The 56th NAACP Picture Awards, which honor the yr’s greatest in Black achievement and excellence, wrapped up Saturday night time by naming Keke Palmer its Entertainer of the Yr, the group’s marquee award.
Deon Cole emceed the ceremony on the Pasadena Civic Middle, the place honorary awards got to Kamala Harris, who acquired the Chairman’s Award; BET Media Group, which acquired the Founders Award; and Dave Chappelle, who acquired the President’s Award and gave an impassioned speech, saying he was “invigorated” in receiving what he known as a very powerful award he had ever acquired.
Palmer, who gained an Picture Award earlier this week for internet hosting Password, beat out a loaded group for the Entertainer of the Yr honor, successful over Cynthia Erivo, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Hart and Shannon Sharpe.
In different huge awards tonight, Tyler Perry’s The Six Triple Eight was named Excellent Movement Image, an honor that got here proper after its star Kerry Washington gained Excellent Actress in a Movement Image. Earlier within the week, the warfare drama gained Excellent Ensemble Solid in a Movement Image, whereas castmember Ebony Obsidian gained for Breakthrough Efficiency.
Martin Lawrence, in the meantime, gained the Excellent Actor in a Movement Image prize tonight for Dangerous Boys: Experience or Die.
In TV, Queen Latifah (The Equalizer) and Michael Rainey Jr. (Energy E book II: Ghost) gained within the Actress and Actor drama races, respectively, whereas Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) and Damon Wayans (Poppa’s Home) gained for Comedy actress and actor, respectively.
The Wayans Household was additionally inducted into the NAACP Corridor of Fame in the course of the ceremony, with the clan reminiscing onstage about their legacy.
Additionally tonight, Morris Chestnut emceed a section highlighting these impacted by the wildfires within the traditionally Black neighborhood of Altadena, the stage filling with the city’s residents as Ledisi carried out with the Adam Blackstone Band.
Tonight was the end result of two nights of pre-show awards earlier within the week, with winners together with Beyoncé taking Excellent Feminine Artist and Excellent Album of the Yr, Doechii successful Excellent New Artist, and Chris Brown successful Excellent Male Artist within the music classes.
Different winners introduced earlier this week included Ayo Edebiri for Excellent Breakthrough Inventive (Tv) for The Bear, Jamie Foxx‘s stand-up particular Jamie Foxx: What Had Occurred Was, and Samuel L. Jackson and Taraji P. Henson.
Amongst different movie winners earlier this week, The Piano Lesson director Malcom Washington gained Excellent Breakthrough Inventive (Movement Image) whereas Emilia Pérez, which leads all Oscar nominees this yr with 13, gained for Excellent Worldwide Movement Image.
Right here’s the whole 2025 winners record:
Saturday Winners
Entertainer of the Yr
Keke Palmer
Excellent Movement Footage
“The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Excellent Actress in a Movement Image
Kerry Washington — “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Excellent Actor in a Movement Image
Martin Lawrence — “Dangerous Boys: Experience or Die” (Sony Footage)
Excellent Actor in a Comedy Serie
Damon Wayans — “Poppa’s Home” (CBS)
Excellent Actress in a Comedy Collection
Quinta Brunson — “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Excellent Actor in a Drama Collection
Michael Rainey Jr. — “Energy E book II: Ghost” (Starz)
Excellent Actress in a Drama Collection
Queen Latifah — “The Equalizer” (CBS)
Pre-Present Evening 2 Winners
TV/MOTION PICTURE
Excellent Costume Design (Tv or Movement Image)
“Depraved” – Paul Tazewell (Common Footage)
Excellent Hair Styling (Tv or Movement Image)
“Battle Evening: The Million Greenback Heist” – Lawrence Davis (Peacock)
Excellent Make-up (Tv or Movement Image)
“Shirley” – Debi Younger (Netflix)
Excellent Stunt Ensemble
“Insurgent Ridge” – Keith Woulard, Nico Woulard (Netflix)
Excellent Worldwide Movement Image
“Emilia Pérez” – (Netflix)
Excellent Character Voice-Over Efficiency (Movement Image)
Blue Ivy Carter – “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios Movement Image)
Excellent Directing in a Documentary (Tv or Movement Image)
Daybreak Porter – “Luther: By no means Too A lot” (Sony Music Leisure/Sony Music Publishing/CNN Movies)
Excellent Cinematography in a Movement Image
Jomo Fray – “Nickel Boys” (Orion Footage/Amazon MGM Studios)
Excellent Breakthrough Inventive (Movement Image)
Malcolm Washington – “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Excellent Breakthrough Efficiency in a Movement Image
Ebony Obsidian – “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Excellent Ensemble Solid in a Movement Image
“The Six Triple Eight” – (Netflix)
MUSIC
Excellent New Artist
Doechii – (Capitol Data/Prime Dawg Leisure)
Excellent Male Artist
Chris Brown – (RCA Data/Chris Brown Leisure)
Excellent Feminine Artist
Beyoncé – (Columbia Data/Parkwood Leisure LLC)
Excellent Worldwide Tune
“Hmmm” – Chris Brown feat. Davido (RCA Data/Chris Brown Leisure)
Excellent Jazz Album
“Portrait” – Samara Pleasure (Verve Data)
Excellent Gospel/Christian Tune
“Working For Me” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
Excellent Gospel/Christian Album
“Dwell Breathe Battle” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
Excellent Duo, Group or Collaboration (Conventional)
Adam Blackstone & Fantasia – “Summertime” (BASSic Black Leisure Data/Anderson Music Group/EMPIRE)
Excellent Duo, Group or Collaboration (Up to date)
Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece of My Coronary heart” (RCA Data/Sony Music Worldwide/Starboy Leisure)
Excellent Authentic Rating for Tv/Movie
“Star Wars: The Acolyte (Authentic Soundtrack)” – (Walt Disney Data)
Excellent Tune – Hip-Hop/Rap Tune
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang, underneath unique license to Interscope Data)
Excellent Album
“Cowboy Carter” – Beyoncé (Columbia Data/Parkwood Leisure LLC)
PODCASTS
Excellent Podcast – Restricted Collection/Quick Kind
“Stranded” – (Broadway Video and Audible)
Excellent Podcast – Information and Info
“Native Land Pod” – (iHeartPodcasts, Reasoned Selection Media)
Excellent Podcast – Life-style/Self-Assist
“We Don’t At all times Agree with Ryan & Sterling” – (ABF Inventive & Indian Meadows Manufacturing)
Pre-Present Evening 1 Winners
TELEVISION
Excellent Kids’s Program
“Gracie’s Nook” – YouTube TV
Excellent Efficiency by a Youth (Collection, Particular, Tv Film or Restricted Collection)
Leah Sava Jeffries – “Percy Jackson and the Olympics” (Disney+)
Excellent Animated Collection
“Gracie’s Nook” – YouTube TV
Excellent Character Voice-Over Efficiency (Tv)
Cree Summer time – “Rugrats” (Nickelodeon)
Excellent Selection (Collection or Particular)
“Jamie Foxx: What Had Occurred Was” (Netflix)
Excellent Visitor Efficiency
Marlon Wayans – “Bel-Air” (Peacock)
Excellent Writing in a Comedy Collection
Crystal Jenkins – “No Good Deed – Letters of Intent” Netflix)
Excellent Writing in a Drama Collection
Ben Watkins – Cross “Hero Complicated” (Prime Video)
Excellent Writing in a Tv Film or Particular
Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Thembi L. Banks – “Younger. Wild. Free.” (BET+)
Excellent Breakthrough Inventive (Tv)
Ayo Edebiri – “The Bear” (FX/Hulu)
Excellent Supporting Actress in a Restricted Tv (Collection, Particular, Film)
Taraji P. Henson – “Battle Evening: The Million Greenback Heist” (Peacock)
Excellent Supporting Actor in a Restricted Tv (Collection, Particular, Film)
Samuel L. Jackson – “Battle Evening: The Million Greenback Heist” (Peacock)
Excellent Directing in a Tv Film or Particular
Tina Mabry – “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” (Hulu)
Excellent Directing in a Comedy Collection
Tiffany Johnson – “How you can Die Alone – ‘Belief No One’” (Hulu)
Excellent Directing in a Drama Collection
Rapman – “Supacell – ‘Supacell’” (Netflix)
Excellent Information/Info (Collection or Particular)
“The Reidout” – MSNBC
Excellent Host in a Actuality/Actuality Competitors, Sport Present or Selection (Collection or Particular) – Particular person or Ensemble
Keke Palmer – “Password” (NBC)
Excellent Actuality Program, Actuality Competitors Providers/Sport Present
“Celeb Household Feud” (ABC)
BOOKS
Excellent Literary Work – Fiction
“One among Us Is aware of: A Thriller” – Alyssa Cole (William Morrow – HarperCollins Publishers)
Excellent Literary Work – Non-Fiction
“Love & Whiskey: The Exceptional True Story of Jack Daniel, His Grasp Distiller Nearest Inexperienced, and the Unbelievable Rise of Uncle Nearest” – Fawn Weaver (Melcher Media Inc.)
Excellent Literary Work – Debut Writer
Sarai Johnson – “Grown Ladies” (Harper – HarperCollins Publishers)
Excellent Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
“Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Woke up America” – Pleasure-Ann Reid (Mariner Books – HarperCollins Publishers)
Excellent Literary Work – Educational
“Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Pure Hair” – Tomesha Faxio (Clarkson Potter – Crown Publishing Group)
Excellent Literary Work – Poetry
“This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Up to date Black Poets” – Kwame Alexander (Little, Brown and Firm – Hachette E book Group)
Excellent Literary Work – Kids
“You Can Be a Good Pal (No Matter What!): A Lil TJ E book” – Taraji P. Henson, Paul Kellam (Zonderkidz – HarperCollins Publishers)
Excellent Literary Work – Youth/Teenagers
“Brushed Between Cultures: A YA Coming of Age Novel Set in Brooklyn, New York” – Samarra St. Hilaire (Self-Printed)
Excellent Literary Work – Graphic Novel
“Punk Rock Karaoke” – Bianca Xunise
SHORT FORM
Excellent ShortForm Collection or Particular – Actuality/Nonfiction/Documentary
“The Prince of Loss of life Row Data” (YouTube TV)
Excellent Quick Kind Documentary (Movie)
“How you can Sue the Klan”
Excellent Quick Kind (Dwell Motion)
“Superman Doesn’t Steal”
Excellent Quick Kind (Animated)
“Peanut Headz: Black Historical past Toonz “Jackie Robinson” (Exhibit Treal Studios
