The 2019 BET Award Nominations include several of last year’s best films: BlacKkKlansman, Creed II, If Beale Street Could Talk, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The Hate U Give. Though controversial white savior film Green Book didn’t garner a nomination from the BET Awards, Mahershala Ali picked up a Best Actor nomination for his much debated role as Dr. Donald Shirley in the film, alongside Anthony Anderson (black-ish), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Omari Hardwick (Power), Denzel Washington (The Equalizer 2), and Michael B. Jordan (Creed II).
BET’s other film and television nominations include Issa Rae, Regina Hall, Regina King, Taraji P. Henson, Tiffany Haddish and Viola Davis for Best Actress and Marsai Martin, Miles Brown, Lyric Ross, Caleb McLaughlin, Michael Rainey Jr.
The full list of nominees here.
Best Actress
Issa Rae
Regina Hall
Regina King
Taraji P. Henson
Tiffany Haddish
Viola Davis
Best Actor
Anthony Anderson
Chadwick Boseman
Denzel Washington
Mahershala Ali
Michael B. Jordan
Omari Hardwick
YoungStars Award
Caleb McLaughlin
Lyric Ross
Marsai Martin
Michael Rainey Jr.
Miles Brown
Best Movie
BlacKkKlansman
Creed II
If Beale Street Could Talk
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The Hate U Give
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