May 2005

Telepopmusik "Into Everything" CapitolKorner Union, directorsDescription: Leaves are out of control in this video for French dance/pop act Telepopmusik. A man goes about in a daze while leaves pile up inside his house and float around in the surrounding woods.

Foo Fighters "Best Of You" RCAMark Pellington, directorNorm Reiss, producerMerge @ Crossroads, production companyEric Schmidt, DPNathan Cox, editorPeter Benson, production designTara Chame, costume designDescription: A truly mammoth performance video. Larger than life footage of Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters is interspersed with a rapid-fire barrage of imagery that runs the gamut from kids at play to when animals attack.

It is being widely reported that America Online and SonyBMG are striking an exclusive deal for the music company's videos. AOL will have exclusive video-on-demand access to SonyBMG content. Sources value the deal at more than $25 million.

The story was originally tipped at Hits Daily Double and is being reported this morning by The New York Post and CNN/Money.

BET Adds:B5 "U Got Me" (Bad Boy)Destiny's Child "Cater 2 U" (Columbia)Fantasia "Free Yourself" (J Records)R. Kelly "Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 1)" (Jive/ZLG)

Rap City Adds:T.I. "ASAP/Motivation" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)