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(August 26, 2001)
BILLBOARD MUSIC VIDEO AWARD NOMINATIONS
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NEWS ON MICHAEL JACKSON
VIDEO
Paul Hunter-videos received 4
nominations for the 2001
Billboard Music Video Awards. Paul Hunter himself received
a nomination for Director Of The Year, an award he won back in
1998, and was nominated for last year. The awards will be held
November 2 in Los Angeles as part of the annual Billboard Music Video
Conference.
***Nomination***
Director of the Year: Paul Hunter (Lady Marmalade, Like A
Feather, Again)
***Nomination*** Best Pop New Artist Clip
of the Year: "Like A Feather" - Nikka Costa
***Nomination***
Best Dance Clip of the Year: "Lady Marmalade" -
Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink, Lil' Kim
***Nomination***
Best Modern Rock New Artist Clip of the Year: "Like A
Feather" - Nikka Costa
***Nomination***
Best Adult Contemporary Clip of the Year: "Again" -
Lenny Kravitz
More information has been discovered
about the new Michael Jackson video Rock My World
that Paul Hunter is shooting in Los Angeles. Actors Chris Tucker
(who appears at the beginning of the track, currently heard on the
radio) and Marlon Brando will be making cameos in the video.
Fellow HSI Productions director Diane Martel will be shooting
B-camera (the secondary footage used in the video).
(August 24, 2001)
GAP DENIM COMMERCIALS @ GAP.COM
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UPCOMING GAP COMMERCIALS
Gap.com
has finally posted digitized versions of all four Paul Hunter-directed
commercials for Gap Denim:
The Old, Old
School (featuring Nikka Costa)
the camera starts up close to Nikka's body, slowly spiralling away
from her, revealing the singer singing on a huge empty soundstage
(similar camera angles as Paul Hunter's D'angelo video Untitled
(How Does It Feel)
Girl
(featuring Juliette Lewis & Daft Punk)
Juliette Lewis (actress) and French DJ's Daft Punk (with robot heads)
dancing to the Daft Punk track Digital Love
Scratch
(featuring DJ Shannyn, DJ Rob Swift, DJ Short Kut)
three DJ's scratching on turn tables (the girl is actress Shannyn
Sossamon from the film A Knight's Tale)
Love
(featuring Will Ferrell)
Will Ferrell (comedian from Saturday Night Live) imitating Neil
Diamond, performing Forever In Blue Jeans
In an article about the Daft Punk/Juliette
Lewis Gap Denim commercial at NME.com,
it was mentioned that two upcoming commercials for the ad campaign will
also feature Tricky & Duran Duran.
read
article here
(August 23, 2001)
***BREAKING NEWS***
PAUL HUNTER SHOOTS VIDEO FOR
MICHAEL JACKSON
It is been reported that Paul Hunter is
currently in Los Angeles shooting the new Michael Jackson video Rock
My World. The track is the lead single from MJ's highly
anticipated album Invincible, due out this Fall.
(thanks to JAT for the info)
(August 23, 2001)
GAP DENIM COMMERCIALS
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NIKE "FREESTYLE"
NOMINATED FOR AWARD
Reports have come in regarding the four
Paul Hunter-directed commercials for Gap
Denim. One features singer Nikka Costa; one features three
DJ's (the girl DJ is Shannyn Sossamon, the female lead from A Knight's
Tale); one features actress Juliette Lewis with robots dancing around
her (?); and one features Saturday Night Live comedian Will Farrell as a
redneck (?). The commercials have been seen on NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX,
MTV, & MuchMusic.
(thanks to J. Dillard & jenjen for the info)
The Paul Hunter-directed commercial Nike
"Freestyle" has been nominated for an Emmy
Award in the category of Oustanding Commercial.
Awards will be handed out September 16.
(August 17, 2001)
GAP DENIM COMMERCIALS
The brand new Paul
Hunter-directed commercials for Gap
Denim have premiered the past few days. I haven't
personally seen all the clips, but I know that one features Nikka
Costa singing and another involves DJ's and robot heads (?).
Expect to see these clips ALOT on channels like MTV & MuchMusic.
(thanks to Migs & Trudeau for the info)
(August 13, 2001)
GAP & MOUNTAIN DEW COMMERCIALS
More information has been
discovered about the upcoming Paul Hunter-directed Gap
commercial spots. He has shot a total of 4 spots for a new
upcoming Gap campain. Like Gap's previous ad campaigns, we can
expect to see these commercials airing 24/7 on every station imaginable.
:-)
Paul Hunter was in New York in early
August to shoot a new commercial for Mountain
Dew.
(July 26, 2001)
SUNSHINE ANDERSON VIDEO PREMIERES ON BET 106 & PARK
Sunshine Anderson made a
guest appearance on BET's
106 & Park yesterday afternoon to premiere her new Paul
Hunter-directed video Lunch or Dinner. The setting
for the video (which was shot in Malibu in early June) is a giant
house-party at a beach house.
(July 24, 2001)
2001 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
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AALIYAH SPECIAL ED.
DVD
Yesterday, MTV
announced the nominees for its annual MTV Video Music Awards.
Of the 11 Paul Hunter-directed videos that were eligible for awards this
year, 4 came away with nominations. Lady Marmalade
received a total of 6 nominations, including one for Best Video of
the Year:
***Nomination***
Best Video Of The Year: "Lady Marmalade" - Christina
Aguilera, Mya, Lil' Kim, Pink
***Nomination***
Best Male Video: "Again" - Lenny Kravitz
***Nomination***
Best Female Video: "Love Don't Cost A Thing" -
Jennifer Lopez
***Nomination***
Best Dance Video: "Love Don't Cost A Thing" -
Jennifer Lopez
***Nomination***
Best Dance Video: "Lady Marmalade" - Christina
Aguilera, Mya, Lil' Kim, Pink
***Nomination***
Best Pop Video: "Lady Marmalade" - Christina Aguilera,
Mya, Lil' Kim, Pink
***Nomination***
Best New Artist in a Video: "Like A Feather" - Nikka
Costa
***Nomination***
Best Video from a Film: "Lady Marmalade" - Christina
Aguilera, Mya, Lil' Kim, Pink
***Nomination***
Best Choreography in a Video: "Lady Marmalade" -
Christina Aguilera, Mya, Lil' Kim, Pink
***Nomination***
Best Art Direction in a Video: "Lady Marmalade" -
Christina Aguilera, Mya, Lil' Kim, Pink
One video that unexpectedly came away
with no nominations was Christina Aguilera's Come On Over (All I Want
Is You), which got alot of airplay on the music channel. The
awards will be handed out on September 7.
The brand new self-titled album from Aaliyah
was released in stores last week. A special edition version of the
CD includes a DVD disc containing some of her best music videos as well
as behind-the-scenes footage. This DVD includes the Paul
Hunter-directed videos for One In A Million and her
latest, We Need A Resolution. The special edition
double disc album should be available in most stores all across North
America.
(July 4, 2001)
MTV VMA 2001
Last week, MTV.com
opened a new section
on its site dedicated to the upcoming 2001 MTV Video Music Awards.
The new section contains an area where you can vote for the nominees in
the Viewers Choice & MTV2 categories, as well as a complete list
of all eligible videos. To be eligible, the videos must be played
on MTV at least once between June 8, 2001 and June 7, 2001. Of the
400 or so videos played on MTV this past year, 11 were directed by Paul
Hunter. Of these videos, expect nominations for Come On Over
(Christina Aguilera), Lady Marmalade (Christina, Mya, Pink, Lil'
Kim), The Way I Am (Eminem), Love Don't Cost A Thing
(Jennifer Lopez), & Again (Lenny Kravitz); these videos received alot of airplay on MTV this past
year. Actually, most of Paul Hunter's videos this year have been
so popular on MTV that each one has a big chance of being nominated.
Love Don't Cost A Thing (Jennifer Lopez) is one of 20 videos in
contention for being nominated for the Viewers Choice award. Like
A Feather (Nikka Costa) is one of 18 videos in contention for being
nominated for the MTV2 award, which focuses on new artists. The
nominations should be announced sometime in mid to late July, and the
awards are scheduled to be handed out September 6, 2001.
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