38th NAACP Image Awards

38th Annual NAACP Image Awards
Date	Friday, March 2, 2007
Site	Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
Host	LL Cool J

The 38th NAACP Image Awards honored the best in film, television and music for 2006. The show was televised live on March 2, 2007 on Fox at 8 p.m. EST at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.^[1] The show was hosted by LL Cool J.^[2] The nominees were announced on January 7, 2007, at a press conference in at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.^[1] The winners and nominees^[3] are shown below. The winners^[4] are indicated in bold.

List of nominees and winners

Television

Comedy

Outstanding Comedy Series

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Bernie Mac - The Bernie Mac Show
Donald Faison – Scrubs
Duane Martin – All of Us
George Lopez – The George Lopez Show
Tyler James Williams – Everybody Hates Chris

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

America Ferrera – Ugly Betty
Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live
Raven-Symoné – That's So Raven
Tichina Arnold – Everybody Hates Chris
Tracee Ellis Ross – Girlfriends

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Antonio Fargas – Everybody Hates Chris
Reggie Hayes – Girlfriends
Romany Malco – Weeds
Terry Crews – Everybody Hates Chris
Victor Williams – The King of Queens

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Dee Dee Davis – The Bernie Mac Show
LisaRaye McCoy-Misick – All of Us
Telma Hopkins – Half & Half
Vanessa L. Williams – Ugly Betty
Whoopi Goldberg– Everybody Hates Chris

Drama

Outstanding Drama Series

Outstanding Actor Drama Series

Outstanding Actress Drama Series

Outstanding Supporting Actor Drama Series

Gary Dourdan – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Glynn Turman – The Wire
James Pickens, Jr. – Grey's Anatomy
Omar Epps – House
Wendell Pierce – The Wire

Outstanding Supporting Actress Drama Series

Chandra Wilson – Grey's Anatomy
Khandi Alexander – CSI: Miami
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Without a Trace
S. Epatha Merkerson – Law & Order
Sanaa Lathan– Nip/Tuck

Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Andre Braugher – Thief (TV series)
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Tsunami, the Aftermath
Clarence Williams III – Mystery Woman
Kadeem Hardison – Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Michael Ealy – Sleeper Cell: American Terror

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Aisha Tyler – For One Night
Fantasia Barrino – Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Loretta Devine – Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Patti LaBelle – Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy
Sophie Okonedo – Tsunami, the Aftermath

Daytime Drama

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

Antonio Sabato Jr. – The Bold and the Beautiful
Bryton McClure – The Young and the Restless
James Reynolds – Days of Our Lives
Kristoff St. John – The Young and the Restless
Michael B. Jordan – All My Children

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

Christel Khalil – The Young and the Restless
Davetta Sherwood – The Young and the Restless
Renee Elise Goldsberry – One Life to Live
Tracey Ross – Passions
Yvonna Wright – Guiding Light

Variety Programming

Outstanding Reality Series

Outstanding Variety - Series or Special

Outstanding Children’s Program

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program - Series or Special

Corbin Bleu – High School Musical
Kathleen Hurley – Dora the Explorer
Kyle Massey – That's So Raven
Raven-Symoné – That's So Raven
Romeo – Romeo!

Music Categories

Outstanding New Artist

Outstanding Male Artist

Outstanding Female Artist

Outstanding Duo or Group

Outstanding Jazz Artist

Outstanding Gospel Artist -- Traditional or Contemporary

Andraé Crouch – Mighty Wind
The Cast of Inspired By...The Bible Experience– Inspired...The Bible Experience: New Testament
Fred Hammond – Free To Worship
Kirk Franklin – Imagine Me
Patti LaBelle – The Gospel According To Patti

Outstanding Music Video

Beyoncé – Irreplaceable
India.Arie – I Am Not My Hair
Jay-Z – Show Me What You Got
Mary J. Blige – Be Without You
Prince – Black Sweat

Outstanding Song

"Be Without You"– Mary J. Blige
"Crazy" – Gnarls Barkley
"I Am Not My Hair" – India.Arie
"Irreplaceable" – Beyoncé
"Save Room" – John Legend

Outstanding Album

B'Day – Beyoncé
Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae
Dreamgirls (Soundtrack) – Various
Once Again – John Legend
Reflections: A Retrospective – Mary J. Blige

Literary Categories

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

After – Marita Golden
All Aunt Hager’s Children – Edward P. Jones
Baby Brother’s Blues – Pearl Cleage
Fortunate Son: A Novel – Walter Mosley
Wizard of the Crow – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream – Barack Obama
Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster – Michael Eric Dyson
The Covenant With Black America – Tavis Smiley
Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete – William C. Rhoden
Not In My Family: AIDS in the African American Community – Gil Robertson IV

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

A Dead Man Speaks – Lisa Jones Johnson
Boldfaced Lies – Charlene A. Porter
The Legend of Quito Road – Dwight Fryer
Letters to a Young Brother – Hill Harper
Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia – Bil Carpenter

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Auto-Biography

Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley – Christopher John Farley
Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero – Mike Freeman
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me – Rain Pryor
The Pursuit of Happyness – Chris Gardner
Unbowed – Wangari Maathai

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

Mama Made The Difference – T. D. Jakes
The Mocha Manual To a Fabulous Pregnancy – Kimberly Allers
Shine – Star Jones Reynolds
Skinny Cooks Can’t Be Trusted – Mo'Nique Imes Jackson
Southern Homecoming Traditions: Recipes And Remembrances – Carolyn Quick Tillery

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer – Maya Angelou
Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees – DuEwa M. Frazier
Hoops – Major Jackson
Jazz – Walter Dean Myers
We Speak Your Names – Pearl Cleag

Outstanding Literary Work – Children

Dear Mr. Rosenwald – Carole Boston Weatherford
I Like You But I Love Me – Lonnie Lynn
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom – Carole Boston Weatherford
Nobody Gonna Turn Me’Round – Doreen Rappaport
Whoopi’s Big Book of Manners – Whoopi Goldberg

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

Copper Sun – Sharon M. Draper
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott – Russell Freedman
Letters to a Young Brother – Hill Harper
Maya Angelou – Donna Brown Agins
Superwoman's Child – J. L. Woodson

Motion Pictures

Outstanding Motion Picture

Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Angela Bassett – Akeelah and the Bee
Anika Noni Rose – Dreamgirls
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Kerry Washington - The Last King of Scotland
Thandie Newton – The Pursuit of Happyness

Directing

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Ali LeRoi – Everybody Hates Chris ("Everybody Hates Elections")
Ken Whittingham – The Office ("Michael's Birthday")
Lauren Breiting – According to Jim ("The Stick")
Millicent Shelton – Everybody Hates Chris ("Everybody Hates Valentine's Day")
Salim Akil – Girlfriends ("The Game")

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

Anthony Hemingway – Close to Home ("Prodigal Son")
Craig Ross, Jr. – Bones ("Aliens in a Spaceship"
Karen Gaviola – Lost ("The Whole Truth")
Paris Barclay – Cold Case ("Saving Sammy")
Seith Mann – The Wire ("Homerooms")

Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/Television Movie - Comedy or Drama

Writing

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Kenny Smith – The Game ("The Trey Wiggs Episode")
Mara Brock Akil – Girlfriends ("After the Storm")
Regina Y. Hicks – Girlfriends ("I’ll Have a Blueline Christmas")
Royale Watkins – All Of Us ("The -N- Word")
Silvio Horta – Ugly Betty ("Pilot")

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

Aaron Rahsaan Thomas – Friday Night Lights ("Full Hearts")
Janine Sherman-Barrois – ER ("Darfur")
Naren Chankar – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("Killer")
Shonda Rhimes – Grey’s Anatomy ("It's the End of the World")
Steven Maeda – Day Break ("What if He Lets Her Go")

Outstanding Writing in a Feature Film/Television Movie - Comedy or Drama

Dianne Houston – Take the Lead
Doug Atchison – Akeelah and the Bee
Keith Glover – Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Reggie Gaskins – Restraining Order
Tyler Perry – Madea's Family Reunion

Special awards

The following recipients received distinguished awards^[5] by the NAACP for their contributions to arts, civil rights, news, and humanitarian efforts.

Hall of Fame Award

Bill Cosby

Chairman's Award

Bono

President's Award

Soledad O'Brien

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External links

38th Annual NAACP Image Awards Official Site

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