Halle Berry, Willow Smith, Tyler Perry Among NAACP Image Award Winners

The big winner this year at the NAACP Image Awards was the Tyler Perry film 'For Colored Girls,' which was honored with trophies for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Kimberly Elise).

Holly Robinson-Peete and Wayne Brady hosted Friday's ceremony in Hollywood.

Prince announced the Best Actress winner, according to CBS News, and presented the prize to Halle Berry, who won for her movie 'Frankie & Alice.' The film (produced by Berry) was honored as the Outstanding Independent Picture of the year.

Meanwhile, Denzel Washington was named Best Actor for his performance in 'The Book of Eli.'

TV excellence was honored as Vanessa Williams took the award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, thanks to 'Desperate Housewives.'

And Perry celebrated more wins when his hit 'Tyler Perry's House of Payne' was named Outstanding Comedy Series, and the leading man on 'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns,' David Mann, was named Best Actor in a Comedy Series.

Big winners in music included Alicia Keys, for her video 'Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)', as well as Willow Smith (Outstanding New Artist), Mary J. Blige (Outstanding Female Artist) and Usher (Oustanding Male Artist). Fantasia picked up Oustanding Song for her track 'Bittersweet.'

Condoleeza Rice was honored as an author with a prize for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth ('Condoleeza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me'). And Terry McMillan's book 'Getting to Happy' won Outstanding Fictional Literary Work.

The Image Awards, first presented in 1967, were launched by the NAACP to celebrate "outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music and literature, as well as individuals or groups who promote social justice."

Halle Berry Taking Nahla To New York; Aubry Drops Suit, Pursuing Paternity Action

 

TMZ reports that Halle Berry was given permission by an LA judge to take Nahla to New York to film "New Years Eve," a project she initially dropped out of after the custody fight began. Gabriel Aubry indeed has dropped his custody suit, but will continue to pursue joint custody by filing a paternity action.
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UPDATE: RadarOnline.com has posted a photo of the petition to dismiss, confirming their report that Gabriel Aubry has dismissed his custody suit.
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The nasty custody battle between Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry may have finally come to an end.
RadarOnline.com reports that Aubry has dropped his suit for custody and spousal support from ex-girlfriend Berry. He sued in December for partial custody of their daughter, Nahla, and since, a war of words between the two has turned uglier and uglier.

Berry dropped out of filming the movie "New Year's Eve" at the end of January, and soon accusations that Aubry sent abusive text messages and that Nahla was "terrified" of him were floated from her camp.

Then, rumors of an Aubry freakout when Nahla was referred to as racially black brought the feud into new, even nastier territory. Berry addressed the issue when she said that, citing slavery rules, Nahla, who is biracial, (Than means she's Black)

Radar says that a source told them that, "Gabriel and Halle have spoken to each other and have committed to try and make things work, without the courts - Gabe's decision to drop his case is his way of showing Halle he's prepared to take a leap of faith and trust her once again."

Earlier in the day, TMZ reported that Berry was in a Los Angeles court with her lawyer, though why she was there was unclear.

Radar says that they've seen the court documents dismissing the suit, and developments will continue. For more, click over to RadarOnline.com.