Early winners at the 49th NAACP Image Awards, as announced a pre-telecast gala dinner Sunday (Jan. 14) in Pasadena, California:
FILM
Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Idris Elba, THOR: Ragnarok
Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Independent Motion Picture: Detroit
Documentary: STEP
Writing: Jordan Peele, Get Out
Directing in a Motion Picture: Jordan Peele, Get Out
MUSIC
New Artist: SZA
Male Artist: Bruno Mars
Female Artist: Mary J. Blige
Duo, Group or Collaboration: Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna
Jazz Album: Petite Afrique, Somi
Gospel/Christian Album: Greenleaf Soundtrack Volume 2, Greenleaf Soundtrack
Music Video/Visual Album: That’s What I Like, Bruno Mars
Song – Traditional: “That’s What I Like,” Bruno Mars
Album: DAMN., Kendrick Lamar
Song – Contemporary: “HUMBLE.,” Kendrick Lamar
TELEVISION
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Jay Ellis, Insecure
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Marsai Martin, black-ish
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Joe Morton, Scandal
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Naturi Naughton, Power
Television Movie, Limited, Series or Dramatic Special: The New Edition Story
Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special: Idris Elba, Guerrilla
Actress in a Television Movie, Limited, Series or Dramatic Special: Queen Latifah, Flint
Directing in a Comedy Series: Anton Cropper, black-ish
Directing in a Dramatic Series: Carl Franklin, 13 Reasons Why
Directing in a Television Movie or Special: Allen Hughes, The Defiant Ones
News/information Series or Special: Unsung
Documentary: “The 44th President: In His Own Words
Talk Series: The Real
Reality Program/Reality Competition Series: The Manns
Variety or Game Show Series or Special: Lip Sync Battle
Children’s Program: Doc McStuffins
Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series): Caleb McLaughlin, Stranger Things
Host in a Talk or News/Information Series or Special: Roland Martin, News One Now
Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety Series or Special: LL Cool J, Lip Sync Battle (Spike)
Character Voice-Over Performance: Tiffany Haddish, Legends of Chamberlain Heights
Writing in a Comedy Series: Janine Barrois, Claws
Writing in a Dramatic Series: Gina Prince-Bythewood, Shots Fired
Writing in a Television Movie or Special: Abdul Williams, The New Edition Story
LITERATURE
Fiction: The Annotated African American Folktales, Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor),Maria Tatar (Editor), (Liveright Publishing Corporation)
Non-Fiction: Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies, Dick Gregory
Debut Author: No One Is Coming to Save Us, Stephanie Powell Watts
Biography or Autobiography: Becoming Ms. Burton, From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women, Susan Burton and Cari Lynn
Instructional: The Awakened Woman: Remembering & Reigniting our Sacred Dreams, Dr. Tererai Trent
Poetry: Incendiary Art: Poems, Patricia Smith
Children: Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History, Vashti Harrison
Youth and Teens: Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, Rita Williams-Garcia, author and Frank Morrison illustrator