[spc08]

Originally posted by Hot & Bothered

And she changed her hair for the performance, unlike Miscarried Baby, who kept the same Susie Carmichael wig on for the whole show.

Susie Carmichael

[Love]

http://cherryentertainment.blogspot.com/

What's going on world. I haven't really blogged much since getting this account, save for putting my video work up, but after last nights BET Awards I had to say something. So many thoughts ran threw my mind last night after I watched the awards and here they are.

I did not work the BET Awards. I was there with the DP that I worked with on Girlfriends and I was there observing the show rehearsals from the control room. As you all know I go hard on twitter and the reason for a lot of my excitement was due to what I saw in rehearsal. I was one of the few people that saw the rehearsals prior to the show airing and for some reason or another a lot changed from what was originally supposed to air.

Here is what changed. Alica Keys and Wyclef were supposed to sing "Heal The World" after they accepted their humanitarian award. Beyonce was first going to sing Smooth Criminal then they changed it to I'll Be There/Halo and then she sang something from her own album the day of the show "Ava Marie". T-pain rehearsed signing "Rock With You" and that was on show rundown as well. I'm kinda glad he didn't sing that though. Then on top of all of this, of course there was the Chris Brown drama. As of Friday Chris Brown was slated to perform and he was going to sing "Man In The Mirror". I've heard a lot of rumors as to why he didn't the most talked about one being that Jay-z had him pulled from the show. Not sure if that's true but I will say this. Beyonce, Jay-Z, Al Sharpton, Joe Jackson and some of the Jackson family all sat in the front row in the same row. Jay-z and Al Sharpton have said publicly that they do not support Chris in this situation and that they sided with Rihanna. Entertainment is way more political than a lot of you may know and the mere fact that he did not perform caused such a big distraction could you imagine what may have happened if he did. This night should have been all about MJ.

With that said I would have tweeted during the show but my phone died and all I left you with was feelings of excitement about the show. I am a director but first and foremost I am a fan of a lot of these artists and I was sitting in the crowd enjoying great music like everyone else. If my phone didn't die trust me my messages would have been a lot different.

First off I love Jamie Foxx and I think he is an amazing talent. With that said I do feel that he promoted his concerts too much and him and Neyo performed way too many times. There are too many talented performers in the industry to have them sing three or four songs each. You can tell they didn't have much time to rehearse as he constantly asked if the feed was on and he walked off stage numerous times when he was supposed to be on stage. That's more of a timing thing and with two days to get ready I'll give them a pass.

In regards to the performances. I loved the old school soul music tributes with Guy, Keith Sweat and New Edition. I loved Beyonce, Jay-z, Maxwell, The Young Ojay's and the new Ojays. I thought Tevin Campbell was random as hell and I have no idea why he performed. I think that was supposed to be Chris Brown's spot because on the production schedule it just had special guest named in that segment.

Here is what I hated about the awards. In regards to the lack of the presenters announcing the nominees at the time I thought was warranted but looking back it seemed rushed and awkward. I hated Don Cornelius being anywhere near a mic and I also found it odd that so many people swore when they knew the show was live. The Baby Boy skit was in bad taste and Ving Rhames...I mean what the hell was he doing. There were way more MJ tributes and cover scheduled that for one reason or another just didn't happen. There was no news about The Game as much as they re-run the episodes and with them possibly acquiring the show I would have thought the cast would have at least presented an award. Why the hell did Young Money bring out all those kids when they where singing about ****ing every girl in the world? Jamie went to the top of the balcony and did a segment with the fans everyone seemed so ghetto. Everyone was mugging for the camera, holding up CD's and calling their boys, SMH These were the times during the show that I actually covered my face in embarrassment.

There were some positives. I love that BET honored people that weren't entertainers and celebrities doctors, mayors, lawyers etc. Our young people need to know that you don't have to be a rapper and an actor to be successful. A man proposed to his girlfriend during one of the commercial break, I wonder if it aired? Jamie Foxx was funny as a host and his MJ outfits were on point. Janet Jackson at the end. She was so strong for doing that. That alone made the show worth it.

All in all I am still a huge fan of awards shows, I mean, where else can you see 20 different performances in one night. I feel like BET tried to do too much and maybe they should have either dedicated an entire segment to Mike or did an entire show all about him. I definitely jumped the gun with my excitement for the show but if you would have saw what I saw then you would have said the same things I did. I so also think that it's a different experience seeing something live rather than on TV but it is what it is. I truly hope that BET steps there game up next time and they learn from this experience.

Thanks for reading

-Matthew "Mac" Cherry

[Anastasia]

^^^
1)Who is he?
2) Why couldn't he give reasons for the performances that never happened like Beyonce previous performance and Alicia/Wycleff song?
3) I woulda died if Beyonce performed "Smooth Criminal"
4)This show SUCKED!!!

[Love]

^ Matthew Cherry he was the director of The Game and Girlfriends.

[spc08]

How is he tied to BET awards? Why he never mentioned what Ciara would perform when everyone knew she was going to be there or what Usher would have done?

[Love]

Originally posted by spc08

How is he tied to BET awards? Why he never mentioned what Ciara would perform when everyone knew she was going to be there or what Usher would have done?

He was observing the rehearsals and he's cool with some of the directors from the awards.

This is his Twitter account: https://twitter.com/MacCherry

[ladyroc]

I couldn't handle it if Bey did "I'll be there" or "smooth criminal" I'm soo MAD!!! , I'm glad Chris didn't perform Man in The Mirror isn't a song I would've pick for him.

[Anastasia]

Its a blessing Chris didnt perform for whatever reason.

Why would he perform Man In The Mirror. That's more of a ballad than a dancing song that doesnt even really require you to dance, but to be able to sing REALLY good and Chris doesnt have THAT good of a voice. They shoulda just picked a straight dancing song that he would KILL.

O well, it's over and doesnt matter now..

They shoulda pushed this awards show back or just saved the tribute till later at another time. If this is true, I really wanted to see some of the performances that didnt make it.

[Hot & Bothered]

Originally posted by Anastasia

Chris doesnt have THAT good of a voice.

Why you say that?

[Callisto.]

[Anastasia]

Originally posted by Hot & Bothered

Why you say that?

Cuz thats what I think. To me, he can sing but he's not the best at it. IMO

[_alienated]

I'm still dead after watching Keri's performance again.

Like, what was she on? Oh my lord.

[***Chu]

I'll be there/Halo performance would be AWESOME.

[MissXtina20]

I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I LOVE MISS KERI HILSON PERFORMANCE SHE DID HER THANG.
i love the whole stage,clothes and her dancing was on point and she looked so pretty she has amazing skin!
and i was so happy she won BEST NEW ARTIST she deserves it i love her album too!

GO MISSKERIBABY SHE'S GONNA BE A BIG STAR SHE HAS EVERYTHING IT TAKES!

I LOVE CHRISTINA AGUILERA AND KERI HILSON!

they should of let christina sing at the bet awards she would of did mj proud unlike those other artists
who did him no tribute at all oh well i hope she performs at the grammys and mtv music awars keri too!

[MissXtina20]

i'm still laughing my ass off at beyonce performance what the hell was she singing
and wearing hell naw that bish has on a damn stiff ass wedding dress and a damn veil she was
so boring i was like trick hurry up and get off the damn stage her performance was the joke of the night so damn wack!lol

keri did better then her all the way!


and what the hell was ciara doing that song was too big for a weak ass voice like hers
she just does not have the pipes to pull off a micheal ballad!

[AveMaria15]

Originally posted by MissXtina20

I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I LOVE MISS KERI HILSON PERFORMANCE SHE DID HER THANG.
i love the whole stage,clothes and her dancing was on point and she looked so pretty she has amazing skin!
and i was so happy she won BEST NEW ARTIST she deserves it i love her album too!

GO MISSKERIBABY SHE'S GONNA BE A BIG STAR SHE HAS EVERYTHING IT TAKES!

I LOVE CHRISTINA AGUILERA AND KERI HILSON!

they should of let christina sing at the bet awards she would of did mj proud unlike those other artists
who did him no tribute at all oh well i hope she performs at the grammys and mtv music awars keri too!

Polow Da Don Is That You?

[MissXtina20]

oh yeah and i loved tyrese,johnny gill and trey songz performance!

keyshia cole and monica did there thang monica did not out sing keyshia they both did good
keyshia did her thang she sound great!

[MissXtina20]

no not polo just a big keri fan!lol

kelly rowland is that you?

[Mariah]

^
Let me introduce myself. Im Mariah. Hi Polow

[Anastasia]

Originally posted by MissXtina20

i'm still laughing my ass off at beyonce performance what the hell was she singing
and wearing hell naw that bish has on a damn stiff ass wedding dress and a damn veil she was
so boring i was like trick hurry up and get off the damn stage her performance was the joke of the night so damn wack!lol

keri did better then her all the way!


and what the hell was ciara doing that song was too big for a weak ass voice like hers
she just does not have the pipes to pull off a micheal ballad!

Dissing Bey and Ci in the same post, while praising Keri? They bout to attack you

And BTW,Keri was wack too. How can you diss Ciara's voice when Keri sounded awful, especially in the end. And what the fuk was she she doing at the end when she was dancing. Just No!!! How dare she!!! She shoulda just left that part out

And Keri doing better than Bey?