The South Bronx — birthplace of hip-hop: Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc — is the subject of Seis Del Sur, an NYC exhibition by six Nuyorican photographers chronicling the oft neglected borough that found a measure of artistic salvation amongst the ruins.
History is littered with genius music video ideas that have never come to pass. But, Charlie Sheen in an x-rated Lady Gaga video with Britney Spears "or somebody" is clearly winner winner chicken dinner.
You are at Sundance. And you love music videos. Well, too bad. There's no music video program. But, if you love music on film, you're in luck since there's plenty to see.
A snapshot of the most popular videos online and on-air... This is very much a moving target, so consider this to be 100% correct only for the next few minutes... And look for more outlets and more features as we continue to refine this over the coming weeks...
strong>Beyonce on Beyonce? HBO scores yet another great music documentary with Beyonce: Life Is But A Dream, in which the pop star both directs and executive produces what's billed as an intimate look at her life, promising "raw, unprecedented" access...
Justin Timberlake returns to the music world with a "Suit And Tie"... The intro feels chopped/screwed/syzurpy, but it soon ramps up into a neo-disco falsetto jam that would be the best Robin Thicke single to date, but perhaps not the comeback instasmash you want from JT.
That said, can you really resist Jay-Z, Timbaland and Timberlake all on one track?
Directing duo Coodie & Chike are what you could call real rap directors: No cars, no bling, no booty: Just gritty creativity and reality matched to music that fit the same bill.
The answer is simple: Because the DGA doesn't represent the interests of music video directors — unless they also happen to do qualifying commercial, TV or feature work — and they don't provide their benefits/protections to music video sets and workers
Downtown Los Angeles is the setting for all kinds of music video productions, but few spots are as popular with the GNP (generator-and-playback) crowd than the Second Street Tunnel.
The white tiled interior is great for reflecting light and making rock stars look appropriately rock-starrish — a trick it also pulls for the majority of car commerciala and Bladerunners.
Everyone's favorite director of gorgeous-yet-inevitable doom, Mark Romanek, is apparenetly leaving Disney's re-boot of the Cinderella fairy tale over 'differing views on how to tell the story.' While Romanek (possessor of the world's most minimal website) has done some relatively light and fun music videos - Macy Gray,
