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Octavia Spencer, John Legend, & Janelle Monae Attend the 2017 NAACP Image Awards!

Octavia Spencer rocks a pant suit as she arrives at the 2017 NAACP Image Awards Saturday (February 11) at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif.

The 46-year-old actress had a funny moment inside the awards show when she forgot her glasses and couldn’t read the teleprompter while presenting her award!

CHECK OUT: NAACP Image Awards 2017 – Complete List of Winners!

Also spotted arriving at the awards show was John Legend, Janelle Monae, Andra Day, LeToya Luckett, and Bianca Lawson.

Towards the end of the awards show, Octavia celebrated her new film Hidden Figures winning Outstanding Motion Picture along with her co-stars Janelle and Taraji P. Henson!

10+ pictures inside of stars arriving at the event…

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NAACP Image Awards 2017 - Complete List of Winners!

It was a big night for black-ish, Beyonce, and Hidden Figures at the 2017 NAACP Image Awards!

Even though she didn’t attend the awards show, Beyonce was awarded with five awards for her album Lemonade.

black-ish dominated the Comedy portion taking home awards with Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross winning Outstanding Actor and Actress as well as winning Outstanding Comedy Series.

Dwayne Johnson also took home the big award for the night for Entertainer of the Year!

.Click inside for the full list winners… More Here! »

'black-ish' Wins Outstanding Comedy Series at the 2017 NAACP Image Awards!

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Tracee Ellis Ross poses with her Outstanding Actress in a Comedy award at the awards show on Saturday night (February 11) in Pasadena, Calif.

The 44-year-old actress’ co-star Anthony Anderson hosted the awards show and also won Outstanding Actor in a Comedy for his role on black-ish.

Later in the night, black-ish took home the award for Outstanding Comedy Series for the third year in a row!

Fellow black-ish stars Yara Shahidi and Laurence Fishburne were also spotted arriving at the awards.

FYI: Tracee is wearing a Ulyana Sereenko dress and a Naeem Khan clutch. Yara is wearing a Blumarine dress and Anne Sisteron earrings.

10+ pictures inside of Tracee Ellis and the rest of the black-ish cast at the NAACP Image Awards

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Mandy Moore & Sterling K Brown Bring 'This Is Us' to The NAACP Image Awards 2017

Mandy Moore is pretty in orange as she arrives at the 2017 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday (February 11) at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif.

The 32-year-old actress was joined on the red carpet by her co-star Sterling K Brown and his lovely wife Ryan Michelle Bathe.

Other This Is Us stars that were spotted arriving on the red carpet were Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Milo Ventimiglia, and Susan Kelechi Watson.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Mandy Moore

Inside the event, Sterling won Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for his role on This Is Us!

FYI: Sterling is wearing a Kenneth Cole suit. Mandy is wearing a Solace London dress and Irene Neuwirth jewels.

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Taraji P. Henson & Terrence Howard Arrive in Style for the NAACP Image Awards 2017

Taraji P. Henson strikes a fierce pose as she arrives at the 2017 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday (February 11) at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif.

The 46-year-old Hidden Figures actress was joined on the red carpet by her Empire co-star Terrence Howard and his wife Miranda Pak, Jussie Smollett and his sister Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Gabourey Sidibe, Serayah, and Grace Gealey.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Taraji P Henson

Inside the event, Taraji won Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Cookie Lyon on Empire!

FYI: Taraji is wearing a David Webb bracelet, ring, and earrings.

10+ pictures inside of the Taraji P Henson and the rest of the Empire cast arriving at the awards show…

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Viola Davis Is an Early Winner at NAACP Image Awards 2017!

Viola Davis gives her acceptance speech on stage at the 2017 NAACP Image Awards‘ non-televised ceremony on Friday night (February 10) at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasedena, Calif.

The Oscar-nominated actress won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her work in the movie Fences.

Other stars who won at the event were The People v. O.J. Simpson‘s Courtney B. Vance, The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah, Black-ish‘s Marsai Martin, and Power‘s Naturi Naughton.

More celebs who stepped out for the show included Aisha Tyler, Anika Noni Rose, Jussie Smollett, Serayah, and Sterling K. Brown.

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NAACP Image Awards 2017 - Performers & Presenters List!

There are just a few hours left until the 2017 NAACP Image Awards kick off so let’s take a moment to go over the celebs you can expect to see at the show.

Black-ish actor Anthony Anderson is set to host the ceremony, so we know we can expect a lot of hilarious moments.

There sadly are no performers currently announced, but we are holding out hope for some musical moments to happen throughout the night. Especially since some great artists like Andra Day and John Legend are schedule to be at the show!

LeBron James will be honored during the event with the NAACP Jackie Robinson Sports Award.

Click inside for the full list of presenters… More Here! »