BET Awards

Beyonce Knowles dances on actor Terrance Howard's lap as Destiny's Child performs during the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Gladys Knight holds the BET Lifetime Achievement Award backstage during the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Hosts Will Smith, left, and wife Jada Pinkett Smith joke together during the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

BET founder and CEO Robert Johnson, right, hands Pauletta Washington the BET Humanitarian Award, for her and her husband, actor Denzel Washington, during the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Alicia Keys accepts the award for best female R&B artist during the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Mariah Carey performs during the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Singer Tony Braxton arrives for the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Lauryn Hill, right, and Wyclef Jean perform during the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Actor Tom Cruise pulls out his cellular phone to call Jamie Foxx to let Foxx know that he won the award for best actor during the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Gospel star Tye Tribbett performs during the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Actor Halle Berry presents the award for best group during the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Missy Elliott performs during the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Actress Gabriel Union arrives for the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Bow Wow arrives for the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Will.I.Am, from the musical group Black Eyed Peas, arrives for the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Miri Ben-Ari, nominated for best female hip hop, arrives for the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Destiny's Child, nominated for best group, from left, Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, pose for photographers, as they arrive for the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Fantasia, nominated for best female R&B, arrives for the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Hosts Will Smith, right, and wife Jada Pinkett Smith arrive for the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Alicia Keys, nominated for best female R&B, arrives for the 5th annual BET Awards June 28, 2005, in Los Angeles.