2025 NAACP Image Awards: Keke Palmer Named Entertainer of the Year as ‘The Six Triple Eight’ Nabs Two Wins
Keke Palmer took home entertainer of the year and The Six Triple Eight won two awards, including best motion picture, at the 2025 NAACP Image Awards Saturday night.
The Tyler Perry-directed Netflix film also won for best actress in a motion picture, with a truly shocked Kerry Washington accepting that prize.
“You know how on awards shows when people look surprised, I never believed that they’re really surprised, until Beyoncé at the Grammys,” Washington said. “But I’m just shocked. I’m shocked. Because the women that I’m nominated with are so extraordinary. I love you all so much. I’m honored to be in a category with you.”
She went on to thank her family and the team behind the movie as well as “most importantly,” “the women of ‘The Six Triple Eight’: the 855 women of ‘The Six Triple Eight, who proved to us how extraordinary Black women are,...
The Tyler Perry-directed Netflix film also won for best actress in a motion picture, with a truly shocked Kerry Washington accepting that prize.
“You know how on awards shows when people look surprised, I never believed that they’re really surprised, until Beyoncé at the Grammys,” Washington said. “But I’m just shocked. I’m shocked. Because the women that I’m nominated with are so extraordinary. I love you all so much. I’m honored to be in a category with you.”
She went on to thank her family and the team behind the movie as well as “most importantly,” “the women of ‘The Six Triple Eight’: the 855 women of ‘The Six Triple Eight, who proved to us how extraordinary Black women are,...
- 2/23/2025
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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