First Look at N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton

There's good reason to be excited about the N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton, which has both the blessing of Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, and director F. Gary Gray, whose connection with these guys and the West Side scene is the real deal. 

Cube and Dre also represent for this first promo/trailer, which bundles a revisit to Compton — directed by Paul Hunter, who picked up in the video scene where Gray left off — with a preview for the film.

Pharrell and Directors We Are From L.A. Win Best Music Video Grammy

As with most categories, the Grammy for Best Music Video is untelevised and doled out well before the main telecast. And the winner is...

Best Music Video

Pharrell "Happy" (We Are From L.A., dir.)  Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, producers (Columbia, label)

PS: Wouldn't it have been cool if the 24 hour-long-version — still up in all its glory at 24hoursofhappy.com — had won Best Longform aka Best Music Video Film. (Not Spoiler Alert: That Grammy went to 20 Feet From Stardom

Marina and the Diamonds "'I'm a Ruin'" (Markus Lundqvist, dir.)

Shot on the volcanic island of Lanzarote, Director Markus Lundqvist manages to create a desolate yet beautiful world in this video for Marina and the Diamonds new track ‘I’m a Ruin’.

On working with Marina, Lundqvist said, ‘she was wonderful to work with. A real hard worker. We worked for 32 hours straight and she just got stuck right in, even in freezing cold water.’ 

The track is taken from her third album ‘Froot’ released on Universal. It’ll see one track released every month until April 6 when the album goes on sale.