Just wanted to write a quick post to let you guys know that, as some predicted, BeBe & CeCe Winans won the NAACP Image Award on Friday night for “Outstanding Gospel Album,” for their reunion project, Still.
Also, as I joked but didn’t really EXPECT to happen, Mary Mary won “Outstanding Song” for “God In Me.” The chart-topping single was up against Maxwell’s “Bad Habits” and “Pretty Wings,” Jamie Foxx’s “Blame It” and Jay-Z’s “Empire State Of Mind.” And the Marys won. That’s HUGE for them. Whoo hoooo, ladies!
Side note– Tamela Mann gave an awesome performance of her single, “Joy Of The Lord,” in tribute to Tyler Perry, who was honored with the Chairman’s Award. She looked great and sounded great.
I’m more than a little miffed that the dude from the movie Precious arrograntly refused to stop speaking when they kept giving cues to do so– it meant that the LIVE telecast was cut off, and we only got to see the first verse and chorus of Mary Mary performing “God In Me,” which was the show’s finale, of sorts.
It’s like… this ain’t the Oscars, buddy. The network isn’t gonna delay their scheduled programming for your speech or, as much as I love it, for the NAACP Image Awards. And, as my wife pointed out, you made the Marys have to stand in position while you gave your lil’ speech– one is 8 months pregnant and the other had laryngitis. Don’t mess with our Marys, dude!
*glaring at him, then realizing that I’m too invested in this*
Oh well. Maybe he’ll send them a lil’ written apology for that move– maybe I’ll start a petition to encourage it. LOL Kidding. I’m sooooooo not writing anything else about this… I’m just sayin’.
Who else watched? What did you think?
It was Lee Daniel's FIRST award ever, after many years in the business, so I understood the excitement. He also say early on Oprah that his expectations of that movie were 'straight to video'.., so I got his excitement and I'm certain, that performance wasn't his 'first thought'. In situations like this, I've seen what most consider the most important award of the evening, have NO time left due to the indulgences of the evening. This is a directorial problem that should have given all of these elements at the end of the evening their ample time, or simply moved something more to the pre-show telecast. As for the rest of the evening.., it all felt a little 'familiar' to me.., and not terribly inspiring. I got the feeling that many were there because their publicists felt they HAD to be shown in the audience. It wasn't as joyous a celebration as I've witnessed in the past.
Everyone should be prepped on the time limit for an acceptance speech. I understand the excitmemt but be mindful of protocal. Great movie though!!