BET Awards Nominees list

T.I, Tichina Arnold, 50 Cent and Robin Thicke were on hand at the announcement of the 2007 BET Awards Nominees today. They all looked like a happy bunch, especially considering that generally if you are asked to appear at the announcement press conference, you probably are in the winner's circle.



Mo'Nique will host the show which airs on BET on Tuesday June 26th (8pm) and Diana Ross will receive a Lifetime Achievement award. As for the nominees, Beyonce secured 6 total noms--more than any of her fellow nominees. Other artists racking up the nominations were Ciara, Akon and Jennifer Hudson, who each received three nods.

Here is the official list of nominees, courtesy of BET.com, with stars next to my picks to win:

PRO's Picks
***= Front Runner
**= That'd be great
*= Long-shot
No stars= "Moving on..."

Some of them only have one set of stars. That means I don't really care about anyone else winning in that category. Oh, and there are a couple more pics from the announcement press conference mixed in with the nominees.

Best Hip-Hop Artist
Diddy
Jay-Z ***
Lil Wayne **
Ludacris *
T.I. **

Best Male R&B Artist
Akon ***
John Legend
Gerald Levert *** ('cause he died)
Ne-Yo **
Robin Thicke **

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyonce
Mary J. Blige
Ciara **
Jennifer Hudson ***
Corinne Bailey Rae

Best Gospel Artist
Shirley Caesar
Kirk Franklin
Fred Hammond
Dave Hollister
Mary Mary



Best Collaboration
Akon / Snoop Dog - I Wanna Love You
Beyonce / Jay Z - De'Ja'Vu
Beyonce / Jay Z - Upgrade U ***
Diddy / Keyshia Cole - Last Night
Ludacris / Mary J. Blige - Runaway Love

Best Group
Gnarls Barkley ***
Mary Mary
Outkast
Pretty Ricky
Three 6 Mafia **

Video Of The Year
Akon / Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You
Beyonce - Irreplaceable
Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar
Ciara - Like A Boy **
Gnarls Barkely - Crazy ***

Viewers' Choice Award
Lupe Fiasco **
Gnarls Barkley ***
Jennifer Hudson
Mims
Corinne Bailey Rae

Best Actor
Idris Elba **
Jamie Foxx
Eddie Murphy
Will Smith
Forest Whitaker ***

Best Actress
Tichina Arnold
Angela Bassett
Jennifer Hudson ***
Kerry Washington
Chandra Wilson **



Best Male Athlete
Reggie Bush
Lebron James
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. ***
Dwayne Wade
Tiger Woods

Best Female Athlete
Swin Cash
Tamika Catchings
Gail Devers
Lisa Leslie
Serena Williams ***

BET J Cool Like That
Gerald Levert ***
Brian McKnight
Eric Roberson
Musiq Soulchild
Elisabeth Withers

In actuality, I couldn't care less about who wins or not, except for Lil Weezy. He's busted his ass this year and has been everywhere, collaborating with everyone and it just would be really unfortunate if he does not get recognized for his accomplishments. Aaaw. Vote y'all.

Megan and Tommy sittin in a tree

Megan Good was spotted outside the KING party at the 40/40 club in NYC last night, enjoying a nice stroll alone.



But wait...what's this? Who's the man palming Meg's ass as though he owns it?




Looks like it's none other than Mr. Thomas Jones... NY JETS, Thomas Jones. I must be late, 'cause I didn't know they were all boo'd up. Con...grat...u...lations? I guess she looks happy??

Shady Movements...

I'm gonna try to be as brief about this as possible.

Mase + car accident= His spot being blown while trying to pick up transvestite prostitutes.

Listen to the audio yourself:

The girl whose car he wrecked talks to a dj about what she found out at the scene of the accident here.

Another Atlanta dj discusses the situation here.

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Also, I'm sure you already kneeeew, but here's footage of ya boy Lil Cease putting on a lil strip show with dudes in the room:



[Source]

These are your peoples...

50 Cent Amusement Park Video

Blah, blah, mutha fuckin blah.


[Vid courtesy of OnSmash]

Lauren London: I'm not sexy

Cutie patootie Lauren London appears in the latest KING magazine, proclaiming that she doesn't believe she is sexy. I love when chicks say shit like this to get attention. Let's all give her the attention she craves:





She aiiight. Whatev, she knows she's the truth.

A Box Of Mess

Who: Aisha Tyler
What: Xbox 360 Halo 3 Sneak Preview
When: May 16, 2007
Where: Quixote Studios | West Hollywood, California

The boiling mess that is Aisha Tyler showed up at the XBox Halo 3 party wearing more than enough face powder and posing like her life depended on it.





Can someone please update me on her current projects? I feel like I haven't seen her in anything since Friends, and that's just bleek.

Entertainment Weekly Partaay

Who: America Ferrera, Chandra Wilson, Justin Chambers, Ice T, Lakisha Jones, and Naima
What: Entertainment Weekly 2007 Upfront Party
When: May 15, 2007
Where: The Box | NYC

The ever-flawless: Miss America-






Miss Chandra. Still tryin.



Chandra and chief of surgery from Grey's Anatomy


Justin Chambers and his wifie Keisha. Why is everyone's wife named Keisha?

Lol...except for Ice T's. Ah, my idol: Ms. Coco.


Taye and his lame wife were there:


And someone thought it would be sweet to invite Dawn from Danity Kane:


American Idol reject Lakisha Jones was there:


Hey if that singing career doesn't work out, she could always work something else.


Top Model Naima was there too.



Apparently she thinks she's at a photoshoot. Might as well pose while the cameras are still watching.

Russ got new arm phat

Who: Russell Simmons, new arm candy, Pras
What: Donna Karan Launches Urban Zen Initiative
When: May 15, 2007
Where: 711 Greenwich| NYC

Yaaaay! New arm candaaaaay!



Lol @ Russie's face in this shot.

Prassie Bear was there too; lookin all kinds of ashy:



Looks like times are still hard for Senor Pras.

BMI Pop Awards

Who: Kelly Rowland, Ray J and Eric Benet
What: 55th Annual BMI Pop Awards
When: May 15, 2007
Where: Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel| Beverly Hills, California

Ms. Kelly looked pretty fierce at her BMI pop awards performance.




Nicely played, Kel-boogy. Nicely played. Oh yeah, look who else the cat dragged in:




Why they would need awards for anything other than being never-was-beens, I will never know. I wonder if Eric is over that whole sex addiction thing? The chick on his arm doesn't look too happy, so I'm guessing no.