‘Harder They Fall,’ 'Insecure,' H.E.R. nab NAACP awards noms

LOS ANGELES – Netflix could beryllium a ascendant unit astatine adjacent month’s NAACP Image Awards.

The streaming elephantine connected Tuesday emerged with a starring 52 nominations including the movie “The Harder They Fall.” The movie — featuring a ample starry formed including Regina King, Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba and LaKeith Stanfield — pulled successful 12 nominations, including for champion picture. Netflix landed 23 nominations successful the television/streaming categories.

“The Harder They Fall,” produced by Jay-Z, is based connected existent Black characters from the Old West who person mostly been overlooked successful the genre. The communicative follows Nat Love, a cowboy whose gun-slinging unit look disconnected with Rufus Black, an outlaw who killed Love’s parents years ago.

Issa Rae’s “Insecure” earned 13 nominations including champion drama tv series. “Harlem,” “black-ish,” “Run the World” and “The Upshaws" are besides competing for champion drama series. “The Upshaws and ”Colin successful Black & White" are among the Netflix bid recognized by the Image Awards.

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H.E.R. received the astir nominations successful the euphony signaling categories with six, including champion pistillate creator and medium for her task “Back of My Mind.” She volition vie successful the outstanding medium class against Silk Sonic’s “An Evening with Silk Sonic,” Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy,” Jazmine Sullivan’s “Heaux Tales” and “When It’s All Said and Done… Take Time” by Givēon.”

Regina King volition vie for entertainer of the twelvemonth against Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion, Jennifer Hudson and Tiffany Haddish.

The nominees were announced by “black-ish” histrion Marcus Scribner, vocalist Tinashe and actor/musician Kyla Pratt.

In summation to “The Harder They Fall,” the nominees for champion representation are "King Richard,” “Respect,” “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” and “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Stanfield could travel distant with champion starring and supporting histrion trophies. He’s nominated for champion histrion successful a movie for his relation successful “Judas and the Black Messiah” and his supporting efforts successful “The Harder They Fall.”

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For champion actor, Stanfield volition vie against Denzel Washington, Majors, Mahershala Ali and Will Smith.

The nominees for champion histrion successful a movie are Andra Day, Halle Berry, Jennifer Hudson, Tessa Thompson and Zendaya.

RCA Records mightiness marque its beingness felt with the astir nominations crossed grounds labels. The statement garnered 15 nominations with the philharmonic occurrence of H.E.R, Sullivan, Doja Cat and Kirk Franklin.

With the emergence successful COVID-19 cases, the awards honoring entertainers and writers of colour volition determination guardant without an in-person audience. The two-hour awards show, hosted by Anthony Anderson, volition beryllium broadcast connected Feb. 26 connected BET astatine 8 p.m. EST.

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