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(VILLAGER) - BET This year’s awards included and honored an incredible used an array of innova- Wayne Brady delivering and inspiring lineup of tive techniques, includ- emotional tributes to artists, entertainers, cul- ing stunning and dy- Kobe Bryant and Little tural icons and humani- namic artist-generated Richard respectively. tarians across more than performances and pack- Brady sang renditions of 20 categories at The ages, allowing the audi- Little Richard’s popular “BET AWARDS” 2020. ence to immerse them- songs including “Lucille,” The show, hosted by ac- selves in the important “Good Golly Miss Molly,” tress and comedian and inspirational mes- “Long Tall Sally” and Amanda Seales, aired sages of Black Lives Mat- “Tutti Frutti.” DaBaby live at 8 pm ET/7 pm CT ter and the urgent need and Roddy Ricch across ViacomCBS net- for racial equality. The brought the house down works including BET, BET ceremony was an ex- during their perfor- HER, and made its na- traordinary celebration mance of hit song tional broadcast pre- of black culture, love, “Rockstar.” miere on CBS on Sunday, joy, and pride, setting a To represent Gos- BETA Winner for best group - (Courtesy of BET) June 28. 2020 marks new bar for awards pel, Jonathan both the 20th anniver- shows produced during McReynolds and Kane former First Lady sary of the awards and Brown took us all to Michelle Obama, BET’s 40th anniversary. church during their ren- Beyoncé Knowles-Carter This year’s show high- ditions of popular gospel accepted the Humanitar- lighted the absolute best songs “People” and ian Award for her years of in entertainment, social “Worldwide Beautiful.” philanthropic service. Legendary gospel giants Her heartfelt speech Kierra Sheard and Karen urged viewers to con- Clark Sheard of the tinue to fight against sys- iconic Clark Sisters deliv- temic racism by voting. ered a power-packed The 2020 BET rendition of the new Awards drew 4.3 million song “Something Has to total viewers across 8 Break” from Kierra’s Viacom networks. Con- newly released sixth al- gratulations to BET on 20 bum “Kierra.” years of airing the BET Introduced by Awards!

BETA Winner for Best Male R&B Pop Artist (Courtesy of BET)

BETA Winner for Best Actor - Michael B. Jordan (Courtesy of BET) justice and culture with the ongoing pandemic. moving performances In film, Queen & and appearances by Slim won Best Movie, some of the biggest Michael B. Jordan Best names across television, Actor and Best Actress film, and music, spread- went to Issa Rae. For ing an important mes- music Lizzo won Best sage of hope and Female R&B/Pop Artist, change. Chris Brown Best Male The “BET R&B/Pop Artist, Migos AWARDS,” which has Best Group, Chris Brown become synonymous FT. - “No Guid- with powerful artistry ance” Best Collabora- and social commentary, tion and Album of the continues to spotlight Year went to Roddy and celebrate the artists Ricch for “Please Excuse and creators of tomor- Me For Being Antiso- row, making the cer- cial.” To see a complete emony one of the most list of winners, visit news-provoking and w w w .BET.com/ talked-about broadcasts betawards. BETA Winner for Best Female R&B Pop Artist - Lizzo year after year. Special moments (Courtesy of BET) (AP) - The Euro- Doug Ducey closed bars, Europe pean Continent on Tues- gyms, movie theaters restricts day decided to reopen to and water parks, and of- visitors from 14 coun- ficials in Republican and visitors from tries but not the U.S., Democratic strongholds the US amid where some of the alike mandated the states that pushed hard- wearing of masks. virus est and earliest to re- “We have to re- resurgence open their economies main vigilant and keep from China and from travelers to go into 14- tourism industry, and are now in retreat be- our most vulnerable countries such as Russia, day self-quarantine. summer is a key period. By LORNE COOK cause of an alarming safe,” tweeted European Brazil and India where President Donald More than 15 million and TAMARA LUSH surge in confirmed Council President infections are running Trump suspended the Americans travel to Eu- coronavirus infections. Charles Michel. high. Britain dropped entry of most Europeans rope each year, while The European The EU extended out of the EU in January in March. some 10 million Europe- Union’s decision came a its ban on visitors not and maintains its own American make up ans head across the At- day after Arizona Gov. just from the U.S. but rules, requiring arriving a big share of Europe’s lantic.