“Creed” star Michael B. Jordan won both Entertainer of the Year and the best film actor prize at the NAACP Image Awards on Friday, while the N.W.A biopic “Straight Outta Compton” took home the prize for Outstanding Motion Picture.
In the top TV categories, Fox’s “Empire” and ABC’s “black-ish” dominated. The former took home prizes for best drama as well as for leads Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson.
Meanwhile, “black-ish” won for best comedy, as well as the top acting prizes for its stars, Tracee Ellis-Ross and Anthony Anderson. Anderson also hosted the ceremony, which was broadcast live on TV One from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.