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Soledad O'Brien was given the honorary President's Award for her work
as a journalist. Honorary recognition also included Bill Cosby's
induction into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame and the Chairman's
Award to Bono.
TELEVISION CATEGORIES:
Comedy series: "Ugly Betty"
Director of comedy series: "Kenneth Whittingham, "The Office."
Actor in a comedy series: Tyler James Williams, "Everybody Hates
Chris."
Actress in a comedy series: Tracee Ellis Ross, "Girlfriends."
Supporting actor in a comedy series: Reggie Hayes, "Girlfriends"
Supporting actress in a comedy series: Vanessa Williams, "Ugly Betty"
Writing in comedy series: Silvio Horta, "Ugly Betty."
Drama Series: "Grey's Anatomy"
Director of drama series: Karen Gaviola, "The Whole Truth."

Actor in a drama series: Isaiah
Washington. "Grey's Anatomy"
Actress in drama series: Kimberly Elise, "Close to Home."
Supporting actor in a drama series: Omar Epps, "House."
Supporting actress in a drama series: Chandra Wilson, "Grey's Anatomy"
Writing in drama series: Shonda Rhimes, "Grey's Anatomy," "It's the
End of the World."
TV movie, miniseries, or dramatic
special: "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."
Actor in a TV movie, miniseries or
dramatic special: Kadeem Hardison, "Life is Not a Fairytale: The
Fantasia Barrino Story."
Actress in a TV movie, miniseries or
dramatic special: Sophie Okonedo, "Tsunami, The Aftermath."
Actor in a daytime drama series:
Kristoff St. John, "The Young and the Restless."
Actress in a daytime drama series:
Tracy Ross, "Passions."
News, talk or information, series or
special: Tavis Smiley, "Katrina--One Year Later."
Reality: "American Idol."
Variety series or special: "An
Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder."
Children's Program: "That's So Raven"
Outstanding Performance, Children's
Program: Raven Symone. "That's So Raven"
MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES:
Motion picture: "The Pursuit of
Happyness."
Actor in a motion picture: Forest
Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland."
Actress in a motion picture: Keke
Palmer, "Akeelah and the Bee."
Supporting actor in a motion picture:
Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond."
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Supporting actress in a motion
picture: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls."
Independent or Foreign Film: "An
Inconvenient Truth."
Director of motion picture,
television movie: Spike Lee, "The Inside Man."
Writing for motion picture,
television movie: Doug Atchison, "Akeelah and the Bee."
LITERATURE CATEGORIES:
Literary work, fiction: "Baby
Brother's Blues," Pearl Cleage.
Literary work, nonfiction: "The
Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream," Barack
Obama.
Debut author: "Letters to a Young
Brother," Hill Harper.
Biography, autobiography: "The
Pursuit of Happyness," Christ Gardner.
Instructional: "Mama Made The
Difference," T.D. Jakes.
Poetry: "Celebrations: Rituals of
Peace and Prayer," Maya Angelou.

Children: "Moses: When Harriet
Tubman Led Her People to Freedom," Carole Boston Weatherford.
Youth/teens: "Letters to a Young
Brother," Hill Harper.
MUSIC CATEGORIES:
New artist: Corinne Bailey Rae.
Male artist: Prince
Female artist: Mary J. Blige.
Duo or group: The Roots.
Jazz artist: Glady Knight.
Gospel artist, traditional or
contemporary: Kirk Franklin.
Music video: Mary J. Blige, "Be
Without You."
Song: "I Am Not My Hair,"
India.Arie.
Album: "Dreamgirls" (Soundtrack)
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