"Ryan Coogler's pulsating supernatural thriller Sinners leads the movie categories in nominations for the NAACP Image Awards, announced Monday. Sinners, in which Michael B. Jordan pulls double duty as twins, received 18 nominations, followed by Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest, which got nine. In television, Bel-Air leads with seven nods. Jordan is also one of the five luminaries vying for the NAACP's Entertainer of the Year award. He joins Cynthia Erivo, Doechii, Kendrick Lamar and Teyana Taylor. Last year's winner was Keke Palmer."
"As for Taylor, who stars in One Battle After Another, she received the most individual nods with six across multiple categories, including movies, music and TV. In music, Lamar led the group with six nods. The NAACP Image Awards is our declaration to our community that We See You,' affirming Black creativity, excellence, and humanity across every space where our stories are told, said Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, in a statement."
Ryan Coogler's supernatural thriller Sinners leads film nominations at the NAACP Image Awards with 18 nods, followed by Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest with nine. Bel-Air leads television with seven nominations. Michael B. Jordan, who plays twins in Sinners, is among five Entertainer of the Year nominees alongside Cynthia Erivo, Doechii, Kendrick Lamar and Teyana Taylor. Taylor received six individual nominations across film, music and TV; Lamar also had six music nods. The NAACP added two categories: outstanding literary work — journalism, and outstanding editing in a motion picture or television project. The 57th awards will be Feb. 28 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and televised on BET; the public can vote online.
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