Jennifer Hudson wins NAACP Image Award
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Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson kept her winning streak alive and Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington claimed a best actor prize at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards Friday. Hudson, a former "American Idol" finalist, received a best supporting actress award for her role in the musical "Dreamgirls," the same category she won at the Oscars on Sunday.
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Forest Whitaker won the Academy Award for best actor on Sunday for a critically hailed performance as Ugandan ruler Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland," beating out 74-year-old screen legend Peter O'Toole.
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Seattle Storm forward Lauren Jackson wins her second career WNBA most valuable player award Wednesday.
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Bianca Jagger of Nicaragua was  awarded an honor known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize" on  Thursday for her work to promote human rights and social  justice.
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It was a memorable but not completely triumphant Oscar night for black actors as Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson won trophies but Eddie Murphy lost in an upset.
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Hollywood beauty Kate Winslet and hip hop singer Alicia Keys have bagged the first American Glamour Women Awards of the Year.
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Mariah Carey was the big winner at  the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta Friday, winning  five prizes, including top R&B/hip-hop artist.
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Recent Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker were looking to keep their streaks going at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards.
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R&B singer Mary J. Blige was the top winner at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Monday, taking home nine prizes, while "American Idol" champion Carrie Underwood was honored for album of the year.
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She might have been the belle of the Academy Awards ball, but Jennifer Hudson seemed a shoo-in to wind up on the night's ''worst dressed'' list.
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British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse won the Grammy for best new artist on Sunday, bringing her tally for the ceremony to three statuettes.
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Scoville Jenkins, a 17-year-old from Atlanta, became the first black to win the 18s singles championship of the U.S. Tennis Association Boys Nationals.
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âThe Great Debatersâ was a big winner at the 39th N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards ceremonies, Variety reported. The film, about the ascent of a debate team from a small all-black college in the 1930s, captured honors for best film, actor (Denzel Washington, who was also its director), actress (Jurnee Smollett) and supporting actor (Denzel Whitaker). Janet Jackson was named outstanding supporting actress for her performance in âTyler Perryâs Why Did I Get Married?â In the ceremonies at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, âTalk to Me,â a tale of the symbiotic relationship of two men, was honored for its script, by Michael Genet and Rick Famuyiwa, and its direction, by Kasi Lemmons.
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Jennifer Hudson won the supporting-actress Academy Award on Sunday for "Dreamgirls," though her co-star and fellow front-runner Eddie Murphy lost the supporting-actor prize to Alan Arkin of "Little Miss Sunshine."
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The Screen Actors Guild on Monday   said it will give Dame Julie Andrews, star of "The Sound of   Music," its Life Achievement Award when it hands out its annual   acting honors next January 28.
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It was a memorable but not completely triumphant Oscar night for black actors as Forrest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson won trophies but Eddie Murphy lost in an upset.
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She might have been the belle of the Academy Awards ball, but Jennifer Hudson seemed a shoo-in to wind up on the night's "worst dressed" list.