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music videos stories: 31 news summaries

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 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

 Another Cameo for Britney 

She's in the new Pussycat Dolls video and shoot her own soon

Jun 6, 08 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears may have a long way to go until her next album, but the comeback kid is trying to stay relevant. Spears filmed a music video cameo this week for the Pussycat Dolls’ latest single, People reports. Next week, the 26-year-old will jet to London to shoot the video... More »

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Britney Spears • London • Los Angeles • celebrity • music videos • comeback • cameo

New Weezer Video Rules, Borrows From YouTube

'Pork and Beans' boasts 21st-century all-star cast

May 27, 08 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - In less than a week, Weezer's video for the new single "Pork and Beans" has attracted more than 3 million viewers to YouTube—partly by featuring nearly that many existing YouTube sensations. Miss Teen South Carolina, aka Caitlin "the Iraq" Upton, appears, happily lip-syncing the catchy ditty, as... More »

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Britney Spears • YouTube • Lauren Caitlin Upton • music videos • Chris Crocker • viral video • Weezer • Rivers Cuomo • Pork and Beans

 Web Trick Revives Rick Astley

Internet jokesters link to hit '80s video

Apr 11, 08 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - We’re never gonna give him up, even if we want to: ’80s pop sensation Rick Astley is an icon again thanks to “rickrolling,” the practice of tricking Internet users into watching a video of his hit “Never Gonna Give You Up.”  18 million... More »

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YouTube • pop music • music videos • rickrolling • Rick Astley

 Radiohead to Fans:
 Get Animated 

Band offers $10K, Cartoon Network exposure for music video

Mar 20, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radiohead is breaking new ground again—this time asking fans to make an animated video for any song on its pay-what-you-want In Rainbows album. The band itself will choose the grand-prize winner, who’ll get $10,000 to animate a full-length version. Would-be competitors have until April 27 to submit... More »

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music industry • contest • animation • music videos • Radiohead • Nine Inch Nails • In Rainbows • Aniboom.com

Booze and Beats Don't Mix in Turkey

Bottles cut from music video; critics cite moves toward religious law

Feb 28, 08 6:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Singer Aslizen Yentur thought it was a joke when Turkey's top music channel axed shots of a wine bottle-laden table from her video. It wasn't, and now Turkey's broadcasting watchdog is drafting a bill to make scenes that encourage drinking illegal—supposedly to align with EU norms, the Independent reports.... More »

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Turkey • alcohol • European Union • censorship • wine • pop music • broadcasting • music videos • Aslizen Yentur

Sarko's Son Pens Song for Angry Rapper

Anti-Sarko singer
didn't know he
was son of prez

Jan 9, 08 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A rapper who hates French President Nicolas Sarkozy has recorded a tune by the president's own 23-year-old son, the Times of London reports. Sarko junior, a hip-hop producer who goes by the name Mosey, helped produce rapper Poison's music and threw in some lyrics. "The guy brought me music,... More »

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police • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • hip-hop • music videos • rap music • Pierre Sarkozy

Music Vids Shrink as $$$ Fade

As industry changes, artists embrace low budgets, new concepts

Sep 9, 07 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A music industry headed for financial crash-and-burn has radically downsized its once-extravagant videos, the AP reports. Viewers of today’s MTV Video Awards will see more single-camera videos and quirky YouTube-inspired concepts that save cash—all suited for play on small screens. "A comet hit the earth and the... More »

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music industry • Beck • Justin Timberlake • musician • music videos

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