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Awards Shows

BET Awards 2013 – date, time, info

What: BET Awards 2013 When: Sunday, June 30, Live, 8pm ET on BET. Red carpet pre-show live at 6pm ET; after-party show live at 11:30pm ET. Chris Tucker (pictured) is hosting the BET Awards 2013 from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Established in 2001, the BET Awards recognize distinguished achievements of artists, entertainers and athletes in a number of categories, including music, film and sports. Among the performance highlights at BET Awards 2013 will be Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake and Snoop Dogg AKA Snoop Lion. Other announced performers include Mariah Carey, R. Kelly, Nicki Minaj, Miguel, India.Arie, Ciara, Chris […]

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Comedy

Real Husbands of Hollywood preview: Hart vs. Mosley [video]

Oh say can you see Kevin get dangerously overconfident about his boxing skills on the next Real Husbands of Hollywood, “Hart vs. Mosley,” premiering Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 10pm on BET. It’s a battle of words and words, as Kevin “Fists of Funny” Hart heads into his charity fight with Sugar Shane Mosley believing he really knocked out Laila Ali. But first the two must square off in a pre-battle press conference — and survive Robin’s soulful version of the national anthem and then some. Laila Ali, Bella Gonzalez, Elise Neal, Max Kellerman, Samuel “Sam” Comroe and Rocsi Diaz guest star. Then Marlon Wayans drops in […]

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Comedy

Real Husbands of Hollywood preview: It’s Gettin’ Hot In Herrre [video]

On the next Real Husbands of Hollywood, Robin’s one-upmanship of Kevin continues, as Kevin discovers the other husbands — including his nemesis — having a taco party at Boris’ house without him. And it’s not the only thing the funnyman’s been left out of. Robin also reveals that Nelly has asked everyone but Kevin to invest and star in a workout video with The Biggest Loser trainer Dolvett Quince.  Since Kevin’s no-nonsense lawyer Trina (Cynthia Kaye McWilliams) is trying to get him to stick to a budget, Kevin’s not about to let his pride stand in the way of scoring some extra cash. […]

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Comedy

Kevin Hart’s Real Husbands of Hollywood premieres Tuesday on BET

BET has assembled some bona fide comedy kings – and princes, too — in an all-new, star-studded Tuesday night lineup featuring Kevin Hart’s semi-improv Real Husbands of Hollywood and Second Generation Wayans, a scripted comedy starring (and culled from the lives of) Damien Dante Wayans and Craig Wayans, nephews of the legendary Wayans brothers. Billed as “the fakest reality show on television,” Real Husbands of Hollywood turns the tables on one of reality TV’s most prolific — and over the top — franchises, putting the newly divorced Hart, Nick Cannon (for the sake of the premise of the show, we’ll call him […]

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Music

“Glee” star Amber Riley among performers at 2012 Celebration of Gospel

Taped at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on March 16, the two-hour Celebration of Gospel — Rise Up! Renew! Rejoice! will premiere on television this Sunday, April 1, at 8pm ET/PT on BET. Steve Harvey once again serves as host of the telecast, which brings mainstream artists and gospel greats together. Among the performances: Ricky Dillard and New G Choir join R&B sensation Johnny Gill to open the show with a performance of “He Turned It”; original Dreamgirl Jennifer Holliday and Glee star Amber Riley join gospel legends Pastor Shirley Caesar and Yolanda Adams to pay tribute to […]

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News & Current Events

BET News special to examine the Trayvon Martin case

The shooting and killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida last month by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman as the unarmed Martin was walking in Zimmerman’s gated community has exploded into national discussion and outrage as more of the potential implications of the case have come to light — from apparent police mishandling of the case from the outset; to questions about Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law (and similar laws in several other states) that seems to offer a loose interpretation of “self-defense” (Zimmerman is free, claiming he killed the young man in self-defense); to concerns about Zimmerman’s mindset during […]

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TV News & Program Updates

BET News and Centric to broadcast live coverage of Whitney Houston’s funeral services

Tomorrow, Feb. 18, beginning at 11:30am ET/8:30am PT, BET and Centric will air Live: The Homegoing of Whitney Houston, a BET News special. On-air correspondents April Woodard and Lola Oguinake will bring complete live, in-depth coverage of the legendary pop star’s funeral from her childhood church, New Hope Baptist Church, in Newark, New Jersey. Later that day, on BET at 7pm ET/PT, in the one-hour special BET Remembers Whitney, BET News correspondent Bevy Smith sits down with confidants and colleagues of the Queen of Pop, including Kim Burrell, Kelley Price, Faith Evans, Ledisi, India.Arie, Tisha Martin Campbell and Tichina Arnold […]

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TV News & Program Updates

Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer highlight BET’s first Oscar special

This Friday, Feb. 17, at 10pm ET/PT, BET will be airing its first Oscar special, BET Takes Hollywood. In the one-hour program, veteran celebrity journalist Shaun Robinson of Access Hollywood will sit down with nominees Viola Davis (pictured; Best Actress nominee for The Help) and Octavia Spencer (Best Supporting Actress nominee for The Help) to discuss their journey to the Academy Awards. There will also be a look back at past winners and Oscar’s best-dressed stars, as well as a look forward to Hollywood’s up-and-comers. Other interviews featured in the special will be Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson and Denzel Washington, […]

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Music

BET and Centric programming pays homage to Don Cornelius and “Soul Train”

The world was shocked and saddened today to hear of the passing of legendary and influential Soul Train creator, executive producer and host (for 22 of its 35 seasons) Don Cornelius, who was found in his Los Angeles home dead of a gunshot wound in what appears to have been a suicide, though the investigation was said to be ongoing. He was 75. “We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Don Cornelius,” said Debra L. Lee, Chairman & CEO of BET Networks. “He was a pioneer in the television and music industries, and his legacy and influence […]

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News & Current Events

BET networks cover dedication of the MLK memorial

By Jeff Pfeiffer Follow @ChannelGuideJP Originally scheduled to have been dedicated back in August until Hurricane Irene put things on hold, the new Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial will finally be officially dedicated this Sunday, Oct. 16. BET, Centric and BET.com will feature a live, commercial-free simulcast of the dedication starting at 11am ET, hosted by BET News anchor Ed Gordon, correspondent Lola Ogunnaike and special contributor Nia-Malika Henderson of the Washington Post. The event will feature an opening performance by Aretha Franklin and an address by President Obama to formally dedicate the memorial.