The GOLDIE Awards: Film/Television Category

ज्ब्ग The GOLDIE Awards 2008 ज्ब्ग

Film and Television

Best Film

The Secret Life Of Bees embodied this year's most memorable performances by a nearly all-female cast. Queen Latifah and Sophie Okenedo are the stand-outs in the film, but it is essentially the themes within the film which propelled it further. The book alone is something to shout about. Although Cadillac Records and 7 Pounds were both intriguing films to watch; hands-down... this is the best film of 2008.

Nominees:

The Secret Life of Bees Cadillac Records
The Family That Preys
Miracle at St. Anna
7 Pounds Hancock

Best Actor

Jeffery Wright has a background in stage and theatre, giving him a much more competitive edge than his contemporaries. Certainly, he embodied the soul and very essence of Muddy Waters in Cadillac Records. It is very difficult to shine amidst a cast of award-winning actors and singers (see: Beyonce Knowles, Adrien Brody and Gabrielle Union), but Wright has proved it can be done.

Nominees:

Columbus Short (Cadillac Records)

Will Smith (7 Pounds)

Rockmond Dunbar (The Family That Preys)

Jeffery Wright (Cadillac Records)

Derek Luke (Miracle at St. Anna)

Best Actress

Sophie truly deserves a GOLDIE for her brilliant portrayal of May Boatwright in the classic story The Secret Life Of Bees. Sophie holds a background in theatre and performance which gives her a step up from all of the other nominees.

Nominees:

Sophie Okenedo (The Secret Life of Bees)
Queen Latifah (The Secret Life of Bees)
Alfre Woodard (The Family That Preys)
Beyonce Knowles (Cadillac Records)
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)

Act-Up Movie of the Year

Tropic Thunder: i.e. Blackface for the New Millenium... shame on this Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. This film was a NO BUSINESS and we are tired of having to laugh at the expense of the bastardization of the Black man.

Best TV Show

Highly addicting, monstrously entertaining (see: Neffie and Frankie)

Nominees:

Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is

America’s Next Top Model

90210

Family Guy

Grey's Anatomy

The Office

Project Runway

Worst TV Show

"Real Chance of Love" is a poor reflection on Black manhood/masculinity and further perpetuates stereotypical oversexed characteristics.

Nominees:

"Real Chance of Love" or any spin-off of "Flavor Of Love"

Tyler Perry's House of Payne

MTV Awards 2008

BET Awards 2008

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