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THE BLACK MOVIE AWARDS WERE TAPED SUNDAY NIGHT: Akeelah & the Bee Named Outstanding Motion Picture of the Year

Tyler Perry - who has wowed audiences with such blockbuster movies as Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madeas Family Reunion, as well as the popular syndicated series Tyler Perry has signed on to host Film Life’s 2006 BLACK MOVIE AWARDS - A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present and Future, presented by Turner Network Television (TNT).

The gala awards show, which launched on TNT last year, recognizes creative achievement by persons of African descent in feature length motion pictures, both in front of and behind the camera, and honors outstanding films portraying the Black experience.

This years top award nominees include Akeelah and the Bee and ATL, each of which earned four nominations, including Outstanding Motion Picture of the Year, and Inside Man, Madeas Family Reunion, Something New and Waist Deep, each of which earned three nominations. Read the full story here.

Funny thing about this is that since it was actually taped on this past Sunday, Ive already got a listing of the winners. Now if you wanna watch the show and be totally surprised, stop reading here. But if you wanna get a peak at the winners continue to read on. Still check out the show if you get the chance!



A complete list of nominations and winners (in bold) is below.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Presley Chweneyagae (as Tsotsi) - Tsotsi Miramax Films
Chiwetel Ejiofor (as Lola ) - Kinky Boots Miramax Films
Tyrese Gibson (as O2) - Waist Deep Rogue Pictures (Focus)
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (as Mikey) - Shadowboxer Freestyle Releasing
Denzel Washington (as Keith Frazier) - Inside Man Universal Pictures


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mos Def (as Eddie Bunker) - 16 Blocks (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Laurence Fishburne (as Dr. Larabee) - Akeelah & the Bee Lionsgate
Jamie Foxx (as Staff Sgt. Sykes) - Jarhead (Universal Pictures)
Hubert Koundé (as Arnold Bluhm) - The Constant Gardener (Focus Features)
Jeffrey Wright (as Bennett Holiday) - Syriana (Warner Bros. Pictures)


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Halle Berry (as Ororo Munro/Storm) - X-Men: The Last Stand (20th Century Fox)
Meagan Good (as Coco) - Waist Deep Rogue Pictures (Focus)
Sanaa Lathan (as Kenya McQueen) - Something New (Focus Features)
Queen Latifah (as Georgia Byrd) - Last Holiday( Paramount/Universal)
Keke Palmer (as Akeelah) - Akeelah & the Bee Lionsgate


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Angela Bassett (as Tanya Anderson) - Akeelah & the Bee (Lionsgate)
Rosario Dawson (as Mimi Marquez) - Rent (Sony Pictures)
Lauren London (as New New) - ATL (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Lynn Whitfield (as Victoria) - Madea's Family Reunion (Lionsgate)
Alfre Woodard (as Joyce McQueen) - Something New (Focus Features)


OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENWRITING
Tina Gordon Chism - ATL (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Rob Hardy - The Gospel (Screen Gems)
Tyler Perry - Madea's Family Reunion (Lionsgate)
Kriss Turner - Something New (Focus Features)
Norman Vance, Jr. - Roll Bounce (Fox Searchlight Pictures)


OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Vondie Curtis-Hall - Waist Deep Rogue Pictures (Focus)
Malcolm D. Lee - Roll Bounce (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Spike Lee - Inside Man (Universal Pictures)
Chris Robinson - ATL (Warner Bros. Pictures)
John Singleton - Four Brothers (Paramount Pictures)


OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE
Akeelah & the Bee (Producers: Laurence Fishburne, Nancy Hult Ganis, Sid Ganis, Danny Llewelyn, Michael Romersa) Lionsgate

ATL (Producers: Dallas Austin, Jody Gerson, James Lassiter, Will Smith, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins) Warner Bros. Pictures

Four Brothers (Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura) Paramount Pictures

Inside Man (Producer: Brian Grazer) Universal Pictures

Madea's Family Reunion (Producers: Reuben Cannon, Tyler Perry) Lionsgate

Tsotsi (Producer: Peter Fudakowski) Miramax Films

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