| 1996 ANIGHT AWARDS |
| DRAMA: BEST MOTION PICTURE DRAMA: Get On The Bus Ghost Of Mississippi Once Upon A Time�When We Were Colored Set It Off BEST LEADING ACTOR in a DRAMA: Andre� Braugher- �Get On The Bus� Al Freeman, Jr.- �Once Upon A Time�When We Were Colored� James Earl Jones- �A Family Thing� Denzel Washington- �Courage Under Fire� BEST LEADING ACTRESS in a DRAMA: Jada Pinkett- �Set It Off� Queen Latifah- �Set It Off� Phylicia Rashad- �Once Upon A Time�When We Were Colored� Vanessa Williams- �Eraser� COMEDY or MUSICAL: BEST MOTION PICTURE COMEDY or MUSICAL: Don�t Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood The Nutty Professor The Preachers Wife A Thin Line Between Love & Hate BEST LEADING ACTOR in a COMEDY or MUSICAL Eddie Murphy- �The Nutty Professor� Will Smith- �Independence Day� Courtney B. Vance- �The Preachers Wife� Denzel Washington- �The Preachers Wife� BEST LEADING ACTRESS in a COMEDY or MUSICAL: Whoopi Goldberg- �Eddie� Jada Pinkett- �The Nutty Professor� Theresa Randle- �Girl 6� Lynn Whitfield- �A Thin Line Between Love & Hate� BEST ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE: Harry Belafonte- �Kansas City� Ossie Davis- �Get On The Bus� Cuba Gooding, Jr.- �Jerry McGuire� Samuel L. Jackson- �A Time To Kill� Blair Underwood- �Set It Off� BEST ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE: Kimberly Elise- �Set It Off� Vivica A. Fox- �Set It Off� Marianne Jean-Baptiste- �Secrets & Lies� Jennifer Lewis- �The Preachers Wife � Regina King- �Jerry McGuire� BEST DIRECTOR: F. Gary Gray- �Set It Off� Martin Lawrence- �A Thin Line Between Love & Hate� Spike Lee- �Get On The Bus� Tim Reid- �Once Upon A Time�When We Were Colored Ted Shaydac- �The Nutty Professor� |
| BEST SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED or ORIGINAL): Get On The Bus The Nutty Professor Once Upon A Time�When We Were Colored Set It Off BEST SCORE/SOUNDTRACK: Kansas City The Nutty Professor The Preachers Wife Set It Off BEST SONG FROM A MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK/SCORE: �Don�t Let Go(Love)� (FROM �Set It Off�)- EnVouge �I Believe In You & Me�(FROM �The Preachers Wife�)- Whitney Houston �Not Gon� Cry�(FROM�Waiting To Exhale�)- Mary J. Blige �Touch Me, Tease Me� (FROM �Friday�)- Case featuring Foxy Brown (Only The Winners were announced) BEST FILM EDITING Set It Off BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Once Upon A Time�When We Were Colored BEST ART DIRECTION/SET DESIGN Once Upon A Time�When We Were Colored BEST COSTUME DESIGN Once Upon A Time�When We Were Colored BEST MAKE-UP DESIGN The Nutty Professor |