45th NAACP Image Awards

The 45th NAACP Image Awards, presented by the

• 12 Years a Slave
• Fruitvale Station
• Lee Daniels' The Butler
• Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• The Best Man Holiday

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Lee Daniels' The Butler
• Chadwick Boseman - 42
• Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
• Idris Elba - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• Michael B. Jordan - Fruitvale Station

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Angela Bassett - Black Nativity
• Halle Berry - The Call
• Winnie Mandela
• Tyler Perry Presents Peeples
• Nicole Beharie - 42

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Lee Daniels' The Butler
• Lee Daniels' The Butler
• Morris Chestnut - The Best Man Holiday
• Lee Daniels' The Butler
• Terrence Howard - The Best Man Holiday

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
• Alfre Woodard - 12 Years a Slave
• Naomie Harris - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• Octavia Spencer - Fruitvale Station
• Lee Daniels' The Butler

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

• Fruitvale Station
• Blue Caprice
• Dallas Buyers Club
• The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
• The Trials of Muhammad Ali

Outstanding International Motion Picture

• War Witch (Item 7)
• Call Me Kuchu (Lindy Hop Pictures LLC)
• High Tech, Low Life (Argot Pictures)
• La Playa D.C.
  (Burning Blue)
• Lion Ark (ADI Films)

Television

Outstanding Drama Series

• Scandal (ABC)
• Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
• Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
• The Good Wife (CBS)
• Treme (HBO)

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET)
• House of Lies (Showtime)
• Modern Family (ABC)
• The Game
  (BET)
• The Soul Man (TV Land)

Outstanding Talk Series

• Steve Harvey
  (Syndicated)
• Oprah's Lifeclass (OWN)
• Oprah's Next Chapter
  (OWN)
• The Arsenio Hall Show (Syndicated)
• The Queen Latifah Show (Syndicated)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• LL Cool J - NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
• James Pickens, Jr. - Grey's Anatomy
  (ABC)
• Michael Ealy - Almost Human (FOX)
• Shemar Moore - Criminal Minds (CBS)
• Wendell Pierce - Treme (HBO)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Kerry Washington - Scandal (ABC)
• Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
• Khandi Alexander - Treme (HBO)
• Nicole Beharie - Sleepy Hollow (FOX)
• SouthLAnd
  (TNT)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Kevin Hart - Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET)
• Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)
• Cedric the Entertainer - The Soul Man (TV Land)
• Don Cheadle - House of Lies (Showtime)
• Dulé Hill - Psych (USA Network)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• The Game
  (BET)
• Aisha Tyler - Archer (FX Networks)
• Mindy Kaling - The Mindy Project (FOX)
• Niecy Nash - The Soul Man (TV Land)
• Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse
  (OWN)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Morris Chestnut - Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
• Boris Kodjoe - Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET)
• Jerry "J. B. Smoove" Brooks - Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET)
• Nick Cannon - Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET)
• Tracy Morgan - 30 Rock (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• The Game
  (BET)
• Anna Deavere Smith - Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
• Nia Long - House of Lies (Showtime)
• Rashida Jones - Parks and Recreation (NBC)
• Sofia Vergara - Modern Family
  (ABC)

• Joe Morton - Scandal (ABC)
• Columbus Short - Scandal (ABC)
• Guillermo Díaz - Scandal (ABC)
• Jeffrey Wright - Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
• Michael Kenneth Williams - Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Taraji P. Henson - Person of Interest (CBS)
• Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife (CBS)
• Debbie Allen - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
• Diahann Carroll - White Collar (USA)
• Vanessa L. Williams - 666 Park Avenue
  (ABC)

• Being Mary Jane (BET)
• Betty & Coretta (Lifetime)
• CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (VH1)
• Luther (BBC America)
• Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (HBO)

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

• Idris Elba - Luther (BBC America)
• Chiwetel Ejiofor - Dancing on the Edge (Starz)
• Danny Glover - Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (HBO)
• Malik Yoba - Betty & Coretta (Lifetime)
• Omari Hardwick - Being Mary Jane (BET)

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

• Gabrielle Union - Being Mary Jane (BET)
• Angela Bassett - American Horror Story: Coven (FX Networks)
• Angela Bassett - Betty & Coretta (Lifetime)
• Gabourey Sidibe - American Horror Story: Coven (FX Networks)
• Keke Palmer - CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (VH1)

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Kristoff St. John - The Young and the Restless (CBS)
• Aaron D. Spears - The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
• Lawrence Saint Victor - The Bold and the Beautiful
  (CBS)
• Redaric Williams - The Young and the Restless (CBS)
• Tequan Richmond - General Hospital (ABC)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Tatyana Ali - The Young and the Restless (CBS)
• Angell Conwell - The Young and the Restless (CBS)
• Christel Khalil - The Young and the Restless (CBS)
• Karla Mosley - The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
• Kristolyn Lloyd - The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)

Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special)

• The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  (PBS)
• Justice for Trayvon (BET)
• Mandela: Freedom's Father (BET)
• Oprah: Where Are They Now? (OWN)
• Unsung (TV One)

Outstanding Reality Series

• Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)
• Shark Tank (ABC)
• Sunday Best (BET)
• The Voice (NBC)
• Welcome to Sweetie Pie's (OWN)

Outstanding Variety Series or Special

• Black Girls Rock! (BET)
• 12 Years A Slave: A TV One Special with Cathy Hughes (TV One)
• Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
• Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (HBO)
• Oprah's Master Class (OWN)

Outstanding Children's Program

• 2013 HALO Awards (Nickelodeon/TeenNick)
• A.N.T. Farm (Disney Channel)
• Dora the Explorer (Nickelodeon)
• Big Time Rush (Nickelodeon/TeenNick)

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

• China Anne McClain - A.N.T. Farm (Disney Channel)
• Carlos PenaVega - Big Time Rush (Nickelodeon/TeenNick)
• Fatima Ptacek - Dora the Explorer
  (Nickelodeon)
• Karan Brar - Jessie (Disney Channel)
• Shake It Up
  (Disney Channel)

Writing

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Vincent Brown - A.N.T. Farm - "influANTces" (Disney Channel)
• Erica Montolfo-Bura -
  The Game
  - "In Treatment" (BET)
• Karin Gist - House of Lies - "Sincerity is an Easy Disguise in This Business" (Showtime)
• The Game
  - "The Blueprint I & II" (BET)
• Ralph Farquhar, Chris Spencer - Real Husbands of Hollywood - "Rock, Paper, Stealers" (BET)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Janine Sherman Barrois - Criminal Minds - "Strange Fruit" (CBS)
• SouthLAnd
  - "Babel" (TNT)
• Chitra Elizabeth Sampath, Damian Kindler - Sleepy Hollow - "Sanctuary" (FOX)
• Karin Gist - Revenge - "Mercy" (ABC)
• Sara Hess - Orange Is the New Black - "Blood Donut" (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television)

• John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave (River Road/ Plan B/ New Regency/ Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón - Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Brian Helgeland - 42 (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures)
• Laura Ziskin Productions
  , Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
• Ryan Coogler - Fruitvale Station (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions, OG Project)

Directing

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television)

• Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
• Jono Oliver - Home
• Justin Chadwick - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• Lee Daniels' The Butler
• Malcolm D. Lee - The Best Man Holiday

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Millicent Shelton - The Hustle - "Rule 4080" (FUSE)
• Anton Cropper - House of Lies - "Sincerity Is an Easy Disguise in This Business" (Showtime)
• Eric Dean Seaton - Mighty Med - "Saving The People Who Save People" (Disney XD)
• Paris Barclay - Glee - "Diva" (FOX)
• Stan Lathan - Real Husbands of Hollywood - "Rock, Paper, Stealers" (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

• SouthLAnd
  - "Off Duty" (TNT)
• House of Cards
  - "Chapter 11" (Netflix)
• Ernest Dickerson - Treme - "Dippermouth Blues" (HBO)
• The Fosters
  - "Clean" (ABC Family)
• Rob Hardy - Criminal Minds - "Carbon Copy" (CBS)

Music

Outstanding New Artist

• Ariana Grande (Republic Records)
• Candice Glover (19 Recordings/Interscope Records)
• K. Michelle (Atlantic Records)
• RaVaughn Brown (Columbia Records)
• Zendaya (Hollywood Records)

Outstanding Male Artist

• John Legend (Columbia Records)
• Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
• Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
• Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)
• Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)

Outstanding Female Artist

• Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• India.Arie
  (Motown Records)
• Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• Ledisi (Verve Records)
• Mary J Blige
  (Verve Records/Interscope)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

• "
  Pharrell
  (Star Trak/Interscope)
• "#Beautiful" - Mariah Carey feat. Miguel (Island Def Jam)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "Hurt You" - Toni Braxton feat. Babyface (Motown Records)
• "Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z (RCA Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album

• The Songs of Stevie Wonder - SFJAZZ Collective (SFJAZZ Records)
• Summer Horns - Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, Richard Elliot (Concord Records)
• The Beat - Boney James (Concord Records)
• The Messenger - Kevin Eubanks (Mack Avenue Records)
• The Morning After: A Musical Love Journey - Najee (Shanachie)

Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary)

• Best Days Deluxe Edition - Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music)
• 20 Year Celebration Volume 1 - Best For Last - Donald Lawrence (Quietwater Entertainment/eOne Music)
• Azusa: The Next Generation - Hezekiah Walker (RCA Inspiration)
• Good God - Shirley Caesar (eOne Music)
• Music from the Motion Picture Black Nativity - Various (RCA Inspiration)

Outstanding World Music Album

• Natalie Cole en Español - Natalie Cole (Verve Records)
• Coming from a Lady - Lady Ele (13 Black Records)
• Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Emeli Sandé (Capitol)
• Sing to the Moon - Laura Mvula (Columbia Records)
• The Standards - Gloria Estefan (Masterworks)

Outstanding Music Video

• "Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• "
  India.Arie
  (Motown Records)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "
  Made to Love" - John Legend
  (Columbia Records)
• "
  Treasure" - Bruno Mars
  (Atlantic Records)

• "All of me" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "
  Pharrell
  (Star Trak/Interscope)
• "Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
• "Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
• "
  Treasure" - Bruno Mars
  (Atlantic Records)

• Love, Charlie - Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
• The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 - Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)
• Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)
• Love in the Future - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• The Electric Lady - Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)

Literature

Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction

• Anybody's Daughter - Pamela Samuels Young (Goldman House Publishing)
• A Deeper Love Inside: The Porscha Santiaga Story - Sister Souljah (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)
• Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery - Walter Mosley (Doubleday)
• Never Say Never: A Novel - Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)
• Who Asked You? - Terry McMillan (Viking)

Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction

• Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery - Deborah Willis, Barbara Krauthamer (Temple University Press)
• Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations: 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World - Retha Powers (Little, Brown and Company)
• Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones - Hill Harper (Gotham Books)
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Donald Yacovone
  (SmileyBooks)