A-listers hit the red carpet for the 55th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night.
This year’s show, hosted by Queen Latifah, took place at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. The show aired live on CBS and BET and followed a two-hour red carpet event that streamed live on the app Spill.
The Image Awards recognized winners in several categories in non-televised virtual events leading up to Saturday’s two-hour special, from March 11 to 14.
Usher ― who has already had a particularly buzzworthy year, having performed the Super Bowl halftime show last month ― won the award for outstanding male artist on Monday.
The “U Don’t Have to Call” singer received a lot of recognition during Saturday night’s ceremony.
As the recipient of the show’s President’s Award, Usher delivered a touching speech onstage accepting the honor Saturday night.
He was also named the 2024 Entertainer of the Year, a designation voted on by the general public. The other nominees in the category were: Colman Domingo, Fantasia Barrino, Halle Bailey and Keke Palmer.
Other recipients of the Image Awards’ special honors include poet Amanda Gorman, who was selected to receive the Chairman’s Award, and singer Frankie Beverly, the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The R&B group New Edition was inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame during the ceremony.
Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise cameo in a pre-recorded skit in the beginning of the show, urging attendees and viewers at home to vote in the 2024 presidential election.
“The Color Purple,” a musical adaptation based on the classic Alice Walker novel of the same name, won the award for Outstanding Motion Picture.
Barrino, who starred as Celie in the film, won the Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture award. Colman Domingo took home the award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for his role in “Rustin.”
Check out the list of nominees and winners below:
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