Britney Spears GIF-ting Fans With 'Criminal' Teases

One of five gifs posted online includes footage of Spears with boyfriend Jason Trawick.
By Jocelyn Vena

Britney Spears' "Criminal" teaser
Photo: Jive/Sony

It's a big week for music video premieres thanks to Justin Bieber, Beyoncé and Rihanna. And Britney Spears wants in on the fun too, as her "Criminal" video is also set to drop this week. Spears gave fans a taste of what to expect with a series of GIFs at Tumblr.

The five GIFs begin to weave together the story of the Chris Marrs Piliero-directed video. In one tease, Spears is all dolled up in a lacy cocktail dress as she attends a glamorous party. In another tease, Spears is seen running out of a building with gun in hand.

Another tease represents art imitating life. In it, Spears and real-life boyfriend Jason Trawick, who also plays her love interest in the video, share a kiss. The other two teases are a bit less action-oriented as she's just spotted standing around looking sexy in a black lingerie dress and twirling her hair around.

Spears looks incredibly glam in the teases for the slow jam's video, something that Piliero teased on Twitter recently. "Not a whole lot I'm allowed to say about the @britneyspears criminal vid other than that I love this video and can't wait for it to come out," he wrote. "Oh and that she looks gorgeous in it ... pretty sure it's cool for me to say that. ..."

The video is expected to drop this week, although the exact release date hasn't been announced.

Spears shot the video last month in London, right before kicking off the European leg of her Femme Fatale Tour. Little is known about the plot of the video, but when Spears was photographed carrying a prop gun on set, politicians in the U.K. accused the star of glorifying violence after the London riots. The video was shot in Hackney, which was hit hard by the August riots, and local politicians were upset by what they saw as an insensitive gesture by Spears.

"It is only a music video, but it's images like this, with pop stars glamorizing gangs, which means that some young people ... get drawn in," Hackney's Member of Parliament Diane Abbott told the ITV news program "London Tonight." "Britney should really know better."

Spears' camp shrugged off any criticism in a statement to MTV News: "The video is a fantasy story featuring Britney's boyfriend, Jason Trawick, which literally plays out the lyrics of a song written three years before the riots ever happened."

Related Photos

• Britney Spears Teases 'Criminal' Video With Photos!

Related Artists

• Britney Spears

Ana Ivanovi Ana Paula Lemes Ananda Lewis Angela Marcello

Beyonce Invites J. Cole Over For A 'Party' In New Video

Clip, which premiered Wednesday night, also features appearances from Kelly Rowland and Solange Knowles.
By James Dinh

Beyonce in her "Party" music video
Photo: Columbia

Beyoncé is known as one of the industry's hardest-working pop stars — even when she's expecting. A mere week and a half since dropping her boy-band tribute video for "Love on Top," the pop titan has unveiled the visual for her J. Cole remix of "Party" on Wednesday night's (October 26) episode of BET's "106 & Park."

"Party" takes viewers back to an old-school backyard celebration full of colorful bikinis, freestyle dancing and a few familiar faces, including sister Solange Knowles and former Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland. Throughout the video, B lets loose, playing a sort of party host. If she isn't lounging in beach chairs, she's dancing among her friends or mowing the yawn. Yes, Beyoncé is multitasking!

And it wouldn't be a celebration without an appearance from J. Cole, the guest MC behind the remix of the Kanye West-produced tune. Midway through the video, the Roc Nation signee pulls up to the party with his ride glimmering brightly in the sun and spits his verse in the parking lot.

B fans learned there would be a clip for "Party" back in August, when the mom-to-be was spotted in New Jersey's Oakdale Mobile Home Park. Probably due to her impending motherhood, Queen B shot a slew of videos for cuts from her album, 4, ahead of time. "Party" follows previous clips for "Love on Top," "Countdown," "1+1," "Run the World (Girls)" and "Best Thing I Never Had."

What do you think of Beyoncé's new video? Share your reviews below!

Related Videos

• Beyonce's 'Countdown' Video Dissected

Related Artists

• Beyoncé

Daniella Alonso Danneel Harris Deanna Russo Denise Richards

Kris Humphries ?Devastated? Over Kim Kardasian Filing For Divorce

Kris Humphries “Devastated” Over Kim Kardasian Filing For Divorce

Kris Humphries, who just married reality star Kim Kardashian ten weeks ago, was surprised to hear that Kim wanted a divorce. Kris admits Kim’s divorce [...]

Kris Humphries “Devastated” Over Kim Kardasian Filing For Divorce Stupid Celebrities Gossip Stupid Celebrities Gossip News

Arielle Kebbel Ashanti Ashlee Simpson Ashley Greene

Justin Bieber's 'Mistletoe' Co-Star Dishes About Kiss

Ali Williams calls smooch 'very professional' in video for first single from Under the Mistletoe, which drops Tuesday.
By Jocelyn Vena

Ali Williams and Justin Bieber in "Mistletoe"
Photo: Island Def Jam

In the time since Justin Bieber dropped his "Mistletoe" video, his leading lady, Ali Williams, explains that things have been a little different for her. The18-year-old college freshman is still reeling from the experience and all the attention she's been getting.

"My friends were freaking out a little more than I was," Williams dished to MTV News. "I wasn't really prepared for all the stuff that was happening. I think that pretty much everyone has been pretty supportive. There's some things out there that are untrue, just as far as my age and stuff, but everyone has been really nice and supportive about that."

The big role came after a last-minute email from her agent about the audition. And while director Roman White and his crew kept the project pretty secretive at the audition, Williams used context clues and research to figure out she might be starring in a Bieber video. Eventually, she landed the gig, and the day before the Nashville-area September shoot, she learned who the video was for.

"I definitely admire him. He's very successful in what he's doing. I wasn't too familiar with his music, but I was very excited to meet him, and I'm glad that I did," she confessed.

"He was really nice. He was a good person. I heard that he was a nice guy, just from what you read in magazines and stuff, so I wasn't really worried about meeting him. He was ... really easy to get along with, really polite. As far as the kissing, it was very professional. It's just a job."

She said she hopes the video opens doors for her as she continues to pursue an acting career while also attending Nashville's Belmont University, where she's studying journalism.

"I was really happy about [the video]. I think it was edited well, and it all came together. I really liked it," she said. "I would definitely say this is one of my favorite jobs I've done so far. Overall, I just thought the whole set was a lot of fun 'cause they made it look exactly like Christmas, and they have fake snow and everything.

"It looked really good, and it was weird because it was 75 degrees outside, and we had Santa and snow. It was really good, and it was fun."

"Mistletoe" is the lead single off Under the Mistletoe. The album, which drops Tuesday, features Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, Usher, Busta Rhymes and the Band Perry.

Share your thoughts on the "Mistletoe" video in the comments below!

Related Videos

• MTV First: Justin Bieber

Related Photos

• A Very Bieber Christmas

Related Artists

• Justin Bieber

Jamie Chung Jamie Gunns Jamie Lynn Sigler Janet Jackson

Beavis And Butt-Head 'Taking Shots' At Reality Shows, Mike Judge Promises

Duo return to MTV with new episodes tonight.
By Kevin P. Sullivan

Beavis and Butt-Head
Photo: MTV

It's been almost 14 years since the slackest slackers of a generation, Beavis and Butt-head, filled the airwaves with their shenanigans, but when the duo return to television with new episodes Thursday (October 27), the MTV they return to is quite a different one.

Creator Mike Judge had to address the changes to the channel when deciding which direction to take the show in. Without music videos playing as regularly on MTV, there is less of an opportunity for Beavis and Butt-head to sit around and comment on them as they did during the show's original run. Reality shows like "Jersey Shore" and "16 and Pregnant" have replaced what were formerly blocks of music videos, and Judge said he wanted the new "Beavis and Butt-head" episodes to reflect that shift.

According to Judge, MTV reality shows comprise 60 percent of the content Beavis and Butt-head sit and watch now. The transition from music videos to reality programming has been an easy one for Judge. "I think it is easier taking shots at the reality shows than music videos," Judge said.

Missed it the first time around? MTV's Remote Control has a Beginner's Guide To "Beavis and Butt-head"!

But Beavis and Butt-head didn't just make fun of the videos they watched. "In the beginning of the first run, I did a lot of what I would call taking shots at the videos," Judge said. "But then a lot of times I would just have them talk about whatever, and it didn't necessarily have that much to do about saying anything one way or another about the video."

Reality TV, on the other hand, is a different story. Judge has found that with the new crop of shows, the material is too ripe for ridicule to ignore. "With the reality shows, it just feels like pay dirt to me," Judge said. "Those shows have just been really fun to have Beavis and Butt-head watch."

Don't miss "Beavis and Butt-head" when it returns to TV Thursday at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Related Videos

• Beavis and Butt-Head | 'Epic' Promo

Georgina Grenville Gina Carano Gina Gershon Gina Philips

Elin Nordegren: Halloween School Run with Sam & Charlie

Having settled into life as a single mother, Elin Nordegren was spotted tending to her costume-clad kiddies in Palm Beach, Florida on Halloween (October 31).

The model and former wife of pro golfer Tiger Woods dutifully dropped Sam Alexis and Charlie Axel off at school while receiving plenty of help from nannies along the way.

The sighting comes amidst rumors that Miss Nordegren is moving on with her love life - though the claims are far from being confirmed.

Interestingly enough, an MSN report tells that Elin's new suitor happens to have dated one of Tiger's mistresses, as he apparently was shacked up with Rachel Uchitel at the time the big cheating scandal broke.

Alicia Witt Amanda Bynes Amanda Detmer Amanda Marcum

R-Pattz on K-Stew: "Technically We Are Already Married"

It turns out the wedding scene in Breaking Dawn was a lot more realistic than it initially appeared to be. During a recent press conference in Sweden to promote the movie, leading man Robert Pattinson admitted that he and real-life girlfriend Kristen Stewart are now technically married!

Ivanka Trump Izabella Miko Izabella Scorupco Jaime King