LOS ANGELES: With his final two performances, the late Chadwick Boseman earned two NAACP Image Awards nominations Tuesday, while Ma Raineys Black Bottom could make its presence felt at next months ceremony.
Boseman scored nods for his work in the Netflix films Da 5 Bloods and Ma Raineys Black Bottom. The actor, who starred in the blockbuster Marvel film Black Panther, died at 43 last year after privately battling colon cancer.
Ma Raineys Black Bottom came away with nine nominations. The film delves into the story of blues singer Ma Rainey, who joins her band during a turbulent recording session at a Chicago music studio in 1927.
The nominees were announced on the organizations Instagram page by Chloe Bailey, Anika Noni Rose and Nicco Annan, along with T.C. Carson and Erika Alexander.
Netflix emerged with a leading 48 nominations. Besides the two films Boseman starred in, the streaming giant released other projects like Bridgerton” and #blackAF.”
HBO received 25 nominations.
Regina King, who won an Academy Award in 2019, has created some Oscar buzz with her feature film directorial debut in One Night in Miami, which earned four nominations. The Amazon Studios film tells the story of a meeting between Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke in a hotel room that turned into a discussion about their roles in the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
King will compete for entertainer of the year against Tyler Perry, Viola Davis, Trevor Noah and D-Nice, the deejay who created a virtual remedy for pandemic lockdown blues with Homeschool at Club Quarantine on his Instagram.
One Night in Miami will compete for outstanding motion picture along with Bad Boys for Life, Da 5 Bloods, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey and Ma Raineys Black Bottom.
LeBron James, Stacey Abrams, Debbie Allen, April Ryan and Tamika Mallory were nominated in the social justice impact category.
In music, Beyonc scored six nominations in the recording categories, including two for outstanding music video/visual album with Black is King and Brown Skin Girl.
The nominees for outstanding album include Alicia Keys Alicia, Brandys b7, John Legends Bigger Love, Ledisis The Wild Card and Chilombo by Jhene Aiko.
HarperCollins Publishers led with nine nominations in the literary categories.
The awards honoring entertainers and writers of color will air on CBS on March 27 at 8 p.m. EST. The awards will also simulcast on BET, MTV, VH1, MTV2, BET HER and LOGO.
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