After taking a break for a year the Black Reel Awards are back with their 2008 nominees. Cadillac Records lead the pack with nine nominations. Secret Life of Bees & Slumdog Millionaire took the most wins with 2 a piece.
Best Film Cadillac Records-winner Secret Life of Bees Miracle at St. Anna Seven Pounds Traitor
Best Director Darnell Martin- Cadillac Records Malcolm Lee- Soul Men Gina Prince-Bythewood- Secret Life of Bees (Winner) Spike Lee- Miracle at St. Anna Gabriele Muccino- Seven Pounds
Best Actor Don Cheadle- Traitor Derek Luke- Miracle at St. Anna Dev Patel- Slumdog Millionaire (Winner) Chiwetel Ejiofor- Redbelt Mos Def- Be Kind Rewind
Best Actress Jennifer Hudson- Secret Life of Bees Keke Palmer- The Longshots Alfre Woodard- The Family That Preys Sanaa Lathan- The Family That Preys Queen Latifah- Secret Life of Bees- Winner
Best Supporting Actor Jeffrey Wright- Cadillac Records (winner) Brandon T. Jackson- Tropic Thunder Mos Def- Cadillac Records Eamonn Walker- Cadillac Records Terrence Howard- Iron Man
Best Supporting Actress Taraji P. Henson- The Curious Case of Benjmain Button Viola Davis- Doubt-Winner Sophie Okonedo- The Secret Life of Bees Penelope Cruz- Vicky Cristina Barcelona Alice Braga- Blindess
Best Screenplay Original or Adapted Tyler Perry- Meet the Browns Tyler Perry- The Family That Preys Darnell Martin- Cadillac Records James McBride- Miracle at St. Anna Gina Prince-Bythewood- Secret Life of Bees- Winner
Best Breakthrough Performance Dev Patel- Slumdog Millionaire- Winner Tristian Wilds- Secret Life of Bees Omar Benson Miller- Miracle at St. Anna Columbus Short- Cadillac Records Said Taghmaoui- Traitor
Best Ensemble Slumdog Millionaire Miracle at St. Anna The Secret Life of Bees Cadillac Records- Winner Honeydripper
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I think it's so hilarious that Dev Patel won for Best Actor... and he's Indian, wait he's not even really Indian, he's British!
Wow... But you know what, good for him!
2010 Oscars FYC:
Lead Actor - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer Lead Actress - Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Original Screenplay - Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer
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Originally posted by VHS: Penélope Cruz is a white caucasian like me. I don't understand her nod here. The discrimination factor is not valuable for someone like her.
Yes, I don't get that either. It's really weird that Beyonce Knowles couldn't even score a nomination here. However, I'm really shocked that Jenny Lumet couldn't score a nomination for Best Screenplay. Did they really need to nominate Tyler Perry twice here? Do they not know that she is biracial?
