The 45th NAACP Image Awards Show (44 images)

Lupita Nyong'o accepts the award she won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for "12 Years A Slave" onstage during the 45th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on February 22, 2014. The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. UPI/Jim Ruymen

Actor Forest Whitaker accepts the Best Actor Image award for "The Butler" from actress Lupita Nyong'o during the 45th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on February 22, 2014. The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. UPI/Jim Ruymen

Actor and comedian Kevin Hart accepts the Entertainer of the year Image award during the 45th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on February 22, 2014. The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. UPI/Jim Ruymen

Actor and comedian Kevin Hart accepts the Entertainer of the year Image award during the 45th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on February 22, 2014. The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. UPI/Jim Ruymen