41st NAACP Image Awards | |
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Date | February 26, 2010 |
Site | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California |
Hosted by | Hill Harper and Anika Noni Rose |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | Precious |
Best Comedy Series | Tyler Perry's House of Payne |
Best Drama Series | Lincoln Heights' |
Most nominations | Precious (8) |
Television coverage | |
Network | Fox |
The 41st NAACP Image Awards ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2009 calendar year. [1] The ceremony was hosted by Hill Harper and Anika Noni Rose at the Shrine Auditorium and aired on February 26, 2010 on Fox. [2] [3]
The nominations were announced on January 6, 2010 with the film Precious leading the motion picture categories with 8 nominations. [4] [5] American rapper Jay-Z leaded the nominees in the music category with five nods. [6]
The nominees are listed below with the winners in bold. [7] [8]
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