AP - T-Pain transformed the BET Awards into a circus Tuesday with a multi-artist medley that showed the rapper and singer's wide-ranging influence on urban music, while best-selling rapper Lil Wayne and songstress Alicia Keys gave rousing performances of their own.

Reuters - Will Smith's powers are even more extraordinary than those of a caped crusader who can leap way beyond the tallest buildings in a single bound.

AP - Barack Obama didn't attend the BET Awards, but that didn't stop attendees from talking about him.

Reuters - Chris Carter, the creator of "The X-Files," knows a thing or two about secrets. So it's no surprise that he has managed to keep his latest film project under wraps for so long.

Reuters - William Hurt and Amber Heard have joined "The River Why," an adaptation of the 1983 Sierra Club novel by David James Duncan.

E! Online - Hilary Duff is chillin', Christina Ricci is channeling her inner Crayola, and Simon Cowell and George Clooney are going behind the scenes for their latest projects.

Reuters - The Simon Cowell-produced movie about a rags-to-riches reality music star is moving ahead at Paramount.

AP - Beneath towering arches in an old cathedral downtown, a 20-member choir welcomed guests at the BET Awards pre-party with a rousing gospel tune.

AP - In Zohan Dvir, Israelis have a Hollywood hero — no matter that the soldier-turned-hairstylist played by Adam Sandler represents some of their country's worst stereotypes.

AP - An Italian businessman who has been romantically linked to movie star Anne Hathaway has been arrested on wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering charges, Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday.

E! Online - They'd like to thank the Academy for letting them in. We'd like to thank the Academy for making Oscar voting a little more interesting.

E! Online - There may be seven words you can never say on television, but only five are needed to describe George Carlin. At least according to Robin Williams.

E! Online - Tom Hanks probably won't be hurting too much if there's an actors' strike, but that doesn't mean he cares to see any hard-up fellow thesps slinging lattes at Starbucks instead of practicing their craft this summer.