The 9th annual BET Awards, held at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium last night, shifted gears to celebrate the life of Michael Jackson with tributes from host Jamie Foxx, Ne-Yo, and Beyoncé, among others. Beyoncé, nominated for five trophies, including Video of the Year and Best Actress, called MJ her “teacher and hero.” The I am Sasha Fierce singer performed a medley of “Ave Maria” and Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel,” in an angelic white frock. But on the red carpet, she went for color, wearing a dazzling Balmain minidress and purple stilettos.

Cameron Diaz stars in Nick Cassavetes’ latest tear-jerker, My Sister’s Keeper (based on Jodi Picoult’s 2004 novel), along with Jason Patric and Abigail Breslin. But at the movie’s New York premiere Wednesday night, the radiant actress was all smiles, turning heads in a white asymmetrical number from J. Mendel’s resort collection, a black-and-gold Roger Vivier clutch, and nude-and-gold suede sandals from Pierre Hardy’s fall 2009 collection.

Public Enemies, Michael Mann’s gangster biopic on notorious Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger, made its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival Tuesday night. Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard, who stars as the love interest of Dillinger (played by Johnny Depp), looked dangerously chic in a silk-crepe mosaic-print number and blue python clutch from Elie Saab’s ready-to-wear fall 2009 collection.

Paper Man, in which Jeff Daniels plays a frustrated middle-aged novelist who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a teenage girl, made its world premiere at the opening night of Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival Thursday night. Among the boldface names who turned out for the event, at Westwood’s Mann Village theater, were Robert Downey Jr., Dermot Mulroney (whose brother Kieran co-directed the film), and Christina Ricci, who looked every bit the indie-film queen in a breezy lavender frock.

In Cheri, the upcoming film adaptation of French writer Colette’s 1920s novel of the same name, Michelle Pfeiffer plays a notorious seductress who romances the young son of her courtesan arch rival. At a recent Cinema Society screening of the highly anticipated period drama, which sees Pfeiffer reuniting with Dangerous Liaisons director Stephen Frears, the actress turned heads in an elegant white shift and silver peep-toe pumps.

The Council of Fashion Designers of America held its 2009 awards ceremony at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Monday night. Top honors went to Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez for accessories, Band of Outsiders’ Scott Sternberg and Calvin Klein’s Italo Zucchelli (a tie) for menswear, and Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy for womenswear. On the red carpet, Spiderman star Kirsten Dunst stole the spotlight in a gray hand-marbled silk chiffon and tulle minidress by the winning sisters, which she paired with gray patent buckle sandals by Nicholas Kirkwood.