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Wide exterior, The Beverly Hilton hotel2. Wide tennis legend Billie Jean King posing for photos3. Closeup Billie Jean King posing for photos4. Camera cutaway5. SOUNDBITE (English) Billie Jean...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, 15 April 2008\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide exterior, The Beverly Hilton hotel\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide tennis legend Billie Jean King posing for photos\u003cbr/\u003e3. Closeup Billie Jean King posing for photos\u003cbr/\u003e4. Camera cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Billie Jean King/Tennis Legend:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is about the media. It is about the media that has portrayed sports in a positive way, so we have a Journalism, we have an Entertainment, and we have a Breakthrough and Innovation award. So, we cover all three areas, and we think it's very important to acknowledge people who are making a difference in our lives and portray us in a positive way, because very often we're not. This is really positive. We're in our third year. Also, Elton John is going to perform here tonight, my old friend, which means a lot to me. And we have all the greatest women athletes that show up.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Fashion shot: Skating Olympian Michelle Kwan in BCBG \u003cbr/\u003e7. Fashion shot: Women's Sports Foundation President \u003cbr/\u003e8. Setup shot Billie Jean\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Billie Jean King/Tennis Legend, on controversy over the Beijing Olympics:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, I'm a part of the Mia Farrow group, Dream for Darfur, and it's a very hard one, because politics is in everything. But I also think that sports, our bridge, just like anything in the entertainment world. You know, the athletes just want to perform, bring people together, do the right thing, and actually bring human rights to the forefront, of having to be good to each other. So it's a very difficult thing.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Photographers\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Amiee Mullins/Women's Sports Foundation President, on controversy over the Beijing Olympics:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I just think that if you really want to have your vote count, vote with your wallet and look at the products you buy and the companies that are involved, and vote that way. Make your statement that way, if you're displeased about Beijing's practices. But remember to support the athletes, because they are working so hard right now to represent us.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Setpup shot tennis star Tracy Austin\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Tracy Austin/Tennis Star, on controversy over the Beijing Olympics:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, I just hope it doesn't affect the athletes. I hope that the athletes are able to go and compete, because the Olympics is every four years, and sometimes they only get that one Olympic opportunity. You know, in tennis we get four Grand Slams for the year, so if we screw up on one, you've got another one around the corner, two or three months later. I really hope that the athletes are able to go and able to compete and get their due, and gold-silver-bronze, whatever it us -- just competing. I think it is unfortunate, the whole situation, because I can understand the political struggle of it all.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Setup shot reality-TV star Sharon Osbourne\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Sharon Osbourne/Reality TV Star, on the role of athletics in her own life:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am a huge tennis fan, a huge tennis fan, but I am quite the laziest woman I've ever met in my life. I think about doing a lot of things, but I just think, I never really go and do it. So, I'm really bad to myself.\"\u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter: So, it's good to be here, be  inspired.)\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's fantastic to be here.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide Sharon Osbourne posing for photographers\u003cbr/\u003eTennis legend Billie Jean King hosted the Women's Sports Foundation's third-annual \"Billies\" Tuesday night in Beverly Hills, honouring outstanding portrayals of women's sport and athletes in entertainment and media.\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is about the media,\" King told the AP. \"It is about the media that has portrayed sports in a positive way, so we have a Journalism, we have an Entertainment, and we have a Breakthrough and Innovation award. So, we cover all three areas, and we think it's very important to acknowledge people who are making a difference in our lives and portray us in a positive way, because very often we're not. This is really positive. We're in our third year. Also, Elton John is going to perform here tonight, my old friend, which means a lot to me. And we have all the greatest women athletes that show up.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAmong them: Olympic-medallist skater Michelle Kwan and track-and-field star, and Women's Sports Foundation president Aimee Mullins. \u003cbr/\u003eWhen asked about protests over human-rights violations by China, which is hosting the summer Olympics, many attendees had strong, if conflicted, opinions.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, I'm a part of the Mia Farrow group, Dream for Darfur, and it's a very hard one, because politics is in everything,\" King explained. \"But I also think that our bridge, just like anything in the entertainment world. You know, the athletes just want to perform, bring people together, do the right thing, and actually bring human rights to the forefront, of having to be good to each other. So it's a very difficult thing.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"I just think that if you really want to have your vote count, vote with your wallet and look at the products you buy and the companies that are involved, and vote that way,\" commented Mullins. \"Make your statement that way, if you're displeased about Beijing's practices. But remember to support the athletes, because they are working so hard right now to represent us.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, I just hope it doesn't affect the athletes,\" replied tennis star Tracy Austin. \"I hope that the athletes are able to go and compete, because the Olympics is every four years, and sometimes they only get that one Olympic opportunity. You know, in tennis we get four Grand Slams for the year, so if we screw up on one, you've got another one around the corner, two or three months later. I really hope that the athletes are able to go and able to compete and get their due, and gold-silver-bronze, whatever it us -- just competing. I think it is unfortunate, the whole situation, because I can understand the political struggle of it all.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNon-sports attendees included rapper Master P, \"Desperate Housewives\" actor Doug Savant, \"Akeelah and the Bee\" actress KeKe Palmer and reality-TV star Sharon Osbourne.\u003cbr/\u003eAs for Osbourne's athletic abilities? \"I am a huge tennis fan, a tennis fan,\" Osbourne said. \"But I am quite the laziest woman I've ever met in my life. I think about doing a lot of things, but I just think, I never really go and do it. So, I'm really bad to myself.\"\u003cbr/\u003eElton John was set to perform, but had yet to appear by deadline. 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