One thing you can say about this year's NAACP Image Awards: This year's nominees really are diverse. 

Pulling rank alongside such seemingly more NAACP-friendly Oustanding Movie Actress nominees as Halle Berry, for her dramatic turn in Things We Lost in the Fire, and Jill Scott, for her work in the multinominated Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?, is a somewhat unexpected name: A Mighty Heart's Angelina Jolie.

The Image Awards strives to honor projects and individuals that promote diversity in arts across several industries, including television, music, literature and film. This year's eco-friendly event, the theme of which is "Stand Up and Be Counted," is no different. (Get the complete list of nominations.)

One film that exemplifies that philosophy, The Great Debaters, is also the leading nominee, with eight nods, including individual nominations for Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Denzel Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett and Nate Parker, as well as a nod for Outstanding Motion Picture.

Alongside Washington in his bid for the Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture win are Talk to Me's Don Cheadle, Pride's Terrence Howard, I Am Legend's Will Smith and Stomp the Yard's Columbus Short. Washington is also up for his direction.

Meanwhile, Tyler Perry's assorted film and TV projects scored seven nods total, including an acting nomination for the man himself.

Debaters costars Whitaker, Whitaker (no relation, despite their playing father-son in the film) and Parker willl vie for Outstanding Supporting Actor against Talk to Me's Chiwetel Ejiofor and Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?'s title-hogging Perry.

Perry 's film also racked up acting nods for Outstanding Actress (Jill Scott), Supporting Actress (Janet Jackson) and Motion Picture, where it will compete with The Great Debaters, American Gangster, I Am Legend and Talk to Me.

Perry also notched an Outstanding Comedy Series nod for his TBS series, Tyler Perry's House of Payne. The show also earned a pair of acting nods.

House of Payne goes head-to-head with 30 Rock, Everybody Hates Chris, Girlfriends and Ugly Betty for the top TV trophy.

All told, CW had the best showing on the television side, scoring more than a dozen nominations thanks to hits Everybody Hates Chris and Girlfriends.

Ugly Betty herself, America Ferrera, earned a nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, as did Everybody Hates Chris' Tichina Arnold. Scrubs' Donald Faison and Psych's Dulé Hill were the big name nominees for Outstanding Comedy Actor.

As for the Outstanding Supporting thesp nominations, The New Adventures of Old Christine's Blair Underwood, 30 Rock's Tracy Morgan, Ugly Betty's Vanessa L. Williams and Curb Your Enthusiasm's Vivica A. Fox were among the nominees for both sides.

In the Outstanding Drama Series showdown, Grey's Anatomy, House, K-Ville, Lincoln Heights and The Unit will vie for the prize.

K-Ville's Anthony Anderson, The Unit's Dennis Haysbert, CSI: NY's Hill Harper, Law & Order staple Jesse L. Martin and Cane's Jimmy Smits will tough it out for Outstanding Actor honors, while The Shield's CCH Pounder and The L Word's Jennifer Beals are among the nominees for Outstanding Drama Actress.

Underwood, meanwhile, scored a second acting nod, this time as Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Dirty Sexy Money. He'll compete with Grey's Anatomy's James Pickens Jr., ER's Mekhi Phifer, House's Omar Epps and Private Practice's Taye Diggs.

In the Supporting Actress in a Drama category, Private Practice's Audra McDonald and Grey's Anatomy's Chandra Wilson, last year's winner, are up against Law & Order's S. Epatha Merkerson, Without a Trace's Marianne Jean-Baptiste and The L Word's Pam Grier.

Like Underwood and Perry, Merkerson doubled her nomination pleasure, taking home another nod for Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries, vying against The Starter Wife's Anika Noni Rose, Matters of Life & Dating's Holly Robinson Peete, Life Support's Queen Latifah and The List's Sydney Tamiia Poitier.

Other notable TV nominations include High School Musical 2's nod for Outstanding Children's Program.

Meanwhile, American Idol scored a nod for Outstanding Reality Series, a field that also includes America's Next Top Model, Dancing with the Stars, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Run's House 4.

Idol's reigning champ, Jordin Sparks, got in on the nominated action, scoring in the musical category for Outstanding New Artist. She vies against Sean Kingston and HSM alum Corbin Bleu for the honor.

Kanye West, meanwhile, will be pleased to know he's in the Outstanding Male Artist field, alongside Common, Chris Brown, Prince and Seal. Outstanding Female Artist nominees include Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, Beyoncé, Jill Scott and Mary J. Blige.

Keys, Brown, West, Blige and Seal all have horses in the Outstanding Album of the Year race, for As I Am, Exclusive, Graduation, Growing Pains and System, respectively.

The NAACP also announced that Stevie Wonder will be inducted into this year's Hall of Fame, owing not only to his pioneering role in the recording world, but in knocking down barriers to achieve international success and impact.

The 39th Annual NAACP Image Awards will air live on Fox Feb. 14.