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The 10th Annual BET Awards, hosted by Queen Latifah,

2010 BET Awards Winners List

Best Female R&B Artist

Alicia Keys *WINNER*
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist

Trey Songz *WINNER*
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Usher

Best Gospel

Marvin Sapp *WINNER*
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Vickie Winans

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

Nicki Minaj *WINNER*
Ester Dean
Lil Kim
Rasheeda
Trina

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

Drake *WINNER*
B.o.B.
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris

Best Group

Young Money *WINNER*
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz

Best New Artist

Nicki Minaj *WINNER*
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Wale
Young Money

Best Collaboration

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind *WINNER*
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Drake & Trey Songz – Successful
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – Forever

Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah

Video of the Year

Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone *WINNER*
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Melanie Fiona – It Kills Me
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – Run This Town

Video Director of the Year

Hype Williams *WINNER*
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson

YoungStars Award

Keke Palmer *WINNER*
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams

Viewers Choice Nominees

Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – Hard *WINNER*
Beyoncé – Sweet Dreams
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Monica – Everything To Me
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – Bedrock

Centric Award

Monica  *WINNER*
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Sade

Best International Act

Dizzee Rascal (UK) *WINNER*
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K’NAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)

Best Actress

Mo’Nique *WINNER*
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Zoe Saldana
Gabourey Sidibe

Best Actor

Idris Elba *WINNER*
Quinton Aaron
Don Cheadle
Jamie Foxx
Denzel Washington

Sportswoman of the Year

Serena Williams *WINNER*
Tamika Catchings
Vanessa James
Candace Parker
Venus Williams

Sportsman of the Year

LeBron James *WINNER*
Carmelo Anthony
Usain Bolt
Kobe Bryant
Tiger Woods

Best Movie

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire *WINNER*
Avatar
Law Abiding Citizen
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
The Blindside

The singer has recently taken the next step in what appears to be her true road to recovery… or the road to making a huge mistake. It seems that Rihanna wants to speak to Chris Brown again, probably for the first time after the tragic events of February. This is what Rihanna said on the matter: “I can’t see myself never speaking to him again. There’s emotion there. I think it’s possible to change.” Aw, isn’t that nice? It’s not enough that Rihanna is the victim here, but now she’s going to be taking the moral high-ground too. Things are about to get pretty nasty for Chris Brown if he doesn’t play his cards right… not that things are too pleasant for him at the moment.

Just so as not to let Rihanna steal up the glory, Chris Brown has decided sharing his issues with everybody too, the theme: his absence from the BET Awards. This is what Chris Brown said on the matter: “And I’m not dissing any of the artists who did the songs. But I was expecting a lot more energy for Michael. And BET Awards usually comes hard. I was expecting them to have Usher, Omarion and even Justin. And I was expecting Ne-Yo to dance. They were so bent on not getting me there that they messed up their own show.” Well, here’s somebody who has no self-esteem problems. So much so that Chris Brown actually thinks too highly of himself… but the show probably was a bust without him. Him being there would’ve really got the crowds excited.

Among the many shocking unveilings that Rihanna has been making over the past few days, another one comes around: it seems that Rihanna thought that Chris Brown was perfect… just before he started throwing his fists at her. Yeah, really cute… who would’ve suspected such a perfect man would end up being such a dead-beat… but hey, everybody’s human here, right? Too bad for Rihanna’s failed relationship… the two of them could’ve really gone places and Chris Brown definitely had good husband material in him… but now, it has all been for naught! Oh well, there will always be Justin Timberlake… that is, in a parallel universe.

It seems that the epic tale has finally reached its critical point. Today is Chris Brown’s hearing where the decision will be taken whether his case will go to trial or not. This is also the day when Rihanna might testify against the singer and it’s all happening… behind closed doors. So we don’t get to find out anything for another while. Hopefully somebody has somebody else as a source inside the courthouse and the information will leak out sooner than expected and then the conclusion of this drama will finally be unveiled to everyone. Or the legal system will just take its sweet time as it always does and all of this excitement will be for nothing.

The singer recently posted a video on YouTube in which he is apparently trying to defend himself against all of the allegations against him. In this video, Chris Brown said: “I just wanna say, ‘What up?’ because I ain’t been out there in a minute. New album will be coming soon. We’re working on it right now. Called ‘Graffiti.’ Got everything on it, know what I’m saying? I’ll be ready for that. I’m about to drop a single this summer for y’all. So we ain’t going nowhere. Everybody that’s haters, they just been haters. All my real fans, I love you all. I ain’t a monster.” Ok, granted, Chris Brown may not be a monster, but he can most assuredly be accused of being a barbarian given his language. A little eloquence may go a long way in proving he is not the creature that assaulted Rihanna so many months ago.

Following the incendiary rumor that the couple has reunited, now we find out that Rihanna and Chris Brown have actually Broken Up. A source said the following about this most enigmatic relationship: “Chris Brown and Rihanna are on opposite coasts right now. They are taking a break.” Don’t you just love these cat and mouse games? Probably not long will pass until Rihanna and Chris Brown will be back together and then the circle shall continue. And this will carry on until the pattern breaking element which we’ll randomly call “Chris Brown goes to jail”.

The now famous fight that took place between Chris Brown and his on and off girlfriend Rihanna is now out in the open. ‘Open’ meaning that although everyone knew the fight took place but now the full details of barbaric and violent night that transpired inside the car.

The reason for the fight is supposedly that Chris received a 3-page text message from his former lover and that infuriated Rihanna. Chris, unable to handle Rihanna’s anger punched her and then bit her fingers as he drove the car and ultimately bit her ears as well.

Lastly he tried to push her outside the car and Rihanna crashed into the closed window resulting in a minor head injury. He then threatened her life, stating, “I’m going to beat the s–t out of you when we get home! You wait and see,” according to the report obtained by the news program.

OMG, just look at the 19 year old boy, he threatens her in such manner and Rihanna has walked into her death trap by reportedly marrying him. This monster should be locked up for a long, long time.

More and more radio stations across the US and Canada have decided to stop playing Chris Brown’s music and more and more details continue to come out about exactly what happened between the singer and Rihanna last weekend. It’s been revealed that after pulling over in Hancock Park area of LA, Rihanna snatched his car keys from the ignition and threw them out on the street. Chris then became livid, and he “put his hands around her neck and said ‘I’m going to kill you!’” It gets worse after that. “(She) told police that she lost consciousness… her right eye was blackened and badly swollen and she had handprints on her arms.” The police were so concerned about her injuries that they rushed her to the hospital instead of waiting for an ambulance. Where was Chris in all this? He fled from the scene!

With investigations yet to take off in full swings against R&B star Chris Brown who was arrested last week for alleged felony battery and domestic violence against Rihanna. There are reports that ahead of the charges being filed Chris has gone into a hiding in a hotel in Las Vegas just so that he does not have to face the questions of the press.

Now his sister Lytrell Bundy has come out in his defence saying her brother is a “good boy”. Bundy says that upon first hearing the news of Chris Brown’s arrest she was shocked, stating, “He’s always been a good boy. Never violent.”

These comments are being made by his family members to give his tarnished image a lift. If he has had a past wherein he was never violent that is good but isn’t good enough to suggest he will not change his behavior when provoked by a woman cheating on him or he being caught cheating on Rihanna.

Doesn’t matter WHY he did it. It only matters that he did it AND that he’s prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

In a 2007 interview with Giant magazine, Chris Brown revealed that his mother had been physically abused by his stepfather. The singer, who was arrested this past Sunday for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend Rihanna said “He made me terrified all the time, terrified like I had to pee on myself. I remember one night he made her nose bleed. I was crying and thinking, ‘I’m just gonna go crazy on him one day . . . ‘ I hate him to this day.” And yet he was driven to hurt his girlfriend. In the same interview, he said that he studied martial arts which he used to defend himself once in a fight against several classmates. It looks like he’s got a lot of bad history.

When there’s all these award shows and whatever events, artists are privy to get a lot of free stuff. In the Nokia Gift Suite at the 2007 American Music Awards, Chris Brown, T-Pain, Ne-Yo and country pop band Rascal Flatt’s Gary Le Vox and Joe Don Rooney took some time to check out and appreciate some of the new phones that they were getting.

Oh to be a glamorous star. I want a new phone. I’ll take the ones that they already used so they can use the new ones already. They don’t really need 875 phones now do they?

Justin Timberlake’s topic of envy Chris Brown whips out another high energy impressive dance routine in his new music video for the song ‘Kiss Kiss’. It even includes some of the hot dance moves that he did at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.

Chris’s upcoming sophomore album called ‘Exclusive’ will be dropping in stores on November 6. When asked about what we can expect of his new album, Chris said “I am still going to keep it so my younger fans can continue to listen to my music, but I got a couple of joints on there that’s for some of the older people.”