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NAACP Image Award For Outstanding Writing In A Dramatic Series
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series. The award was first given during the 2007 ceremony and since its conception, Shonda Rhimes holds the record for the most wins with five and is currently the only writer to win in this category more than once. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations Wins ; 5 wins * Shonda Rhimes Nominations ; 8 nominations * Janine Sherman Barrois ; 7 nominations * Shonda Rhimes ; 4 nominations * Zoanne Clack ; 3 nominations * Ava DuVernay * Sara Hess * Kathleen McGhee-Anderson * Aaron Rahsaan Thomas * Anthony Sparks ; 2 nominations * Mara Brock Akil * Nkechi Okoro Carroll * Patrick Joseph Charles * Erika Green Swafford * Cheo Hodari Coker * LaToya Morgan * Pam Veasey * Lena Waithe * Alexander Woo Alexander Woo is an American writer and producer for television. Biography Screenwriting Alexa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAACP Image Award
The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. Similar to other awards, like the Oscars and the Grammys, the over 40 categories of the Image Awards are voted on by the award organization's members (in this case, NAACP members). Honorary awards (similar to the Academy Honorary Award) have also been included, such as the President's Award, the Chairman's Award, the Entertainer of the Year, and the Hall of Fame Award. History The award ceremony was first organized and presented on August 13, 1967, by activists Maggie Hathaway, Sammy Davis Jr. and Willis Edwards, all three of whom were leaders of the Beverly Hills-Hollywood NAACP branch. While it was first taped for television by NBC (which broadcast the awards from 1987 to 1994 in January, on weeks when ''Saturday Night Live'' wasn't ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Sparks
Anthony Sparks is an American television showrunner, writer-producer, and playwright. He is also an essay writer who focuses on media, performance, and African American politics and culture. He also holds a Ph.D. in American Studies & Ethnicity from USC and began his career as an actor in classical theatre and was also a lead performer in New York in the hit show ''Stomp'' and in the Emmy winning HBO film ''Stomp Out Loud''. Sparks is also a committed educator in the fields of film, television, African American studies, and American Studies. He has taught screenwriting and cultural studies at USC, Occidental College, and California State University, Fullerton. Education Originally from the South Side of Chicago, Sparks attended the Whitney Young Academic Center and Whitney Young Magnet High School. He graduated ''cum laude'' and with several honors (including the Jack Nicholson Award for Outstanding Undergraduate) from the University of Southern California where he studied theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Woo
Alexander Woo is an American writer and producer for television. Biography Screenwriting Alexander Woo is best known for writing several episodes of the HBO drama series ''True Blood''. In an interview, Woo describes the "True Blood" writing room: "Every writer's room is different. True Blood has a relatively small writing team, so the chemistry between the writers is crucial to the style and tone of the show. It's kind of like being on a jury, where you are sequestered together for long hours and many days and you figure things out together. Our team is a wonderful group of people, and even though the hours are long we all work really well and the hours just fly by." Among Woo's credits for the show was a first-season episode that was notable for the "AIDS burger" monologue made famous by actor Nelsan Ellis. "In the hands and the mouth of Nelsan, he made that piece of dialogue sing," Woo told NPR after Ellis' death. He has also written episodes of ''Manhattan'', '' Sleeper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Greater Good (House)
The fifth season of '' House'', also known as ''House, M.D.'', premiered September 16, 2008 and ended May 11, 2009. It began to air in a new time slot from September to December: Tuesday 8:00 pm. Starting January 19, 2009, ''House'' moved to Mondays at 8:00 pm. Cast and characters Main cast * Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House * Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy * Omar Epps as Dr. Eric Foreman * Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson * Jennifer Morrison as Dr. Allison Cameron * Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase * Peter Jacobson as Dr. Chris Taub * Olivia Wilde as Dr. Remy 'Thirteen' Hadley * Kal Penn as Dr. Lawrence Kutner Recurring cast * Anne Dudek as Dr. Amber Volakis * Jennifer Crystal Foley as Rachel Taub * Michael Weston as Lucas Douglas * Lori Petty as Janice Burke * Diane Baker as Blythe House * R. Lee Ermey as John House * Tracy Vilar as Nurse Regina Guest cast Becky Baeling, Ed Brigadier, Darcy Rose Byrnes, Colleen Camp, Julia Campbell, Michael Leydon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand By Me (Grey's Anatomy)
"Stand by Me" is the 18th episode of the fifth season of the American television medical drama, ''Grey's Anatomy'' and the show's 96th episode overall. Written by Zoanne Clack and directed by Jessica Yu, the episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on March 19, 2009. The initial airing was viewed by 14.36 million Americans and garnered a 4.9/12 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. The episode garnered many positive reviews from critics. In the episode Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) doesn't want to fight the brain tumor, despite Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh)'s efforts to help her. This starts affecting Cristina's surgery performance so she tells everyone and Izzie is admitted at the hospital as a patient. Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) has a big surgery going on a facial transplant and chooses Izzie and Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh) to assist. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and George O'Malley (T.R. Knight) look over the hospi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoanne Clack
Zoanne Clack (born July 14, 1968), also known as Zoanne Arnette, is an American television producer, writer, story editor, actress, and medical doctor/consultant. Clack's most notable work has been on the medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'', in which she has served as executive story editor for twenty-three episodes, producer for nineteen episodes and writer for fifteen episodes. She has also served as an extra for the show. Her other work includes medical supervisor on '' ER'', writer on ''Presidio Med'' and minor acting roles in ''The District'' and '' Philly''. Background Born in San Joaquin, California, she attended Northwestern University majoring in communication studies with a concentration in neurobiology. She attended medical school at UT Southwestern before doing her residency in Emergency Medicine at Emory University. She has a Masters of Public Health (MPH) in Behavioral Sciences and spent one year working with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in international em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Difference A Day Makes (Grey's Anatomy)
"What a Difference a Day Makes" is the twenty-second episode of the fifth season of the American television medical drama, ''Grey's Anatomy'' and the show's 100th episode overall. It is written by series creator Shonda Rhimes and directed by Rob Corn, the episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on May 7, 2009. ''Grey's Anatomy'' centers around a group of young doctors in training. In this episode, a wedding takes place. The episode received highly positive reviews from critics, with Heigl and Chambers' performances receiving high critical acclaim. The initial airing was viewed by 15.326 million people and garnered a 5.3/14 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. Plot The episode opens to a voice-over by Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl). She is excited about the wedding of Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), which she prepared and will take place at the end of the day. St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
41st NAACP Image Awards
The 41st NAACP Image Awards ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), honored the best in film, television, music of 2009 and took place on February 26, 2010 at the Shrine Auditorium. The show was televised live on Fox and hosted by Hill Harper and Anika Noni Rose. The nominees are listed below with the winners in bold. Motion Picture Outstanding Motion Picture * '' Precious'' * '' The Blind Side'' * '' Invictus'' * ''Michael Jackson's This Is It'' * ''The Princess and the Frog'' Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture ''* Morgan Freeman - Invictus'' * Denzel Washington - The Taking of Pelham 123 *Idris Elba - Obsessed *Jamie Foxx - Law Abiding Citizen *Quinton Aaron - The Blind Side Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture ''*Gabourey Sidibe - Precious'' * Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side * Taraji P. Henson - Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself *Sophie Okonedo - Skin *Anika Noni Rose - The Princess and the Frog O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Thirteen (House)
"Lucky Thirteen" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of '' House'' and the ninety-first episode overall. It aired on October 21, 2008. Plot Spencer, a woman with whom Thirteen is having a one-night stand, has a seizure at Thirteen's apartment. Thirteen accompanies her to Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital where House and the team take the case. House remains more focused on Thirteen's bisexuality and finds the situation an opportunity to delve into her personal life. House and Foreman go to Thirteen's apartment to search for drugs that might have caused Spencer's illness. Thirteen suspects that the woman's illness is related to her drug use, but she then finds out that the woman has a long medical history and has seen several doctors over the past few years, along with discovering that she only slept with Thirteen to get to House, who had previously rejected her as a patient. Foreman confronts Thirteen about her current hard-partying lifestyle, warning her that it is sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House (TV Series)
''House'' (also called ''House, M.D.'') is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons, from November 16, 2004, to May 21, 2012. The series' main character is Dr. Gregory House ( Hugh Laurie), an unconventional, misanthropic medical genius who, despite his dependence on pain medication, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in New Jersey. The series' premise originated with Paul Attanasio, while David Shore, who is credited as creator, was primarily responsible for the conception of the title character. The series' executive producers included Shore, Attanasio, Attanasio's business partner Katie Jacobs, and film director Bryan Singer. It was filmed largely in a neighborhood and business district in Los Angeles County's Westside called Century City. The show received high critical acclaim, and was consistently one of the highest rated series in the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Hess
Sara Hess is a television writer and producer. She has worked in both capacities on the drama series ''House'' and ''Orange Is the New Black''. Career Hess joined the crew of the HBO western drama '' Deadwood'' as a writer for the second season in 2005. She wrote the episode " Advances, None Miraculous". From 2005 to 2012, Hess worked on the medical drama series ''House'', for which she wrote 17 episodes. Since 2013, she has been working on ''Orange Is the New Black''. More recently, she worked for ''House of the Dragon'', and signed a HBO overall deal. Filmography * '' Deadwood'' (Writer) ** Advances, None Miraculous (S2E10) * ''House'' (Supervising Producer, Co-Producer, Producer) Writer for following episodes: ** Spin (S2E6) ** Sleeping Dogs Lie (S2E18) ** Finding Judas (S3E9) ** Act Your Age (S3E19) ** You Don't Want To Know (S4E8) ** Living the Dream (S4E14) ** Lucky Thirteen (S5E5) ** The Greater Good (S5E14) ** Epic Fail (S4E3) ** The Down Low (S4E11) ** O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Friedman
Liz Friedman is an American television producer and television writer known especially for her work on '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', '' Young Hercules'', ''House'' and ''Jessica Jones''. In 2014, she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for co-writing the pilot episode of Netflix original series ''Orange Is the New Black''. Career She wrote and produced episodes of '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', early in her writing career. Friedman was co-creator, writer, and executive producer of '' Young Hercules''. Soon after, she along with fellow ''House'' writers, Lawrence Kaplow, Leonard Dick, and Thomas L. Moran wrote episodes for ''Hack''. She wrote for '' The O.C.'' and ''Numbers'' before joining the writing staff of ''House'' in Season 2. Friedman graduated from the Winsor School in Boston, followed by Wesleyan University with a degree in sociology. Her thesis was entitled "A Feminist and Class-based Analysis of Slasher Films". She also co-wrote the pilot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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