41st NAACP Image Awards


The 41st NAACP Image Awards ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, honored the best in film, television, music of 2009 and took place on February 26, 2010 at the Shrine Auditorium. The show was televised live on Fox and hosted by Hill Harper and Anika Noni Rose.
The nominees are listed below with the winners in bold.

Motion Picture

Outstanding Motion Picture

*Morgan Freeman - Invictus
*Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
*Adam Rodriguez - Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself
*Mo'Nique - Precious
*Precious

Outstanding Comedy Series

*Cornelius Smith Jr. - All My Children
*Debbi Morgan - All My Children
*The Mo'Nique Show
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*Dora the Explorer

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

*The Office
*Grey's Anatomy
*Precious

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

*30 Rock
*Grey's Anatomy
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*Precious

Outstanding New Artist

*Keri Hilson
*Maxwell
*Mary J. Blige
*He and She - Wynton Marsalis
*Still - BeBe & CeCe Winans
*I Look to You - Whitney Houston
*God in Me - Mary Mary
*Stronger with Each Tear - Mary J. Blige