Halle Berry, Vanessa Williams Win Awards at The 42nd NAACP Image Awards

On Friday, March 4, 2011 The 42nd NAACP Image Awards were presented to luminaries from all fields in a live show hosted by Holly Robinson Peete and Wayne Brady at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA.

Outstanding Comedy Series: “Tyler Perry’s House of Payneâ€

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: David Mann – “Meet the Brownsâ€

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: Vanessa Williams – “Desperate Housewivesâ€

Outstanding Drama Series: “Grey’s Anatomyâ€

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series: LL Cool J – “NCIS: Los Angelesâ€

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series: Regina King – “Southlandâ€

Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special: Idris Elba – “Lutherâ€

Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special: Jill Scott – “Sins of the Motherâ€

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series: Darnell Williams (“All My Children†)

Outstanding Children’s Program: “True Jackson, VPâ€

Outstanding Motion Picture: “For Colored Girlsâ€

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Denzel Washington – “The Book of Eliâ€

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Halle Berry – “Frankie and Aliceâ€

Outstanding New Artist: Willow Smith

Outstanding Male Artist: Usher

Outstanding Female Artist: Mary J. Blige

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction: Getting to Happy by Terry McMillan

Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The NAACP Image Awards also presented special awards to Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA – Surgeon General awarded (The Chairman’s Award) and General Colin L. Powell (The President’s Award).