Actress Angela Bassett, right, presents the Excellence in the Arts Award to actor Laurence Fishburne onstage during Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles. Fishburne also took home the award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for "Akeelah & the Bee."
Director Spike Lee accepts the Ossie Davis Humanitarian Award from actress Ruby Dee onstage during Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles. Lee was honored for his HBO documentary "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."
Angela Bassett accepts the award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in "Akeelah & the Bee" at the Black Movie Awards, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Keke Palmer accepts the award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for "Akeelah & the Bee" at the Black Movie Awards, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Presley Chweneyagae accepts the award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for "Tsotsi" at the Black Movie Awards, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Oprah Winfrey reacts as she takes the stage to announce the Distinguished Career Achievement award honoring actress Cicely Tyson at the Black Movie Awards, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Oprah Winfrey presents the Distinguished Career Achievement award to actress Cicely Tyson at the Black Movie Awards, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Producer Sidney Ganis accepts the award for Outstanding Motion Picture for "Akeelah & the Bee" at the Black Movie Awards, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles. The movie won four awards.
Actresses Angela Bassett, left, holds the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role award with Keke Palmer holding the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role award for the film "Akeelah and the Bee" in the press room during the Black Movie Awards at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Actors Evan Ross, left, and Tracee Ellis Ross, children of superstar singer Diana Ross, present an award onstage during Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Producer Berry Gordy, recipient of the Classic Cinema Hall of Fame Award for "Lady Sings the Blues," poses for photos in the press room during Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles. The 1972 film starred Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams.
Singer Jill Scott performs onstage during Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006 in Los Angeles. The night's award winners included Laurence Fishburne, Cicely Tyson, Angela Bassett and Spike Lee.
Actress Monique blows a kiss to photographers as she arrives for Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Actors Ruby Dee, left, and Billy Dee Williams arrive for Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Actress Leelee Sobieski arrives at the at the Shrine Wiltern Theater for Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. arrives for Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Cicely Tyson poses for photographers on the red carpet at the Black Movie Awards, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles. Tyson received the Distinguished Career Achievement Award.
TV personality Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth arrives for the Black Movie Awards on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles. The awards show, which airs Oct. 18 on TNT, includes special tributes to Cicely Tyson, Spike Lee, Laurence Fishburne, director Frank E. Flowers and the film "Lady Sings The Blues."
Actor Tyler Perry arrives for Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles. Perry hosted the gala awards show that recognizes creative achievement by persons of African descent in feature-length motion pictures, both in front of and behind the camera, and honors outstanding films portraying the black experience.
Actress Loretta Devine arrives for Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards -- A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present & Future, at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.