The nominees for the 41st NAACP Image Awards

I don't know if I see anything game changing here. Still, after "Precious" was seen by many as being on life support, it's PGA, Scripter, and NAACP support all go a long way in helping it land the Best Picture nomination. Same thing with "Invictus," which should be safe in the Best Picture category but needs a WGA nomination to stay alive in the screenplay category at this point. The recognition here only helps. The only other thing that makes me scratch my head is whether or not a Best Picture nomination for "The Blind Side" could happen at this point. If the Academy isn't as Sci-fi happy as the PGA and they aren't in the musical mood or up for anything too "Serious," "The Blind Side" Best Picture mention here makes me wonder how likely a Best Picture nomination would be. Please share your thoughts...

Outstanding Motion Picture

• "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• "Invictus" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• "Michael Jackson's: This Is It" (Columbia Pictures)
• "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
• "The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Denzel Washington – "The Taking of Pelham 123" (Columbia Pictures)
• Idris Elba – "Obsessed" (Screen Gems)
• Jamie Foxx – "Law Abiding Citizen" (Overture Films)
• Morgan Freeman – "Invictus" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Quinton Aaron – "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Anika Noni Rose – "The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Gabourey Sidibe – "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
• Sandra Bullock – "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Sophie Okonedo – "Skin" (Jour De Fete Films)
• Taraji P. Henson – "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Adam Rodriguez – "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" (Lionsgate)
• Anthony Mackie – "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
• Chiwetel Ejiofor – "2012" (Columbia Pictures)
• Danny Glover – "2012" (Columbia Pictures)
• Lenny Kravitz – "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Alfre Woodard – "American Violet" (Universal Pictures)
• Mariah Carey – "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
• Mo'Nique – "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
• Paula Patton – "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
• Zoe Saldana – "Avatar" (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

• "American Violet" (Samuel Goldwyn Company)
• "Amreeka" (National Geographic Entertainment)
• "Endgame" (Montery Entertainment)
• "Medicine for Melancholy" (IFC Films)
• "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture

• "The Maid" (Elephant Eye Films)
• "Rudo y Cursi" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• "Sin Nombre" (Focus Features)
• "Skin" (Jour De Fete Films)
• "The Stoning of Soraya M." (Mpower Pictures)

Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television)

• "Capitalism: A Love Story" (Overture Films)
• "Crips and Bloods: Made in America" (Gravitas Ventures)
• "Crude" (First Run Features)
• "Good Hair" (Roadside Attractions)
• "More than a Game" (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Alyson Fouse – "Brothers" – Meet Mike Trainor (FOX)
• Hallsted Sullivan with Warren Lieberstein – "The Office" – Café Disco (NBC)
• Kenny Smith – "The Game" – The Wedding (CW)
• Marc Willmore – "The Simpsons" – The Good, The Sad, & The Drugly (FOX)
• Saladin Patterson & James Roday – "Psych" – High Top Fade Out (USA Network)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Alexander Woo – "True Blood" – Beyond Here Lies Nothin (HBO)
• Kathleen McGhee-Anderson – "Lincoln Heights" – Home Again (ABC Family)
• Sara Hess – "House" – The Greater Good (FOX)
• Shonda Rhimes – "Grey's Anatomy" – What a Difference A Day Makes (ABC)
• Zoanne Clack – "Grey's Anatomy" – Stand By Me (ABC)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)

• Anthony Peckham – "Invictus" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Geoffrey Fletcher – "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
• John Lee Hancock – "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Reggie Rock Bythewood and Cheo Hodari Coker – "Notorious" (Fox Searchlight)
• Tyler Perry – "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" (Lionsgate)

Directing Categories

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Ali LeRoi – "Everybody Hates Chris" – Everybody Hates The G.E.D. (CW)
• Justin Lin – "Community" – Introduction to Statistics (NBC)
• Ken Whittingham – "30 Rock" – The Funcooker (NBC)
• Michael Shultz – "Drop Dead Diva" – Second Chances (Lifetime)
• Reggie Hudlin – "The Office" – Koi Pond (NBC)

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

• Chandra Wilson – "Grey's Anatomy" – Give Peace a Chance (ABC)
• Edward James Olmos – "Battlestar Galactica" – Islanded in a Stream of Stars (Syfy)
• Ernest Dickerson – "Dexter" – Road Kill (Showtime)
• Kevin Sullivan – "Lincoln Heights" – Aftershock (ABC Family)
• Paris Barclay – "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" – Coup de Grace (CBS)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)

• F. Gary Gray – "Law Abiding Citizen" (Overture Films)
• George Tillman, Jr. – "Notorious" (Fox Searchlight)
• Lee Daniels – "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
• Scott Sanders – "Black Dynamite" (Apparition)
• Spike Lee – "Passing Strange: The Movie" (IFC Films/Sundance Selects)