THE 87TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS
Nominees were announced on January 15th. Neil Patrick Harris will host the 87th Annual Academy Awards, and will air live on Sunday, February 22, 2015 on ABC.

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
American Sniper (2014): Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, Peter Morgan
Birdman (2014): Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
Boyhood (2014/I): Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
The Imitation Game (2014): Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven M. Rales, Jeremy Dawson
Selma (2014): Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
The Theory of Everything (2014): Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
Whiplash (2014): Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, David Lancaster

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Steve Carell for Foxcatcher (2014)
Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game (2014)
Bradley Cooper for American Sniper (2014)
Michael Keaton for Birdman (2014)
Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything (2014)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night (2014)
Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything (2014)
Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl (2014)
Julianne Moore for Still Alice (2014)
Reese Witherspoon for Wild (2014)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Robert Duvall for The Judge (2014)
Ethan Hawke for Boyhood (2014/I)
Edward Norton for Birdman (2014)
Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher (2014)
J.K. Simmons for Whiplash (2014)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Patricia Arquette for Boyhood (2014/I)
Laura Dern for Wild (2014)
Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game (2014)
Emma Stone for Birdman (2014)
Meryl Streep for Into the Woods (2014)

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
Richard Linklater for Boyhood (2014/I)
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman (2014)
Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher (2014)
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game (2014)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:
Boyhood (2014/I): Richard Linklater
Birdman (2014): Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Foxcatcher (2014): E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler (2014): Dan Gilroy

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
American Sniper (2014): Jason Hall
Inherent Vice (2014): Paul Thomas Anderson
The Imitation Game (2014): Graham Moore
The Theory of Everything (2014): Anthony McCarten
Whiplash (2014): Damien Chazelle

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:
The Boxtrolls (2014)
Big Hero 6 (2014)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Song of the Sea (2014)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:
Tangerines (2013): Zaza Urushadze
Ida (2013): Pawel Pawlikowski
Leviathan (2014): Andrey Zvyagintsev
Wild Tales (2014): Damián Szifrón
Timbuktu (2014): Abderrahmane Sissako

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
Birdman (2014): Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Robert D. Yeoman
Ida (2013): Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr. Turner (2014): Dick Pope
Unbroken (2014/I): Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:
Boyhood (2014/I): Sandra Adair
The Imitation Game (2014): William Goldenberg
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Barney Pilling
Whiplash (2014): Tom Cross
American Sniper (2014): Joel Cox, Gary Roach

Best Achievement in Production Design
Nominees:
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game (2014): Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
Interstellar (2014): Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Into the Woods (2014): Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
Mr. Turner (2014): Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice (2014): Mark Bridges
Into the Woods (2014): Colleen Atwood
Maleficent (2014): Anna B. Sheppard
Mr. Turner (2014): Jacqueline Durran

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
Nominees:
Foxcatcher (2014): Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:
The Imitation Game (2014): Alexandre Desplat
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar (2014): Hans Zimmer
The Theory of Everything (2014): Jóhann Jóhannsson
Mr. Turner (2014): Gary Yershon

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:
The Lego Movie (2014): Shawn Patterson(Everything is Awesome)
Selma (2014): Common, John Legend(Glory)
Beyond the Lights (2014): Diane Warren(Grateful)
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (2014): Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond(I’m Not Gonna Miss You)
Begin Again (2013/II): Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois(Lost Stars)

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Nominees:
American Sniper (2014): John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Birdman (2014): Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Thomas Varga
Interstellar (2014): Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten
Unbroken (2014/I): Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, David Lee
Whiplash (2014): Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:
American Sniper (2014): Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Birdman (2014): Aaron Glascock, Martín Hernández
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014): Brent Burge, Jason Canovas
Interstellar (2014): Richard King
Unbroken (2014/I): Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): Dan Deleeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, Daniel Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014): Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould
Interstellar (2014): Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R. Fisher
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014): Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer

Best Documentary, Feature
Nominees:
Citizenfour (2014): Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky
Finding Vivian Maier (2013): John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Last Days in Vietnam (2014): Rory Kennedy, Keven McAlester
The Salt of the Earth (2014): Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, David Rosier
Virunga (2014): Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

Best Documentary, Short Subject
Nominees:
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (2013): Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Dana Perry
Joanna (2013/I): Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse (2013): Tomasz Sliwinski, Maciej Slesicki
The Reaper (2013): Gabriel Serra
White Earth (2014): Christian Jensen

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:
The Bigger Picture (2014): Daisy Jacobs, Chris Hees
The Dam Keeper (2014): Robert Kondo, Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi
Feast (2014/I): Patrick Osborne, Kristina Reed
Me and My Moulton (2014): Torill Kove
A Single Life (2014): Joris Oprins

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:
Aya (2012/I): Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham (2014): Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp (2013): Wei Hu, Julien Féret
Parvaneh (2012): Talkhon Hamzavi, Stefan Eichenberger
The Phone Call (2013): Mat Kirkby, James Lucas

LENA DUNHAM TO GUEST STAR ON SCANDAL

If you are a Scandal fanatic then you have something to smile about, this is after the self professed Scandal fnatic will guest star on an episode of ABC Washington DC set drama starring Kerry Washington 'The Scandal.'Their is not much of the details concerning the 'Girls' creator, but she will appear in an episode in March and may get entangled with Olivia Popes.

NEW DRAMA PILOT TO ABC FROM SCANDAL PRODUCER: SHONDA RHIMES

Shonda Rhimes has yet landed yet another project with ABC. Rhimes who is  minded behind numerous ABC hits like Greys Anatomy and Scandal has sold another pilot to the network. 'The Catch' which she is the executive producer, centers on a gusby female forensic account who exposes fraud for a living and has finally found fulfillment both at work and inlove until a case comes along that threatens to turn her world. Jennifer Schuur is writing the project which is co-produced by Helen Gregory and Kate Atkinson, with Julie Anne Robbinson attached to executive producer and direct.

5 REASONS WHY FIFTY SHADES OF GREY THE MOVIE IS BETTER THAN THE
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We have all been hankering to get a look at the movie Fifty Shades Of Grey, but now finally what can we conclude. Our affection for the movie has been created by the beautiful book which almost most of us own a copy, written by a guy of great talent and passion E.L James. But to some extent lets rule out facts the movie has created a much better title than the book and the following are five of them..
ANA 'INNER GODDESS' IS KILLED
The absurd strategic of the book is giving poor Anastesia Steele an 'inner goddess' who reacts to Mr. Greys approach excitedly (while she can only blush) Ana inner goddess dances (my very small inner goddess sways in a gentle victorious samba) she does gymnastic (my inner goddess is doing backfilps in a routine worthy of a Russian Olympic) she gets a hotel room (my inner goddess has a DO NOT DISTURB SIGN on the outside of her room) she is busy , this noticable spirit. Thankfully the film can do withouth Ana inner monologue, so the inner goddess is dead.

CHRISTIAN ISN'T SO MUCH OBSESSED WITH ANA CLARIC INTAKE
Christians early years of starvation and neglect make it so that he is constantly harrasing poor Ana about not eating enough. In the book this yearning is not only tiresome, it realy turn him into a cruel father figure. There are time she has to litrally clean plate before he'll have sex with her. This sounds weird! but what is even better is that in the movie there's very little of this, Ana knows how to feed herself.

NO MORE EMAILING
'Fifty Shade Of Grey' the book is full of emails that go back and forth for what feels like forever, intended to show Anastasia and Christian evaluating the details of the dreaded contract. They are flirty and suggestive and are likely meant to show the two loosening up a bit. Reading emails in a book is extremely boring but reading emails onscreen is a bit fun. Infact Taylor Johnson and screenwriter Kelly Marcel turn the emailing into a bit of diversity, thanks to visual effects.

SEX SCENES, VERY REAL
There's no more 'Oh Jeezy!' 'Holy crap!' and 'Argh!' Infact sex in the book is often hard to read so imagine if you will, a book that has sex scene almost every five pages. Thats alot of pages to write! James's 'Fifty Shades' has Ana Steele so ignorant to the whole thing that all she can do is to exclaim. 'Argh!' she cries. Sometimes its 'Oh Jeezy!' or 'Holy Crap!' Its difficult to read. The one thing is that the human sounds don't take the form of these outburst, and Taylor Johnson's 'Fifty Shades' doesn't have poor Dakota Johnson sounding like a 1950s cartoon character.

WHO KNEW THAT ANASTASIA STEELE WILL BE SUCH HILARIOUS?
The more pleasantly suprising thing of the 'Fifty Shades' is When Anastesia Steele that even E.L James couldn't predict she is able to turn embarrasing lines into funny ones. While in the book Ana repeatedly says she is smart, it doesnt even feel that way. Taylor Johnson and Marcel somehow give Ana the one thing that makes her truly endearing, a sence of humor.

VH1 Star Stephanie Moseley and Husband Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Stephanie Moseley, a star of VH1's NBA cheerleading drama Hit the Floor, and her husband, the rapper Earl Hayes, died Monday in a suspected murder-suicide, police confirmed to PEOPLE.

Los Angeles police responded early Monday to reports of shots being fired in Park La Brea, and found Moseley, 30, and Hayes, 34, in their apartment, both with gunshot wounds.

Both were pronounced dead at the scene. The initial investigation suggested Hayes shot Moseley to death and then took his own life, police said.

"We are incredibly saddened to hear the news of the passing of Stephanie Moseley," VH1 said in a statement. "VH1 and the entire Hit the Floor family send our thoughts and condolences to her family and friends at this difficult time."

Friends of the couple told L.A. TV station KTLA that they had been having problems.

"No situation's perfect," said Eva Marcille Pigford, a friend and fellow model. "Stephanie was an absolute angel. She really was … She's connected so many people. She's just loved. She will never, ever, ever, ever be forgotten."

Moseley was born in Vancouver and drew acclaim as a dancer from a young age, according to the biography on her website. In her early 20s, she joined Britney Spears's dance crew and toured with her in the U.S. She also danced on a Janet Jackson tour.

Among her TV roles, she appeared as Jamie Foxx's wife on his 2006 NBC special Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable.

‘Get On Up,’ ‘Selma,’ ‘Dear White People’ Score NAACP Image Award Nominations (Full List)

“Belle,” “Beyond the Lights,” “Dear White People,” “Get On Up” and “Selma” have grabbed top film nominations for the 46th annual NAACP Image Awards.
The Image Awards will be handed out Feb. 6 in a ceremony telecast live by TV One.
“Get On Up” star Chadwick Boseman, “Selma’s” David Oyelowo, Nate Parker of “Beyond the Lights,” Gugu Mbatha-Raw of “Belle” and Tessa Thompson of “Dear White People” are among the actors who were cited.
Boseman, Oyelowo and Mbatha-Raw are all portraying real-life people.
In the TV heat, ABC freshman “Black-ish” and “How to Get Away with Murder,” Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black,” BET’s “The Game” and “Being Mary Jane” were among the top nominees. ABC did well, earning three of the five drama-series nominations. Also notable was Lifetime’s scoring seven of the 10 nominations in the two lead acting categories for telefilm/miniseries/dramatic special.
(Pictured: “Dear White People”)
Here is a full list of Image Award nominees:
MOTION PICTURE

0. Motion Picture
   • “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
   • “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
   • “Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
   • “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
   • “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
   • 
     
   • Actor in a Motion Picture
   • Chadwick Boseman – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
   • David Oyelowo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
   • Denzel Washington – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)
   • Idris Elba – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems)
   • Nate Parker – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)

 Actress in a Motion Picture

• Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
• Quvenzhané Wallis – “Annie” (Columbia Pictures)
• Taraji P. Henson – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems)
• Tessa Thompson – “Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
• Viola Davis – “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby” (The Weinstein Company)
• 
  
• Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
• André Holland – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)

• Cedric the Entertainer – “Top Five” (Paramount Pictures)
• Common – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
• Danny Glover – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
• Wendell Pierce – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
• 
  
• Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Carmen Ejogo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
• Jill Scott – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
• Octavia Spencer – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
• Oprah Winfrey – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
• Viola Davis – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
• 
  
• Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

• “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
• “Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
• “Half of a Yellow Sun” (monterey media inc.)
• “JIMI: All Is By My Side” (XLrator Media)
• “Life of a King” (Animus Films/Serena Films)
• 
  
• DOCUMENTARY (Film)

• “Documented” (Apo Anak Productions)
• “Finding Fela” (Jigsaw Productions)
• “I Am Ali” (Focus World/Fisheye Films)
• “Keep On Keepin On” (RADiUS)
• “Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of aPeople” (Chimpanzee Productions, Inc.)
• 
  
• Documentary – (Television)

• “American Experience: Freedom Summer” (PBS)
• “Bad Boys” (ESPN)
• “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown” (HBO)
• “Rand University” (ESPN)
• “The War Comes Home: Soledad O’Brien Reports” (CNN)

TELEVISION

Comedy Series

• “black-ish” (ABC)
• “House of Lies” (Showtime)
• “Key & Peele” (Comedy Central)
• “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)
• “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET)
• 
  
• Actor in a Comedy Series

• Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX)
• Anthony Anderson – “‘black-ish” (ABC)
• Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” (Showtime)
• Keegan-Michael Key – “Key & Peele” (Comedy Central)
• Kevin Hart – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET)
• 
  
• Actress in a Comedy Series

• Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project” (FOX)
• Niecy Nash – “The Soul Man” (TV Land)
• Tracee Ellis Ross – “black-ish” (ABC)
• Uzo Aduba – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)
• Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (BET)
• 
  
• Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Boris Kodjoe – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET)
• Glynn Turman – “House of Lies” (Showtime)
• Laurence Fishburne – “black-ish” (ABC)
• Marcus Scribner – “black-ish” (ABC)
• Terry Crews – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX)

 Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Adrienne C. Moore – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)
• Laverne Cox – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)
• Lorraine Toussaint – “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)
• Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family” (ABC)
• Yara Shahidi – “black-ish” (ABC)
• 
  
• Drama Series

• “Being Mary Jane” (BET)
• “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• “House of Cards” (Netflix)
• “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
• “Scandal” (ABC)
• 
  
• Actor in a Drama Series

• LL Cool J – “NCIS: LA” (CBS)
• Omar Epps – “Resurrection” (ABC)
• Omari Hardwick – “Being Mary Jane” (BET)
• Shemar Moore – “Criminal Minds” (CBS)
• Taye Diggs – “Murder in the First” (TNT)
• 
  
• Actress in a Drama Series

• Gabrielle Union – “Being Mary Jane” (BET)
• Kerry Washington – “Scandal” (ABC)
• Nicole Beharie – “Sleepy Hollow” (FOX)
• Octavia Spencer – “Red Band Society” (FOX)
• Viola Davis – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
• 
  
• Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Alfred Enoch – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
• Courtney B. Vance – “Masters of Sex” (Showtime)
• Guillermo Diaz – “Scandal” (ABC)
• Jeffrey Wright – “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)
• Joe Morton – “Scandal” (ABC)
• 
  
• Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Aja Naomi King – “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC)
• Alfre Woodard – “State of Affairs” (NBC)
• Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Jada Pinkett Smith – “Gotham” (FOX)
• Khandi Alexander – “Scandal” (ABC)
• 
  
• Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)
• “American Horror Story: Freak Show” (FX)
• “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1)
• “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks)
• “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)

 Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• Blair Underwood – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)
• Charles S. Dutton – “Comeback Dad” (UP Entertainment)
• Larenz Tate – “Gun Hill” (BET)
• Mekhi Phifer – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)
• Ving Rhames – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)
• 
  
• Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• Angela Bassett – “American Horror Story: Freak Show” (FX)
• Cicely Tyson – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)
• Keke Palmer – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)
• Regina King – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks)
• Vanessa Williams – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)
• 
  
• News/ Information – (Series or Special)

• “America After Ferguson” (PBS)
• “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (PBS)
• “Melissa Harris Perry” (MSNBC)
• “Oprah’s Lifeclass” (OWN)
• “Unsung” (TV One)
• 
  
• Talk Series

• “Oprah Prime” (OWN)
• “Steve Harvey” (Syndicated)
• “The Queen Latifah Show” (Syndicated)
• “The View” (ABC)
• “The Wendy Williams Show” (Syndicated)
• 
  
• Reality Series

• “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
• “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN)
• “Shark Tank” (ABC)
• “The Voice” (NBC)
• “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” (OWN)
• 
  
• Variety Series or Special

• “BET Awards” (BET)
• “Family Feud” (Syndicated)
• “On the Run: Beyoncé and Jay Z” (HBO)
• “Oprah’s Master Class” (OWN)
• “UNCF An Evening of Stars” (NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, The CW, BET, Centric)

Children’s Program

• “Anna Deavere Smith: A Youngarts Masterclass” (HBO)
• “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
• “Dora and Friends: Into The City!” (Nickelodeon)
• “HALO Awards” (Nickelodeon)
• “Kid President: Declaration of Awesome” (HUB)
• 
  
• Performance by a Youth in a Youth/ Children’s Program – (Series or Special)

• Amber Montana – “Haunted Hathaways” (Nickelodeon)
• China Anne McClain – “How to Build a Better Boy” (Disney Channel)
• Curtis Harris – “Haunted Hathaways” (Nickelodeon)
• Fatima Ptacek – “Dora and Friends: Into The City!” (Nickelodeon)
• Taliyah Whitaker – “Wallykazam!” (Nickelodeon)
• 
  
• Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/ Information or Variety

• Chris Rock – “BET Awards” (BET)
• Gwen Ifill – “America After Ferguson” (PBS)
• Melissa Harris Perry – “Melissa Harris Perry” (MSNBC)
• Queen Latifah – “The Queen Latifah Show” (Syndicated)
• Steve Harvey – “Steve Harvey” (Syndicated)

WRITING

Writing in a Comedy Series

• Aisha Muharrar – “Parks and Recreation” – Ann & Chris (NBC)
• Brigette Munoz-Liebowitz – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” – Road Trip (FOX)
• Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project” – Danny and Mindy (FOX)
• Regina Hicks – “Instant Mom” – A Kids’s Choice (Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite)
• Sara Hess – “Orange is the New Black” – It Was the Change (Netflix)
• 
  
• Writing in a Drama Series

• Erika Green Swafford – “How to Get Away with Murder” – Let’s Get To Scooping(ABC)
• Mara Brock Akil – “Being Mary Jane” – Uber Love (BET)
• Warren Leight, Julie Martin – “Law & Order: SVU” – American Disgrace (NBC)
• Zahir McGhee – “Scandal” – Mama Said Knock You Out (ABC)
• Zoanne Clack – “Grey’s Anatomy” – You Be Illin’ (ABC)
• 
  
• Writing in a Television Movie

• Karin Gist, Regina Hicks – “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1)
• Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill” (BET)
• Sharon Brathwaite, Peres Owino – “Seasons of Love” (Lifetime Networks)
• Shernold Edwards – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)
• Sterling Anderson, Maria Nation – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks)
• 
  
• Writing in a Motion Picture

• Chris Rock – “Top Five” (Paramount Pictures)
• Justin Simien – “Dear White People” (Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate)
• Margaret Nagle – “The Good Lie” (Alcon Entertainment)
• Misan Sagay – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
• Richard Wenk – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)
• 
  
• Directing in a comedy series

• Ken Whittingham – “Parks and Recreation” – Prom (NBC)
• Ken Whittingham – “The Mindy Project” – Think Like a Peter (FOX)
• Linda Mendoza – “Bad Judge” – One Brave Waitress (NBC)
• Reginald Hudlin – “Bad Judge” – Knife to a Gunfight (NBC)
• Stan Lathan – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” – No New Friends (BET)
• 
  
• Directing in a Drama Series

• Anton Cropper – “Suits” – One-Two-Three Go… (USA)
• Carl Franklin – “House of Cards” – Chapter 14 (Netflix)
• Cary Joji Fukunaga – “True Detective” – Who Goes There (HBO)
• Hanelle Culpepper – “Criminal Minds” – The Edge of Winter (CBS)
• Millicent Shelton – “The Divide” – And the Little Ones Get Caught (WE tv)

Directing in a Television Movie

• Bille Woodruff – “Drumline: A New Beat” (VH1)
• Greg Champion – “The Gabby Douglas Story” (Lifetime Networks)
• Michael Wilson – “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime Networks)
• Reggie Bythewood – “Gun Hill” (BET)
• Stephen Tolkin – “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” (Lifetime Networks)
• 
  
• Directing in a Motion Picture

• Amma Asante – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
• Antoine Fuqua – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)
• Ava DuVernay – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
• Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
• John Ridley – “JIMI: All Is By My Side” (XLrator Media)
• 
  
• ANIMATED/CGI
• 
  
• Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film)

• Jamie Foxx – “Rio 2″ (20th Century Fox)
• Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
• Morgan Freeman – “The Lego Movie” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures/Ratpac-Dune Entertainment/Lego System A/S/VertigoEntertainment/Lin Pictures)
• Tracy Morgan – “The Boxtrolls” (Focus Features)
• Zoe Saldana – “The Book of Life” (20th Century Fox)

 RECORDING

0. Outstanding New Artist
   • 3 Winans Brothers (BMG)
   • Aloe Blacc (XIX Recordings/Interscope Records)
   • Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music)
   • Jhene Aiko (Def Jam Recordings)
   • Liv Warfield (Kobalt Label Services)
   • 
     
   • Male Artist
   • John Legend (Columbia Records)
   • Kem (Motown – Capitol)
   • Kendrick Lamar (Interscope Records)
   • Michael Jackson (Epic Records)
   • Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)
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   • Female Artist
   • Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
   • Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
   • Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records)
   • Ledisi (Verve Records)
   • Mary J Blige (Capitol)

 Duo, Group or Collaboration

• “Being With You” – Smokey Robinson feat. Mary J Blige (Verve)
• “Brand New” – Pharrell Williams feat. Justin Timberlake (Columbia Records)
• “Gust of Wind” – Pharrell Williams feat. Daft Punk (Columbia Records)
• “Love, Marriage & Divorce” – Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings)
• “Stay with Me” – Sam Smith feat. Mary J Blige (Capitol)
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• Jazz Album

• “Beautiful Life” – Dianne Reeves (Concord)
• “Dave Koz and Friends: The 25th of December” – Dave Koz (Concord Records)
• “Living My Dream” – Jonathan Butler (Rendezvous Music)
• “My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke” – Al Jarreau (Concord)
• “Up” – Stanley Clarke (Mack Avenue Records)
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• Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary)

• “Duets” – Donnie McClurkin (RCA Inspiration)
• “Help” – Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music)
• “I Will Trust” – Fred Hammond (RCA Inspiration)
• “Journey To Freedom” – Michelle Williams (eOne Music)
• “Where My Heart Belongs” – Gladys Knight (Shadow Mountain Records)
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• Music Video

• “i” – Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope)
• “It’s You” – KEM (Motown – Capitol)
• “Love Never Felt So Good” – Michael Jackson feat. Justin Timberlake (Epic Records)
• “Pretty Hurts” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• “You & I (Nobody in the World)” – John Legend (Columbia Records)
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• Song

• “Good Kisser” – Usher (RCA Records)
• “i” – Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope)
• “Pretty Hurts” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• “The Man” – Aloe Blacc (Interscope Records)
• “We Are Here” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
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• Album

• “Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics” – Aretha Franklin (RCA Records)
• “Beyoncé Platinum Edition” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
• “G I R L” – Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)
• “JHUD” – Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records)
• “Love, Marriage & Divorce” – Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings)

LITERATURE

Literary Work – Fiction

• “A Wanted Woman” – Eric Jerome Dickey (Penguin Random House)
• “An Untamed State” – Roxane Gay (Grove/Atlantic – Black Cat)
• “Another Woman’s Man” – Shelly Ellis (Kensington Publishing Corp.)
• “Momma: Gone” – Nina Foxx (Brown Girls Publishing)
• “The Prodigal Son” – Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing/HachetteBook Group)
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• Literary Work – Non-Fiction

• “Bad Feminist” – Roxane Gay (Harper Perennial/HarperCollins)
• “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” – Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau)
• “Place not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America” – Sheryll Cashin (Beacon Press)
• “The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act” – Clay Risen (Bloomsbury Press)
• “Who We Be: The Colorization of America” – Jeff Chang (St. Martin’s Press)
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• Literary Work – Debut Author

• “Forty Acres” – Dwayne Alexander Smith (Atria Books)
• “Queen Sugar” – Natalie Baszile (Pamela Dorman Books/Penguin Random House)
• “Remedy For A Broken Angel” – Toni Ann Johnson (Nortia Press)
• “The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider’s Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond15 Minutes of Fame” – Darrell Miller (Dunham Books)
• “Time of the Locust” – Morowa Yejide (Atria Books)
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• Literary Work – Biography/ Autobiography

• “Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine” – Louis Sullivan with David Chanoff (University ofGeorgia Press)
• “Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My CrazyMother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair)” – Rosie Perez (Crown Archetype)
• “Life In Motion” – Misty Copeland (Touchstone)
• “Mayor for Life” – Marion Barry, Omar Tyree (Strebor Books)
• “Stand Up Straight and Sing!” – Jessye Norman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
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• Literary Work – Instructional

• “10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse” – JJ Smith (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster)
• “101 Scholarship Applications: What It Takes to Obtain a Debt-Free CollegeEducation” – Gwen Richardson (Cushcity Communications)
• “Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed” –Bryant Terry (Ten Speed Press)
• “Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal JusticeSystem” – Robbin Shipp, Nick Chiles (Agate Bolden)
• “Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life” – Joe Brewster, MicheleStephenson, Hilary Beard (Spiegel & Grau)

 Literary Work – Poetry

• “Citizen: An American Lyric” – Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
• “Digest” – Gregory Pardlo (Four Way Books)
• “The New Testament” – Jericho Brown (Copper Canyon Press)
• “The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013″ – Derek Walcott, Selected by Glyn Maxwell(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• “We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters” – Brian Gilmore (Cherry Castle Publishing, LLC)
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• Literary Work – Children

• “Beautiful Moon” – Tonya Bolden (Author), Eric Velasquez (Illustrator) (Abrams/AbramsBooks for Young Readers)
• “Dork Diaries 8: Tales From A Note-So-Happily Ever After” – Rachel ReneeRussell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell (Simon & Schuster)
• “Little Melba and Her Big Trombone” – Katheryn Russell-Brown (Author), FrankMorrison (Illustrator) (Lee & Low Books)
• “Malcolm Little” – Ilyasah Shabazz (Author), AG Ford (Illustrator) (Simon & Schuster)
• “Searching for Sarah Rector” – Tonya Bolden (Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers)
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• Literary Work – Youth/Teens

• “Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That ChangedAmerica” – Russell Freedman (Holiday House)
• “Brown Girl Dreaming” – Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books)
• “Revolution” – Deborah Wiles (Scholastic Press)
• “The Freedom Summer Murders” – Don Mitchell (Scholastic Press)
• “The Red Pencil” – Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Shane Evans (Illustrator)(Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Sarah Paulson Board American Crime Story

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Sarah Paulson will star as two of the main characters in Ryan Murphy's other FX anthology, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, the network announced today. This first installment will detail former football star Simpson's infamous 1995 criminal trial from the perspective of the lawyers, and is based on Jeffrey Toobin's similarly named book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson. Gooding Jr. will play Simpson, and Paulson — with likely only one head — will take a turn as prosecutor Marcia Clark