Hollywood Power Couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith to Host BET Awards '05 on June 28

Hollywood Power Couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith to Host BET Awards '05 on June 28

CALENDAR NOTICE / EVENT LISTINGS ADVISORY

Denzel and Pauletta Washington, Gladys Knight Honored as Humanitarian and Lifetime Achievement Recipients on #1 Rated Salute to Music, Entertainment and Sports Televising 'Live' From Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on BET

WHAT: BET will honor superlative achievement in music, entertainment and sports with a star-studded "live" telecast of BET AWARDS '05. The top-rated and most- watched awards show among African-American viewers, the BET AWARDS will be helmed this year by Hollywood power couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, making their BET AWARDS hosting debut family-style! The show format includes star-studded red carpet arrivals, exciting on- stage performances and stirring tributes by the hottest names in entertainment at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. BET AWARDS '05 nominations will be announced on Monday, May 16.

EVENT TIME: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 @ 5 p.m. PT (LIVE)

PREMIERE TELECAST: Tuesday, June 28 @ 8 p.m. ET/PT* (LIVE) (*Pacific Time Zone telecast tape delayed until 8 p.m. PT)

WHERE: Kodak Theatre 6801 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028 http://www.kodaktheatre.com/

HOSTS: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith

SPECIAL HONOREES: Denzel and Pauletta Washington, Humanitarian Award Gladys Knight, Lifetime Achievement Award

TICKETS: The BET AWARDS show is open to the public -- tickets are available beginning May 3 at the Kodak Theatre Box Office (323/308-6300), all Ticketmaster outlets and on the Internet at http://www.ticketmaster.com/. General information is available at http://www.bet.com/.

MEDIA CREDENTIALS: Requests for media credentials may be submitted online by visiting the BET Corporate Communications website at http://www.bet.com/pr beginning May 16. The deadline for credentials requests is June 10.

CONTACT: Tosha Whitten-Griggs of BET, +1-818-655-6712, tosha.whitten-griggs@bet.net; or Bobbi Marcus of Bobbi Marcus PR, +1-310-889-9200, BMarcusPR@aol.com, for BET

PRNewswire -- April 28

Source: BET (Black Entertainment Television)

Web site: http://www.bet.com/ http://www.kodaktheatre.com/ http://www.ticketmaster.com/

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