naacp image awards

'Girls Trip' was also honored at the annual ceremony celebrating black excellence in the arts.

Mary J. Blige and JAY-Z are up for five NAACP Image Awards.

As Spinner.com reports, last year, 2011, will forever be known as the time that everybody went friggin' nuts for Adele. The singer has spent a record 16 weeks at the top of the charts, tying the record for the 'Titanic' soundtrack -- her heart will go on, and on, and on, and on -- adding to a long list of accolades far to lengthy to name right now...

The NAACP Image Awards are set to take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles tonight, but it's already stirred up some controversy ahead of schedule. With artists including Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Diddy and Kanye West nominated for awards, the organization has come under fire by several religious organizations and their leaders for celebrating rappers with explicit lyrical content...

Leave it to Michael Jackson to prove that even his funeral is worthy of accolades. The King of Pop's televised memorial service has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Jackson snagged the posthumous nomination in the Outstanding Variety category and will go up against President Obama's Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial...