Actress Kerry Washington wins big at NAACP Image Awards
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Kerry Washington accepts the award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for Scandal during the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Kerry Washington (left), winner of the award for outstanding actress in a drama series for Scandal, and Tony Goldwyn pose backstage at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Kerry Washington (left) and Columbus Short pose backstage at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Kerry Washington arrives at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Ziggy Marley (right) and Orly Marley arrive at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Amandla Stenberg arrives at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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(From left) Host Steve Harvey, Quvenzhane Wallis and Dwight Henry speak onstage at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Halle Berry arrives at the NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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(From left) Wyclef Jean and Sidney Poitier present the Spingarn award to Harry Belafonte at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Actor Jamie Foxx, named Entertainer of the Year, poses for pictures in the press room at the 44th NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Samuel L. Jackson, right, presents the award for entertainer of the year to Jamie Foxx at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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LL Cool J accepts the award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for NCIS: Los Angeles during the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Jamie Foxx (left) poses with director Quentin Tarantino during the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Don Cheadle accepts the award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for House of Lies during the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Loretta Devine accepts the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Grey's Anatomy during the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Cassi Davis poses with her award in the press room at the 44th NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Tatyana Ali poses with her award in the press room at The 44th NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Tristan Wilds poses with his award in the media room at the 44th NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, February 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Kerry Washington accepts the award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for Scandal during the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Kerry Washington (left), winner of the award for outstanding actress in a drama series for Scandal, and Tony Goldwyn pose backstage at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Kerry Washington (left) and Columbus Short pose backstage at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Kerry Washington arrives at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Ziggy Marley (right) and Orly Marley arrive at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Amandla Stenberg arrives at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
(From left) Host Steve Harvey, Quvenzhane Wallis and Dwight Henry speak onstage at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Halle Berry arrives at the NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
(From left) Wyclef Jean and Sidney Poitier present the Spingarn award to Harry Belafonte at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Actor Jamie Foxx, named Entertainer of the Year, poses for pictures in the press room at the 44th NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Samuel L. Jackson, right, presents the award for entertainer of the year to Jamie Foxx at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
LL Cool J accepts the award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for NCIS: Los Angeles during the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Jamie Foxx (left) poses with director Quentin Tarantino during the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Don Cheadle accepts the award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for House of Lies during the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Loretta Devine accepts the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Grey's Anatomy during the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Cassi Davis poses with her award in the press room at the 44th NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Tatyana Ali poses with her award in the press room at The 44th NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Tristan Wilds poses with his award in the media room at the 44th NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, February 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) - Actress Kerry Washington was the big winner at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards on Friday, Feb 2, 2013, picking up awards for her roles in the slavery-era Western film Django Unchained and television drama Scandal, as well as a special honor for professional achievement and public service.
But on a night that celebrated the successes of artists of color, actor and activist Harry Belafonte struck a somber note when he admonished the black community for failing to speak out in favor of gun control, saying "the group most devastated by America's obsession with the gun is African-Americans."
Washington received the best supporting actress in a movie award for her role as a slave in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and best actress in a television drama for Scandal, in which she plays a crisis-management expert.
"This award does not belong to me. It belongs to our ancestors," Washington said in accepting her award for Django Unchained, which has received a mixed reaction from the black community for its portrayal of slavery and its violence.
