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Posted on: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Beyonce will rock BET awards


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LOS ANGELES — Beyonce will perform at the BET Awards. Show organizers say the pop star will attend the ceremony, as will her husband, Jay-Z.

The two join a performance lineup that includes Kanye West, Maxwell, Young Jeezy, Ne-Yo and Soulja Boy.

Beyonce is nominated for a leading five BET Awards, including favorite R&B female and video of the year. Rapper T.I. also has five nods, followed by Lil Wayne, T-Pain and Keri Hilson, who are tied with four nominations each.

Jamie Foxx will host the show, to be broadcast live June 28 from the Shrine Auditorium.

BOYLE REJOINS 'TALENT' TOUR AFTER A DAY OFF

LONDON — Internet singing sensation Susan Boyle rejoined the "Britain's Got Talent" live tour yesterday, her spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman said the 48-year-old Scottish singer took a break Sunday, but was scheduled to perform in Glasgow last night.

"She had one rest day, but she will be back on stage tonight," she said, adding that she expected Boyle to take part in the rest of the tour, which runs until early July. The spokeswoman spoke anonymously in line with company policy.

Boyle, whose first appearance on the TV talent show generated millions of YouTube hits and compliments from around the world, had been hospitalized a few weeks ago for exhaustion after finishing second in the competition.

The church volunteer was due on stage for a matinee and evening show at the Manchester Evening News Arena on Sunday, but did not perform.

She received standing ovations at the tour's previous shows in Birmingham and Sheffield.

PITT FAMILY DONATES $1M TO HOSPITAL

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Brad Pitt and his siblings have given $1 million to help a Missouri hospital open a new pediatric cancer center that will be named for their mother.

Pitt and his siblings' families, Doug and Lisa Pitt, and Rob and Julie Neal, gave the money to St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo., on Saturday in honor of their mother's passion for children's issues.

The hospital is opening the Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center this summer in the town where Pitt and his siblings grew up. The donation will pay to hire the only pediatric oncologist and hematologist in the southwest Missouri region.

The new center will make St. John's one of six affiliates of St. Jude's Children's Research in Memphis, Tenn., meaning the center will be able to participate St. Jude's clinic research trials.

JENNINGS POPS QUESTION TO DE MATTEO

NEW YORK — "Sopranos" star Drea de Matteo and her longtime boyfriend, country singer Shooter Jennings, are engaged. The publicist for de Matteo said Jennings proposed to the 37-year-old actress at his concert in Utica, N.Y., last Thursday.

The celebrity couple have an 18-month-old daughter, Alabama.