WATCH IT: Eminem/Rihanna "Love The Way You Lie" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)

As if Eminem and Rihanna together wasn't enough star power for a music video, you also get Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan as the two attracting/opposing forces in a literally combustible relationship. Director Joseph Kahn oversees all this hotness, capturing the two lovers as they run very hot and very cold on their way to an incendiary finish. In a word: Hot. --> watch "Love The Way You Lie"

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Eminem f/ Rihanna "Love The Way You Lie" (Interscope)
Joseph Kahn, director | Maryann Tanedo, producer | HSI, production co | Christopher Probst, DP | Life Garland, editor | Ingenuity Engine, vfx | Beau Leon @ New Hat, colorist | Coleen Haynes, executive producer

SHOT: Katy Perry - Yoann Lemoine, dir.

New Katy Perry video coming soon, directed by new HSI signing Yoann Lemoine...Photos from the shoot are online as a "lyric video"...

• artist: Katy Perry
• song: "Teenage Dream"
• label: Capitol
• director(s): Yoann Lemoine
• production co: HSI
• producer: Dawn Rose
• DP: Paul Laufer
• commissioner: Danny Lockwood

BOOKED: Eminem f/ Rihanna - Joseph Kahn, dir.

• artist: Eminem f/ Rihanna
• song: "Love The Way You Lie"
• label: Interscope
• director(s): Joseph Kahn
• production co: HSI

WATCH IT: Maroon 5 "Misery" - Joseph Kahn, dir.

Any red-blooded male would be powerless to model/actress Anne Vyalitsyna, so Maroon 5 Adam Levine doesn't have a chance in this video for "Misery". Director Joseph Kahn depicts Vyalitsyna charms as literally dangerous, letting her kick Levine's ass again and again with increasingly lethal force. She's essentially the toughest broad to grace a music video since the heroine from "Smack My Bitch Up".--> watch "Misery" plus a Behind The Scenes

Maroon 5 "Misery" (A&M/Octone/Interscope)
Joseph Kahn, director | Maryann Tanedo, producer | HSI, production co | Joseph Kahn, DP | David Blackburn + Life Garland, editors | Ingenuity Engine, vfx | Beau Leon @ New Hat, colorist |  Coleen Hayes, executive producer 

WATCH IT: Lady Gaga "Alejandro" (Steven Klein, dir.)

What's the influence of the new Lady Gaga? Surely there's some Madonna in there, perhaps "Express Yourself" meets "La Isla Bonita"? I got a German Expressionism and Ingmar Bergman influence, but I don't know enough about either to tell you what or why. In fact, the first film reference that came to mind involved The Blue Oyster Club. And yes, I still get a Marilyn Manson vibe from Ms. Gaga, in terms of intent and influence. So, what to make of "Alejandro?" It's certainly bold, certainly engineered to offend — hello, red crucifix crotch — and a lot more challenging than one would expect of a pop star as big as Gaga, which is exactly why every other poptart is still futilely playing Chase The Gaga. --> watch "Alejandro"

Lady Gaga "Alejandro" (Streamline/Interscope)
Steven Klein, director | Jil Hardin, producer | HSI, production co | Janusz Kaminski, DP | Gideon Ponte, production designer | Nicola Formichetti, stylist | Laurieann Gibson, choreography

WATCH IT: Kylie Minogue "All The Lovers" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)

The music starts and everything stops. Coffee cups fall to the group. So does the clothing. Men and women strip down and embrace out one another in the middle of a normal city day, all in celebration of pop icon Kylie Minogue and this pop-disco hit. More and more people converge, making for a pile of flesh that eventually grows into a tower of pansexual love to rise Kylie up to the heavens. Director Joseph Kahn's cinematography is sensuously perfect, accentuating various white elements — doves, horses — perhaps to reinforce the tidy whiteys that everyone keeps on. Yes, this video has no nudity. After all, a pop music video needs to make the airwaves, the popular parts of the web and the media; It can't just be a Spencer Tunick art piece. --> watch "All The Lovers" (NOTE: The embed below is only a TRAILER... Please click through to watch the whole video #EMI)

Kylie Minogue "All The Lovers" (Parlophone/EMI)
Joseph Kahn, director/dp | Mary Ann Tanedo, producer | HSI, production co | David Blackburn, editor | Ingenuity Engine, vfx | Beau Leon @ New Hat, telecine

SHOT: The Game f/ Justin Timberlake + Pharrell - Diane Martel, dir.

• artist: The Game f/ Justin Timberlake and Pharrell
• song: "Ain't No Doubt About It"
• label: Interscope
• director(s): Diane Martel
• production co: HSI
• producer: Jonathan Lia
• production designer: Paula Good

SHOT: Lady Gaga - Steven Klein, dir.

Steven Klein is a renowned fashion/art photographer and video artist...Janusz Kaminski is an award-wininng cinematography, best known for his work on every Steven Speilberg movie since Schindler's List — for which Kaminsky won his first Oscar — and many other films, including The Diving Bell And Butterfly... And, of course, Lady Gaga is Lady Gaga.

• artist: Lady Gaga
• song: "Alejandro"
• label: Streamline/Interscope
• director(s): Steven Klein
• production co: HSI
• DP: Janusz Kaminski
• production designer: Gideon Ponte
• executive producer: Coleen Haynes

SHOT: Vampire Weekend - The Malloys, dir.

• artist: Vampire Weekend
• song: "Holiday"
• label: XL
• director(s): The Malloys
• production co: HSI
• producer: Ron Mohrhoff

WATCH IT: Esmee Denters "Love Dealer" (The Malloys, dir.)

I was never good at logic, but I think you could say Timbaland is to Justin Timberlake as Justin Timberlake is to Esmee Denters. What begins as a seemingly somewhat impromptu rooftop studio session with her mentor Timberlake turns into something a bit brassier when  Denters climbs down the fireescape to strut through the city streets and attract a crowd. --> watch "Love Dealer"

Esmee Denters f/ Justin Timberlake
"Love Dealer" (Tennman/Interscope)
The Malloys, director | Ron Mohrhoff, producer | HSI, production co | Giles Dunning, DP | Clark Eddy, editor | Annie Sperling, production designer