NAACP Image Awards: Ayo Edebiri, Keke Palmer, Jamie Foxx Among Early Winners
deadline.comAyo Edebiri, Keke Palmer and Jamie Foxx’s stand-up special Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was were among the winners on the first night of the 56th NAACP Image Awards.
The awards, which honor the year’s best in Black achievement and excellence, will be handed out in two pre-show nights continuing Thursday, and a Creative Arts ceremony Friday ahead of Saturday’s main ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Center, airing live on BET and CBS at 8 p.m.
ET/PT. The Emmy-winning Edebiri won tonight for Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television) for her role in The Bear, while Palmer won for Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition for NBC’s game show Password.
They and Foxx were joined on winners list by Samuel L. Jackson and Taraji P. Henson among others across TV, short film and book categories.
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