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. » 7/02/14 3:00pm 7/02/14 3:00pm

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. » 6/30/14 5:20pm 6/30/14 5:20pm

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”). » 6/30/14 11:00am 6/30/14 11:00am

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. » 7/01/13 10:25am 7/01/13 10:25am

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. » 7/06/12 7:00pm 7/06/12 7:00pm

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… » 7/02/12 9:00am 7/02/12 9:00am

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] » 7/01/10 1:40pm 7/01/10 1:40pm

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! » 6/28/10 11:30am 6/28/10 11:30am

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. » 6/27/10 7:50pm 6/27/10 7:50pm

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. » 6/27/10 4:30pm 6/27/10 4:30pm

• Grace Rwaramba, the former nanny who took care of Michael Jackson's children, says she often pumped the King of Pop's stomach:
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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. » 6/28/09 10:05pm 6/28/09 10:05pm

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. » 6/27/07 3:15pm 6/27/07 3:15pm

[Los Angeles, June 16. Image via Bauer-Griffin] » 6/27/07 11:52am 6/27/07 11:52am