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#BlackExcellenceSoRich -  Who needs the Oscars when you have so much raw, original Black excellence in one room? Now this is a celebration of (Black) Hollywood!(Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Legendary - Actors Joe Morton, Regina King and Octavia Spencer pose backstage at the 2016 ABFF Awards: A Celebration Of Hollywood. The melanin is just on point, on fleek...just on!(Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Bringing Sexy Back - Actors Don Cheadle, Kerry Washington and Robert Downey Jr. pose backstage. (Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Shooting the J's - American Black Film Festival founder Jeff Friday (L) and actor Jamie Foxx prove that #BlackMaleMagic exists too! (Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Staying Connected - What a pleasure for actress Nia Long (L) to be sitting next to one of the many people (we imagine) saw her potential and raw talent early on like director John Singleton. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Our Main Man - Honoree Don Cheadle beams as he receives his accolade. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Ice Cube's In on the Joke - Rapper-actor Ice Cube doesn't take things too seriously and that's what makes him such a stand-up guy. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Candy Crushes - Our heart just gush everytime we see actresses Nia Long (L) and Regina Hall; so happy that they got a chance to reunite during the 2016 ABFF Awards: A Celebration of Hollywood. (Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Fashion on Beat - Rapper Doug E. Fresh suited up well for this one. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Inspiring Us All - BET Chairman/CEO Debra L. Lee shares such a proud moment while in the audience looking on. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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League of Extraordinary Black Men - Talk about lit! Nothing looks better than powerful Black men in suits, who also happen to be extremely talented.  Salute to Ice Cube, honoree Will Packer, Jamie Foxx, American Black Film Festival founder Jeff Friday, and actor Taye Diggs. (Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Black Excellence - Musician Pharrell Williams sits in the audience in his normal trend-setting fashion. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Rough and (Beautiful) and Stuff With Afro Puffs - Actress Regina King accepts the ABFF Excellence in the Arts Award all the while looking amazing with her curly hair moment. (Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Father to Father - The father of the American Black Film Festival, Jeff Friday (L) and actor Joe Morton (best known as Olivia Pope's father) speak backstage. (Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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#BlackGirlMagic (n): Any Image With This Much Power - Actresses Loretta Devine and Kerry Washington, ABFF Hollywood Legacy Award recipient Diahann Carroll, and actress Keke Palmer blind us with their beauty and talent in this pic. (Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Pride - Rumble young man, rumble. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Inside Men - Teere's power in numbers. Director Ryan Coogler and actor Carl Weathers prove that WE can accomplish a great deal when we stick together. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Black Men Take Seflies Too - If there was ever a reason to take a selfie, it wouuld be to take one with Richard Roundtree just as comedian Jonathan Slocumb (L) does. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Take Us to Your Leader - Actors Kerry Washington (L) and Jamie Foxx just look good. So much talent in one space.(Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Sitcom Babes - Actresses Garcelle Beauvais (L) and Vanessa Williams prove that good Black doesn't crack as their radiance stuns us once more.(Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Heavyweight Acting Champs of the World - East met West when actor Taye Diggs and rapper/actor/producer Ice Cube showed each other some genuine love backstage.  (Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Much Respect - Actress Octavia Spencer and director Ryan Coogler share a supporting embrace backstage. (Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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OG's in the Building - Veteran actors Ernie Hudson (L) and John Savage pose for the camera.(Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Olivia or Kerry? - Either way both always seem to slay and stay in 'formation.'(Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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We're Watching You, Will! - Honoree Will Packer takes his honor in strides. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Spotlight - Actress Michelle Mitchenor gets her money shot. (Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Beloved! - We're positive there wasn't a shortage of realness between these two!(Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Apples Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree - Like father, like son. Actor-rapper Ice Cube (L) and his namesake actor O'Shea Jackson Jr. are straight out of the swag factory. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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The Greatest - One of the pioneers of Black acknowledgement films, Honoree Robert Townsend enjoys every bit of this night. (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Salute! - How can so many Black men have all this power?  (Photo: Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET)