The 42nd Annual NAACP IMAGE AWARDS

The 42nd NAACP Image Awards were held tonight at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with Prince making a very special appearance.  See what very special award brought the "Kiss" singer out along with pics of a who's who from Halle Berry to Tyler Perry inside...

The ceremony was co-hosted by Wayne Brady and Holly Robinson Peete. 

Wayne Brady's face while on stage with Holly Robinson Peete was priceless.  It was great to see them together. 

During the pre-awards portion of the show,  Holly won the Outstanding Literary Work - Children' award for My Brother Charlie co-written with her daughter.

And of course Wanye Brady was a constant entertainer all evening.

The show honored some very talented individuals. 

Tyler Perry had a big night racking up awards for Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Director in a Motion Picture for the film For Colored Girls.

Terry McMillan won in the Best Literary Work - Fiction category for Getting to Happy.

Regina King won Best Actress in a Drama Series for "Southland."

The Best Writing in a Drama Series award went to Shonda Rhimes.  

Sofia Vergara won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on "Modern Family."

LL Cool J was awarded the Best Actor in a Drama Series award for his work on "NCIS: Los Angeles."

For her work in For Colored Girls, Kimberly Elise won Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

Prince presented the award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture to Halle Berry.  

Halle won for her role in Frankie & Alice. The movie also won for outstanding independent film.

Colin Powell was presented the President's Award.

 
And during the show, a who' who in Hollywood appeared on stage.

Cicely Tyson and Vanessa L. Williams both looked stunning.

Fab twins Tia and Tamera appeared on stage baring the smiles we have all loved for years.

Benjamin Bratt and Viola Davis were presenters.

Blair Underwood made the audience swoon when he walked on stage.  

Kerry Washington and Anthony Mackie were among the presenters. 

And Anika Noni Rose and Jason Derulo were presenters.

And the fabulous Angela Bassett looked amazing.

Tyler Perry posed with actress Kerry Washington who starred in his For Colored Girls film.

Halle Berry looked fabulous in Pucci.

It looks like Tyler Perry asked someone for silence so he could listen to the show.

And Mary Mary caught the spirit while on stage.

Below is a complete list of winners:

TELEVISION

Comedy Series
30 Rock (NBC)

Are We There Yet? (TBS)

Glee (FOX)

Modern Family (ABC)

Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TBS)

Actor in a Comedy Series

David Mann – Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (TBS)

Dule Hill – Psych (USA)

LaVan Davis – Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TBS)

Phil Morris – Love That Girl! (TV One)

Terry Crews – "Are We There Yet?" (TBS)

Actress in a Comedy Series

Cassi Davis – Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TBS)

Essence Atkins – Are We There Yet? (TBS)

Salli Richardson-Whitfield – Eureka (Syfy)

Tatyana Ali – Love That Girl! (TV One)

Vanessa L. Williams – Desperate Housewives (ABC)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Craig Robinson - The Office (NBC)
Ice Cube - Are We There Yet? (TBS)
Lamman Rucker - Meet the Browns (TBS)
Lance Gross - Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TBS)
Tracy Morgan - 30 Rock (NBC)
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Amber Riley - Glee (FOX)
Anna Deavere Smith - Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Keshia Knight Pulliam - Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TBS)
Sofia Vergara - Modern Family (ABC)
Viola Davis - United States of Tara (Showtime)
Drama Series
Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
HawthoRNe (TNT)
Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit (NBC)
Treme (HBO)
Actor in a Drama Series
Anthony Anderson - Law & Order (NBC)
Blair Underwood - The Event (NBC)
Hill Harper - CSI: NY (CBS)
Laurence Fishburne - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)
LL Cool J - NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
Actress in a Drama Series
Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Gu-Gu Mbatha-Raw - Undercovers (NBC)
Jada Pinkett-Smith - HawthoRNe (TNT)
Regina King - Southland (TNT)
Wendy Davis - Army Wives (Lifetime)
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Andre Braughner - Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
Giancarlo Esposito - Breaking Bad (AMC)
James Pickens, Jr. - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Nelsan Ellis - True Blood (HBO)
Terrence Howard - Law & Order: Los Angeles (NBC)
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Alfre Woodard - Memphis Beat (TNT)
Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Sara Ramirez - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
S. Epatha Merkerson - Law & Order (NBC)
Vanessa Bell Calloway - HawthoRNe (TNT)

Television Movie - Miniseries or Dramatic Special

America: The Story of Us (Part 4) (History)

Filling the Gap (PBS)

Luther (BBC America)

Sins of the Mother (Lifetime Movie Network)

The Wronged Man (Lifetime Movie Network)

Actor in a Television Movie - Miniseries or Dramatic Special

Benito Martinez – Lies in Plain Sight (Lifetime Movie Network)

Idris Elba – Luther (BBC America)

Jon Seda – The Pacific (HBO)

Mahershalalhashbaz Ali – The Wronged Man (Lifetime Movie Network)

Michael Jai White – One Angry Juror (Lifetime Movie Network)

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

Jill Scott – Sins of the Mother (Lifetime Movie Network)

Lucy Liu – Marry Me (Lifetime Movie Network)

Rosie Perez – Lies in Plain Sight (Lifetime Movie Network)

Tamera Mowry – Double Wedding (Lifetime Movie Network)

Tia Mowry – Double Wedding (Lifetime Movie Network) Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

Aaron D. Spears - The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Cornelius Smith, Jr. - All My Children (ABC)
Darnell Williams - All My Children (ABC)
Rodney Saulsberry - The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Debbi Morgan - All My Children (ABC)
Julia Pace Mitchell - The Young and the Restless (CBS)
Tatyana Ali - The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Tonya Lee Williams - The Young and the Restless (CBS)
Yvette Freeman - The Bold and Beautiful (CBS) News/Information - Series or Special
A Conversation with President Obama - (BET, CMT, MTV)
Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
The Judge Mathis Show (Syndicated)
Unsung (TV One)
Washington Watch with Roland Martin (TV One)
Talk Series
Conversations with Ed Gordon (BET Networks)
Larry King Live (CNN)
The Mo'Nique Show (BET Networks)
The View (ABC)
TV One on One with Cathy Hughes (TV One)
Reality Series
American Idol (FOX)
America's Next Top Model (The CW)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
Sunday Best (BET Networks)
Variety - Series or Special
2010 Best Honors (BET Networks)
Beyonce: I AM...WORLD TOUR (ABC)
Black Girls Rock! (BET Networks)
TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival (TV One)
UNCF An Evening of Stars Tribute to Lionel Richie (Syndicated)
Children's Program
Brave New Voices 2010 (HBO)
Dora the Explorer (Nickelodeon)
The Backyardigans (Nickelodeon)
True Jackson, VP (Nickelodeon)
Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
Performance in Youth/Children's Program - Series or Special
KeKe Palmer - True Jackson, VP (Nickelodeon)
Lance Robertson - Yo Gabba Gabba: Baby (Nickelodeon)
Nick Cannon - TeenNick Halo Awards 2010 (TeenNick)
Selena Gomez - Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
Victoria Justice - Victorious (Nickelodeon)

RECORDING

New Artist

B.o.B (Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

Bruno Mars (Elektra Records)

Jason Derulo (Warner Bros. Records)

Nicki Minaj (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown)

Willow (Roc Nation/Columbia Records)

Male Artist

Cee Lo Green (Elektra Records)

Jay-Z (Roc Nation/Def Jam)

Kanye West (Island Def Jam Music Group)

Ne-Yo (Island Def Jam Music Group)

Usher (Laface/Jive Records)

Female Artist

Chrisette Michele (Island Def Jam Music Group)

Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol Records)

Mary J. Blige (Geffen Records/Matriarch)

Rihanna (Island Def Jam Music Group)

Sade (Epic Records) Duo, Group, or Collaboration
Diddy-Dirty Money (Bad Boy/Interscope)
Eminem & Rihanna (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Herbie Hancock feat. India Arie, Chaka Khan and others (Hancock Music)
John Legend and The Roots (Columbia Records)
The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope)
Jazz Album
Dee Dee Bridgewater Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love from Dee Dee - Dee Dee Bridgwater (EmArcy/Decca Label Group/DDB Records)
From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf: Live in Marciac - The Wynton Marsalis Quintet & Richard (The Orchard)
Geri Allen & Timeline Live - Geri Allen & Timeline Live (Motema Music)
The Imagine Project - Herbie Hancock (Hancock Music)
VOCAbuLarieS - Bobby McFerrin (Universal Music Group/Decca/Emarcy)
Gospel Album - Traditional or Contemporary
Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter III - Kirk Whalum (Rendezvous Music/Mack Avenue Records)
Here I Am - Marvin Sapp (Verity Gospel Music Group)
Just Love Deluxe - Brian Courtney Wilson (Music World Gospel)
Master Plan - Tamela Mann (TillyMann)
You Are Not Alone - Marvin Sapp (ANTI Records)
World Music Album
Hymns for Rebel Soul - Rocky Dawuni (Aquarian Records)
Oyo - Angelique Kidjo (Razor & Tie)
The Imagine Project - Herbie Hancock (Hancock Music)
The Sound of Sunshine - Michael Franti (EMI Music)
VOCAbuLarieS - Bobby McFerrin (Universal Music Group/Decca/Emarcy)
Music Video
Fistful of Tears - Maxwell (Columbia Records)
Solider of Love - Sade (Epic Records)
Un-thinkable (I'm Ready) - Alicia Keys (J Records)
Whip My Hair - Willow (Roc Nation/Columbia Records)
Why Don't You Love Me - Beyonce Knowles (Columbia Records)

Song

Bittersweet – Fantasia (J Records)

Fistful of Tears – Maxwell (Columbia Records)

Forget You – Cee-Lo Green (Elektra Records)

Soldier of Love – Sade (Epic Records)

Un-thinkable (I'm Ready) – Alicia Keys (J Records)

Album

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West (Island Def Jam Music Group)

Now and Then – Smokey Robinson (Saguaro Road/Cracker Barrel/Robso Records)

Raymond vs. Raymond – Usher (Laface/Jive Records)

Soldier of Love – Sade (Epic Records)

WakeUp! – John Legend and The Roots (Columbia Records)

LITERATURE

Literary Work - Fiction

A Taste of Honey – Jabari Asim (Broadway Books)

Getting to Happy – Terry McMillan (Penguin Group)

Glorious – Bernice L. McFadden (Akashic Books)

Till You Hear From Me – Pearl Cleage (Ballantine Books/One World)

Wench – Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Amistad)

Literary Work -Non-Fiction

Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority – Tom Burrell (SmileyBooks)

Handson the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC – Editors: Faith S. Holsaert, Judy Richardson, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young, Dorothy M. Zellner (University of Illinois Press)

Surviving and Thriving 365 Days in Black Economic History – Dr. Julianne Malveaux (Last Word Productions, Inc.)

The History of White People – Nell Irvin Painter (W.W. Norton & Company)

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness – Michelle Alexander (The New Press) Literary Work - Debut Author Wench - Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Amistad)
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky - Heidi Durrow (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration - Isabel Wilkerson (Random House)

Beneath the Lion's Gaze - Maaza Mengiste (W.W. Norton & Company)
Forest Gate - Peter Akinti (Free Press/Simon & Schuster) Literary Work - Biography/Auto-Biography
Conversations with Myself - Ruth Hobday, Nelson Mandela (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Decoded - Jay-Z (Spiegel & Gran, a Division of Random House)
Extraordinary, Ordinary People - Condoleezza Rice (Crown Archetype)
I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen - My Journey Home - Shoshana Johnson, Mary Doyle (Touchstone, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster)
You Don't Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles - Ray Charles Robinson, Jr. (Crown)
Literary Work - Instructional
A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life - Antwone Fisher (Touchstone, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster)
Diet-Free For Life: A Revolutionary Food, Fitness, and Mindset Makeover to Maximize Fat Loss - Robert Ferguson (Penguin Group USA, Perigee Hardcover)
If it Takes A Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too - Malaak Compton-Rock (Crown Archetype)
The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms - Kirk Franklin (Gotham Books)
The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women - Elaine Meryl Brown, Rhonda McLean, Marsha Haygood (Ballantine Books/One World)
Literary Work - Poetry
100 Best African-American Poems - Nikki Giovanni (Sourcebooks MediaFusion)
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing - Alice Walker (Author), Shiloh McCloud (Illustrator) (New World Library)
Holding Company - Major Jackson (W.W. Norton & Company)
Stuck On the Marrow - Camille T. Dungy (Red Hen Press)
White Egrets - Derek Walcott (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Literary Work - Children
Grandma's Gift - Eric Velasquez (Bloomsbury USA Children's Books)
Mama Miti: Wangai Maathai and the Tree of Kenya - Donna Jo Napoli (Author), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) (Paul Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing)
My Brother Charlie - Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete (Authors) , Shane W. Evans (Illustrator) (Scholastic Press)
Side By Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez - Monica Brown (Author), Joe Cepada (Illustrator) (Harper Collins Children's Books)
Literary Work - Youth/Teens
Condoleezza Rice A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me - Condoleezza Rice (Random House Children's Books)
Lockdown - Walter Dean Myers (Harper Collins Children's Books)
Malcolm X: I Believe in the Brotherhood of Men, All Men - Jeff Burlingame (Enslow Publishers, Inc.)
Out of My Mind - Sharon Draper (Atheneum Young Reader)
One Crazy Summer - Rita Williams-Garcia (Harper Collins Children's Books)

MOTION PICTURE

Motion Picture

For Colored Girls (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)

Just Wright (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

The Book of Eli (Warner Bros. Pictures)

The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)

Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (Lionsgate)

Actor in a Motion Picture

Anthony Mackie – Night Catches Us (Magnolia Pictures)

Common – Just Wright (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Denzel Washington – The Book of Eli (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Jaden Smith – The Karate Kid (Columbia Pictures)

Morgan Freeman – Red (Summit Entertainment)

Actress in a Motion Picture

Halle Berry – Frankie & Alice (Freestyle Releasing)

Janet Jackson – Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (Lionsgate)

Kerry Washington – Night Catches Us (Magnolia Pictures)

Queen Latifah – Just Wright (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Zoe Saldana – The Losers (Warner Bros. Pictures) Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Don Cheale - Brooklyn's Finest (Overture Films)
Idris Elba - Takers (Screen Gems)
Justin Timberlake - The Social Network (Columbia Pictures)
Michael Ealy - For Colored Girls (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
Samuel L. Jackson - Mother and Child (Sony Picture Classics)

Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Anika Noni Rose - For Colored Girls (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
Kimberly Elise - For Colored Girls (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
Phylicia Rashad - For Colored Girls (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
Jill Scott - Why Did I Get Married Too? (Lionsgate)
Whoopi Goldberg - For Colored Girls (Lionsgate/34th Street Films)
Independent Motion Picture
Conviction (Fox Searchlight Pictures
Frankie & Alice (Freestyle Releasing)
La Mission (Screen Media Ventures)
Mother and Child (Sony Pictures Classics)
Night Catches Us (Magnolia Pictures)
Foreign Motion Picture
A Barefoot Dream (Showbox/Mediaplex)
Biutiful (Roadside Atrtractions)
Four Lions (Drafthouse Films)
Mother (Magnolia Pictures)
Outside the Law (Tessalit Productions)

Documentary - Theatrical or Television

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (PBS)

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (Metaphor Films)

If God is Willing and the Creek Don't Rise (HBO)

Waiting for Superman (Paramount Vantage)

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (POV)

WRITING

Writing in a Comedy Series

Aaron McGruder – The Boondocks -The Fund-Raiser (Cartoon Network)

Daniel Chun – The Office - Nepotism (NBC)

Kenny Smith – Pair of Kings - Where the Wild Kings Are (Disney XD)

Myra J. – Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns - Meet the Racist (TBS)

Vali Chandrasekaran – 30 Rock - Khonani (NBC) Writing in a Drama Series
Alexander Woo - True Blood - "It Hurts Me Too" (HBO)
Janine Sherman Barrois - Criminal Minds - "Remembrance of Things Past (CBS)
Judith McCreary - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - "Disabled" (NBC)
Leyani Diaz, Venessa Rojas - The Event - "Loyalty" (NBC)
Shonda Rhimes - Private Practice - "Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?" (ABC)

Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) Cheryl Edwards, Marko King, Mary King, Jonathan Walters, Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse - Frankie & Alice (Freestyle Releasing)
Michael C. Martin - Brooklyn's Finest (Overture Films)
Michael Elliot - Just Wright (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Rodrigo Garcia - Mother and Child (Sony Pictures Classics)
Tyler Perry - Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (Lionsgate)

Directing in a Comedy Series

Joe Morton – Eureka -Stoned (Syfy)

Justin Lin – Community - Modern Warfare (NBC)

Ken Whittingham – 30 Rock -Anna Howard Shaw Day (NBC)

Kevin Rodney Sullivan – Modern Family -Game Changer (ABC)

Michael Schultz – Chuck" -Chuck vs. "The Couch Lock (NBC)

Directing in a Drama Series Felix Acala - Southland - "What Makes Sammy Run" (TNT)
Millicent Shelton - Men of a Certain Age - "Go with the Flow" (TNT)
Paris Barclay - In Treatment - "Sunil: Week 6" (HBO)
Seith Mann - Friday Night Lights - "Injury List" (DirecTV/NBC)
Stephen L. Williams - Undercovers - "Instructions" (NBC)
Directing in a Motion Picture -Theatrical or Television
Geoffrey Sax - Frankie & Alice (Freestyle Releasing)
George Tillman, Jr. - Faster (CBS Films)
Tanya Hamilton - Night Catches Us (Magnolia Pictures)
The Hughes Brothers - The Book of Eli (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Tyler Perry - For Colored Girls (Lionsgate/34th Street Films) 

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