NAACP Awards: Tracey Ross (PSNS) Kristoff St. John (Y&R) Win

[Chris B]

I watched, but they didn't show Daytime (or Supporting Comedy or Drama TV) and I can't find it online. Has anyone found it yet? I'm just dreading a Christel Khalil win for two months of doing nothing.

38th NAACP Image Award Winners

CNN's Soledad O'Brien was given the honorary President's Award for her work as a journalist. Honorary recognition also included Bill Cosby's induction into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame and the Chairman's Award to Bono.

TELEVISION CATEGORIES:

Comedy series: "Ugly Betty"

Director of comedy series: "Kenneth Whittingham, "The Office."

Actor in a comedy series: Tyler James Williams, "Everybody Hates Chris."

Actress in a comedy series: Tracee Ellis Ross, "Girlfriends."

Supporting actor in a comedy series: Reggie Hayes, "Girlfriends"

Supporting actress in a comedy series: Vanessa Williams, "Ugly Betty"

Writing in comedy series: Silvio Horta, "Ugly Betty."

Drama Series: "Grey's Anatomy"

Director of drama series: Karen Gaviola, "The Whole Truth."

Actor in a drama series: Isaiah Washington. "Grey's Anatomy"

Actress in drama series: Kimberly Elise, "Close to Home."

Supporting actor in a drama series: Omar Epps, "House."

Supporting actress in a drama series: Chandra Wilson, "Grey's Anatomy"

Writing in drama series: Shonda Rhimes, "Grey's Anatomy," "It's the End of the World."

TV movie, miniseries, or dramatic special: "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."

Actor in a TV movie, miniseries or dramatic special: Kadeem Hardison, "Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story."

Actress in a TV movie, miniseries or dramatic special: Sophie Okonedo, "Tsunami, The Aftermath."

Actor in a daytime drama series: Kristoff St. John, "The Young and the Restless."

Actress in a daytime drama series: Tracy Ross, "Passions."

News, talk or information, series or special: Tavis Smiley, "Katrina--One Year Later."

Reality: "American Idol."

Variety series or special: "An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder."

Children's Program: "That's So Raven"

Outstanding Performance, Children's Program: Raven Symone. "That's So Raven"

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES:

Motion picture: "The Pursuit of Happyness."

Actor in a motion picture: Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland."

Actress in a motion picture: Keke Palmer, "Akeelah and the Bee."

Supporting actor in a motion picture: Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond."

Supporting actress in a motion picture: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls."

Independent or Foreign Film: "An Inconvenient Truth."

Director of motion picture, television movie: Spike Lee, "The Inside Man."

Writing for motion picture, television movie: Doug Atchison, "Akeelah and the Bee."

MUSIC CATEGORIES:

New artist: Corinne Bailey Rae.

Male artist: Prince

Female artist: Mary J. Blige.

Duo or group: The Roots.

Jazz artist: Glady Knight.

Gospel artist, traditional or contemporary: Kirk Franklin.

Music video: Mary J. Blige, "Be Without You."

Song: "I Am Not My Hair," India.Arie.

Album: "Dreamgirls" (Soundtrack)

[Im-n-a-whirl]

I have been looking too...

Found it!

Kristoff St. John of Y&R and Tracy Ross of Passions won the soap categories!!!!

NAACP Image Winners

[Chris B]

Thanks for that! I would've prefered Renee/Davetta, but ANYONE is better than Khalil!

Congrats to Ross for getting what must be the only acting award given for Passions!

[PhoenixRising05]

Wow...good for Tracey Ross. That is a surprise.

I am happy for Kristoff as well.

[JER Soaps Fan]

Oh, damn, I just had a feeling my girl (Tracey) would pull through!

Does ANYBODY have a transcript or video of her acceptance speech?

PASSIONATE minds wanna know!!!

[Im-n-a-whirl]

JSF, I don't think those awards were given during the live telecast; they must've been given out earlier.

I checked WireImage and some other photo sites and the only soap stars that were there were Renee Elise Goldsberry and the girl that plays Lily on Y&R.

[JER Soaps Fan]

Oh, I know it was given out at an award ceremony. But for instance, the Emmys (or Golden Globes, whichever) post video on their official site of backstage interviews -- stuff you NEVER see anywhere else. I didn't know if perhaps the NAACP had similar unseen footage. At the very least, I'll want to see a transcript of the acceptance speeches. If it's like the Oscars and Emmys even the "other" awards still have a ceremony of sorts.

And again, I'd want to see Tracey's acceptance..

[Im-n-a-whirl]

I can't find anything on Tracy's acceptance speech. Maybe more will be added to the net tomorrow.

[bellcurve]

Way to go Tracey! She's not the best, but she's one of their better actors.

I would have preferred a Davetta win too.

[JoelMTL]

Well, it will make a great piece of trivia. Tracy Ross and Josh Ryan Evans (won the soap digest award in 2000), the only two actors to ever win acting awards for their work on PASSIONS.

[JER Soaps Fan]

Sorry, I haven't been keeping up, but isn't there a chance someone could win an Emmy still? They're not until May, y'know...

[JoelMTL]

Yes, there's a chance a PASSIONS actor can win an emmy this year and even next year but given the fact that JER doesn't really give the actors meaty enough material plus NBC actors rarely get nominated, it's unlikely any Passions star will win anything else.

[KMan101]

I think the material is fine. It obviously doesn't take much, LOL. I think it's just a bias against NBC. I think, unfortunately, it's a huge stretch we get even a single nomination for NBC. I'm praying for DAYS but I won't get my hopes up. Passions is a huge stretch, unfortunately, although I'm hoping Ben Masters finally gets a long overdue nod along with Juliet Mills and Lindsay Hartley. All three are SO deserving of some recognition. Emily Harper too.

But congrats to Tracey Ross! She's had some good scenes over the years. Not a stellar actress (sorry) but still does very well when given the material.

[RionPassions]

McKenzie Westmore and a couple of others won SOD Awards the year it wasn't televised.

Robin Strasser won an SOD Award for her role as Hecuba. (Both of them won in 2001)

[R!ck]

Congrats to Tracey