Michael B Jordan was top dog at the Annual NAACP Image Awards taking both Outstanding Actor and Entertainer of the Year prizes for his work in Creed, which obviously should have netted him an Oscar nominations (we honored him here). Creed was a big player, too, taking Writing and Directing and Supporting Actress (Phylicia Rashad) prizes only to lose the Outstanding Motion Picture prize to Straight Outta Compton.
In other curious developments Idris Elba, fresh off a SAG win, lost the Supporting Actor prize to O'Shea Jackson Jr for Compton. As a reminder of the strange nominee list, of the central trio in Compton only Jason Mitchell (who played Easy E) was snubbed, despite being the actor who received the strongest reviews within the film.
The image awards, now in their 47th year, are kind of an all purpose awards show for black artists so they also honor literature, music, and television. black-ish and Empire were the big television winners and Anthony Anderson hosted the awards show.
After the cuteness of Gabrielle Union & Keegan-Michael Key, the full list of winners.
SPECIAL
Entertainer of the Year: Michael B. Jordan
President's Award: John Legend
FILM
Entertainer of the Year: Michael B. Jordan
Actor in a Motion Picture: Michael B. Jordan, Creed
Actress in a Motion Picture: Sanaa Lathan, The Perfect Guy
Motion Picture: Straight Outta Compton
Independent Motion Picture: Beasts of No Nation
Directing: Ryan Coogler, Creed
Writing: Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington, Creed
Supporting Actor: O'Shea Jackson Jr, Straight Outta Compton
Supporting Actress: Phylicia Rashad, Creed
Documentary: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
TELEVISION
TV-Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: The Wiz Live!
Directing in a Motion Picture (Television): Dee Rees, Bessie
Drama Series: Empire
Comedy Series: Black-ish
Actor in a Drama Series: Terrence Howard, Empire
Actress in a Drama Series: Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Actress in a Comedy Series: Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Actor in a Comedy Series: Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Actress in a Television Movie, Miniseries: Queen Latifah, Bessie
Actor in a TV-Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: David Alan Grier, The Wiz Live!
Documentary: Muhammad Ali: The People's Champ
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Mike Epps, Survivor's Remorse
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Marsai Martin, Black-ish
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Joe Morton, Scandal
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Regina King, American Crime
Performance by a Youth: Marcus Scribner, black-ish
Writing in a Drama Series: Mara Brack Ali, Jameal Turner, Keli Goff, Being Mary Jane, Sparrow
Writing in a Motion Picture (Television): Lawrence Hill, Clement Virgo, The Book of Negroes
Directing in a Comedy Series: Don Cheadle, House of Lies, The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule
Directing in a Drama Series: John Ridley, American Crime
Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film): Loretta Devine, Doc McStuffins
Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety Program (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble: Steve Harvey, Family Feud
Talk Series: The Talk
News/Information (Series of Special): Unsung
Reality Program/Reality Competition Series: Welcome to Sweetie Pie's
Variety (Series or Special): Family Feud
Children's Program: Doc McStuffins
TV-Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: The Wiz Live!
Actor in a TV-Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special: David Alan Grier, The Wiz Live!
RECORDING
New Artist: Jussie Smollett
Male Artist: Pharrell Williams
Female Artist: Jill Scott
Duo, Group of Collaboration: Estelle & Jussie Smollett "Conqueror" from Empire
Jazz Album: "Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4," Miles Davis
Gospel Album: "It's Personal," Tina Campbell
Music Video: "Shame," Tyrese Gibson
Song (Traditional): "Back Together," Jill Scott
Song (Contemporary): "You're So Beautiful," Jussie Smollett & Yazz from Empire
Album: "Woman," Jill Scott
LITERATURE
Fiction: Stand Your Ground, Victoria Christopher Murray
Nonfiction: Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk
Debut Author: The Fishermen, Chigozle Obloma
Biography/Autobiography: Between The World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Instructional: Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family, Alice Randall
Poetry: How To Be Drawn, Terrance Hayes
Childrens: Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America, Carol Boston
Youth/Teens: X: A Novel, Ilyasa Shabazz, Kekla Magoon
You can see a full list of nominees at the NAACP site