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UPDATED, 9 AM: The NAACP Image Awards today revealed a pair of career honors for musical acts to be presented at its 55th annual ceremony on March 16. New Edition will be inducted into the will be inducted into the acclaimed NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame, and R&B hitmaking Maze frontman Frankie…

The 54th annual NAACP Image Awards seem to have benefitted from returning to CBS this year. The ceremony, which was held Saturday at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, grew its audience by 72% compared to last year, drawing 2.9 million total viewers in its simulcast. The telecast aired across BET and…

Angela Bassett won big at the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday. The actress took home three trophies: for Outstanding Actress in a drama series for 9-1-1, Supporting Actress for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the biggest award of the night, Entertainer of the Year. Related…

WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner and wife Cherelle took the stage at the award show. The show's host Queen Latifah prefaced Griner's appearance by commenting on the resilience of Black people.  "We stay overcoming because that's what we do!"  She used that moment to segue into an…

Angela Bassett was the top winner at the NAACP Image Awards taking the trophy for Entertainer of the Year. The star had previously won this year for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for 9-1-1 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which…

The NAACP Image Awards honor the achievements and performances of people of color across more than 80 competitive categories. A week-long celebration will culminate with a gala at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California that will be televised. Scroll through the gallery below to see all the red carpet loo…

The NAACP today revealed the nominees for its 54th annual NAACP Image Awards, with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and The Woman King leading the film side and Abbott Elementary and the now-ended Black-ish topping TV. The group also set up an all-female race for its Entertainer of the Year award. The…

EXCLUSIVE: The NAACP production venture with CBS Studios has set up two more drama projects at CBS in its second broadcast development cycle, For Justice, from writers Sallie Patrick and Garen Thomas, which is based on the life of former NYPD Detective Katrina Brownlee; and The Pact, from writer Marcus…

The Black List will assist CBS Studios/NAACP in identifying a shortlist of talented writers who exemplify authentic storytelling of Black narratives through a submission period on blcklst.com that begins August 16 and is open until Nov. 16. Interested writers with feature films, pilots, plays or theatrical musicals…

EXCLUSIVE: Creator+, a next-generation content studio and distribution platform for digital-first storytellers and creators, has unveiled their inaugural class of emerging filmmakers for its 'Flip the Script' Short Film Fund. Creator+ is a studio and distribution platform, whose goal is to empower the next…

A new report from the Hollywood Bureau of the NAACP has found that the scarcity of Black executives in Hollywood has led to a plethora of films and TV shows that "are harming the African American community," and that the "absence of Black control of media has rendered the community vulnerable to a host of debilitating…

The Harder They Fall was named Outstanding Motion Picture during Saturday’s televised portion of the 53rd NAACP Image Awards after the five non-televised ceremonies this week. The Western led the field with five wins overall during the week after being shut out of the Academy Award nominations. Will Smith and Jennifer…