NAACP Image Awards press room

From left, producers Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, actresses Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, director/screenwriter Tate Taylor and producer Brunson Green pose with the award for outstanding motion picture for 'The Help' in the press room at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Viola Davis poses backstage with the award for outstanding actress in a motion picture for "The Help" at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Octavia Spencer poses with the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for "The Help" in the press room at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Laurence Fishburne, winner of the awards for outstanding actor in a television movie, mini-series or dramatic special and outstanding television movie, mini-series or dramatic special for "Thurgood" poses backstage at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Taraji P. Henson poses in the press room with the award for outstanding actress in a television movie, mini-series or dramatic special for "Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story" at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Keshia Knight Pulliam poses with the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" in the press room at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Actor James Pickens, Jr. poses with the award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for "Grey's Anatomy" in the press room at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Archie Panjabi poses backstage with the award for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for "The Good Wife" at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Astro poses backstage at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Holly Robinson Peete poses backstage at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Keke Palmer poses backstage with the award for outstanding performance in a youth/children's program series or special for "True Jackson, VP" at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Jill Scott poses backstage with the award for outstanding female artist at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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LL Cool J poses in the press room with the award for outstanding actor in a drama series for "NCIS: Los Angeles" at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Regina King poses backstage with the award for outstanding actress in a drama series for "Southland" at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Singer Yolanda Adams poses backstage at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Actor Emerson Brooks poses in the press room with the outstanding actor in a daytime drama series award for "All My Children" at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Tracee Ellis Ross poses backstage with the award for outstanding actress in a comedy series for "Reed Between the Lines" at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Actress Anika Noni Rose poses in the press room at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Laz Alonzo poses with the award for outstanding actor in a motion picture for "Jumping the Broom" in the press room at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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Salim Akil, left, and Mara Brock Akil pose with the award for outstanding writing in a comedy series award for "The Game" in the press room at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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