Amy Winehouse's fainting spell has her doctors stumped.
The "Rehab" chanteuse has been hospitalized since blacking out Monday, and doctors at the London facility where...
Friday 27 June 2008
Amy Winehouse's Medical Mystery
Amy Winehouse's fainting spell has her doctors stumped.
The "Rehab" chanteuse has been hospitalized since blacking out Monday, and doctors at the London facility where...
Thursday 19 June 2008
Led Zeppelin - Plant Lands First Americana Awards Nominations
LED ZEPPELIN star ROBERT PLANT's American folk leanings have paid off - he and his latest partner ALISON KRAUSS have landed three Americana Honors + Awards nominations.
Plant and Krauss have won acclaim for their Raising Sand album and now the odd couple joins Levon Helm and James MCMurtry as the three-nomination leaders of the annual prizegiving.
Krauss and Plant's album is nominated for Album of The Year, alongside Hayes Carll's Trouble in Mind, Helm's Dirt Farmer and MCMurtry's Just Us Kids, and the couple lead the Best Duo of Group nods.
The coveted Artist of The Year prize will go to either Steve Earle, Jim Lauderdale, Helm or MCMurtry Tift Merritt's Broken, Carll's She Left Me for Jesus, Helm's Poor Old Dirt Farmer, Cheney's Toy by MCMurtry and Krauss and Plant's Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) will compete for the Best Song honour.
The awards take place at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on 18 September (08).
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Saturday 14 June 2008
Another Breath
Artist: Another Breath
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Not Now, Not Ever
Year: 2004
Tracks: 8
Fulton, NY's Another Breath deals in semi-melodic hard-core and, at the time of the band's 2004 debut EP, Not Now, Not Ever, featured Ted Winkworth (vocals), Jon Davis (guitar and vocals), Scott Gillard (guitar), Matt Garrett (bass), and Bob O'Neil (drums). Bassist Garrett was after replaced by Sean Barr.
Sunday 8 June 2008
Martin Carthy
Artist: Martin Carthy
Genre(s):
Folk
Discography:
Shearwater
Year: 2005
Tracks: 10
Sweet Wivelsfield
Year: 1996
Tracks: 10
Martin Carthy
Year: 1995
Tracks: 14
If the English tribe revival meeting of the sixties had a single "father of the Church" and directing disembodied spirit, then Martin Carthy was it. Carthy's influence transcends his abilities, unnerving though those are -- asunder from organism unitary of the nigh talented acoustic guitarists, mandolinists, and general multi-instrumentalists working the ethnic music clubs in the 1960s, he was likewise a powerful singer with no pretentions or affectations, and was an regular more stupendous organiser and editor program, with an excellent ear for traditional compositions. In particular, he was as often a bookman as a performer, and frequently went back to the notes and notebooks of folk ballad collectors such as Percy Grainger, scouring them for fragments that could be made hale in performance -- no arcsecond hander, he used the earliest known transcriptions and recordings of many of the oldest folksongs known in England as his source, and worked from in that location.
By 1966, at the time he was cutting his low deuce albums, Carthy was already an influence on Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, and by the goal of the 1960s was de facto mentor to about every good wishful folk musician in England. At least three major English folk-rock bands, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and the Albion Band, were formed either straight or indirectly with his help and influence.
Astonishingly given his musical artistry, Carthy didn't initially go under out to be a musician. Upon departure schoolhouse, he served as an help stage manager for different theatrical companies, and only gradually drifted into performing in the coffee houses spiring up around London during the late '50s and early '60s, as skiffle, with its lumbering American influence, was supplanted by more specifically British material. He linked Redd Sullivan, Marion Gray, and Pete Maynard in a group called the Thameside Four, and panax quinquefolius with them for three geezerhood, until his reputation had big sufficiently, and the demand from the clubs in London was such that he began making solo appearances. He became the resident physician vocaliser at a folk social club called the Troubadour in London, and during that time he recorded a four-song extended-play single for Topic Records that got bemused somewhere between the studio and the pressing plant.
Still, he had an interview, and among those listening were a couple of Americans wHO happened to be in England at the time. One wHO heard Carthy perform his organisation of the traditional song "Scarborough Fair" was Paul Simon, wHO was trying for a folksinging life history in London undermentioned the nonstarter of the identical low gear Simon and Garfunkel record album (Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.) stake in America. Carthy gave Simon his arrangement, chords, and words for the song, and it became the basis for Simon's own adaptation when he returned to the United States.
Some other American working about London in 1965 was Bob Dylan, in London appearance in a tv play called Madhouse on Castle Street (wherein a stripling named Duncan Brown heard his guitar playing and distinct to suit a player, transcription one classic '60s record album). Dylan heard Carthy's interpretation of "Lord Franklin" and transformed the line into "Bobfloat Dylan's Dream" from the record album Freewheelin', which also mentions Carthy in the line drive notes.
Carthy made his transcription debut on the English Decca anthology album Hootenanny, but neither call was truly representative of Carthy's do work. "My Baby Has Gorn Dahn the Plug 'Ole" and "The End of My Old Cigar" provided what he later referred to as mirthful relief amid the serious-mindedness of the rest of the digest.
His big influences, in addition to the expected folk ballad collectors and arrangers such as A.L. Lloyd, included Ravi Shankar (Carthy had attended the latter's first London performance in 1957) and Davey Graham, whose interpretation of "She Moved Through the Fair" encouraged his interest in Indian euphony. By the mid-'60s, Carthy was a musical polymath, drawing breathing in from euphony all o'er the map, although his repertoire came totally from the British Isles.
In 1965, Carthy was signed to Fontana Records and recorded his debut album Martin Carthy that same year, which contained his arrangement of "Scarborough Fair," and featured contributions from tinkerer Dave Swarbrick as a performing artist and co-arranger. From the very first, Carthy's records became songbooks for thousands of lesser performers and less challenging manque ethnic music musicians -- he literally was the Bob Dylan of the English folk revitalization, without the feigned ire or the affectations, just with all of the attainment and depth.
That number one record album was likewise the number one manifestation of what finally became a more than courtly partnership with Swarbrick. That didn't start, however, until March of 1966, when the fiddler ground himself off back by Dutch customs duty officials spell travel to Denmark -- Carthy offered to squad up with Swarbrick on an coming enlistment with a 50/50 split of the take. Their transcription situation was more complicated, due to the fact that Carthy was signed to Fontana as a solo artist, and the disk company wouldn't modify the reduce -- they were ne'er able to split the revenues of their recordings during the 1960s, a situation that ne'er suffer their functional relationship. The 2 complete up transcription an six-spot long-players and an extended-play single betwixt 1966 and 1969 -- at around that time, Swarbrick went off to join Fairport Convention, and a small bit after that, Carthy was persuaded to bring together the Fairport branch (founded by Ashley Hutchings) Steeleye Span.
Their records, all carefully programmed and recorded (each new strain was a surprise: A solo number by Carthy might be followed by a work featuring the two of them, followed by an a cappella bit by Carthy...), all sold well among tribe enthusiasts, and assign both Carthy and Swarbrick on the map nationally. Carthy became non only one of the virtually pop folksingers in England just, more than that, a musical resource. Unlike most of his rivals, Carthy well-thought-of original -- or at least the earlier known -- versions of the songs he performed, and where possible he would go indorse to theater of operations recordings done other in the twentieth century. One of Carthy's specialties was finding and completing fragments of songs that didn't be in fill out versions -- non alone did this add together oodles of songs to the repertoire (unremarkably played and heard by people wHO had no intimation of the editorial and musical skills that had gone into fashioning the songs "hale"), but it gave Carthy a starting point very far from the trivial commercial-grade folk-rock that was typical of the sixties.
His habit of elementary sources allowed him to pick up nuances from the songs that almost of his rivals never guessed were thither. Additionally, he was open to recording original real, if it were the correct material under the right fate, and several of his sixties albums feature film songs by his quaker, songster Leon Rosselson. Coupled with his vocal and guitar skills, all of this made Carthy mayhap the most important folksinger in England, as a source of inspiration, a conduit for songs, and a poser for how to approach the music.
By 1970, however, a modern group beckoned Carthy in the form of Steeleye Span, which had been formed by Ashley Hutchings, Tim Hart, and Maddy Prior in the wake of Hutchings' exit from Fairport Convention. Unlike Fairport Convention, which freely assorted original and traditional material, Steeleye Span played traditional common people medicine, albeit on a mix of galvanising and acoustic instruments (they didn't have a drummer at this time), and Carthy became something of their resident sage and musicologist -- the mathematical group genetic and adoptive many songs that he'd recorded during the sixties.
By 1972, he was out of Steeleye Span and recording on his possess over again. That same yr, he married Norma Waterson and became a member of her family's folksinging group the Watersons, of which he has remained an active member. He too became a member of the Albion Band, the group formed by Hutchings in the early seventies, working with them on the album Struggle of the Field. During the seventies, Carthy too began doing house work, which lED to the formation of the mathematical group Brass Monkey in the early '80s.
Dino Paul Crocetti Carthy continues to record in the nineties for the Green Linnet label. He reanimated his partnership with Dave Swarbrick once more in the eighties, and the deuce receive continued to perform and record in concert. All of his classic albums for the Topic and Fontana labels, as well as those from the eighties, ar usable on compact disc.
Sunday 1 June 2008
Miley Cyrus - Miley Cyrus Generous Church Donation
Teen millionairess MILEY CYRUS donates $1,000 (GBP500) to the California church she visits every week, according to reports.
The religious 15-year-old makes the generous hand outs to the Montrose Church, in the outskirts of Los Angeles.
A friend tells American magazine Star,"She gave even more during the Easter holiday."
Even $1,000 a week is little to Cyrus, who was recently revealed to be the richest teen in Hollywood - having made $18 million (GBP9 million) in just one year.
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BB Celebrity Hijackers are revealed
'Little Britain' star Matt Lucas, Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and comedienne Joan Rivers have signed up to take party in 'Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack'.
Also enlisted to act as Big Brother to the housemates are 'Match of the Day' pundit Ian Wright, comedian Jimmy Carr, artists Jake and Dinos Chapman, 'Bo' Selecta!' character Keith Lemon and art critic Brian Sewell.
The celebrities will set the tasks, make the rules, hand out punishments and talk to the housemates in the diary room during their stint as Big Brother on the spin-off series.
The contestants on the show will be talented young people, with the group including scientists, acrobats and athletes.
A 'Big Brother' spokesperson said: "Just what they will be getting up to as they take control of the house and who else will join them as celebrity hijackers remains a closely guarded secret."
Dermot O'Leary will present the series, which is due to begin on E4 on 3 January.
Also enlisted to act as Big Brother to the housemates are 'Match of the Day' pundit Ian Wright, comedian Jimmy Carr, artists Jake and Dinos Chapman, 'Bo' Selecta!' character Keith Lemon and art critic Brian Sewell.
The celebrities will set the tasks, make the rules, hand out punishments and talk to the housemates in the diary room during their stint as Big Brother on the spin-off series.
The contestants on the show will be talented young people, with the group including scientists, acrobats and athletes.
A 'Big Brother' spokesperson said: "Just what they will be getting up to as they take control of the house and who else will join them as celebrity hijackers remains a closely guarded secret."
Dermot O'Leary will present the series, which is due to begin on E4 on 3 January.
Avril Lavigne dismisses pregnancy claims
Singer Avril Lavigne has denied media reports that she is expecting a baby with her singer husband Deryck Whibley.
Various US news websites claimed recently that the singer is about 6 weeks pregnant.
A DJ had reportedly claimed that Whibley had "been telling all his friends that he's excited to be a father".
However, Lavigne's representative has dismissed the reports, saying: "It's not true."
Various US news websites claimed recently that the singer is about 6 weeks pregnant.
A DJ had reportedly claimed that Whibley had "been telling all his friends that he's excited to be a father".
However, Lavigne's representative has dismissed the reports, saying: "It's not true."
Lil Boosie
Artist: Lil Boosie
Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop
Other
Discography:
Bad Azz Mixtape Vol. 2
Year: 2007
Tracks: 20
Bad Azz
Year: 2006
Tracks: 17
Trill Azz Mixes Vol.2
Year: 2004
Tracks: 11
Ghetto Stories: The Swishahouse Mix
Year: 2003
Tracks: 17
Trill Ass Mixes Vol 2
Year:
Tracks: 11
Rapper Lil' Boosie's operose Southern style comes from ontogenesis up in nonpareil of Baton Rouge, LA's more than notorious neighborhoods, nonpareil that was known for drugs and gunplay. Not having his father in his lifetime was some other challenge, merely things began moving in a positive way when Boosie immersed himself in hoops. It looked like it could be his ticket into college, merely acquiring involved in drugs got him kicked out of highschool shoal. He turned to rapping and eventually dependant up with C-Loc. An appearance on C-Loc's 2000 endeavor, It's a Gamble, became Boosie's debut. He shortly released the full-length CD Youngest of da Camp on his possess. His magnanimous breakthrough began when he joined Pimp C's Trill Entertainment camp. He was paired with fellow Trill creative person Webbie for the 2003 release Ghetto Stories and once again for 2004's Gangsta Musik, which featured the first-class honours degree appearance of Webbie's future hit "Pass on Me That." Trill then worked a deal with the Warner Bros.-associated Asylum, and both Webbie and Boosie were at present on a major label. Webbie released his record album in 2005; Boosie's landed in 2006. Titled Bad Azz, the release featured Yung Joc, Pimp C, and Webbie as guests. The Bad Azz DVD shortly followed, featuring interview footage where Boosie explained the drug-related last of his padre and revealed his have struggle with diabetes. Late in the yr, the Streetz Is Mine mixtape appeared in cooperation with DJ Drama.
Reese Witherspoon demands wedding with Jake
Reese Witherspoon refuses to move in with Jake Gyllenhaal until they get married.
The 'Hottest Ticket on Television' Has Been Announced: The BET AWARDS '08
T-Pain Leads the Pack with Five Nominations, Kanye West and Keyshia Cole
Follow Closely With Three Nominations, Mary J. Blige, Flo Rida and Alicia
Keys Hold Steady With Two Each
The Eighth Annual BET AWARDS '08 Will Be Televised LIVE from Los Angeles'
Famed Shrine Auditorium on Tuesday, June 24 With Performances by Usher,
Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Lil' Wayne and Nelly
Legendary R&B Icon Al Green to Receive BET's Lifetime Achievement Award and
Celebrated Producer/Arranger/Composer Quincy Jones Set for BET's
Humanitarian Award
NEW YORK, May 15 -- BET Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE:
VIA and VIA.B), today announced the nominees, performers and recipients of
the Lifetime Achievement and Humanitarian honors for the BET AWARDS '08.
The BET AWARDS '08 is raising the stakes and promises to be the "hottest
ticket on television" for the eighth year running, as the biggest stars in
music, sports and entertainment unite in Los Angeles' historic Shrine
Auditorium for a night of explosive LIVE performances on Tuesday, June 24
at 8:00 PM ET/PT. As in years past, the BET AWARDS '08 will continue its
landmark tradition of hot performances by some of today's heavy hitters,
including Usher, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Lil' Wayne and Nelly. The
host, along with additional presenters and performers, will be announced
shortly.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070716/BETNETWORKSLOGO )
At this year's most hyped event, BET will recognize the achievements of
artists, entertainers and athletes in 15 categories. Hip hop R&B singer,
songwriter and producer T-Pain tops the line-up with five nominations for
his collaborations with Chris Brown, Kanye and Flo Rida, followed by
rapper/producer Kanye West who earned three nominations with his successful
third album, "Graduation," in the Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Best
Collaboration and Video of the Year categories.
Among the other multiple nominees are R&B songstress Mary J. Blige for
Best Female R&B, as well as Video of the Year for "Just Fine," along with
Flo Rida, Alicia Keys and Keyshia Cole.
Those nominated for the second straight year include Jay-Z and Lil'
Wayne for Best Male Hip Hop; Mary J. Blige for Best Female R&B; last year's
Best Male R&B winner Ne-Yo; Angela Bassett and Chandra Wilson for Best
Actress; last year's winner, basketball sensation LeBron James, boxer Floyd
Mayweather, Jr., and golfing phenomenon Tiger Woods for Male Athlete of the
Year; smash hitter and four-time category winner Serena Williams and b-ball
superstar Tamika Catchings for Female Athlete of the Year.
In keeping with the history-making track record of the most highly
anticipated night in Black entertainment, BET is pulling out all of the
stops in naming this year's special honorees. Legendary R&B icon Al Green
will be in the house to receive BET's Lifetime Achievement Award. Joining
him will be celebrated producer/arranger/composer Quincy Jones, who will be
honored with BET's prestigious Humanitarian Award for his outreach to young
African-Americans through the Listen Up Foundation, a charity which
connects youth with music, technology and culture. In addition, Jones
helped launch the We Are the Future project, giving hope to children in
poor and conflict-ridden areas.
For the past seven years, the BET AWARDS has boasted unforgettable
moments such as Michael Jackson's surprise appearance during James Brown's
tribute; Rick James in his final duet with Teena Marie; Will Smith
presenting Muhammad Ali with the first-ever Humanitarian Award; Prince
onstage backing Chaka Khan; Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams and India.Arie in
a powerhouse tribute to Rufus' first lady of funk; Destiny's Child's steamy
lap dance; the reunion of one of hip hop's most beloved trios, The Fugees;
and last year's touching opening performance with Jennifer Hudson and
Jennifer Holliday and Public Enemy's tribute to James Brown.
BET has once again teamed with Cossette Productions, the famed
producers of the GRAMMY Awards(R) and the seven record-setting BET AWARDS
shows, to handle production of the telecast. Stephen Hill, BET Executive
Vice President, Music and Programming, along with Lynn Harris-Taylor, BET
Vice President of Specials, will executive produce the telecast.
BET AWARDS '08 will be sponsored by Dodge, Pepsi, Verizon Wireless,
General Motors, P&G, Target, Circo and Ford.
Log onto BET.com for BET On Blast video highlights, photos and
continuous BET AWARDS '08 updates at http://www.bet.com/betawards.
BET AWARDS '08
NOMINEES AND CATEGORIES
Best Female R&B Best Male R&B Best Group
Mary J. Blige Chris Brown Danity Kane
Mariah Carey Raheem DeVaughn Day 26
Keyshia Cole J. Holiday Gnarls Barkley
Alicia Keys Ne-Yo Playaz Circle
Rihanna Trey Songz UGK
Best Gospel Best Female Best Male
Artist Hip Hop Artist Hip Hop Artist
The Clark Sisters Missy Elliott Common
Kirk Franklin Eve Jay-Z
Deitrick Haddon Kid Sister Lil' Wayne
Marvin Sapp Lil Mama Snoop Dogg
Trin-I-Tee 5:7 Trina Kanye West
Best New Artist Best Collaboration
Estelle Chris Brown f/ T-Pain "Kiss Kiss"
Flo Rida Keyshia Cole f/ Missy Elliott, Lil' Kim
Chrisette Michelle "Let It Go"
Soulja Boy Tell'em Flo Rida f/ T-Pain "Low"
The Dream Kanye West f/ T-Pain "Good Life"
DJ Khaled f/ Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta
Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil' Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman
and Rick Ross "I'm So Hood (The Remix)"
Best Video Director Video of the Year
Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto Ashanti "The Way That I Love You"
Benny Boom Erykah Badu "Honey"
Gil Green Mary J. Blige "Just Fine"
Chris Robinson Alicia Keys "Like You'll Never See Me Again"
Hype Williams UGK f/ Outkast "International Player's Anthem
(I Choose You)"
Kanye West f/ T-Pain "Good Life"
Best Actress Best Actor Female Athlete of
the Year
Angela Bassett Anthony Anderson Tamika Catchings
Halle Berry Don Cheadle Cheryl Ford
Queen Latifah Idris Elba Candace Parker
Jill Scott Terrence Howard Serena Williams
Chandra Wilson Denzel Washington Venus Williams
Male Athlete of the Year Viewer's Choice Award
Kobe Bryant Chris Brown f/ T-Pain "Kiss Kiss"
LeBron James Keyshia Cole f/ Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. "Let It Go"
Chris Paul Alicia Keys "No One"
Tiger Woods Lil' Wayne f/ Static "Lollipop"
Jordin Sparks f/ Chris Brown "No Air"
Soulja Boy Tell'em "Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)"
See Also
Follow Closely With Three Nominations, Mary J. Blige, Flo Rida and Alicia
Keys Hold Steady With Two Each
The Eighth Annual BET AWARDS '08 Will Be Televised LIVE from Los Angeles'
Famed Shrine Auditorium on Tuesday, June 24 With Performances by Usher,
Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Lil' Wayne and Nelly
Legendary R&B Icon Al Green to Receive BET's Lifetime Achievement Award and
Celebrated Producer/Arranger/Composer Quincy Jones Set for BET's
Humanitarian Award
NEW YORK, May 15 -- BET Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE:
VIA and VIA.B), today announced the nominees, performers and recipients of
the Lifetime Achievement and Humanitarian honors for the BET AWARDS '08.
The BET AWARDS '08 is raising the stakes and promises to be the "hottest
ticket on television" for the eighth year running, as the biggest stars in
music, sports and entertainment unite in Los Angeles' historic Shrine
Auditorium for a night of explosive LIVE performances on Tuesday, June 24
at 8:00 PM ET/PT. As in years past, the BET AWARDS '08 will continue its
landmark tradition of hot performances by some of today's heavy hitters,
including Usher, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Lil' Wayne and Nelly. The
host, along with additional presenters and performers, will be announced
shortly.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070716/BETNETWORKSLOGO )
At this year's most hyped event, BET will recognize the achievements of
artists, entertainers and athletes in 15 categories. Hip hop R&B singer,
songwriter and producer T-Pain tops the line-up with five nominations for
his collaborations with Chris Brown, Kanye and Flo Rida, followed by
rapper/producer Kanye West who earned three nominations with his successful
third album, "Graduation," in the Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Best
Collaboration and Video of the Year categories.
Among the other multiple nominees are R&B songstress Mary J. Blige for
Best Female R&B, as well as Video of the Year for "Just Fine," along with
Flo Rida, Alicia Keys and Keyshia Cole.
Those nominated for the second straight year include Jay-Z and Lil'
Wayne for Best Male Hip Hop; Mary J. Blige for Best Female R&B; last year's
Best Male R&B winner Ne-Yo; Angela Bassett and Chandra Wilson for Best
Actress; last year's winner, basketball sensation LeBron James, boxer Floyd
Mayweather, Jr., and golfing phenomenon Tiger Woods for Male Athlete of the
Year; smash hitter and four-time category winner Serena Williams and b-ball
superstar Tamika Catchings for Female Athlete of the Year.
In keeping with the history-making track record of the most highly
anticipated night in Black entertainment, BET is pulling out all of the
stops in naming this year's special honorees. Legendary R&B icon Al Green
will be in the house to receive BET's Lifetime Achievement Award. Joining
him will be celebrated producer/arranger/composer Quincy Jones, who will be
honored with BET's prestigious Humanitarian Award for his outreach to young
African-Americans through the Listen Up Foundation, a charity which
connects youth with music, technology and culture. In addition, Jones
helped launch the We Are the Future project, giving hope to children in
poor and conflict-ridden areas.
For the past seven years, the BET AWARDS has boasted unforgettable
moments such as Michael Jackson's surprise appearance during James Brown's
tribute; Rick James in his final duet with Teena Marie; Will Smith
presenting Muhammad Ali with the first-ever Humanitarian Award; Prince
onstage backing Chaka Khan; Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams and India.Arie in
a powerhouse tribute to Rufus' first lady of funk; Destiny's Child's steamy
lap dance; the reunion of one of hip hop's most beloved trios, The Fugees;
and last year's touching opening performance with Jennifer Hudson and
Jennifer Holliday and Public Enemy's tribute to James Brown.
BET has once again teamed with Cossette Productions, the famed
producers of the GRAMMY Awards(R) and the seven record-setting BET AWARDS
shows, to handle production of the telecast. Stephen Hill, BET Executive
Vice President, Music and Programming, along with Lynn Harris-Taylor, BET
Vice President of Specials, will executive produce the telecast.
BET AWARDS '08 will be sponsored by Dodge, Pepsi, Verizon Wireless,
General Motors, P&G, Target, Circo and Ford.
Log onto BET.com for BET On Blast video highlights, photos and
continuous BET AWARDS '08 updates at http://www.bet.com/betawards.
BET AWARDS '08
NOMINEES AND CATEGORIES
Best Female R&B Best Male R&B Best Group
Mary J. Blige Chris Brown Danity Kane
Mariah Carey Raheem DeVaughn Day 26
Keyshia Cole J. Holiday Gnarls Barkley
Alicia Keys Ne-Yo Playaz Circle
Rihanna Trey Songz UGK
Best Gospel Best Female Best Male
Artist Hip Hop Artist Hip Hop Artist
The Clark Sisters Missy Elliott Common
Kirk Franklin Eve Jay-Z
Deitrick Haddon Kid Sister Lil' Wayne
Marvin Sapp Lil Mama Snoop Dogg
Trin-I-Tee 5:7 Trina Kanye West
Best New Artist Best Collaboration
Estelle Chris Brown f/ T-Pain "Kiss Kiss"
Flo Rida Keyshia Cole f/ Missy Elliott, Lil' Kim
Chrisette Michelle "Let It Go"
Soulja Boy Tell'em Flo Rida f/ T-Pain "Low"
The Dream Kanye West f/ T-Pain "Good Life"
DJ Khaled f/ Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta
Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil' Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman
and Rick Ross "I'm So Hood (The Remix)"
Best Video Director Video of the Year
Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto Ashanti "The Way That I Love You"
Benny Boom Erykah Badu "Honey"
Gil Green Mary J. Blige "Just Fine"
Chris Robinson Alicia Keys "Like You'll Never See Me Again"
Hype Williams UGK f/ Outkast "International Player's Anthem
(I Choose You)"
Kanye West f/ T-Pain "Good Life"
Best Actress Best Actor Female Athlete of
the Year
Angela Bassett Anthony Anderson Tamika Catchings
Halle Berry Don Cheadle Cheryl Ford
Queen Latifah Idris Elba Candace Parker
Jill Scott Terrence Howard Serena Williams
Chandra Wilson Denzel Washington Venus Williams
Male Athlete of the Year Viewer's Choice Award
Kobe Bryant Chris Brown f/ T-Pain "Kiss Kiss"
LeBron James Keyshia Cole f/ Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. "Let It Go"
Chris Paul Alicia Keys "No One"
Tiger Woods Lil' Wayne f/ Static "Lollipop"
Jordin Sparks f/ Chris Brown "No Air"
Soulja Boy Tell'em "Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)"
See Also
Francisco
Artist: Francisco
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
20 Anos Latino CD2
Year:
Tracks: 15
20 Anos Latino CD1
Year:
Tracks: 18
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