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

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Motion Picture
• Alicia Keys – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Beyoncé Knowles – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music
Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Jennifer Hudson – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Sophie Okonedo – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Taraji P. Henson – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
(Paramount)
The nominees listed in the following categories were voted upon by Subcommittees.
Outstanding Independent Motion
Picture
• “Ballast” (Alluvial Film Co.)
• “Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom” (Logo)
• “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
• “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture • “Captain Abu Raed” (Neoclassics Films)
• “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “Mongol” (Picturehouse)
• “Song of Sparrows” (Regent Releasing)
• “Under the Same Moon” (Fox Searchlight)
DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY
Outstanding Documentary • “The Black List” (HBO)
• “Black Magic” (ESPN)
• “CNN Presents: Black in America” (CNN)
• “Dare Not Walk Alone” (DNWA Productions)
• “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films)
WRITING CATEGORIES
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy
Series
• Aaron McGruder & Rodney Barnes – “The Boondocks” – The
Story of Gangstalicious Part 2 (Cartoon Network)
• Erica D. Montolfo – “The Game” – White Coats and White Lies
(CW)
• Marc Wilmore – “The Simpsons” – My Pods and Broomstick
(FOX)
• Ryan Koh – “The Office” – Business Ethics (NBC)
• Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally – “Ugly Betty” – Crush’d (ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic
Series
• Aaron Rahsaan Thomas – “Friday Night Lights” – Leave No
One Behind (NBC)
• Janine Sherman Barrois – “ER” – Parental Guidance (NBC)
• Kathleen McGhee-Anderson – “Lincoln Heights” – Glass House
(ABC)
• Liz Friedman & Sara Hess – “House” – Lucky Thirteen (FOX)
• Shonda Rhimes – “Grey’s Anatomy” – Freedom Part 1 & 2
(ABC)

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