After delivering an acceptance speech during Sunday’s BET Awards that seemed to dress down rapper Iggy Azalea, Nicki Minaj hit Twitter to clarify her message on Wednesday. It’s about women’s rights, guys.
Last night, the BET Awards took place in the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles; many wonderful, talented humans were awarded for outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry.
During Sunday’s BET Awards, Nicki Minaj won the Best Female MC trophy and took time during her acceptance speech to dress down her competition. Considering her only contemporary chart-worthy rival is Iggy Azalea, it’s safe to say Iggy was the target of her shade (thrown while professing “no shade”).
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Last night on the red carpet at the BET Awards, there were pretty dresses, interesting shoes, creative hairdos and Meagan Good's nipples. Let us not delay.
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Ciara and Nicki Minaj released the video for their new song "I'm Out" during the BET Awards Sunday night. It features lots of skintight white body suits, a reference to Moscato because that's a drink black people like (haven't you heard?) and the two women doing what they do best: rapping and dancing.
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In this week's TV roundup, a vampire and her maker breakup on True Blood, "Imma let you finish" comes full circle, the Alabama Shakes shake up Late Night and Sarah Palin sure loves her guns.
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The fashion at the 2012 BET Awards — held last night in Los Angeles and hosted by Samuel L. Jackson — was hit and miss. For every classy, pretty ensemble, there was steaming heap of tacky.
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At the BET awards last night, Bey, Jay, 'Ye and something called a Kim Kardashian sat together in a royal enclave and the photos of this momentous event have already been analyzed until the end of time. Beyoncé and Kim, who sat on the outside of their respective men, "made no effort to stretch across to chinwag." Kim…
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The BET Awards aren't exactly known for subtlety, which is exactly why we love it. Finally, something interesting.
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Chris Brown's self-serving BET Awards breakdown gets even worse: A source claims Chris used tear-inducing eye drops before taking the stage. His rep denies it, but the eyewitness insists, "He rubbed it in and started crying." [Us via The Superficial]
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I don't know what the BET awards are! I still don't know! Nor do I really care! But I have found a soulmate named Kojo!
Welcome to the 2010 BET Awards! Queen Latifah is tonight's host and Prince will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award, though perhaps the biggest story of the ceremony is the return of Kanye West, who will open the show.
Picture problems aside, we'll be having an open thread at 8pmEST for tonight's BET Awards, which promise tributes to Prince, Michael Jackson, and the first awards show performance by Kanye West since the infamous Taylor Swift incident of 2009.
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Last night's BET Awards were rearranged at the last minute to serve as a celebration of Michael Jackson's life. For the finale, Lil Wayne sang that he wishes he could "fuck every girl in the world" while onstage with pre-teens.
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At tonight's BET Awards, CNN's Don Lemon attempted to interview Joe Jackson about the death of his son. Jackson answered Lemon's questions with abrupt, detached answers, passed the mic to his spokesperson and attorney, and then promoted his record company.
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Oh, it wasn't all fashion (Bone Thugs N') Harmony at last night's BET Awards. While some of the designs on display were models of restrained femininity, others were... well, less so. Image gallery and snap sartorial judgments — plus random white dude — after the jump.
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[Los Angeles, June 16. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
