Below are my current predictions for the Image Awards. Feel free to comment or post some of your predictions.


Outstanding Motion Picture

Contenders:
- I Can Do Bad All By Myself
- Good Hair
- Obsessed
- The Hurt Locker
- American Violet
- Notorious
- Not Easily Broken
- Madea Goes to Jail
- Black Dynamite
- The Soloist
- Precious


Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Contenders
- Denzel Washington (The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3)
- Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
- Tyler Perry (Madea Goes to Jail)
- Jamie Foxx (The Soloist/ Law Abiding Citizen)
- Idris Elba (Obsessed)
- Samuel L. Jackson (Mother & Child)- t.b.d.
- Jamaal Woodlard (Notorious)
- Michael Jai White (Black Dynamite)
- Chiwetel Ejiofor (Endgame)
- Derek Luke (Madea Goes to Jail)
- Morris Chestnut (Not Easily Broken)
- Columbus Short (Armored)



Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Contenders:
- Zoe Saldana (Star Trek)
- Nicole Behaire (American Violet)
- Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and the Frog)
- Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe (Precious)
- Beyonce Knowles (Obsessed)
- Angela Bassett (Notorious)
- Keisha Knight-Pulliam (Madea Goes to Jail)
- Taraji P. Henson (I Can Do Bad All By Myself)/ (Not Easily Broken)
- Maya Rudolph (Away We Go)
- Kerry Washington (Mother & Child)t.b.d



Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Contenders:
- Terrence Howard (The Princess and the Frog)
- Evan Ross (Life is Hot in Cracktown)
- Derek Luke (Notorious)
- Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker)
- Adam Rodriguez (I Can Do Bad All By Myself)
- Lenny Kravitz (Precious)
- Xzibit (American Violet)
- Tommy Davidson (Black Dynamite)
- Tyler Perry (I Can Do Bad All By Myself)
- Forest Whitaker (Armored)




Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Contenders:
- Mariah Carey (Precious)
- Alfre Woodard (American Violet)
- Paula Patton (Precious)
- Kerry Washington (Life Is Hot in Cracktown)
- Mo'Nique (Precious)
- Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Black Dynamite)
- Naturi Naugthon (Notorious)
- Oprah Winfrey (The Princess and the Frog)
- Shareeka Epps (Mother & Child) t.b.d.
- Viola Davis (Law Abiding Citizen)
- Gladys Knight (I Can Do Bad All By Myself)
- Eve (Whip It)

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Somehow if the Image awards snub Precious, then we'd officially have a case of backlash.

It pains me to see that The Hurt Locker and Obsessed on the same group.

I thought Jamaal Woodlard and Angela Bassett, even with her limited screen time, were both great in Notorious.
I also thought Jamie Foxx was quite good in The Soloist.

It's interesting that Precious didnt make your prediction list for Outstanding Motion Picture.

OH is it Racist Awards Season already?

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Originally posted by babypook:
I thought Jamaal Woodlard and Angela Bassett, even with her limited screen time, were both great in Notorious.
I also thought Jamie Foxx was quite good in The Soloist.

It's interesting that Precious didnt make your prediction list for Outstanding Motion Picture.

"Precious" is on the list (it's the last one).

um... obsessed? no

although that fight scene deserves an MTV award.

Actor:
Denzel Washington
*** Morgan Freeman
Jamie Foxx (Soloist)
Jamal Woolard
Michael Jai White

Actress:
Nicole Beharie
Gabourey Sidibe
*** Mo'Nique
Taraji P. Henson
Halle Berry OR Maya Rudolph if Frankie & Alice isn't released

Supporting Actor:
*** Anthony Mackie
Derek Luke
Evan Ross
Tommy Davidson
Adam Rodriguez

Supporting Actress:
Rosario Dawson in that drugs film
*** Naturi Naughton
Angela Bassett (Notorious)
Mariah Carey
Alfre Woodard

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Originally posted by Pucifer:
OH is it Racist Awards Season already?

There is a difference between RACIAL and RACIST.

When do these nominations usually come out?

Here are my predicts:

Outstanding Motion Picture
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
The Hurt Locker
Notorious
Madea Goes To Jail
Precious

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Denzel Washington - The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Jamie Foxx - The Soloist
Idris Elba - Obsessed
Jamaal Woodlard - Notorious

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe - Precious
Beyonce Knowles - Obsessed
Angela Bassett - Notorious
Keisha Knight-Pulliam - Madea Goes to Jail
Taraji P. Henson - I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Derek Luke - Notorious
Anthony Mackie - The Hurt Locker
Adam Rodriguez - I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Lenny Kravitz - Precious
Tyler Perry - I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Mariah Carey - Precious
Paula Patton - Precious
Mo'Nique - Precious
Naturi Naughton - Notorious
Gladys Knight - I Can Do Bad All By Myself

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Originally posted by UPitt:

"Precious" is on the list (it's the last one).

You just added that. LOL.

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Originally posted by pacinofan:

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Originally posted by Pucifer:
OH is it Racist Awards Season already?

There is a difference between RACIAL and RACIST.

PRESUMABLY you would have a problem with an awards show that excluded black actors?

But it's hunky-dory to exclude white actors?

Sorry, it's RACIST.

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Originally posted by Pucifer:

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Originally posted by pacinofan:

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Originally posted by Pucifer:
OH is it Racist Awards Season already?

There is a difference between RACIAL and RACIST.

PRESUMABLY you would have a problem with an awards show that excluded black actors?

But it's hunky-dory to exclude white actors?

Sorry, it's RACIST.

I do not watch the Image Awards or Alma Awards, the Latino film awards, because in excluding large groups of people the pickings become slim and the competition can be embarrassing. Still, I do not think celebrating your own culture is the same as being biased against others.

And there are all sorts of film festivals, awards and so on that celebrate a culture (Middle Eastern film festivals, Jewish film festivals, Asian American film festivals, etc.). They are trying to inspire and raise interest within their communities. Just because they are covering only a small slice of humanity does not mean they are attacking the other parts of it.

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Are the GLAAD awards heterophobic because they honor only gay-themed films?

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Originally posted by seanflynn:
Are the GLAAD awards homophobic because they honor only gay-themed films?

I think the word for it would be heterophobic rather than homophobic.

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The GLADD awards are the worst. Remember when the gave Jennifer Anistion some Lifetime Achievement Award or some crap for being in a couple of cheesy movies with gay characters? WTF

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For all these minority group awards, there is a small level of worthiness, at least at some point, for highlighting achievement in the group.

But essentially, they are fundraisers for their groups, nothing much more, and as such, of little worth in terms of recognition or importance.

Which makes them distinct from almost every other award group in absolutely no discernible way.

The difference is that their initial raison d'etre was to be fundraisers; that is not the case with the Oscars, most critics' groups, even the GGs.

And that they are fundraisers means that their nominations often reflect those from whom the want to raise funds. Whatever faults the Oscars or critics' groups have, it's not so blatant.

(Of course the Academy started the awards as window-dressing for its initial purpose, which was union-busting as the directors and writers started to organize in the late 1920s).

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Isn't the same criticism valid against NBR?

Other awards groups, I take seriously. I have serious reservations about NBR.

NBR is the most valid.

Both NYFC and LAFC do finance their relatively low budgets by their dinners. It keeps them from getting too esoteric in their awards, and also encourages them to spread the wealth so there will be more companies represented.

I have been told by a long time NYFC member that he has seen times when being excited about having a winner at their dinner and fawning over the critics personally has sometimes seemed to influence close races. (He cited specifically Cameron Diaz/There's Something About...)

The NSFC has no dinner; they send out the awards a week or so later.

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