The nominees for the 51st NAACP Image Awards were announced today, with Netflix leading both film and television categories combined, earning 12 motion picture nominations and 30 for television, for a total of 42 nominations.Ava DuVernay’s Central Park 5 miniseries, “Us-2019-movie-posters/”>When They See Us,” accounted for nine of Netflix’s television nominations, including Outstanding Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special, and Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special, a category in which three of the series’ lead actors are nominated.On the motion picture side, Eddie Murphy’s “Dolemite is My Name” accounts for seven of Netflix’s 12 total film nominations, including Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.Universal Pictures leads the motion picture categories with 15 nominations, helped by Lena Waithe’s “Queen and Slim” and Jordan Peele’s “Us,” both with seven nominations each, including Outstanding Motion Picture, Actor, and Actress.And
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