Beyonce is nominated for 5 2009 BET Awards!

Beyonce is nominated for 5 2009 BET Awards! She has also been confirmed as a performer at the ceremony! Here are the categories she’s nominated in with the rest of the nominees!

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Keyshia Cole
Keri Hilson
Jennifer Hudson
Jazmine Sullivan

Video of the Year
Beyoncé - If I Were A Boy
Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Jamie Foxx f/ T-Pain - Blame It
T.I. f/ Rihanna - Live Your Life
Kanye West - Heartless

Best Actress
Angela Bassett
Rosario Dawson
Taraji P. Henson
Jennifer Hudson
Beyoncé Knowles

Viewer’s Choice Nominees
Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Keri Hilson - Turnin Me On (feat Lil Wayne)
Lil Wayne - A Milli
Soulja Boy Tell’em - Kiss Me Thru The Phone (featSammie)
T.I. - Live Your Life (feat Rihanna)
T-Pain - Can’t Believe It (feat Lil Wayne)
Kanye West - Love Lockdown

Congrats Bee!

Beyonce Leads BET Nominees, Jamie Foxx Named Host

The BET Awards were established to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment - and this year’s nominees were recently announced.

Coming in as no surprise, Beyonce Knowles is atop the pack by landing 5 nominations including two in the Best Video category for “Single Ladies” and “If I Were A Boy,” the Viewer’s Choice category, Best Female R&B, and also for Best Female Actress.

Rapper T.I. will be giving the “Crazy in Love” songstress a run for her money, as he too has been nominated for 5 awards - with one of them being the Viewer’s Choice.

The awards show, which always airs live, will be hosted by Jamie Foxx this year, and will take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on June 28.

Celebrity Gossip

Enjoy the pictures of the lovely Beyonce Knowles out in Monaco and Nice earlier today (May 13).

Beyonce plans a two-year career break

Singer Beyonce Knowles is reportedly planning a two-year break from her work to focus on her private life.

Beyonce, who recently got married to rap mogul Jay-Z, will be taking time off from work after she wraps up her current tour.

The Ava Maria hitmaker, who has not been able to spend quality time with her husband Jay-Z, will be focusing on her family life after wrapping up her European 'Iam Sasha Fierce' tour.

"My priorities are slowly changing. So after this tour I might take two years off. I've worked hard enough to be able to do that," The Daily Star quoted Beyonce as telling Marie Claire magazine.

"We (Knowles and Jay-Z) try to synch our calendars. I started working on my tour a year ago to make sure I had time at home," she added.

Jay-Z and Beyonce to show off in Vegas

The Carters will be showing out in Las Vegas when they hit the strip to perform.

Beyoncé’s got a four-date engagement on the strip at the Wynn’s Encore from July 30 to August 2. She’s filling in for comedian Danny Gans, who recently passed away.

But before Bey takes the stage in Vegas, her hubby, Jay-Z, will be spiting a few bars at the Palms Resort Casino. The rapper-turned-mogul will be doing two shows at The Pearl on July 3 and July 4.

The dates are part of a mini tour of intimate performances he’ll be doing while he works on his next album, The Blueprint 3.

After Vegas, it’s off to Chicago’s Charter One Pavilion and the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. He’ll be wrapping the tour in Atlanta at the Chastain Park Amphitheatre.

Ciara will be warming up the crowd for him at certain stops on the tour.

For tickets to Jay’s show check out Livenation, but if you want to see Bey, you may have to do a little digging. Neither Livenation nor Ticketmaster have the dates listed. Ticket information is available on Encore’s website, though.