BOOKED: The Dixie Chicks - Sophie Muller, director

The Dixie Chicks will make their long-awaited return since being banished from The Red States with a new album produced by the legendary Rick Rubin. Sophie Muller has been confirmed to direct a stylized performance clip for album track "Not Ready To Make Nice."

artist: The Dixie Chicks
song: "Not Ready To Make Nice"
label: Columbia
director(s): Sophie Muller
production co: Oil Factory

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: Wayne Coyne And The Wolf

Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne (right) and this brave werewolf prove that man and beast can work in unison, even if only on the set of the Lips' new video "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song."

NEW RELEASE: Morrissey "You Have Killed Me"

Morrissey
"You Have Killed Me" (Attack/Sanctuary)
AV Club, director | Anne Johnson & Ute Leonhardt, producers | The Directors Bureau, production co | Jesse Green, DP | Description: AV Club lovingly recreate a vintage, yet fictional Italian TV appearance of Morrissey and band performing this lead single off new album Ringleader Of The Tormentors. In a testament to AV Club's commitment to authenticity, the video was shot in Rome, Italy and the footage was appropriately fuzzed up so as to look like an old VHS bootleg. -- Watch "You Have Killed Me" at Myspace or The Director's Bureau

NEWS: Editor Mario Mares Now With rOOm

Video editor Mario Mares has joined the staff of film/tv company rOOm. Mares' most recent editing credits include Say Anything's "Alive With The Glory Of Love," directed by Kevin Kerslake, and the as yet unreleased Nine Inch Nails' video "Every Day is Exactly The Same," directed by Francis Lawrence. Other notable clips edited by Mares include No Doubt's "It's My Life," Staind's "For You" and Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River," for which he won an MVPA Award.

BOOKED: Obie Trice - Jessy Terrero, director

Look for Eminem cohort Obie Trice to rebound nicely from a New Year's Eve shooting (bullets, not film) with a video for this upcoming single.

artist: Obie Trice
song: "Snitch"
label: Shady/Interscope
director(s): Jessy Terrero
production co: Terrero Films/Lotus Filmworks

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: Lou Pearlman + Dale Resteghini

Trans Continetal Records head honcho Louis J. Pearlman and video director Dale Resteghini compare assets on location in Florida for the C-Note video "Forgive Me."

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: Patricia of the Horrorpops

Horrorpops singer Patricia Day and Propeller Productions Executive Producer Peter LeFevre get cuddly on the set of "Where You Can't Follow," directed by Matthew Heckerling.

DVD ALERT: Eels with Strings - Live

Eels With Strings - Live At Town Hall
Vagrant
release date February 21 2006
directed by Niels Alpert
Description:  Mark Oliver Everett aka E aka the long-running alternative act Eels gets all respectable on us with this DVD that captures a June 30 performance at NYC's Town Hall. Rather than a typical rock band configuration, this performance is from the Eels With Strings tour in which E was backed by a string section and various multi-instrumentalists. The DVD also includes behind the scenes documentary segments. Performances and other content from the release be viewed at this Eels player.

SHOT: DMX - Jonathan Mannion, director

DMX makes his post-Def Jam debut  with this video shot in Houston during the recent NBA All-Star Weekend...

artist: DMX
song: "We In Here"
label: Sony Urban/Columbia
director(s): Jonathan Mannion
production co: DNA

SHOT: Big City Rock - Rich Lee, director

Director Rich Lee checks in with his first video since signing with DNA...

artist: Big City Rock
song: "All Of The Above"
label: Atlantic
director(s): Rich Lee
production co: DNA