Outstanding Comedy Series |
“Orange is the New Black” (Netflix) |
“black-ish” (ABC) |
“House of Lies” (Showtime) |
“Key & Peele” (Comedy Central) |
“Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET) |
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Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series |
Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX) |
Anthony Anderson – “‘black-ish” (ABC) |
Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” (Showtime) |
Keegan-Michael Key – “Key & Peele” (Comedy Central) |
Kevin Hart – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET) |
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Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series |
Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project” (FOX) |
Niecy Nash – “The Soul Man” (TV Land) |
Tracee Ellis Ross – “black-ish” (ABC) |
Uzo Aduba – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix) |
Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (BET) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
Boris Kodjoe – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET) |
Glynn Turman – “House of Lies” (Showtime) |
Laurence Fishburne – “black-ish” (ABC) |
Marcus Scribner – “black-ish” (ABC) |
Terry Crews – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
Adrienne C. Moore – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix) |
Laverne Cox – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix) |
Lorraine Toussaint – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix) |
Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family” (ABC) |
Yara Shahidi – “black-ish” (ABC) |
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Outstanding Drama Series |
“Being Mary Jane” (BET) |
“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC) |
“House of Cards” (Netflix) |
“How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC) |
“Scandal” (ABC) |
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Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series |
LL Cool J – “NCIS: LA” (CBS) |
Omar Epps – “Resurrection” (ABC) |
Omari Hardwick – “Being Mary Jane” (BET) |
Shemar Moore – “Criminal Minds” (CBS) |
Taye Diggs – “Murder in the First” (TNT) |
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Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series |
Gabrielle Union – “Being Mary Jane” (BET) |
Kerry Washington – “Scandal” (ABC) |
Nicole Beharie – “Sleepy Hollow” (FOX) |
Octavia Spencer – “Red Band Society” (FOX) |
Viola Davis – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
Alfred Enoch – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC) |
Courtney B. Vance – “Masters of Sex” (Showtime) |
Guillermo Diaz – “Scandal” (ABC) |
Jeffrey Wright – “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO) |
Joe Morton – “Scandal” (ABC) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
Aja Naomi King – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC) |
Alfre Woodard – “State of Affairs” (NBC) |
Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC) |
Khandi Alexander – “Scandal” (ABC) |
Jada Pinkett Smith – “Gotham” (FOX) |
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Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
“A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks) |
“American Horror Story: Freak Show” (FX) |
“Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1) |
“The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks) |
“The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
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Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
Blair Underwood – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
Charles S. Dutton – “Comeback Dad” (UP Entertainment) |
Larenz Tate – “Gun Hill” (BET) |
Mekhi Phifer – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks) |
Ving Rhames – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks) |
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Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
Angela Bassett – “American Horror Story: Freak Show” (FX) |
Cicely Tyson – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
Keke Palmer – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
Regina King – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks) |
Vanessa Williams – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
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Outstanding News/ Information (Series or Special) |
“America After Ferguson” (PBS) |
“Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (PBS) |
“Melissa Harris Perry” (MSNBC) |
“Oprah’s Lifeclass” (OWN) |
“Unsung” (TV One) |
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Outstanding Talk Series |
“Oprah Prime” (OWN) |
“Steve Harvey” (Syndicated) |
“The Queen Latifah Show” (Syndicated) |
“The View” (ABC) |
“The Wendy Williams Show” (Syndicated) |
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Outstanding Reality Series |
“Shark Tank” (ABC) |
“Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN) |
“Dancing with the Stars” (ABC) |
“The Voice” (NBC) |
“Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” (OWN) |
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Outstanding Variety (Series or Special) |
“BET Awards” (BET) |
“Family Feud” (Syndicated) |
“On the Run: Beyoncé and Jay Z” (HBO) |
“Oprah’s Master Class” (OWN) |
“UNCF An Evening of Stars” (NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, The CW, BET, Centric) |
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Outstanding Children’s Program |
“Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior) |
“Anna Deavere Smith: A Youngarts Masterclass” (HBO) |
“HALO Awards” (Nickelodeon) |
“Dora and Friends: Into The City!” (Nickelodeon) |
“Kid President: Declaration of Awesome” (HUB) |
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Outstanding Performance by a Youth in a Youth/Children’s Program (Series or Special) |
Amber Montana – “Haunted Hathaways” (Nickelodeon) |
China Anne McClain – “How to Build a Better Boy” (Disney Channel) |
Curtis Harris – “Haunted Hathaways” (Nickelodeon) |
Fatima Ptacek – “Dora and Friends: Into The City!” (Nickelodeon) |
Taliyah Whitaker – “Wallykazam!” (Nickelodeon) |
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Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/Information or Variety Series |
Steve Harvey – “Steve Harvey” (Syndicated) |
Queen Latifah – “The Queen Latifah Show” (Syndicated) |
Chris Rock – “BET Awards” (BET) |
Gwen Ifill – “America After Ferguson” (PBS) |
Melissa Harris Perry – “Melissa Harris Perry” (MSNBC) |
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Outstanding New Artist |
Aloe Blacc (XIX Recordings/Interscope Records) |
Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music) |
Jhene Aiko (Def Jam Recordings) |
Liv Warfield (Kobalt Label Services) |
3 Winans Brothers (BMG) |
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Outstanding Male Artist |
John Legend (Columbia Records) |
Kem (Motown – Capitol) |
Kendrick Lamar (Interscope Records) |
Michael Jackson (Epic Records) |
Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records) |
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Outstanding Female Artist |
Alicia Keys (RCA Records) |
Beyoncé (Columbia Records) |
Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records) |
Ledisi (Verve Records) |
Mary J Blige (Capitol) |
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Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration |
“Being With You” – Smokey Robinson feat. Mary J Blige (Verve) |
“Brand New” – Pharrell Williams feat. Justin Timberlake (Columbia Records) |
“Gust of Wind” – Pharrell Williams feat. Daft Punk (Columbia Records) |
“Love, Marriage & Divorce” – Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings) |
“Stay with Me” – Sam Smith feat. Mary J Blige (Capitol) |
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Outstanding Jazz Album |
“My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke” – Al Jarreau (Concord) |
“Dave Koz and Friends: The 25th of December” – Dave Koz (Concord Records) |
“Beautiful Life” – Dianne Reeves (Concord) |
“Living My Dream” – Jonathan Butler (Rendezvous Music) |
“Up” – Stanley Clarke (Mack Avenue Records) |
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Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary) |
“Duets” – Donnie McClurkin (RCA Inspiration) |
“Help” – Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music) |
“I Will Trust” – Fred Hammond (RCA Inspiration) |
“Where My Heart Belongs” – Gladys Knight (Shadow Mountain Records) |
“Journey To Freedom” – Michelle Williams (eOne Music) |
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Outstanding Music Video |
“Pretty Hurts” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records) |
“You & I (Nobody in the World)” – John Legend (Columbia Records) |
“It’s You” – KEM (Motown – Capitol) |
“i” – Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope) |
“Love Never Felt So Good” – Michael Jackson feat. Justin Timberlake (Epic Records) |
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Outstanding Song |
“We Are Here” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records) |
“The Man” – Aloe Blacc (Interscope Records) |
“Pretty Hurts” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records) |
“i” – Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope) |
“Good Kisser” – Usher (RCA Records) |
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Outstanding Album |
“Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics” – Aretha Franklin (RCA Records) |
“Beyoncé Platinum Edition” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records) |
“JHUD” – Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records) |
“G I R L” – Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records) |
“Love, Marriage & Divorce” – Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings) |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction |
“A Wanted Woman” – Eric Jerome Dickey (Penguin Random House) |
“An Untamed State” – Roxane Gay (Grove/Atlantic – Black Cat) |
“Another Woman’s Man” – Shelly Ellis (Kensington Publishing Corp.) |
“Momma: Gone” – Nina Foxx (Brown Girls Publishing) |
“The Prodigal Son” – Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group) |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction |
“Bad Feminist” – Roxane Gay (Harper Perennial/HarperCollins) |
“Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” – Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau) |
“Place not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America” – Sheryll Cashin (Beacon Press) |
“The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act” – Clay Risen (Bloomsbury Press) |
“Who We Be: The Colorization of America” – Jeff Chang (St. Martin’s Press) |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author |
“Forty Acres” – Dwayne Alexander Smith (Atria Books) |
“Queen Sugar” – Natalie Baszile (Pamela Dorman Books/Penguin Random House) |
“Remedy For A Broken Angel” – Toni Ann Johnson (Nortia Press) |
“The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider’s Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond 15 Minutes of Fame” – Darrell Miller (Dunham Books) |
“Time of the Locust” – Morowa Yejide (Atria Books) |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/ Auto Biography |
“Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine” – Louis Sullivan with David Chanoff (University of Georgia Press) |
“Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair)” – Rosie Perez (Crown Archetype) |
“Life In Motion” – Misty Copeland (Touchstone) |
“Mayor for Life” – Marion Barry, Omar Tyree (Strebor Books) |
“Stand Up Straight and Sing!” – Jessye Norman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional |
“101 Scholarship Applications: What It Takes to Obtain a Debt-Free College Education” – Gwen Richardson (Cushcity Communications) |
“10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse” – JJ Smith (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) |
“Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed” – Bryant Terry (Ten Speed Press) |
“Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System” – Robbin Shipp, Nick Chiles (Agate Bolden) |
“Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life” – Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson, Hilary Beard (Spiegel & Grau) |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry |
“Citizen: An American Lyric” – Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press) |
“Digest” – Gregory Pardlo (Four Way Books) |
“The New Testament” – Jericho Brown (Copper Canyon Press) |
“The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013″ – Derek Walcott, Selected by Glyn Maxwell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) |
“We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters” – Brian Gilmore (Cherry Castle Publishing, LLC) |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Children |
“Beautiful Moon” – Tonya Bolden (Author), Eric Velasquez (Illustrator) (Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers) |
“Little Melba and Her Big Trombone” – Katheryn Russell-Brown (Author), Frank Morrison (Illustrator) (Lee & Low Books) |
“Malcolm Little” – Ilyasah Shabazz (Author), AG Ford (Illustrator) (Simon & Schuster) |
“Searching for Sarah Rector” – Tonya Bolden (Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers) |
“Dork Diaries 8: Tales From A Note-So-Happily Ever After” – Rachel Renee Russell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell (Simon & Schuster) |
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Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens |
“Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America” – Russell Freedman (Holiday House) |
“Brown Girl Dreaming” – Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books) |
“Revolution” – Deborah Wiles (Scholastic Press) |
“The Freedom Summer Murders” – Don Mitchell (Scholastic Press) |
“The Red Pencil” – Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Shane Evans (Illustrator) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) |
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Outstanding Motion Picture |
“Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) |
“Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media) |
“Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) |
“Get On Up” (Universal Pictures) |
“Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
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Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture |
Chadwick Boseman – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures) |
David Oyelowo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
Denzel Washington – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures) |
Idris Elba – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems) |
Nate Parker – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media) |
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Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture |
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) |
Quvenzhané Wallis – “Annie” (Columbia Pictures) |
Taraji P. Henson – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems) |
Tessa Thompson – “Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) |
Viola Davis – “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby” (The Weinstein Company) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture |
André Holland – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
Cedric the Entertainer – “Top Five” (Paramount Pictures) |
Common – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
Danny Glover – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media) |
Wendell Pierce – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
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Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture |
Carmen Ejogo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
Jill Scott – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures) |
Octavia Spencer – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures) |
Oprah Winfrey – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
Viola Davis – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures) |
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Outstanding Independent Motion Picture |
“Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) |
“Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) |
“Half of a Yellow Sun” (monterey media inc.) |
“Life of a King” (Animus Films/Serena Films) |
“JIMI: All Is By My Side” (XLrator Media) |
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Outstanding Documentary (Film) |
“Documented” (Apo Anak Productions) |
“Finding Fela” (Jigsaw Productions) |
“I Am Ali” (Focus World/Fisheye Films) |
“Keep On Keepin On” (RADiUS) |
“Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People” (Chimpanzee Productions, Inc.) |
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Outstanding Documentary (Television) |
“American Experience: Freedom Summer” (PBS) |
“Bad Boys” (ESPN) |
“Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown” (HBO) |
“Rand University” (ESPN) |
“The War Comes Home: Soledad O’Brien Reports” (CNN) |
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Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series |
Brigitte Munoz-Liebowitz – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” – Road Trip (FOX) |
Aisha Muharrar – “Parks and Recreation” – Ann & Chris (NBC) |
Regina Hicks – “Instant Mom” – A Kids’s Choice (Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite) |
Sara Hess – “Orange is the New Black” – It Was the Change (Netflix) |
Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project” – Danny and Mindy (FOX) |
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Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series |
Zahir McGhee – “Scandal” – Mama Said Knock You Out (ABC) |
Erika Green Swafford – “How to Get Away with Murder” – Let’s Get To Scooping (ABC) |
Mara Brock Akil – “Being Mary Jane” – Uber Love (BET) |
Warren Leight, Julie Martin – “Law & Order: SVU” – American Disgrace (NBC) |
Zoanne Clack – “Grey’s Anatomy” – You Be Illin’ (ABC) |
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Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie |
Karin Gist, Regina Hicks – “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1) |
Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill” (BET) |
Shernold Edwards – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks) |
Sterling Anderson, Maria Nation – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks) |
Sharon Brathwaite, Peres Owino – “Seasons of Love” (Lifetime Networks) |
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Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture |
Chris Rock – “Top Five” (Paramount Pictures) |
Richard Wenk – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures) |
Misan Sagay – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) |
Justin Simien – “Dear White People” (Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate) |
Margaret Nagle – “The Good Lie” (Alcon Entertainment) |
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Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series |
Ken Whittingham – “Parks and Recreation” – Prom (NBC) |
Ken Whittingham – “The Mindy Project” – Think Like a Peter (FOX) |
Reginald Hudlin – “Bad Judge” – Knife to a Gunfight (NBC) |
Linda Mendoza – “Bad Judge” – One Brave Waitress (NBC) |
Stan Lathan – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” – No New Friends (BET) |
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Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series |
Anton Cropper – “Suits” – One-Two-Three Go… (USA) |
Carl Franklin – “House of Cards” – Chapter 14 (Netflix) |
Cary Joji Fukunaga – “True Detective” – Who Goes There (HBO) |
Hanelle Culpepper – “Criminal Minds” – The Edge of Winter (CBS) |
Millicent Shelton – “The Divide” – And the Little Ones Get Caught (WE tv) |
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Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie |
Bille Woodruff – “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1) |
Gregg Champion – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks) |
Michael Wilson – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks) |
Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill” (BET) |
Stephen Tolkin – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks) |
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Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture |
Amma Asante – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) |
Antoine Fuqua – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures) |
Ava DuVernay – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures) |
John Ridley – “JIMI: All Is By My Side” (XLrator Media) |
Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media) |
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Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance |
Jamie Foxx – “Rio 2″ (20th Century Fox) |
Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior) |
Morgan Freeman – “The Lego Movie” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures/Ratpac-Dune Entertainment/Lego System A/S/Vertigo Entertainment/Lin Pictures) |
Tracy Morgan – “The Boxtrolls” (Focus Features) |
Zoe Saldana – “The Book of Life” (20th Century Fox) |