Curvy Girls & Big Boys rack up NAACP Image Award Nominations!!

2009 is starting off spectacularly for the curvy girls & big boys that are steadily on their grind...........

The NAACP Image Awards will air tonight on FOX at 8pm and I for one will be watching because the big girls AND guys have racked up an impressive number of nominations:

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Queen Latifah – "The Secret Life of Bees"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Cedric the Entertainer – "Cadillac Records"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Jennifer Hudson – "The Secret Life of Bees"

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

America Ferrera – "Ugly Betty"

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Anthony Anderson – "Law & Order"

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

CCH Pounder – "The Shield"
Chandra Wilson - "Grey’s Anatomy"

Loretta Devine – "Eli Stone"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Wendell Pierce – "The Wire"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

S. Epatha Merkerson – "Law & Order"

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

Charles S. Dutton – "Racing For Time" (Lifetime)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Chandra Wilson – "Accidental Friendship" (Hallmark Channel)
Phylicia Rashad – "A Raisin in The Sun" (ABC)








Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

Shonda Rhimes – "Grey’s Anatomy" - Freedom Part 1 & 2

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

Jennifer Hudson feat. Fantasia – "I’m His Only Woman"

Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown – "No Air"

Outstanding New Artist

Jennifer Hudson
Jazmine Sullivan

Outstanding Female Artist - Jennifer Hudson
Outstanding Music Video - "Spotlight" – Jennifer Hudson

Outstanding Song - "Spotlight" – Jennifer Hudson

Outstanding Album - "Jennifer Hudson" – Jennifer Hudson

Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction

"Letter to My Daughter" – Maya Angelou

"The Sea is So Wide And My Boat Is So Small" – Marian Wright Edelman

Outstanding Literary Work – Children

"Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem" – Maya Angelou

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

"Tapping the Power Within: A Path To Self-Empowerment For Women" – Iyanla Vanzant

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

"Beacon Hills High" – Mo’Nique Hicks, Sherri McGee McCovey
"Joseph" – Shelia P. Moses


Good luck tonight and thank you for continuously showing the world that it's truly not about the size of your body....but the enormity of your individual talents....

"It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction." - Doris Lessing