According to thebellereport.com
The NAACP Image Award Nominations are announcer
Kirk Franklin and Sounds of Blackness Nominated in Two Categories
Los Angeles, CA — The nominations for the 43rd NAACP Image Awards were announced Thursday, and the leader of the pack is “The Help” with eight.
That may come as a bit of a surprise, as the DreamWorks movie has drawn some controversy for its portrayals of racial attitudes in Mississippi in the early 1960s.
In addition to being nominated for best movie, Tate Taylor nabbed nominations for best director and best screenplay.
The female actresses behind “The Help” lodged the film in additional categories: Viola Davis and Emma Stone are up for best actress; Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer and Cicely Tyson are in the running for best supporting actress.
Also earning NAACP notices are Focus Features’ “Pariah” (seven nominations), TriStar Pictures’ “Jumping the Broom” (six), National Geographic Entertainment’s “The First Grader” (three) and Universal’s “Tower Heist” (two).
The Image Awards honor outstanding people of color for their work in film, television, music, and literature. The awards show will air live on Friday, Feb. 17 (8 to 10 p.m. ET/PT) on NBC.
“Love That Girl!,” “Modern Family,” “Reed Between the Lines,” “The Game” and “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” received nominations for best television comedy.
In the drama category, “Boardwalk Empire,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “The Good Wife” and “Treme” earned nominations for outstanding series.
In the music categories, Beyonce snared four nominations, followed by Mary J. Blige (three) and Kirk Franklin who was named in two category.
Below are the categories where our Gospel Colleagues placed
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
• Boyz II Men
• Cee Lo Green feat. Melanie Fiona
• Mary J. Blige feat. Drake
• Sounds of Blackness
• The Roots
Outstanding Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary)
• “Becoming” – Yolanda Adams (N House Music Group)
• “Church on the Moon” – Deitrick Haddon (Verity Gospel Music Group)
• “Hello Fear” – Kirk Franklin (Verity Gospel Music Group)
• “Something Big” – Mary Mary (Columbia Records)
• “The Journey” – Andraé Crouch (RiverPhlo Entertainment)
Outstanding Song
• “Best Thing I Never Had” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• “Fool for You feat. Melanie Fiona” – Cee Lo Green (Elektra Records)
• “I Smile” – Kirk Franklin (Verity Gospel Music Group)
• “So In Love feat. Anthony Hamilton” – Jill Scott (Warner Bros. Records)
• “Someone Like You” – Adele (Columbia Records)
Outstanding World Music Album
• “Afrodiaspora” – Susana Baca
• “Carnival Fever” – Brother B
• “Live at 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival” – Boukman Eksperyans
• “Sounds of Blackness” – Sounds of Blackness
• “The First Grader” – Alex Heffes
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
• “A Year to Wellness and Other Weight Loss Secrets” – Bertice Berry (Freeman House
Publishing)
• “Living My Dream: An Artistic Approach to Marketing” – Synthia Saint James (Create Space)
• “Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy, & Social Justice in Classroom &
Community” – Quraysh Ali Lansana (Teachers & Writers Collaborative)
• “The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God ” – T.D. Jakes (Atria Books)
• “Too Important to Fail: Saving America’s Boys” – Tavis Smiley (Author), Juan Roberts
