The "D" is silent, but the "B," "E" and "T" were all loud and proud for actor Jamie Foxx.

Foxx won the Best Actor award at the 2013 BET Awards for his turn as the heroic slave turned bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino's Foxx attended the show dressed in all white, wearing a T-shirt to remember shooting victim Trayvon Martin. Despite the somber attire, Foxx was all smiles as he danced up to the stage, accepting his award from Kevin Hart. With Hart right next to him, Foxx took the opportunity to make some public business negotiations.

"Kevin Hart, can we do a movie together? Can we do a comedy together? I'm doing all this to get with you, man," Foxx called out to the comedian, with fans cheering in the background.

"Turn it up baby," was Hart's enthusiastic reply — so if you see an announcement about a Foxx-Hart buddy comedy in the near future, you know where the idea started.

"First of all, I got the chance to meet some acting gods in my life," Foxx began his acceptance speech. "Sidney Poitier, who saw me after 'Ray' and said, 'I saw you one time, at a party ... I give you responsibility.' What he was saying is, we have to be responsible for our work."

"I want to give a shout-out to Quentin Tarantino for doing a cold-blooded movie that everyone was a little nervous about, I ain't gonna kid you," he continued. "But it ended up being alright. It was a superhero. We're living in a world of ...

As predicted topped the box office for a second consecutive weekend ahead of the $40 million debut of But what was not expected was the resilience of the undead from Brad Pitt's zombie epic did enough business to come out ahead of newcomer which performed below expectations.

Pixar's first ever prequel raked in another $46.2 million for a 10-day total of $171 million, which put it on course to outgross the $251 million "Monsters Inc." made in 2001. The second-week decline of "Monsters University" was much narrower than "Toy Story 3," "Brave" and the critically drubbed "Cars 2." Billy Crystal and John Goodman's "Revenge of the Nerds"-style college cartoon will face some heavy competition from Steve Carrell's "Despicable Me 2," which has already made more than $50 million in a handful of overseas markets. "Despicable Me 2" has enjoyed slightly better reviews than "Monsters" as well.

The audience for "The Heat" was 65 percent female, which shows what a smart decision it was for 20th Century Fox to release the movie in a summer of testosterone-heavy tales like "Man of Steel," "Fast & Furious 6," "Iron Man 3" and the like. The $40 million opening marked the biggest weekend for both Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock. Buddy cop comedy "The Heat" was directed by Paul Feig, who made "Bridesmaids," the movie that turned McCarthy into a household name.

After a troubled production, multiple rewrites and several reshoots, "World War Z" looked to be doomed as its production budget soared past $190 million. But the ...

Mumford & Sons were back and full strength on Sunday night during their headlining set at England's Glastonbury Festival. After canceling a series of gigs due to bassist Ted Dwane's recent hospitalization to remove a blood clot from his brain
, the folk rockers closed out the legendary festival with their first headlining slot at the gathering.

Singer Marcus Mumford assured the massive crowd, "We came for a party," as the group launched into their global hit "I Will Wait," according to the NME.

While they didn't comment much on Dwane's health scare for most of the set, at one point Mumford said, "So we've been a band for coming on six years, The Rolling Stones have been together for a lot longer than that," referring to Saturday night's highly anticipated Glastonbury debut by the legendary rock group. "The big difference between them and us is we've played Glastonbury four times." He then added, "Also, Ted's f---ing alive isn't he!"

Dwane, shorn of his signature long hair, wore a wide-brimmed hat to conceal his surgery scar and after performing "Roll Away Your Stone," Mumford requested that the crowd join him on "Awake My Soul" to, "celebrate the fact that Ted is still here."

The set ended with an all-star jam on the Joe Cocker arrangement of the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends," with help from members of Vampire Weekend, the Vaccines and First Aid Kit.

The group canceled two gigs in Texas as well as headlining appearances at Bonnaroo and the Telluride festival to give Dwane time to ...

This time, Avril Lavigne, 28, is throwing a serious blow out. The singer is about to cap a three-day wedding celebration 
 in the south of France with a lavish wedding to Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger, 38. The happy couple and their wedding party have been living it up in Cannes since a rehearsal dinner on Saturday night in anticipation of Monday night's (July 1) nuptials.

According to E! News the ceremony will be held at an undisclosed location, with even the guests in the dark about the venue until they get picked up.

"[Avril] picked Cannes because she's spent significant time in Paris in the past few years and summered in places like St. Tropez," an unnamed source told E! "She's very immersed in French food, ambiance and culture. It's her favorite place to be." Lavigne previously told E! that she and Kroeger planned to have a "very big event," but one that will be limited to mostly friends and close family.

Last month, Lavigne revealed that the Canadian pair have written a new song together that will serve as their wedding theme and that she had big plans for her second trip down the aisle.

"I've been doing it, I'm the girl," she said. "I'm the one who has the crazy vision and he's letting me be me. It's a lot and I just want to make sure I really enjoy this amazing time ... I want all the guests who come to have this once in a lifetime experience and I want everyone to say ...

LOS ANGELES — There's a certain joy that comes with having the #1 record in the country and abroad. In fact, Robin Thicke is so thrilled at the success of his new single, he's considering a name change.

"I was thinking about changing my name to Blurred Lines at this point," the singer/songwriter told MTV News on red carpet at the 2013 BET Awards in L.A. on Sunday (June 30).

"Blurred Lines" is currently #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping charts in the U.K., Canada and Australia, just to name a few. The song has gotten so popular that Thicke and his collaborators, T.I. and Pharrell, were called in to perform the record during the live awards show last night.

"We knew it was good, you never know it's going to be that big, but we're very grateful about its success," Thicke told us shortly before his performance.

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For his next trick, Robin plans to bring together another two musical heavyweights for "Give It 2 U," the next single from his July 30 album, also titled Blurred Lines. "The album's a lot of fun. It's the most fun music I've ever made and we got a great new single coming out after with Kendrick Lamar, that I wrote with will.i.am [and] produced by Dr. Luke," he revealed.

We'll have to wait and see if Thicke can match the lighthearted feel of the popular "Blurred Lines" video — one of the highlights being T.I.'s amazing dance moves. While we have no doubt ...

Conventional wisdom holds that, musically, 2013 has been a rather upside-down year: Daft Punk didn't make a "dance" record, Kanye West didn't do a "rap" album, Justin Timberlake didn't make the sequel to "SexyBack," and Jay-Z is releasing albums on phones.

And yet, despite all that — or perhaps because of it — , the first half of 2013 has also been one of the most memorable in recent history, a six-month span that's seen artists big and small defy conventional wisdom, take risks, and, more often than not, succeed in spades. Given the glut of truly great releases, it's difficult to pick the very best, but I'm going to try. Here are my picks for the Best Albums of 2013 (So Far), albums that have stuck with me through a very busy six months. If there's anything I've missed, let me know in the comments below ... but let's get right to it (before someone else releases something awesome).

Honorable Mentions

El-P and Killer Mike, Run The Jewels: Loved both of their efforts last year (Cancer 4 Cure and Mike's fantastic, El-P helmed R.A.P. Music) and, though it was just released — for free! — I'm already warming to Jewels, 33-minutes of aggressive wordplay and knotty, gnarly beats that will almost certainly crack my Top 10 by year's end.

Savages, Silence Yourself: Blunt and bleak, the oddly-assured debut from English post-punk quartet Savages delights in not only creating eerie expanses, but dragging the listener down into the darkness. Its cold, claustrophobic tendencies recall the likes of Joy ...

While Corey Feldman is hardly new to music videos — just check out his cameos in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night" and Mac Miller's "S.D.S." — the '80s icon had never yet made a clip for his own music. That is, until now.

On Monday (July 1), MTV premiered the music video for "Ascension Millennium" off Feldman's untitled August album. In the clip, the "Goonies" and "Stand By Me" star takes us on a "journey through his world," which apparently includes channeling Michael Jackson and hanging with angel-like women. Perhaps inspired by his own cameos, Feldman decided to call upon an old friend to make a guest appearance in his first music video.

Waiting for him with a map during the beginning moments of the video is none other than Sean Astin — this is the first time the "Goonies" stars have shared the screen in the past 25 years.

After Feldman is finally dressed in a studded leather jacket and leather gloves, certainly a nod to his former pal MJ, he descends the staircase with two women dressed in angel-like lingerie.

Feldman aggressively sings "Ascension Millennium" repeatedly into the camera as he loops around his pool. Of course, Feldman had to include a Michael Jackson-inspired dance sequence with a black fedora and signature Michael moves. Proving he's just a regular guy, he grabs some pancakes and brings the video to a close as he sings, "You got the feeling in your soul/ You just got to let it go."

This isn't the first time Feldman has looked slightly devilish in a music video; he ...

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
WINNER: Rihanna
» Beyoncé
» Tamar Braxton
» Alicia Keys
» Elle Varner

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
WINNER: Miguel
» Chris Brown
» Bruno Mars
» Justin Timberlake
» Usher

Best Group
WINNER: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
» Mary Mary
» Mindless Behavior
» Slaughterhouse
» The Throne (Kanye West and Jay-Z)

Best Collaboration
WINNER: A$AP Rocky (featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) - "F---in' Problems"
» 2 Chainz (featuring Drake) - "No Lie"
» French Montana (featuring Rick Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne) - "Pop That"
» Kendrick Lamar (featuring Drake) - "Poetic Justice"
» Justin Timberlake (featuring Jay-Z) - "Suit & Tie"
» Kanye West (featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz) - "Mercy"

Best Male Hip Hop Artist
WINNER: Kendrick Lamar
» 2 Chainz
» A$AP Rocky
» Drake
» Future

Best Female Hip Hop Artist
WINNER: Nicki Minaj
» Azealia Banks
» Eve
» Rasheeda
» Rye Rye

Video of the Year
WINNER: Drake - "Started From the Bottom"
» 2 Chainz (featuring Drake) - "No Lie"
» A$AP Rocky (featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) - "F---in' Problems"
» Drake (featuring Lil Wayne) - "HYFR"
» Kendrick Lamar (featuring Drake) - "Poetic Justice"
» Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Wanz) - "Thrift Shop"
» Miguel - "Adorn"
» Rihanna - "Diamonds"
» Justin Timberlake (featuring Jay-Z) - "Suit & Tie"
» Kanye West (featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz) - "Mercy"

Video Director of the Year
WINNER: Benny Boom
» A$AP Rocky and Sam Lecca
» Director X
» Dre Films
» Hype Williams

Best New Artist
WINNER: Kendrick Lamar
» Azealia Banks
» Joey Bada$$
» Trinidad Jame$
» The Weeknd

Best Gospel Artist
WINNER: Mary Mary
» Deitrick Haddon
» Lecrae
» Tamela Mann
» Marvin Sapp

Best Actress
WINNER: Kerry Washington
» Angela Bassett
» Halle Berry
» Taraji P. Henson
» Gabrielle Union

Best Actor
WINNER: Jamie Foxx
» Don Cheadle
» Common
» Samuel L. Jackson
» Denzel ...

LOS ANGELES — J. Cole was so excited about his sophomore album, Born Sinner, that he moved the LP's release up a week to meet Kanye West's Yeezus at retail on June 18. The move earned Cole the #2 LP last week and continues to pay off as he's expected to move another 95,000 in his second week — not bad.

"That's the people speaking. I'm happy, I'm grateful, dawg; I'm blessed. The second-week numbers are fantastic too," Cole told MTV News when we spoke to him on the 2013 BET Awards red carpet on Sunday (June 30).

Not long after our interview, Cole took the stage at the Nokia Theatre to perform "Crooked Smile" before going into "Power Trip" with Miguel. It's been a remarkable two weeks for Cole who not only dropped his album, but released a big-time remix of his Born Sinner track "Let Nas Down."

The original version of the song finds Cole rapping about his feelings after he found out the Queens, New York, rap veteran was less than excited about his 2011 radio hit "Workout." "Damn, my heart sunk to my stomach/ I can't believe I let Nas down," the North Carolina MC raps on the original song.

But just a few days after Cole's album hit retail, Nas added his two cents and a celebratory verse to the track as he rechristened it

"It was amazing. I knew it was going to come before it came, I had heard the verse," Cole told us about the remix. ...