Image Awards Honor Jamie Foxx for Music

Jamie Foxx accepts the award for Outstanding Male Artist during the 37th NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006.

Jamie Foxx's quest for musical stardom got a boost Saturday atthe 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards, where the Oscar-winning actor was picked as best male musical artist. 

Foxx, who received an Oscar last year for portraying Ray Charles in the movie "Ray," has begun performingtracksfrom his album "Unpredictable."

"It's good to be surrounded by black folks," Foxx said. "Black folks are music."

Foxx said after the show that music was "what I always wanted to do."

The awards honor black artists in movies, television, music and literature.

"Crash," about racial tensions in Los Angeles, took the top movie award. The hometown film led movie contenders with six nominations, including best picture, four of the five supporting-actorslots— for Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Don Cheadle and Larenz Tate — and for Thandie Newton as supporting actress.

Howard beat out his colleagues for the supporting actornod, and also took best actor in a TV movie or miniseries for "Lackawanna Blues."

Samuel L. Jackson took best actor award for "Coach Carter," a story of a basketball coach who forced his players to emphasize studying over hoops.

Mariah Carey, nominated for four awards, kept her comeback streak going when her "Emancipation of Mimi" won best album. Carey's win came just weeks after she took home three Grammy Awards.

Alicia Keys, who tied Carey for Image Award nominations, took home three awards: top female musical artist, top song and video awards for "Unbreakable."

Two stars of the long-runningsoap opera"The Young and the Restless" won honors, with Shemar Moore and Victoria Rowell taking actor and actress awards for daytime drama.

Moore talked about feeling moved after meeting Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. who died earlier this month. "I think she is sitting up there with her husband smiling as we continue to chase the dream," Moore said.

In a brief speech, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said he felt the Image Awards were special in a town full of award shows because theystand forracial equality.

"We are not just reveling in the power of Hollywood, but challenging Hollywood to use that power for good," Villaraigosa said.

Carlos Santana, who performed at the show, received the NAACP Hall of Fame Award while the Neville Brothers received the Chairman's Award. Writer and businesswoman Susan Taylor was honored with the President's Award.

The 37th Annual Image Awards, hosted by Cuba Gooding Jr., will air March 3 on Fox.

(Agencies)

the 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards:（第37屆國家促進有色人種發展協會形象獎）

Ray:（《雷》，這是一部關于美國靈魂樂之父雷·查爾斯的人物傳記影片。福克斯以其嫻熟的表演才能和出色的音樂感受力，把"靈魂歌王"演繹得惟妙惟肖，無論是彈琴歌唱的神態，還是晃肩擺頭的動作，他和雷本人的動作幾乎如出一轍，不僅形似，更是神似。在他的身上，我們似乎真得能看到那位已逝音樂大師的影子。另外，影片另一動人之處在于對雷的母親的刻畫，一位有著堅強靈魂和偉大母愛的普通女人，將世界上最偉大的愛表現得淋漓盡致。）

Crash:（影片《撞車》直接戳動美國社會生活中最敏感的傷疤——種族不和。導演哈吉斯用每天發生的交通事故，來隱諭在洛杉磯這個種族混居的都市中所呈現出來的日常生活。有暴力傾向的黑人劫持汽車、有種族偏見的白人警察無端騷擾黑人影星、斤斤計較的猶太人偏執地謀殺一個鎖匠、大驚小怪的亞洲人在交通事故現場大吵大鬧…通過這些戲劇化的場面，影片呈現給觀眾一幅現代西方社會生存狀況的全景：在每天的日常作息中，不同文化背景和膚色的人，在彼此交叉的生活目標中穿行，相互缺乏信任又難以深入溝通。）

slot: （名單）

nod:（得勝）

soap opera:（肥皂劇）

stand for:（代表）