Akeelah and the Bee

Film Life’s 2006 Black Movie Awards, A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present and Future, will honor creative achievements by African Americans both in front of and behind the camera. The ceremony which will be hosted by Tyler Perry will have Oprah Winfrey, Kimberly Elise, Angela Bassett and Ruby Dee as Presenters. Among the artists nominated are also Queen Latifah, who was nominated for her work in Last Holiday and Tyrese Gibson, who is up for Outstanding Performance by an Actor for his role alongside the Game in the movie Waist Deep.  With four nominations each representing the top nominees are Akeelah + The Bee and ATL. This year Black Movie Awards, A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present and Future will air Oct. 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TNT taking place at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Oct. 15.

Nominations for the ‘2006 Black Movie Awards’:

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Presley Chweneyagae – Tsotsi
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor – Kinky Boots
  • Tyrese Gibson – Waist Deep
  • Cuba Gooding, Jr. – Shadowboxer
  • Denzel Washington – Inside Man

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Mos Def – 16 Blocks
  • Laurence Fishburne – Akeelah & the Bee
  • Jamie Foxx  – Jarhead
  • Hubert Koundé  – The Constant Gardener
  • Jeffrey Wright – Syriana

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Halle Berry – X-Men: The Last Stand
  • Meagan Good – Waist Deep
  • Sanaa Lathan – Something New
  • Queen Latifah  – Last Holiday
  • Keke Palmer – Akeelah & the Bee

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Angela Bassett – Akeelah & the Bee
  • Rosario Dawson  – Rent
  • Lauren London – ATL
  • Lynn Whitfield – Madea’s Family Reunion
  • Alfre Woodard – Something New

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENWRITING

  • Tina Gordon Chism – ATL
  • Rob Hardy – The Gospel
  • Tyler Perry – Madea’s Family Reunion
  • Kriss Turner – Something New
  • Norman Vance, Jr. – Roll Bounce

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

  • Vondie Curtis-Hall – Waist Deep
  • Malcolm D. Lee – Roll Bounce
  • Spike Lee – Inside Man
  • Chris Robinson – ATL
  • John Singleton – Four Brothers

OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE

  • Akeelah & the Bee
  • ATL
  • Four Brothers
  • Inside Man
  • Tsotsi