel-Air‘s Adrian Holmes and Snowfall‘s Gail Bean, respectively. Swarm won in the best TV movie, limited series or dramatic special category. Additionally, Thursday, Ava DuVernay won best directing in a motion picture for Origin, and Cord Jefferson followed his best adapted screenplay Oscar with an outstanding writing in a motion picture win for American Fiction. Singer-songwriter Frankie Beverly also received the NAACP Image Awards’ Life Time Accomplishment Honor.
Friday, added honors existed at a style program held by Brandee Evans. There, The Shade Purple brushed up the 3 groups provided, winning finest outfit style, hair designing and makeup. And June Ambrose obtained the NAACP Lead Honor for Style.
A total checklist of the candidates in groups existing Saturday evening complies with. Victors will certainly be upgraded as they’re introduced online. Freshen for the most up to date.
Performer of the Year
Colman DomingoFantasia BarrinoHalle BaileyKeke PalmerUsher
Exceptional Movie
American Fiction (Orion Photo/ Amazon MGM Studios) Beginning (NEON) Rustin (Netflix) The Shade Purple (Detector Bros. Photos) They Duplicated Tyrone (Netflix)
Exceptional Star in a Movie
Colman Domingo– Rustin (Netflix) Denzel Washington– The Equalizer 3 (Sony Photo Releasing) Jamie Foxx– The Funeral (Amazon MGM Studios) Jeffrey Wright– American Fiction (Orion Photo/ Amazon MGM Studios) John Boyega– They Duplicated Tyrone (Netflix)
Exceptional Starlet in a Movie
Aunjanue Ellis– Taylor– Beginning (NEON) Fantasia Barrino– The Shade Purple (Detector Bros. Photos) Halle Bailey — The Little Mermaid (Walt Disney Photo) Teyana Taylor– A Thousand And One (Emphasis Attributes) Yara Shahidi– Resting in Bars with Cake (Amazon MGM Studios)
Exceptional Sustaining Star in a Movie
Colman Domingo– The Shade Purple (Detector Bros. Photos) Corey Hawkins– The Shade Purple (Detector Bros. Photos) Glynn Turman– Rustin (Netflix) Jamie Foxx– They Duplicated Tyrone (Netflix) Sterling K. Brown– American Fiction (Orion Photo/ Amazon MGM Studios).
Exceptional Sustaining Starlet in a Movie
Danielle Brooks– The Shade Purple (Detector Bros. Photos) Da’Vine Happiness Randolph– The Holdovers (Emphasis Attributes) Erika Alexander– American Fiction (Orion Photo/ Amazon MGM Studios) Halle Bailey– The Shade Purple (Detector Bros. Photos) Taraji P. Henson– The Shade Purple (Detector Bros. Photos) (VICTOR)
Exceptional Star in a Funny Collection
Cedric The Performer– The Area (CBS) Delroy Lindo– UnPrisoned (Hulu/Onyx) Dulé Hillside– The Marvel Years (ABC) Mike Epps– The Upshaws (Netflix) (VICTOR) Tone Bell– Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)
Exceptional Starlet in a Funny Collection
Kerry Washington– UnPrisoned (Hulu/Onyx) Meagan Good– Harlem (Amazon Prime Video Clip) Michelle Buteau– Survival of the Thickest (Netflix) Quinta Brunson– Abbott Elementary (ABC) (VICTOR) Tichina Arnold– The Area (CBS)
Exceptional Star in a Dramatization Collection
Damson Idris– Snowfall (FX) Woodland Whitaker– Godfather of Harlem (MGM+) Idris Elba– Hijack (Apple Television+) Jabari Financial Institutions– Bel– Air (Peacock) Jesse L. Martin– The Unreasonable (NBC)
Exceptional Starlet in a Dramatization Collection
Angela Bassett– 9– 1– 1 (FOX) India Ria Amarteifio– Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Tale (Netflix) Octavia Spencer– Reality Be Told (Apple Television+)Queen Latifah– The Equalizer (CBS) Zoe Saldaña– Unique Ops: Lioness (Paramount+)
