'The Piano Lesson,' GloRilla and Ayo Edebiri lead NAACP Image Award nominations
The NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year may determine which celebrity had the biggest year for Black audiences.
The NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year may determine which celebrity had the biggest year for Black audiences.
Was it rapper Kendrick Lamar, whose beef with Drake dominated headlines for weeks? Or Keke Palmer, the podcaster, actor and game show host who seemed to be everywhere? Was it side-splitting comedian Kevin Hart or Shannon Sharpe, whose podcast “Club Shay Shay” regularly sets social media ablaze with hot gossip? Perhaps it was Cynthia Erivo for whom “Wicked” fans held space in order to defy gravity.
The winner will be announced on Feb. 22 during the NAACP Image Awards ceremony, which will be broadcast on BET and CBS.
“The Piano Lesson,” starring John David Washington in an adaptation of one of August Wilson’s revered plays, leads in the film categories with 14 nominations, while “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” leads across the television categories with nine nominations.
(“Wicked” and “Fight Night” were released by units of NBC News’ parent company, NBCUniversal.)
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