The 25th

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ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), honored the best in film, television, music of 1992 and took place on January 16, 1993 at the

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. It was the 7th year that the event was pre-recorded and televised on

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Awards and nominees

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture

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New Jack City ''New Jack City'' is a 1991 American crime action film directed by Mario Van Peebles (in his feature film directorial debut) and written by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper, based on a story by Wright. The film stars Wesley Snipes, I ...

'': Wesley Snipes

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

* ''

The Cosby Show ''The Cosby Show'' is an American television sitcom created by (along with Ed. Weinberger and Michael J. Leeson) and starring Bill Cosby that originally aired on NBC from September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992, with a total of 201 half-hour e ...

'': Bill Cosby

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

* ''

A Different World ''A Different World'' is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of '' The Cosby Show''. It aired for six seasons on NBC from September 24, 1987, to July 9, 1993. The series originally centered on Denise Huxtable ( Lisa Bonet) an ...

'': Jasmine Guy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture

* ''

The Long Walk Home ''The Long Walk Home'' is a 1990 American historical drama film starring Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg, and directed by Richard Pearce. Set in Alabama, it is based on a screenplay about the Montgomery bus boycott (1955–1956) by John C ...

'': Whoopi Goldberg

Outstanding Comedy Series

* ''

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Outstanding News, Talk or Information

* ''

The Oprah Winfrey Show ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' is an American first-run syndicated talk show that was hosted by Oprah Winfrey. The show ran for twenty-five seasons from September 8, 1986, to May 25, 2011, in which it broadcast 4,561 episodes. The show was taped i ...

Outstanding Motion Picture

* ''

Boyz n the Hood ''Boyz n the Hood'' is a 1991 American coming-of-age hood crime drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his feature directorial debut. It stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube (in his film debut), Morris Chestnut, and Laurence Fis ...

Outstanding Variety Series

* ''

In Living Color ''In Living Color'' is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on Fox from April 15, 1990, to May 19, 1994. Keenen Ivory Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions ...

Outstanding Variety Special

* ''Great Performances: Natalie Cole - Unforgettable With Love''

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie

* '' Gabriel's Fire'': James Earl Jones * '' The Jacksons: An American Dream'': Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie

* '' The Josephine Baker Story'': Lynn Whitfield

Outstanding Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie

* '' In the Heat of the Night''

Best Music Video

* Michael Jackson - "

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Entertainer of the Year Award

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References

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