Shocker! Avatar Nearly Shut Out of NAACP Image Awards
Motion Picture Categories
Outstanding Motion Picture
* "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* "Invictus" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* "Michael Jackson's: This Is It" (Columbia Pictures)
* "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
* "The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
* Denzel Washington - "The Taking of Pelham 123" (Columbia Pictures)
* Idris Elba - "Obsessed" (Screen Gems)
* Jamie Foxx - "Law Abiding Citizen" (Overture Films)
* Morgan Freeman - "Invictus" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Quinton Aaron - "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
* Anika Noni Rose - "The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
* Gabourey Sidibe - "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
* Sandra Bullock - "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Sophie Okonedo - "Skin" (Jour De Fete Films)
* Taraji P. Henson - "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" (Lionsgate)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
* Adam Rodriguez - "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" (Lionsgate)
* Anthony Mackie - "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
* Chiwetel Ejiofor - "2012" (Columbia Pictures)
* Danny Glover - "2012" (Columbia Pictures)
* Lenny Kravitz - "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
* Alfre Woodard - "American Violet" (Universal Pictures)
* Mariah Carey - "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
* Mo'Nique - "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
* Paula Patton - "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
* Zoe Saldana - "Avatar" (Paramount Pictures)
The nominees listed in the following categories were voted upon by Subcommittees.
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
* "American Violet" (Samuel Goldwyn Company)
* "Amreeka" (National Geographic Entertainment)
* "Endgame" (Montery Entertainment)
* "Medicine for Melancholy" (IFC Films)
* "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
* "The Maid" (Elephant Eye Films)
* "Rudo y Cursi" (Sony Pictures Classics)
* "Sin Nombre" (Focus Features)
* "Skin" (Jour De Fete Films)
* "The Stoning of Soraya M." (Mpower Pictures)
Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television)
* "Capitalism: A Love Story" (Overture Films)
* "Crips and Bloods: Made in America" (Gravitas Ventures)
* "Crude" (First Run Features)
* "Good Hair" (Roadside Attractions)
* "More than a Game" (Lionsgate)
TV nominations -- and there's a hell of a lot of them -- are next...
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Comments
Damn, are black roles so hard to come by that they're nominating a voice performance in the Best Actress category.
Hold on - wasn't "District 9" supposed to be an allegory on Apartheid, or is metaphorical representation of minorities by automatons excluded as well?
* Daryl “Chill” Mitchell - “Brothers” (FOX)
Bask in that. It has to be the only recognition that show is EVER likely to see.
Zoe for Supporting, not Lead? Hometree is crying out in pain!
Still glad to see _Amreeka_ and _The Maid_ get some love..
Not voiced. PLAYED!
It's not a voice performance!
From now on anyone appearing in a "James Cameron Personal Vision" will only be eligible for a Best Supporting Nomination as they were merely pawns for Cameron's "MAGIC"...
No it's voiced not played. An actor lends their voice to a cartoon character. The cartoonists and illustrators are the ones who control the actual performing.
off topic here but isn't the institution strictly meant for the cultural and economical advancement of one specific race considered racist in it's self.. oh wait black people formed it so it's ok