BlackTree Media goes one on
one with, Curtis '50 Cent'
Jackson and ask what is the
new album about, and wusup
with all these Hip Hop Haters.
Curtis Jackson, releases
6-26-07, the same day as the
biggest award show on cable,
the BET Awards '07

IT'S GONNA BE A B-DAY AT THE
BET AWARDS '07
AS BEYONCé TOPS ALL NOMINEES
WI
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BlackTree Media goes one on
one with, Curtis '50 Cent'
Jackson and ask what is the
new album about, and wusup
with all these Hip Hop Haters.
Curtis Jackson, releases
6-26-07, the same day as the
biggest award show on cable,
the BET Awards '07

IT'S GONNA BE A B-DAY AT THE
BET AWARDS '07
AS BEYONCé TOPS ALL NOMINEES
WITH SIX NODS

Jay-Z, Jennifer Hudson, Ciara,
Akon and Gnarls Barkley Also
Earn Multiple Nominations With
Three Each

Award Winning Comedienne,
Actress and Author Mo'Nique
has Returned to Host the
Star- Studded BET AWARDS '07
Show Televising Live from Los
Angeles' Famed
Shrine Auditorium on Tuesday,
June 26

Legendary Songstress Diana
Ross to Receive BET Lifetime
Achievement Award and
Critically Acclaimed Actor and
Activist Don Cheadle Set for
BET Humanitarian Award

50 Cent and T.I. Among
Featured Performers

LOS ANGELES, (May 16, 2007) --
BET Networks, a unit of Viacom
(NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), today
announced the nominees, host
and recipients of the Lifetime
Achievement and Humanitarian
honors for their signature
awards show -- The BET Awards
'07. As cable television's
number 1 awards show, BET
AWARDS '07 is raising the
stakes and promises to be the
hottest show on television for
the seventh year running.
BET is making history again as
the biggest stars in music,
sports and entertainment
converge on Los Angeles for a
night of fabulous performances
and unforgettable surprises on
June 26 at 8 p.m. ET/7 CT
(tape delayed to the MST and
PST time zones) live from the
historic Shrine Auditorium.

BET will recognize the
achievements of artists,
entertainers and athletes in
14 categories. R&B queen
Beyoncé, fresh off the
success of her latest CD
'B-Day' and the award-winning
film 'Dreamgirls,' leads
the pack with six nominations.
Beyoncé is up for Best
Female R&B Artist; Best
Collaboration for duets with
Jay-Z on 'Déjà vu' and
'Upgrade U'; Video of the Year
for 'Irreplaceable' as well as
her sultry turn with Shakira
on 'Beautiful Liar'; and in
the Viewer's Choice Award
category.

Among the other multiple
nominees with three each are:
Oscarâ winner Jennifer
Hudson, the break-out star of
'Dreamgirls'; R&B singing
sensation Ciara; Hip Hop
balladeer Akon; and the
soulful duo Gnarls Barkley.

New kid on the block Robin
Thicke, scored his first pair
of BET AWARDS nods for best
R&B Artist and Viewer's Choice
for his chart-topping hit
'Lost Without You.' Other
two-fers include Ludacris,
Diddy, Mary J. Blige, Snoop
Dogg, the late Gerald Levert,
Ne-Yo, Lil Wayne, Mary, Mary
and Corrine Bailey Rae.

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