BET Awards 2007 Nominee Announcement

BET Awards 2007 Nominee Announcement

BET Revealed Nominees in 14 Categories on May 16th

Announced BET Awards '07 Show Host Mo'nique, Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Diana Ross & Humanitarian Award Recipient Don Cheadle

LOS ANGELES, May 16 /PRNewswire/ --
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Thursday, May 17, 2007
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FORMAT: B-ROLL

STORY SUMMARY:

BET will honor superlative achievement in music, entertainment and sports with a star-studded "live" telecast of BET AWARDS '07 on Tuesday, June 26th at 5:00 PM PT/8:00 PM ET. The telecast will salute music, sports and entertainment elite via the red carpet arrivals, exciting on-stage performances and riveting tributes by the hottest names in entertainment at LA's prestigious Shrine Auditorium. On Wednesday, May 16th BET unveiled this year's BET Awards Host Mo'Nique, Humanitarian Award recipient Don Cheadle and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Diana Ross, as well as nominees in 14 categories, including the highly-anticipated Viewer's Choice Award.

B-ROLL INCLUDES:

BET Awards '07 nomination announcement participants including: 50 Cent, TI, and Robin Thicke, Tichina Arnold, as well as BET executives Reginald Hudlin, BET President of Entertainment, and Stephen Hill, BET Executive Vice President for Entertainment and Music Programming/BET Awards Executive Producer.

VIDEO PROVIDED BY: Black Entertainment Television

Source: BET Networks

CONTACT: Zabrina Horton of BET Corporate Communications,
+1-310-481-3737

Web site:

http://www.bet.com/

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