"Hustle and Flow" star Terrence Howard accepts the award for Best Male Perfomance in a Leading Role at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Actress Regina King arrives at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Actress Elise Neal poses on the red carpet at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Actors Laurence Fishburne, left, and Morgan Freeman greet each other before paying tribute to actor Ossie Davis at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005. Davis passed away earlier this year at the age of 87.
Actress Nia Long walks the red carpet at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Actor Sidney Poitier waves to the audience after receiving the Distinguished Career award at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Actor Anthony Anderson accepts the award for Best Male Perfomance in a Supporting Role for his role in the movie "Hustle and Flow" at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Actor Sidney Poitier, left, accepts the Distinguished Career award from actor Don Cheadle at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Musician Quincy Jones accepts the award on behalf of the crew of the movie "The Color Purple" after the movie was inducted into the Classic Cinema Hall of Fame at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Actress Ruby Dee accepts an award on behalf of her late husband, the actor Ossie Davis, at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Actress Cicely Tyson, left, presents actress Kimberly Elise with the Rising Star award at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Actress Vivica A. Fox walks the red carpet at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Actress Vivica A. Fox, left, and musician Bobby Brown pose together at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Actress Zoe Saldana arrives at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Comedian Cedric The Entertainer opens the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005.
Entertainer Harry Connick, Jr., honorary chairman of Operation Home Delivery, appears before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, to discuss rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Former Congressman and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp is at left.
Entertainer Harry Connick, Jr., honorary chair of Operation Home Delivery, discusses rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita with former Congressman and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp. Connick appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill Oct. 6, 2005.
Actress Uma Thurman sits on the front row to see the presentation of the Spring/Summer ready-to-wear 2006 collection by American fashion designer Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, in Paris, Sunday Oct. 9, 2005.
Vuitton Chairman Yves Carcelle, left, leads the way for Uma Thurman as she arrives at the reopening ceremony of French luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton's landmark store on the Champs Elysees in Paris Sunday Oct. 9, 2005, after a 20-month redesign and enlargement project.
French movie star Catherine Deneuve smiles at journalists as she arrives to attend the reopening ceremony of French luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton's landmark store on the Champs Elysees in Paris Sunday Oct. 9, 2005. About 300 VIPs attended the inauguration ceremony.