If you’ve been wondering what’s in store for this year’s NAACP Image Awards, you will be pleasantly surprised as we learned today that Steve Harvey, comedian, author, radio and talk show host, will host the show and will have Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah, Wanda Sykes and Tony Goldwyn as part of the all-star line-up of presenters.
We’ve also heard that Dennis Haysbert will be the “in-show” announcer during the LIVE broadcast on Friday, Feb. 1, 8-10 p.m. ET on NBC from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
The NAACP Image Awards is the premier multicultural awards show. It celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film, and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors.
Honorees
NAACP award-winning actress, Kerry Washington, will be presented with the NAACP President’s Award for her work with the V-Counsel, an esteemed group of advisors to V-Day, the global movement to end violence against women and girls, and she serves on the board of Voices of a People’s History, a non-profit arts and education group.
United States Navy Vice Admiral Michelle Janine Howard will receive the NAACP Chairman’s Award and is bestowed in recognition of special achievement and distinguished public service and of special note, on March 12, 1999, Howard became the first African-American woman to command a ship in the U.S. Navy.
Nominees
This year there were over 1,200 submissions from artists, managers, publicists, production companies, record labels, studios, networks and/or publishers in 53 categories. Click here to see the complete nominee list from our coverage of that event .
The NAACP Image Awards are being produced by Reginald Hudlin and Brad Lachman. Bill Bracken will serve as Supervising Producer and Byron Phillips as Producer. The production team also includes Tony McCuin as Director and Melanie Massie as the Talent Executive.
Event sponsors include: FedEx, UAW/Chrysler, AT&T, Hyundai Motors, Wells Fargo, General Motors, Walmart, Bank of America, Walgreens, Gilead Sciences, AARP, Ford Motor, Anheuser Busch, Pepsico.
For all information and latest news, please visit the official NAACP Image Awards website at http://www.naacpimageawards.net.
