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 Ledger-Directed 
 Rap Video 
 Debuts 

Actor worked with Australian singer, a childhood friend

Oct 30, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A music video, one of a few directed by Heath Ledger for little-known artists he liked, made its online debut yesterday. Australian rapper N'fa Forster-Jones, a childhood friend of the late actor's, posted the video along with a behind-the-scenes look at the project, the AP reports. "Every day I... More »

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entertainment • Australia • celebrity • Heath Ledger • music videos • rapper • rap music • Jay-ZTV • celebrity death • N'fa Forster-Jones

 Jiggy Beyoncé  
 Baby Goes Viral 


Cory busts a move

Sep 25, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oh baby, it's so hard not to move watching Beyoncé tear up the screen in her Single Ladies video—even if you are wearing a diaper. Baby Cory knows. With a couple of squats, a few leg jiggles and a wag of the head he's gone viral with his dance... More »

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YouTube • dance • music videos • Beyonce • viral video • Single Ladies

 Kanye Wigs Out 
 During Taylor's 
 MTV Award 

'I'm sooooo sorry,' he writes on blog after crazy rant

Sep 14, 09 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crazed hip-hopper Kanye West stormed the stage last night during Taylor Swift's speech accepting her MTV award for Best Female Video to plug Beyoncé's video. Giddy country-music sweetheart Swift was mid-sentence when West, spotted earlier swigging cognac, yanked the mike from her to rant to a stunned audience. West... More »

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music • MTV • Kanye West • music videos • Beyonce • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

OPINION

 Most Controversial 
 Music Videos 

Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam, incestuous Gainsbourgs make list

Sep 12, 09 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - With MTV's Video Music Awards set for Sunday (not that you'll see many videos on the channel these days), Oddee.com takes a look at some of the form’s most controversial:
  • Closer, Nine Inch Nails: To go along with the explicitly sexual lyrics, this 1994 piece includes
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entertainment • MTV • Vatican • domestic violence • Pearl Jam • Museum of Modern Art • music videos • Madonna • Nine Inch Nails • Columbine school massacre • Trent Reznor • Garth Brooks • Jay-ZTV • Charlotte Gainsbourg • Serge Gainsbourg • Closer • Jeremy • Lemon Incest • Like A Prayer • MTV Video Music Awards • The Thunder Rolls

 Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye 
 Take on the Apocalypse

Three of hip-hop's biggest team up in video for new single

Aug 20, 09 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West romp around a post-apocalyptic New York in the much-anticipated video for “Run This Town” off Jay-Z's upcoming Blueprint 3, reports MTV.com. The clip portrays the three as "warlords in a 23rd-century turf war," writes James Montgomery, but that's beside the point.... More »

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music • Kanye West • hip-hop • music videos • Rihanna • Jay-Z • Blueprint 3 • Run This Town

 Dark, Whimsical Ledger 
 Music Vid Debuts 

Takes a stand against illegal whale hunts

Aug 5, 09 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Modest Mouse has debuted Heath Ledger’s whimsical-yet-dark video for the song “King Rat," the AP reports. In the video, which takes aim at illegal whale hunts, Dr Seuss-like animated whales and dolphins go on a bloody hunt for humans, notes Vanity Fair. Watching it might require a... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Heath Ledger • music videos • whaler • whales • celebrity death • Modest Mouse

(Newser) - An animated music video directed by the late Heath Ledger premieres tomorrow online, the band Modest Mouse writes on its MySpace page. Ledger’s “brave and unapologetic” idea for King Rat, “fully conceived down to the last detail but unfinished” at his 2008 death, was seen through by... More »

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entertainment • MySpace • Heath Ledger • music videos • MySpace Music • Jay-ZTV • Modest Mouse

(Newser) - Shakira’s new song “She Wolf” is “either the most insanely brilliant (or brilliantly insane) song you'll hear in 2009,” James Montgomery writes for MTV.com. It sounds like 1970s Italian disco and features the word “lycanthropy,” but the song’s true strangeness can’t... More »

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music • song • singer • music videos • Shakira

(Newser) - Jon Bon Jovi has released a music video in support of Iran protesters in which he sings Stand by Me in Farsi with exiled Iranian singer Andy Madadian, reports Reuters. "It's not for sale," said a producer of the video, which was first released on mydamnchannel.com. "... More »

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Iran • music • exile • music videos • Jon Bon Jovi • Iranian election • Farsi • Andy Madadian

(AP) - Michael Jackson finished an elaborate video production two weeks before he died, sources tell the AP. The five-week project filmed at Culver Studios, dubbed "Dome Project," could be the final finished video piece overseen by the King of Pop. Four sets were constructed, including a cemetery recalling Jackson's... More »

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entertainment • music videos • Michael Jackson • Thriller

(Newser) - At last, a little peace and harmony between the music industry and the tech world. YouTube and Universal Music announced a deal today to create a new website called Vevo.com to show music videos, CNET reports. It will launch later this year, with YouTube—and parent company Google—providing... More »

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YouTube • music industry • Universal Music Group • music videos

Ledger-Directed Music Videos to Air This Year

Actor made spots for Modest Mouse, Grace Woodroofe

Mar 17, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Music videos showcasing Heath Ledger’s directorial skills will be released this year, according to the Hollywood Reporter. One of the videos is for Grace Woodroofe’s cover of David Bowie’s “Quicksand.” The other, a fully animated spot for Modest’s Mouse’s “King Rat,”... More »

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music • film director • Heath Ledger • music videos

Duff: I Never Actually
Claimed I Was a Virgin

Tween star says she was misquoted in '06 report

Dec 16, 08 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Hilary Duff is growing up, but that doesn’t mean that she’s any less tight-lipped about her personal life, Fox News reports. “I was quoted saying I was a virgin” in 2006, “but I absolutely did not say that,” the starlet tells Maxim. So, she’s... More »

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celebrity • sexuality • Maxim • music videos • Mike Comrie • virginity • celebrity engagements • Hilary Duff

 Hudson Goes Back to Work 

Singer will record video for second single

Dec 10, 08 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - A month and a half after her family tragedy, Jennifer Hudson is getting back to work, the AP reports. Hudson, whose career was building steam when her mother, brother, and nephew were killed, is set to start next week recording the music video that was postponed by the shootings. The... More »

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crime • celebrity • Jennifer Hudson • music videos • gun violence

 TRL Going Out With a Bang 


Nov 15, 08 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - After 10 years of screaming fans, frantic voting, and celebrity appearances, MTV’s Total Request Live is finally going off the air. A star-studded 2-hour finale will air tomorrow, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sinking ratings for the music video show are behind its demise—about 322,000 watch... More »

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television • music • MTV • music videos • Total Request Live • TRL


 Paris for 
 President: 
 Campaign 
 Music Vid 

Watch video preview for Hilton's spoof White House bid

Oct 24, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may look like the presidential race is over, but Paris Hilton wants you to know she's still in the running. The would-be "commander in bikini" has a new music vid, "Paris for President," coming out on SwagHouseMedia.com Sunday. In the meantime, People's web site has... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Paris Hilton • music videos • presidential race • Election 2008

glossies

 Brit Struts 
 With New Confidence in Vid 

Spears gets tough in new racy offering

Oct 11, 08 5:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Let the Circus begin: Britney Spears debuted her new Womanizer music video last night on ABC’s 20/20, People reports. In the racy video, the recovering pop star shows off her toned bod and moonlights as a wife, working woman, and sexy waitress. “Womanizer” is the first single from... More »

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music • Britney Spears • music videos

 Britney Sweeps 3 VMA Awards

But delivers uninspiring 'performance'

Sep 8, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comeback kid Britney Spears swept three MTV Video Music Awards last night—but delivered an uninspired performance, reports ABC News. Fans had hoped Spears' appearance would redeem her image after the star's last addled MTV performance. But Britney delivered a meek Valley Girl skit with Superbad star Jonah Hill, lamely... More »

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music • Britney Spears • MTV • pop music • music videos • Video Music Awards

Rick Astley, Watch Your Virtual Back

Now-classic YouTube prank spreads into politics as 'Barackroll'

Aug 11, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The infamous (and infamously annoying) stunt known as a "RickRoll"—a Web link allegedly of interest to the recipient that actually leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up"—has a sequel, E! reports: the "Barackroll." It intercuts... More »

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Barack Obama • YouTube • pop music • music videos • Rick Astley

 The Sexiest
 Music Videos
 Ever Made

Nerve chooses 50 classics that still turn us on

Aug 5, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - From "Love Shack" to "Sexual Healing," sex and music videos have always gone hand in hand. Nerve lists its picks for the 50 sexiest videos of all time:
  1. "Addicted to Love," Robert Palmer: The stone-faced models shimmying behind Palmer exude a cool
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MTV • sex • list • music videos • Madonna • Prince • Aerosmith

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