40th NAACP Image Awards Nominees Announced; Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, others

Outstanding Literary Work –
Children
• “Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem” – Maya Angelou
(illustrators – Lou Fancher & Steven Johnson) (Schwartz &
Wade)
• “Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope” – Nikki
Grimes, (illustrator – Bryan Collier) (Simon & Schuster)
• “Say a Little Prayer” – Dionne Warwick, David Freeman
Wooley, Tonya Bolden, (illustrator – Soud) (Running Press)
• “We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball” – Kadir
Nelson (Disney Publishing)
• “You Can Do It!” – Tony Dungy, (illustrator – Amy June Bates)
(Simon & Schuster)
Outstanding Literary Work –
Youth/Teens
• “Beacon Hills High” – Mo’Nique Imes Jackson, Sherri McGee
McCovey (Amistad)
• “Joseph” – Shelia P. Moses (Simon & Schuster)
• “Letters To A Young Sister: Define Your Destiny” – Hill Harper
(Gotham Books)
• “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s American Heroes: Robert Smalls, The
Boat Thief” – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., (illustrator Patrick Faricy)
(Disney Hyperion)
• “Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Plum Fantastic” – Whoopi Goldberg,
Nancy Cato, (illustrator – Maryn Roos)(Disney Publishing)
MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES
Outstanding Motion Picture • “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• “Miracle at St. Anna” (Touchstone Pictures)
• “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)
• “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys” (Lionsgate)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion
Picture
• Derek Luke – “Miracle at St. Anna” (Touchstone Pictures)
• Don Cheadle – “Traitor” (Overture Films)
• Jeffrey Wright – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood
Pictures)
• Rob Brown – “The Express” (Universal Pictures)
• Will Smith – “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion
Picture
• Alfre Woodard – “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys”
(Lionsgate)
• Angela Bassett – “Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns” (Lionsgate)
• Dakota Fanning – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Queen Latifah – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Rosario Dawson – “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a
Motion Picture
• Cedric the Entertainer – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music
Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Columbus Short – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music
Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Dev Patel – “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
• Mos Def – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood
Pictures)
• Nate Parker – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)

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