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Back in the day, he was the rare black dude who could get up onstage and kill 'em with a dead-on imitation of Ronald Reagan.

BET Awards '09 8 pm/ET BET Relentless multitasker Jamie Foxx takes on emcee duties for tonight's awards, which honor musicians, entertainers and athletes.

Jamie Foxx is coming to the New Orleans Arena on Aug. 27. Jamie Foxx is bringing his "Intuition" tour to the New Orleans Arena on Aug.

Hollywood is full of filmmakers who are uncompromising perfectionists, but only Michael Mann could boast that he not only has a favorite room to screen his films - the Zanuck theater on the Fox lot - but also a favorite row in the theater where he thinks you should park your fanny for the optimal viewing experience.

Host Jamie Foxx pays tribute to singer Michael Jackson to open the 2009 BET Awards.

Sitting alone in a corner coffee shop in the heart of black L.A., Elisa Gomez Taylor explains why the black community is so endeared to Michael Jackson and why that endearment will probably never stop.

"His music reached out to every type of person around the world, and most of his message was about love and getting along and acceptance and respect," says the singer and songwriter. On Sunday night, Ms. Taylor watched the 2009 Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards, which turned into a tribute show to Mr. Jackson, with host Jamie Foxx saying, "We want to celebrate this black man. He belongs to us, and we shared him with everyone else."

Published: Monday, June 29, 2009 at 5:11 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 29, 2009 at 5:11 a.m. Jamie Foxx, the host of the Black Entertainment Television music awards, was unequivocal on Sunday night.

Jamie Foxx, center, is seen with a dancers as he performs a tribute to Michael Jackson at the 9th Annual BET Awards on Sunday, June 28, 2009, in Los Angeles.

The BET Awards became the official Michael Jackson TV celebration on Sunday, with joyous tributes to the King of Pop from a New Edition medley of Jackson 5 songs to host Jamie Foxx 's tender monologue delivered in that classic red leather zipper jacket and white glove.

Jamie Foxx hosts the 2009 BET Awards from Los Angeles, which is being remade at the last minute as a tribute to Michael Jackson.

The Ray Charles biopic was a limited sort of achievement, a case of a fine performer competing against the old A-to-Z, and-then-he-wrote cliches and storytelling formulas.

LOS ANGELES - Jamie Foxx does a mean impression of President Obama. "If there's any doubt that America is not the most incredible country in the world," he says, delivering a caricature of the politician.

Have an item for Agenda? Send it to listings@star-telegram.com. For the love of BET Terrell's Jamie Foxx has a few awards under his belt, including a Best Actor Oscar for playing Ray Charles in Ray.

MTV has greenlit eight projects for series development with executive producers including Jamie Foxx, Mark Burnett and Seth Meyers, while also signing teen star Emma Roberts to a first-look production deal for TV.

Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx has partnered with MTV to begin production on a new sketch comedy series.

MTV announced Tuesday its rather diverse development slate that reads like a menagerie: Jamie Foxx , "Teen Wolf," "Warren the Ape" and even a former Cheetah Girl.

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MTV pulled back the curtain on its current development slate, a lineup with a heavy focus on comedy programming.

7:00 The Early Show: live from the USS Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum in New York City, music group Earth, Wind, and Fire perform.

Jamie Foxx, the Oscar-winning actor and moonlighting singer who releases hit songs, will perform at the Colonial Life Arena Sept.