Yes there are things going on in Hollywood that don’t involve Britney and Paris, and it delights me to write about them. So in true form, here is a recap of the events that went down at the BET Awards.

Update by Celebitchy: It’s Rose’s birthday today so she gets a pass for posting last year’s BET winners by mistake. Our apologies to everyone for the mistaken information in the earlier version. Here’s the actual list of winners:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Beyonce – “Irreplaceable”

BEST GROUP: Gnarls Barkley

BEST ACTOR: Forest Whitaker

BEST ACTRESS: Jennifer Hudson

BEST HIP-HOP ARTIST: T.I.

BEST COLLABORATION: Ludacris f/ Mary J. Blige – “Runaway Love”

BEST NEW ARTIST: Jennifer Hudson

BEST MALE ATHLETE: LeBron James

BEST FEMALE ATHLETE: Serena Williams

BETJ COOL LIKE THAT: Gerald Levert

BEST GOSPEL ARTIST: Kirk Franklin

BEST MALE R&B ARTIST: Ne-Yo

BEST FEMALE R&B ARTIST: Beyonce

VIEWERS CHOICE AWARD: Birdman and Lil Wayne “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy”

Here are links to videos of the performances, and there were some excellent ones:
– Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Holiday sing “And I am Telling You”
– Performance by Ciara
– 50 Cent performing “Amusement Park”
– T.I. performing “Big Shit/Things Poppin'”
– Diddy performing with Keyisha Coles and Lil’ Kim
– Neyo performing “All Because of You”

And here’s Beyonce performing “Get me Bodied” followed by Kelly performing “Like This,” and joined by Eve:

And here are some awards:
– Chris Brown and Rihanna present best actress
– Alicia Keys presents the Diana Ross Tribute

Picture note from Celebitchy: Shown at the BET Awards are Rihanna, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, Eve, Beyonce, Diana Ross, Michelle Williams , Kelly Rowland and Beyonce Knowles, Ciara, 50 Cent, Eve Pigford and Don Cheadle. Thanks to Splash News and WENN for these photos.