Beyonce and Jeniffer Hudson Topped This Year's BET Awards

The seventh annual edition of the Black Entertainment Television Awards was held last night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, and was hosted for the third time by the actress-comedian Mo'Nique. This special event has brought together the best musicians, actors and athletes that the Afro-American culture has to offer. The "Dreamgirls" co-stars Beyonce Knowles and Jeniffer Hudson, alongside with the legendary Diana Ross, were clearly the most satisfied ladies of the night.

Beyonce received the best R&B Artist of the Year award and best video for "Irreplaceable", while Hudson also bagged two awards, namely best new artist and best female actress. As for Diana Ross, she received the well earned lifetime achievement award.

As for the best male actor category, this year's winner was Forest Whitaker for his performance in "The Last King of Scotland". The fact that Whitaker and Hudson won the best actor category comes as no surprise, since the two received the Academy Award for the same movies earlier this year.

As for the music categories, Ne-Yo won the best R&B artist award, T.I. received the best hip-hop artist award for the second year in a row, while Gnarls Barkley won for best group. Another singer that won for the second year in a row in his category is the gospel performer Kirk Franklin.

As for the best athletes, basketball player LeBron James won yet again, alongside the tennis pro Serena Williams.

Don Cheadle was recognized for his efforts to raise awareness about the genocide that is going on in Darfur, Africa.

Also, there was a tribute to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, who passed away last December, performed by Public Enemy, with a powerful reinterpretation of the classic 'Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)."

The award for best song collaboration went to Ludacris and Mary J. Blige for their "Runaway Love". Although Ludacris is known to write songs about wild partying, the rapper argued that this time he wanted to prove that there is still content in hip-hop and that this particular song is set to create a movement (at least he did more than just thank God and his fans). Well, that content or movement had nothing to do with 50 Cent's performance of "Amusement Park", which had to be bleeped several times.

Which is why it is not surprising that Diana Ross ended the show last night by urging the younger singers to keep it clean, and adding that she never had to use the F-word to have longevity in her career. Guess they don't call them "classics" for nothing, which is something that 50 will never ever accomplish. But considering his fortune, I think he can live with that.