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No Doubt Pulls Video After Critics Cry Racism

Gwen Stefani gets tied up in Native American garb

(Newser) - Dressing up Gwen Stefani as a sexy Native American and having her bound at gunpoint—who could be offended? The Native American community and fans in general, apparently, so No Doubt has pulled its "Looking Hot" video from YouTube, US reports. The band says in a statement that it...

Popeye Comes Back to Life, Busts a Move

Gang returns in hand-drawn music video for Wilco

(Newser) - If you're a fan of Wilco and/or Popeye, the band's new video for Dawned on Me is must-viewing, notes Xeni Jardin at BoingBoing . The collaboration between the band and King Features results in the first hand-drawn Popeye cartoon since 1987, and it features the Popeye crew grooving as...

Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey Ruin Christmas in New 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' Music Video
 Mariah, Bieber Ruin Christmas 
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Mariah, Bieber Ruin Christmas

New music video not exactly well-received

(Newser) - Justin Bieber teamed up with Mariah Carey for a new version of her '90s holiday classic, "All I Want for Christmas Is You," and the results are just about as bad as you'd expect. A sampling of the reactions:
  • "Why has the Bieb launched a
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Fake Robbery in Music Video Brings Real Charges

Eight men charged in New Orleans after police raid

(Newser) - After an alert passerby in New Orleans spotted an armed robbery in progress at a convenience store, police stormed onto the scene and ... discovered it was all part of a music video. Given that some of the fake robbers were carrying unloaded guns, police were not amused. They charged eight...

Angry Farmer to Topless Rihanna: Cover Up

Singer ordered to stop filming after 'inappropriate' behavior

(Newser) - A farmer in Northern Ireland may have given Rihanna permission to shoot her music video in his wheat field—but he most certainly did not give her permission to do so while topless. Alan Graham, 61, was forced to order the singer to cover up during yesterday’s “We...

Kim Kardashian's Vile Music Video Leaked

But we know you'll want to watch it anyway

(Newser) - Kim Kardashian attempted to launch a music career back in March, but her first single never found an audience, so the accompanying music video was never released. Now that Perez Hilton has posted a leaked 54-second clip from the video, “we understand why,” chortles the Huffington Post . Yes,...

'Zenga Zenga' Creator Noy Alooshe Creates Libyan Rebel Remix 'Gadhafi's Hat'
 Next Viral Video: 
 'Gadhafi's Hat' 
Libya remixed

Next Viral Video: 'Gadhafi's Hat'

'Zenga Zenga' guy creates rebel rap

(Newser) - The man who brought you “Zenga Zenga” has a new music video, and this time it’s a Libyan rebel on the mic. Israeli musician and journalist Noy Alooshe autotuned a Sky News interview with a fighter who said he swiped Moammar Gadhafi’s famous military headgear from...

Eminem Shoots Himself in Graphic New Music Video

Rapper plays character struggling with cheating partner

(Newser) - It’s not much of a shock that Eminem would release a shocking music video—after all, we’ve all seen the one where Dominic Monaghan and Megan Fox beat each other up . In his latest video, for “Space Bound,” a distraught Em is dealing with the revelation...

'Perform This Way': Weird Al Channels Lady Gaga

If you ever wanted to see Weird Al in a meat dress, now's your chance

(Newser) - After a little bit of drama , the music video for Weird Al Yankovic’s Lady Gaga parody, “Perform This Way,” is here. It’s basically what you’d expect: A truly scary-looking Weird Al’s head is superimposed on a woman’s body, and is featured wearing, among...

Kanye's Dead Model Video 'Vile:' Critics

'Monster' music video slammed as 'misogynistic'

(Newser) - Models clad only in stilettos hang from nooses. In bed, Kanye West drapes the lifeless arm of one dead woman over another. Disembodied limbs, dead hands trailing the floor, vampires gorging on pretty ladies: Model corpses are basically everywhere in West's new video for "Monster." Is it...

Rihanna 'Man Down' Video Riles Parents' Groups
 Rihanna Defends Violent Video 

Rihanna Defends Violent Video

'Man Down' video attacked by advocacy groups

(Newser) - BET is refusing to pull a violent Rihanna music video that has drawn fire from groups including the Parents Television Council. The video for "Man Down" opens with the singer shooting a man in the head. It's later implied that he may have sexually assaulted her. Rihanna defends...

Rebecca Black's 'Friday' Song Proves Love-Hate World of the Internet: Meghan Daum
 Rebecca Black 
 Proves New 
 Rules of Fame 
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Rebecca Black Proves New Rules of Fame

Meghan Daum: To be really popular, you have to be really unpopular

(Newser) - With Friday, 13-year-old Rebecca Black has a top 20 song on iTunes and a video that’s reached 35 million views—but what she’s most noted for is widespread derision. “We don't hate you because you're famous. You're famous because we hate you,” reads one of the...

Parents Rip Sexy New Miley Video

17-year-old writhes on bed, grinds on dance floor

(Newser) - Another day, another Miley Cyrus sexxxy video scandal. In her latest music video—we watched it so you wouldn’t have to—a blindfolded Ms. Miley romps around on a bed in her underwear, and gets groped on the dance floor while only slightly more clothed. Not surprisingly, the Parents...

Say Hello to the Future of Music Videos

Arcade Fire creates an interactive experience

(Newser) - The Arcade Fire’s music video-slash-website is a harbinger of things to come. The Wilderness Downtown is an interactive experience that combines video of a kid running through a suburb, animated birds, satellite views of the neighborhood where you grew up (you provide the address), and an invitation to write...

Violent Eminem Video Features Megan Fox and ... Rihanna
 Violent Eminem Video 
 Features Megan Fox 
 and ... Rihanna 
does it glamorize abuse?

Violent Eminem Video Features Megan Fox and ... Rihanna

'Love the Way You Lie' combines sex, violence

(Newser) - The highly anticipated video for Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie” is out. It stars Megan Fox, features Rihanna, and has plenty of people unhappy with its message. “Domestic violence is AWESOME” seems to be the theme, writes Whitney Pastorek for Entertainment Weekly . Fox and co-star Dominic...

Alvin Greene Has a Music Video
 Alvin Greene Has a Music Video 
'he's unemployed, too'

Alvin Greene Has a Music Video

Senate candidate from South Carolina releases video so amazing it hurts

(Newser) - Alvin Greene has just launched his first campaign video, and it is priceless. Titled "Alvin Greene Is on the Scene," the video features a dopey hip-hop mix, with some choice lyrics like, "Well Greene's a new face in politics / And he don't show porno to college...

Rihanna Wears Blackface in Video

'Rockstar 101' music video features Slash on guitar

(Newser) - Rihanna wears a series of bizarre costumes in her “Rockstar 101” video, but most notable are the scenes in which her entire face and body are painted black. “She also dresses up like Slash, a train conductor, Anna Wintour, and a human harp,” notes Maureen O'Connor on...

What to Make of MIA's Very Graphic Music Video
 What to Make of 
 MIA's Very Graphic 
 Music Video 
politics or publicity?

What to Make of MIA's Very Graphic Music Video

Is 'Born Free' a political statement or a publicity stunt?

(Newser) - MIA’s latest video is so graphic YouTube banned it in the US. “Born Free,” directed by Romain Gavras and released yesterday, shows US soldiers forcing redheaded men and boys into a bus, driving them to the desert, then shooting, beating, and blowing them up. In addition to...

Johnny Depp Directs Moody New Music Video

Actor doesn't appear in British indie band's video, but it's beautiful nonetheless

(Newser) - Sorry, fellow Johnny Depp lovers: He’s not actually in the music video he directed for British indie band Babybird, but it’s definitely worth watching anyway. The “Unloveable” vid was inspired by the Ambrose Bierce short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” The Frisky notes....

Dallas Pissed Over Erykah Badu Naked Video

Singer was naked in public...without a permit

(Newser) - Dallas officials aren't happy with Erykah Badu's new video , in which she gets naked, in public, at the site of JFK's assassination. But of all possible reasons to be mad, they're upset she didn’t get a permit for filming first, the Dallas Morning News reports. Luckily for her—though...

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