Pharrell Williams, Usher, Kevin Hart, Jennifer Hudson, Drake, Lil
Wayne, Trey Songz, Lionel Richie & Tracy Morgan to Take the Stage
Hosted by Chris Rock, "BET Awards" to air LIVE on Sunday, June 29th
on BET from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, CA
#BETX / #BETAWARDS
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Some of the biggest names in entertainment will take the stage at the
"BET Awards" 2014 on Sunday, June 29, 2014. Pharrell Williams, Usher,
Jennifer Hudson, Drake, Lil Wayne, Trey Songz and Lionel Richie
are among the names set to perform at the BET Awards show. Kevin Hart
and Tracy Morgan are also set to appear.
Additionally, BET Music Matters will again cast the spotlight on new
talent whose stars are on the horizon. Like J. Cole and Elle Varner
before them, Adrian Marcel and Gabi Wilson are
set to give the world a sneak peek of their talents at the "BET Awards
2014."
Emmy and Grammy® Award winning comedian Chris Rock will host the
"BET Awards 2014," live on Sunday, June 29, 2014 at 8pm ET on BET from
Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, CA.
The BET Experience at L.A. LIVE presented by Coca-Cola® VIP Package
offers the only way to purchase a BET Awards ticket, great seats to
3-nights of concerts at STAPLES Center, and exclusive access to events
at the free Fan Fest. For more information, including exclusive hotel
rates, and to purchase tickets, go to BET.com/BETX.
A full list of the BET Award 2014 nominations is now available at www.BET.com.
Stephen G. Hill, BET's President of Music Programming and Specials,
Lynne Harris Taylor, BET's Vice President of Specials, will serve as
Executive Producers for the BET AWARDS 14, along with Jesse Collins, CEO
of Jesse Collins Entertainment.
The "BET Awards" 2014 will air live on Sunday, June 29,2014
on BET and will premiere internationally on BET's international network
on July 1, 2014 at 8:00pm GMT (check local listings).
The "BET Awards" will take place along with the BET Experience at L.A.
LIVE presented by Coca-Cola® in Los Angeles from June 27-29.BET.com/Awards
is the official site for the BET Awards 2014 and will have all the
latest news and updates about this year's show. All information about
the BET Experience at L.A. LIVE presented by Coca-Cola® can be found at BETExperience.com.
Follow the Experience on Twitter @betexperience.
ABOUT BET NETWORKS
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B), is the
nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and
public affairs television programming for the African-American audience.
The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can
be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom
and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer
brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading
Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news;
CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the 25- to
54-year-old African-American audience; BET Digital Networks - BET Gospel
and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment
tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings
for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Event
Productions, a full-scale event management and production company with
festivals and live events spanning the globe; BET Mobile, which provides
ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET
International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the
extension of BET network programming for global distribution.
BET EXPERIENCE AT L.A. LIVE
BET Networks, an entertainment powerhouse, and AEG, one of the leading
entertainment companies in the world and developer/ operator of L.A.
LIVE, have teamed up once again to create the BET EXPERIENCE AT L.A.
LIVE (BETX), June 27 - 29, 2014 presented by Coca-Cola®. This three-day
festival will be filled with music and comedy concerts taking place at
Club Nokia and STAPLES Center; "106 & PARK" tapings in Nokia Plaza L.A.
LIVE; BET Fan Fest at the Los Angeles Convention Center including
seminars, celebrity basketball games, celebrity meet & greets; GRAMMY®
Museum exhibits and other special appearances. The weekend will be
capped off with the "BET Awards" on Sunday, June 29, 2014 at Nokia
Theatre L.A. LIVE.
ABOUT "BET AWARDS"
The BET AWARDS is one of the most watched award shows on cable
television according to the Nielsen Company. The BET AWARDS franchise
remains as the #1 program in cable TV history among African-Americans,
and it is BET's #1 telecast every year. It recognizes the triumphs and
successes of artists, entertainers, and athletes in a variety of
categories.
ABOUT JESSE COLLINS ENTERTAINMENT:
Jesse Collins Entertainment is a full service television and film
production company founded by entertainment industry veteran Jesse
Collins. For more than a decade, Collins, the company's CEO, has played
an integral role in producing some of television's most memorable
moments in music entertainment. Formerly Executive Producer/EVP of
Cossette Productions, Collins has produced ground-breaking and award
winning television programming including the BET Awards, the GRAMMY
Awards, BET Honors, The UNCF Evening of Stars and the BET Hip Hop
Awards. Collins currently Exec. Produces "The Real Husbands of
Hollywood," (now going into its 4th hit season) alongside
industry Icons Stan Lathan and Ralph Farquhar; and has worked with
superstar talent such as Will Smith, Chris Rock, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye
West, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Prince, Mariah Carey and many more.
About AEG
AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the
world. AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, owns or
is affiliated with a collection of companies including over 100 of the
world's preeminent facilities such as STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, CA),
StubHub Center (Carson, CA), Best Buy Theater (Times Square, New York),
Mercedes-Benz Arena (Shanghai, China), Allphones Arena (Sydney,
Australia), Brisbane Convention and Entertainment Center and The O2
arena and entertainment district (London, England). Developed by AEG,
L.A. LIVE is a 4 million square foot / $3 billion downtown Los Angeles
sports, & entertainment district featuring Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Club
Nokia, the Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE Stadium 14 theater, 19 restaurants
the GRAMMY Museum and a 54-story, 1001-room convention "headquarters"
hotel/destination. In addition to overseeing privately held management
shares of the Los Angeles Lakers, assets of AEG Sports include
franchises such as the LA Kings, LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo and the
Amgen Tour of California cycling stage race. Along with AEG Facilities,
other global divisions include AEG Live, the world's second largest
concert promotion and touring companies comprised of touring, festival,
exhibition, broadcast, merchandise and special event divisions and AEG
Global Partnerships, responsible for worldwide sales and servicing of
sponsorships, naming rights and other strategic partnerships. In 2010,
AEG launched its AEG 1EARTH environmental program featuring the
industry's first sustainability report while in 2011, AEG introduced AXS
a comprehensive entertainment platform serving as the company's primary
consumer brand including AXS Ticketing which provides fans the
opportunity to purchase tickets directly from their favorite venues via
a user-friendly ticketing interface, Examiner.com
and the AXS TV network. For additional information, visit www.aegworldwide.com
BET NETWORKS
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