Hollywood Power Couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith to Host BET Awards '05 on June 28

Hollywood Power Couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith to Host BET Awards '05 on June 28

CALENDAR NOTICE / EVENT LISTINGS ADVISORY

Denzel and Pauletta Washington, Gladys Knight Honored as Humanitarian and
Lifetime Achievement Recipients on #1 Rated Salute to Music, Entertainment
and Sports Televising 'Live' From Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on BET

WHAT: BET will honor superlative achievement in music,
entertainment and sports with a star-studded "live"
telecast of BET AWARDS '05. The top-rated and most-
watched awards show among African-American viewers, the
BET AWARDS will be helmed this year by Hollywood power
couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, making their
BET AWARDS hosting debut family-style! The show format
includes star-studded red carpet arrivals, exciting on-
stage performances and stirring tributes by the hottest
names in entertainment at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.
BET AWARDS '05 nominations will be announced on Monday,
May 16.

EVENT TIME: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 @ 5 p.m. PT (LIVE)

PREMIERE TELECAST: Tuesday, June 28 @ 8 p.m. ET/PT* (LIVE)
(*Pacific Time Zone telecast tape delayed until
8 p.m. PT)

WHERE: Kodak Theatre
6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
http://www.kodaktheatre.com/

HOSTS: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith

SPECIAL HONOREES: Denzel and Pauletta Washington, Humanitarian Award
Gladys Knight, Lifetime Achievement Award

TICKETS: The BET AWARDS show is open to the public -- tickets
are available beginning May 3 at the Kodak Theatre Box
Office (323/308-6300), all Ticketmaster outlets and on
the Internet at http://www.ticketmaster.com/. General
information is available at http://www.bet.com/.

MEDIA CREDENTIALS: Requests for media credentials may be submitted online
by visiting the BET Corporate Communications website at
http://www.bet.com/pr beginning May 16. The deadline
for credentials requests is June 10.

CONTACT: Tosha Whitten-Griggs of BET, +1-818-655-6712, tosha.whitten-griggs@bet.net; or Bobbi Marcus of Bobbi Marcus PR, +1-310-889-9200, BMarcusPR@aol.com, for BET

PRNewswire -- April 28

Source: BET (Black Entertainment Television)

Web site: http://www.bet.com/
http://www.kodaktheatre.com/
http://www.ticketmaster.com/

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