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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NAACP Image Awards will be televised for the first time on BET. NAACP and the cable network announced Monday that the 51st awards ceremony will be held in Pasadena, California, on Feb. 22. The event will spotlight the contributions of the NAACP and its impact on the community. SIGN UP […]

NEW YORK (AP) — George Lopez, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Eddie Griffin and Charlie Murphy will be making a series for the BET Network on the behind-the-scenes world of a comedy tour. “Comedy Get Down” is about their concert tour of the same name. BET described the scripted series as a workplace comedy at […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Someone other than Kanye West is confirming his visionary status. The superstar rapper will receive the Visionary Award next month at the BET Honors. West — who has called himself a visionary and more — will be one of five luminaries honored at the eighth annual event, to be hosted by […]

Yes, the Soul Train Awards aired last night and two things were clear – Devante Swing of Jodeci needs a new hairdresser and Missy Elliott needs to get back into the game. Those were just two of the takeaways of the show, which aired Sunday night on BET and Centric after being taped a few […]

Fans of BET’s scripted show Being Mary Jane will have to wait a little longer for their show to return. BET announced that Season 2 the popular show starring Gabrielle Union as Mary Jane Paul, won’t return to the airways until Tuesday, February 3rd. The good news is that this season has been upped from […]

Boris Kodjoe woke up like this. The 41-year-old actor is one of the stars of The Real Husbands of Hollywood reality spoof show on BET and was also in Addicted, the movie version of the popular Zane book. Although he’s well known for playing characters that use his gorgeous face and body to their full […]

Funnyman Chris Rock has just been announced as the host of the 2014 BET Awards, airing Sunday, June 29th at 8pm ET on BET from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, CA. “I watch the BET Awards every year.  It’s one of my favorite award shows combining people from movies, sports, TV and music,” […]

Black women have finally arrived, at least at BET, where Centric will be rebranded as the first TV network specifically geared to Black women. Fact: “At more than 10 million strong, and in control of 20 billion dollars in buying power, the African American woman is an increasingly powerful, yet often overlooked consumer,” said Louis Carr, […]

“Extra’s” AJ Calloway started out at BET as the co-host of “106 and Park” then landed a gig as a correspondent on the entertainment show “Extra.” But before he achieved those successes in show business, he set a foundation for himself at Howard University. The 39-year-old TV personality wanted to pay tribute to the school […]