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Sean “Diddy” Combs To Receive BET Lifetime Achievement Award
Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean 'Diddy' Combs will be given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards 2022.
The award, which honors industry figures who have both significantly shaped culture through their careers and are seen as transformative leaders, will be awarded to the U.S. pop culture icon later this…
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Gabrielle Union Inks Overall Deal With BET Studios Via Her I’ll Have Another Productions
EXCLUSIVE: Gabrielle Union has signed an overall deal with BET Studios via her I’ll Have Another production company. BET Studios is the venture launched last year by Paramount and BET to generate premium content from Black creators for Paramount+, Showtime, CBS, Nickelodeon, BET+ and BET, as well as select third-party…
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BET Awards Nominations: Doja Cat Leads Field With Six; Drake & Ari Lennox Lands Four Each
Doja Cat scored a leading six nominations including Album of the Year for the 2022 BET Awards, which were revealed today. Drake and Ari Lennox are next with four noms apiece.
The 22nd BET Awards celebrate creative expression and Black excellence across music, TV, film, and sports.
The trophies will be handed out…
Atlanta Tastemakers Docuseries ‘The Impact ATL’ Greenlit At BET+
EXCLUSIVE: A group of young Atlanta tastemakers – from pop stars to influencers and entrepreneurs – are going under the microscope in a new docuseries for BET+.
The Paramount Global-owned streamer has ordered The Impact ATL from eOne and Quality Films, the film and television arm of Quality Control Music, the label…
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BET+ Signs UK & South African Action Thriller ‘Stolen’ Franchise By Ida Rose & ANT Media
This UK & South African co-production with Ida Rose & ANTS Media stars team up for action thriller film Stolen directed by Sheridan De Myer. Shantelle Rochester will serve as producer along with Uzanenkosi Mahlangu. Stolen is the first installment of what is set to be an action thriller movie franchise with <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/bet/" id="auto-tag_bet_4"…
BET Awards Sets 2022 Airdate With Taraji P. Henson Returning To Host
The BET Awards will return for its 2022 edition on June 26 with Taraji P. Henson back to host the annual ceremony celebrating Black excellence in music, film, TV and sports at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
The awards returned to a live event last year after going virtual in 2020 iteration, with Henson leading…
‘Sound Of Christmas’: Ne-Yo To Topline BET+ Holiday Movie From Tressa Azarel Smallwood’s MegaMind Media
EXCLUSIVE: BET+ builds up its original holiday movie slate with Sound Of Christmas, starring R&B artist Ne-Yo in the lead role. The streamer has acquired the TV movie directed and written by Booker T. Mattison, which hails from executive producer Tressa Azarel Smallwood’s MegaMind Media.
Sound of Christmas is a film…
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‘Average Joe’: Deon Cole To Topline BET+ Dark Comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Deon Cole (Black-ish) has been cast in the lead role of BET+’s upcoming dark comedy Average Joe. The series, which received a cast contingent script-to-series order in February, hails from Robb Cullen and McG.
Set in The Hill district of Pittsburgh and inspired by Cullen’s life, Average Joe follows…
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Tyler Perry’s ‘The Oval’ & ‘Sistas’ Renewed By BET
BET has renewed the top-rated Tyler Perry’s The Oval for a fourth season, just ahead of its Season 3 finale, and Tyler Perry’s Sistas for a fifth season. Sistas and The Oval are currently the No. 1 and No. 2 series, respectively, airing on cable with African Americans P2+, per Nielsen.
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‘College Hill: Celebrity Edition’: BET Sets Revival Of Reality Series With NeNe Leakes, Ray J, Lamar Odom, More
BET has given a green light to College Hill: Celebrity Edition, a revival of its hit reality series College Hill, for premiere this summer.
The eight-episode series, from Edmonds Entertainment and This Way Out Media, will feature NeNe Leakes, Ray J, Lamar Odom, Big Freedia, Stacey Dash, DreamDoll, India Love, and Slim…
‘Carl Weber’s The Black Hamptons’ Limited Series Set For BET Bow
BET has set a new four-part original limited series, Carl Weber’s The Black Hamptons, from The New York Times best-selling author of the same name and the executive producers of the popular BET+ original drama, The Family Business.
The show is a new family drama set in the quaint town of Sag Harbor, known as “The…
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Black Experience On Xfinity Offers $1 Million In Grants To Emerging Black Filmmakers In Celebration Of Its One Year Anniversary
Comcast NBCUniversal is celebrating the one-year anniversary of Black Experience on Xfinity by announcing plans to offer $1M in the form of ten $100K grants to emerging Black filmmakers.
Home to the largest curated collection of independent Black film collection on demand, Black Experience on Xfinity features content…
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