{"id":187545,"date":"2016-02-06T11:56:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T11:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=187545"},"modified":"2016-02-06T11:56:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T11:56:49","slug":"michael-b-jordan-compton-diversity-celebrated-at-naacp-image-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=187545","title":{"rendered":"Michael B. Jordan, ‘Compton,’ diversity celebrated at NAACP Image Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a total knockout for Michael B. Jordan at the NAACP Image Awards in a ceremony that took several jabs at Hollywood for the lack of racial diversity.<\/p>\n

The star of the boxing drama Creed<\/i> was honored Friday as both the entertainer of the year and outstanding actor in a motion picture for his role as Apollo Creed\u2019s son.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to sneak into the Image Awards, and now I\u2019m standing here as the entertainer of the year, which is mind blowing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Straight Outta Compton<\/i>, which tells the story of the pioneering rap group NWA, picked up the outstanding motion picture prize.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank the NAACP for this because without you riding for us for the last 100 years, we would not be standing here,\u201d director F. Gary Gray said.<\/p>\n

Image Awards host Anthony Anderson kicked off the ceremony by invoking NWA for a rap about the lack of racial diversity at other awards shows.<\/p>\n

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The black-ish<\/i> star donned a gold chain and a baseball cap with the words \u201cNominees With Attitude\u201d to sing about such snubs as Beasts of No Nation<\/i> and Jordan at the Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, y’all, I don\u2019t mean to sound cocky, but the movie\u2019s called Creed<\/i>, not Rocky<\/i>,\u201d he rapped.<\/p>\n

Anderson later joked during his opening monologue that he didn\u2019t want the Academy Awards to go overboard in response to the #OscarsSoWhite controversy by honoring a movie like Madea Goes Trick or Treating in Compton<\/i> as best picture or handing out Kevin Harts instead of Oscars.<\/p>\n

\u201cHollywood needs to know that this is what diversity is supposed to look like,\u201d a more serious Anderson told the crowd at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.<\/p>\n

When he walked on stage to present Creed<\/i> as an outstanding motion picture contender, Sylvester Stone was surprised to be greeted warmly by the audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI certainly didn\u2019t expect that,\u201d said the Rocky<\/i> star, who failed to recognize Jordan and Creed<\/i> filmmaker Ryan Coogler in his acceptance speech at last month\u2019s Golden Globes. He later returned to the stage to thank them and apologized on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee were among this year\u2019s Image Awards attendees who said they won\u2019t attend this year\u2019s Oscar ceremony after a second year of mostly white nominees.<\/p>\n

Despite several comments \u2014 both mocking and thoughtful \u2014 about the lack of racial diversity in Hollywood, it was mostly show business as usual for the 47th Image Awards, which are presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor people of color in entertainment.<\/p>\n

black-ish<\/i> swept the TV comedy categories Anderson winning the award for outstanding actor, while the show was selected as outstanding comedy series and his co-star Tracee Ellis Ross was honored as outstanding actress.<\/p>\n

On the TV drama side, Empire<\/i> dominated with wins for outstanding drama series, actor and actress for Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson.<\/p>\n

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Source: AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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