Watching House

The NAACP Image Awards were held this past Friday, and I suppose that I must have been getting tired of the Award season because I didn’t pay any attention to the fact that yet another award show was taking place.

My bad!

Well, I’m a little behind, but hopefully not too far behind to let you know that Omar Epps, who plays Dr. Foreman on our favorite television series. Epps won for Best Supporting Actor in a drama series. Good work Omar!

His character, Foreman, has changed quite a bit this season, don’t you think? In past seasons you could always rely on him to have a very negative viewpoint. As negative as Dr. House’s but often the opposite view. However, ever since his brush with death and subsequent brain damage he’s been a little bit gentler, a little less negative. He gets along with Chase and Cameron much better too doesn’t he?

I think the changes to his personality might have left us liking his character a little bit more, but I find that I’m a little bit confused. I don’t always know what to expect from Foreman. I’m still of the view that he’s always going to be negative, but then he’ll be the most understanding and supportive doctor on the show during the episode where I think he’s going to go back to his old self. Anyone else feel that way too?

Either way, Omar Epps has done a great job portraying Dr. Foreman and putting up with Dr. House’s antics and disagreeable personality. He deserves his award.

Here’s a complete list of the NAACP Image Awards winners:

TELEVISION CATEGORIES:

• Comedy series: “Ugly Betty”
• Director of comedy series: Kenneth Whittingham, “The Office.”
• Actor in a comedy series: Tyler James Williams, “Everybody Hates Chris.”
• Actress in a comedy series: Tracee Ellis Ross, “Girlfriends.”
• Supporting actor in a comedy series: Reggie Hayes, “Girlfriends.”
• Supporting actress in a comedy series: Vanessa Williams, “Ugly Betty.”
• Writing in comedy series: Silvio Horta, “Ugly Betty.”
• Drama Series: “Grey’s Anatomy.”
• Director of drama series: Karen Gaviola, “The Whole Truth.”
• Actor in a drama series: Isaiah Washington, “Grey’s Anatomy.”
• Actress in drama series: Kimberly Elise, “Close to Home.”
• Supporting actor in a drama series: Omar Epps, “House.”
• Supporting actress in a drama series: Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy.”
• Writing in drama series: Shonda Rhimes, “Grey’s Anatomy,” “It’s the End of the World.”
• TV movie, miniseries, or dramatic special: “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.”
• Actor in a TV movie, miniseries or dramatic special: Kadeem Hardison, “Life is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story.”
• Actress in a TV movie, miniseries or dramatic special: Sophie Okonedo, “Tsunami, The Aftermath.”
• Actor in a daytime drama series: Kristoff St. John, “The Young and the Restless.”
• Actress in a daytime drama series: Tracy Ross, “Passions.”
• News, talk or information, series or special: Tavis Smiley, “Katrina-One Year Later.”
• Reality: “American Idol.”
• Variety series or special: “An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder.”
• Children’s Program: “That’s So Raven.”
• Outstanding Performance, Children’s Program: Raven Symone. “That’s So Raven.”

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES:

• Motion picture: “The Pursuit of Happyness.”
• Actor in a motion picture: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland.”
• Actress in a motion picture: Keke Palmer, “Akeelah and the Bee.”
• Supporting actor in a motion picture: Djimon Hounsou, “Blood Diamond.”
• Supporting actress in a motion picture: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls.”
• Independent or Foreign Film: “An Inconvenient Truth.”
• Director of motion picture, television movie: Spike Lee, “The Inside Man.”
• Writing for motion picture, television movie: Doug Atchison, “Akeelah and the Bee.”

LITERATURE CATEGORIES:

• Literary work, fiction: “Baby Brother’s Blues,” Pearl Cleage.
• Literary work, nonfiction: “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream,” Barack Obama.
• Debut author: “Letters to a Young Brother,” Hill Harper.
• Biography, autobiography: “The Pursuit of Happyness,” Christ Gardner.
• Instructional: “Mama Made The Difference,” T.D. Jakes.
• Poetry: “Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer,” Maya Angelou.
• Children: “Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom,” Carole Boston Weatherford.
• Youth, teens: “Letters to a Young Brother,” Hill Harper.

MUSIC CATEGORIES:

• New artist: Corinne Bailey Rae.
• Male artist: Prince
• Female artist: Mary J. Blige.
• Duo or group: The Roots.
• Jazz artist: Glady Knight.
• Gospel artist, traditional or contemporary: Kirk Franklin.
• Music video: Mary J. Blige, “Be Without You.”
• Song: “I Am Not My Hair,” India.Arie.
• Album: “Dreamgirls” (Soundtrack)

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