The Michael B.Jordan-starrer and the N.W.A. movie lead movie nominees for the February awards show with six and five nods each including Outstanding Motion Picture.
- Dec 9, 2015
AceShowbiz - Nominees for the 47th annual NAACP Image Awards were announced on Tuesday, December 8 with "Creed" in the lead for movie category. The "Rocky" spin-off leads the pack with a total of six nominations including Outstanding Motion Picture.
The boxing movie is up against "Beasts of No Nation", "Concussion", "Dope" and "Straight Outta Compton" to win the Outstanding Motion Picture. "Creed" is also nominated in Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for Michael B. Jordan and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for its two female cast members Phylicia Rashad and Tessa Thompson.
Another movie dominating the list are "Straight Outta Compton" and "Beasts of No Nation". "Compton" came up in several categories including Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for Corey Hawkins and O'Shea Jackson Jr. and Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film) for screenwriters Andrea Berloff and Jonathan Herman. The N.W.A. film gets a total of five nods in movie category, followed by the Idris Elba-starrer which bags four nominations.
Meanwhile, Jordan is up for the top award, Entertainer of the Year. He is joined by Misty Copeland, Pharrell Williams, Shonda Rimes and Viola Davis in the category.
Winners in all fields, including music and TV, will be announced on February 5 during a two-hour ceremony airing live on TV One.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
- Michael B. Jordan
- Misty Copeland
- Pharrell Williams
- Shonda Rhimes
- Viola Davis
- "Beasts of No Nation" (Netflix)
- "Concussion" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
- "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
- "Dope" (Open Road Films)
- "Straight Outta Compton" (Universal Pictures)
- Abraham Attah - "Beasts of No Nation" (Netflix)
- Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Secret in Their Eyes" (STX Entertainment)
- Michael B. Jordan - "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
- Michael Ealy - "The Perfect Guy" (Screen Gems)
- Will Smith - "Concussion" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
- Keke Palmer - "Brotherly Love" (Flavor Unit)
- Sanaa Lathan - "The Perfect Guy" (Screen Gems)
- Teyonah Parris - "Chi-Raq" (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
- Viola Davis - "Lila & Eve" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- Zoe Saldana - "Infinitely Polar Bear" (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Chiwetel Ejiofor - "The Martian" (20th Century Fox)
- Corey Hawkins - "Straight Outta Compton" (Universal Pictures)
- Forest Whitaker - "Southpaw" (The Weinstein Company)
- Idris Elba - "Beasts of No Nation" (Netflix)
- O'Shea Jackson Jr. - "Straight Outta Compton" (Universal Pictures)
- Angela Bassett - "Chi-Raq" (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw - "Concussion" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
- Jennifer Hudson - "Chi-Raq" (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
- Phylicia Rashad - "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
- Tessa Thompson - "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
- "Beasts of No Nation" (Netflix)
- "Brotherly Love" (Flavor Unit)
- "Chi-Raq" (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
- "Infinitely Polar Bear" (Sony Pictures Classics)
- "Secret in Their Eyes" (STX Entertainment)
- Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman - "Straight Outta Compton" (Universal Pictures)
- Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois, Grant Thompson - "McFarland USA" (Walt Disney Pictures)
- Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley - "Inside Out (2015)" (Disney/Pixar)
- Rick Famuyiwa - "Dope" (Open Road Films)
- Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington - "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon - "Me & Earl & the Dying Girl" (Fox Searchlight Pictures / Rhode Island Ave)
- Charles Stone, III - "Lila & Eve" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- F. Gary Gray - "Straight Outta Compton" (Universal Pictures)
- Rick Famuyiwa - "Dope" (Open Road Films)
- Ryan Coogler - "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
- Aisha Tyler - "Archer" (FX Networks)
- Audra McDonald - "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)
- Jeffrey Wright - "The Good Dinosaur" (Disney/Pixar)
- Loretta Devine - "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Channel)
- Wanda Sykes - "Penn Zero" (Disney XD)
- "Amy" (A24)
- "Dreamcatcher" (Rise Films, Green Acres Films & Vixen Films in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundation)
- "In My Fathers House" (Break Thru Films)
- "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" (PBS Distribution/Firelight Films)
- "What Happened, Miss Simone?" (A Radical Media Production in Association with Moxie Firecracker for Netflix)
