The BET Awards were help over the weekend and Beyonce was named best female R&B artist. The award for best male went to Chris Brown. Despite the awards, the brightest spotlight shined on late singer Whitney Houston - who was honored in a 20 minute tribute by stars like Mariah Carey and Brandy. Houston's mother, Cissy, also performed.<br/> <br />Alec Baldwin has married his fiancee, Hilaria Thomas, over the weekend. The actor posted a picture showing off his new wedding ring on Twitter. Baldwin and Thomas - a yoga instructor - announced their engagement in April. The couple have been dating for over a year.<br/> <br />Rupert Murdoch - the chairman of News Corp - took a swipe at Tom Cruise in a series of tweets that labeled the Hollywood star the number 2 or number 3 person in the hierarchy of Scientologists, a group he also called "creepy." Murdoch acknowledged his tweets would be controversial, and has reportedly received hundreds of negative responses to his statements.<br/> <br />As for Cruise, he has been spotted in Iceland, where he is working on a movie. There have been no statements from his camp or Katie Holmes's since the actress filed for divorce last week after five years of marriage.<br/> <br />Bob Mezan, Reuters.
