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 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 and the Bee
Lionsgate

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Mos Def (as Eddie Bunker)
16 Blocks
20th Century Fox

Laurence Fishburne (as Dr. Larabee)
Akeelah and the Bee
Rogue Pictures (Focus)

Jamie Foxx (as Staff Sgt. Sykes)
Jarhead
Focus Features

Hubert Koundé (as Arnold Bluhm)
The Constant Gardener
Paramount/Universal

Jeffrey Wright (as Bennett Holiday)
Syriana
Lionsgate

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Angela Bassett (as Tanya Anderson)
Akeelah and 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 and 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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