p type="articleSubhead"A pre-"Entourage" Adrian Grenier, a post-"90210" Jason Priestley and many others popped up in Brit's clips.br/By Jocelyn Vena/p p a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1599838/20081120/spears_britney.jhtml" img type="photo" src="http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/news/s/spears_britney/boys_video/281x211.jpg"/ /a br/ i type="articlePhotoCaption"Taye Diggs, Britney Spears and Jason Priestley in "Boys"/i br/ i type="articlePhotoCredit"Photo: Jive/i /p p type="articleText" p Over the past decade, a href="/music/artist/spears_britney/artist.jhtml"Britney Spears/a has had a gaggle of good-looking guys in her videos. From the unknown pretty faces to well-known actors #8212; and even ex-husband Kevin Federline! #8212; Spears has had all different types of eye candy in her clips. /ppHere, we recall the ones who left a lasting impression: /ppa href="/overdrive/?vid=10077"bigb"(You Drive Me) Crazy," 1999/b/big/a /ppbMale Lead/b: Adrian Grenier, who had worked in a few smaller movies before starring in the video. The song appeared in the movie "Drive Me Crazy," in which he starred with Melissa Joan Hart. /ppbSince the Video/b: He's gone on to star in the successful HBO TV series "Entourage," where he plays hot young actor Vincent Chase #8212; a character who eats girls like Britney Spears for breakfast. /ppa href="/overdrive/?vid=53857"bigb"Boys Co-Ed Remix" 2002/b/big/a /ppbMale Leads/b: To be clear, we aren't sure how all these people ended up in the video #8212; but we aren't complaining, either. Here are the names and their pre-Brit credits: Jason Priestley ("Beverly Hills, 90210"), Taye Diggs ("How Stella Got Her Groove Back"), DJ Qualls ("Road Trip"), Pharrell (Neptunes), Mike Myers as Austin Powers (well, "Austin Powers"). /ppbSince the Video/b: Priestley starred in the Lifetime series "Side Order of Life" and will direct an episode of the new "90210." Diggs plays a doctor on "Private Practice" and had roles in the movie musicals "Rent" and "Chicago." Qualls co-starred in "Hustle amp; Flow" and has done a lot of cameos on TV shows. Pharrell has worked with everyone from Gwen Stefani to the Hives since his early days with Britney. And Myers, well, he played the Love Guru with another former Spears leading man: Justin Timberlake. /ppa href="/overdrive/?vid=28136"bigb"Toxic," 2004/b/big/a /ppbMale Lead/b: Martin Henderson, a New Zealander who starred in the TV show "Blue Sky," and supermodel Tyson Beckford, whose previous videos included Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart" and 50 Cent's "21 Questions." /ppbSince the Video/b: Henderson has worked in several Hollywood films, like "Flyboys" with James Franco and "Battle in Seattle" with Charlize Theron. He has a few more movies coming out next year, including "Last Man" with Guy Pearce. Meanwhile, Beckford has also been acting in films such as "Into the Blue," and he recently hosted the Bravo reality show, "Make Me a Supermodel." /ppa href="/overdrive/?vid=37711"bigb"Everytime," 2004/b/big/a /ppbMale Lead/b: Stephen Dorff, who worked in a ton of movies before hooking up with Britney, including "Blade" and "Cecil B. DeMented." /ppbSince the Video/b: He's been in a bunch of movies (does anyone remember "Felon" or "Botched"?) and had an uncredited role as an "audience member" in Pamela Anderson's defunct TV show "Stacked." /ppa href="/overdrive/?vid=35728"bigb"My Prerogative," 2004/b/big/a /ppbMale Lead/b: Kevin Federline, who was a backup dancer and hooked up with Britney before landing in this video. /ppbSince the Video/b: He has attempted rapping and acting, making cameos in "CSI" and "One Tree Hill" playing a, well, wannabe musician. /ppbigbHonorable Mention/b/big /ppMadonna should get some credit for her work in Brit's 2003 video, a href="/overdrive/?vid=25587""Me Against the Music,"/a because we always figured Madge wore the pants in that relationship. Since the clip, Madonna has released a couple of albums and done a few tours, but she's also made a headline or two by adopting a son, allegedly dating Alex Rodriguez and getting a divorce from her director husband, Guy Ritchie. /ppbigbNameless Dudes/b/big /ppFinally, we'd like to take some time to recognize the anonymous pretty faces from some of Britney's other videos. They include the hot astronaut from the "Oops ... I Did It Again" video, the sexy beach guys in the "Sometimes" and "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" clips, and the wholesome boy next door in "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart." There was also that guy in "Stronger" whom we'll never be able to place. We hope the same fate doesn't befall Britney's latest man candy, Brandon Stoughton from a href="/news/articles/1597273/20081016/spears_britney.jhtml"the "Womanizer" video/a. /ppbGetting pumped about a href="/news/articles/1596736/20081009/spears_britney.jhtml"the Britney Spears documentary/a? Share your thoughts by uploading a video to a href="http://yourhere.mtv.com/"YouRHere.MTV.com/a, or sound off in the comments section below. "For the Record" airs Sunday, November 30, at 10 p.m. ET on MTV./b /p /p bRelated Photos/b ul li a type="relatedFlipbook" href="http://www.mtv.com/photos/?fid=1599826"Britney Spears' Leading Men/a /li /ul bRelated Artists/b ul li a type="relatedArtist" href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/spears_britney/artist.jhtml"Britney Spears/a /li /ulbr/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=32b701b4c929436a67adbff26e2d2a9cp=1"img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=32b701b4c929436a67adbff26e2d2a9cp=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=32b701b4c929436a67adbff26e2d2a9c" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MTVNewsLatest/~4/460055618" height="1" width="1"/

p type="articleSubhead"'They are trying to figure it out between me and Hillary,' rapper jokes of Barack Obama cabinet post.br/By Larry Carroll/p p a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1599917/20081120/common.jhtml" img type="photo" src="http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/news/c/common/trl_2007/281x211.jpg"/ /a br/ i type="articlePhotoCaption"Common/i br/ i type="articlePhotoCredit"Photo: Scott Gries/ Getty Images/i /p p type="articleText" p He's a a href="/news/articles/1566617/20070808/common.jhtml"chart-topping rapper/a, the star of a href="/movies/news/articles/1567194/20070815/story.jhtml"hit films like "Wanted,"/a and a socially conscious citizen who just happens to be BFFs with a href="/news/articles/1598607/20081104/story.jhtml"our new president/a. With so much news in his life, what's taken a href="/music/artist/common/artist.jhtml"Common/a so long to launch his own bells-and-whistles Web site? /ppJust moments ago, the soulful Chicagoan flipped the "on" switch, taking a href="http://thinkcommon.com/" target="_blank"ThinkCommon.com/a live for the whole world to see. Taking a break from stocking it with blogs, videos and tiny robot aliens, he spoke exclusively to MTV News about surfing the Web, out-rapping Hillary Clinton, and his audacious plan to sell his upcoming album for 99 cents. /ppBMTV/B: On the new site, one of your first blog entries says: "After years of not giving in to the Internet world, I finally got sucked in." What took so long? /ppbCommon/b: I've definitely been avoiding technology. It was due to me wanting to focus on other things, and I didn't get drawn into it until now. /ppBMTV/B: So you're not the type of guy who rushes out and buys a new iPhone the day it comes out? /ppbCommon/b: No, I've still got the Motorola phone, one of the earlier ones #8212; I've got the RAZR phone. [iLaughs./i] But I do appreciate those that communicate on the Internet, and I respect that community, so that's why I felt like I wanted to be a part of that and be able to dialogue with people that enjoy music, art and communicating on positive things. ... The Web site is very creative and it looks good, man. This is a reflection of what I want artistically. /ppBMTV/B: When you check out ThinkCommon.com, the first thing you see is Common's Chicken Shack restaurant. What's going on in there? /ppbCommon/b: That's based on a place in Chicago called Harold's Chicken Shack. ... We created it to be a vault that would house a lot of old music from Common. It's like a vault holding a lot of historic and classic things that come from Common throughout the years. The whole site is based on the Chicago skyline in the future. We wanted to create something that looked futuristic, so a lot of the buildings that you'll see are based on Chicago buildings. Those are my roots. /ppBMTV/B: So your vision of Chicago's future has the city being taken over by Martians? Because I'm seeing UFOs, and I think an alien is peeking up at me from the Chicken Shack window. /ppbCommon/b: [iLaughs./i] Yeah, you know that alien/robot thing comes from a href="/overdrive/?vid=286026"the video for "Universal Mind Control."/a [In] my imagination, I believe those spaceships are coming to beam down good information. Positive things are coming from those friendly flying saucers. /ppBMTV/B: When we click on the theater marquee, we see blog entries about what's going on in your life. Is this going to be a daily thing? /ppbCommon/b: Yeah, I'm going to do my best to do it daily. I have a team of bloggers that will work with me and bring information, and I want to make clear now that this is straight from me. I'll be typing it #8212; or, if I'm not typing it because my typing is slow, I may have my assistant Val typing, but the words are coming from me. /ppBMTV/B: You've got a tower on your site called "Foundation," and if you click there, you get info for your Common Ground Foundation charity for children. Do you think it's important for a celebrity to give back to his community? /ppbCommon/b: Yeah, and man, we are doing a lot of great things. ... We just had a fundraiser in Chicago in September that brought together a lot of different corporations that donated, and we give the money to programs that are encouraging children to read, encouraging them to educate themselves on health and self-awareness. /ppBMTV/B: Our new president-elect similarly talks about a href="http://www.barackobama.com/issues/service/" target="_blank"the importance of public service/a, and you've been a href="/news/articles/1598763/20081106/jay_z.jhtml"a supporter of Barack Obama's/a for years. Does it feel like a new day to you, or are you just waiting until January 20th? /ppbCommon/b: I've been feeling a new day since November 4th at 11:35 Chicago time. [iLaughs./i] Ever since I first heard that announcement and witnessed everything that I witnessed, a href="/news/articles/1598613/20081105/story.jhtml"being at Grant Park/a. I've been feeling like I'm breathing new air, and I feel the energy coming for a lot of people. I really love it. /ppBMTV/B: Any truth to the rumor that Barack is considering you for secretary of state? /ppbCommon/b: [iLaughs./i] Well, they are trying to figure it out between me and Hillary, and I keep telling them I've got some things I can bring to the table that they've never had before. [iRapping/i] I would be a great secretary of state/ And I'm going to innovate/ Have you ever had a secretary of state/ Who could rhyme so great? /ppBMTV/B: Wow. I don't think Hillary Clinton could do that. /ppbCommon/b: Exactly! /ppBMTV/B: Are you going to the inauguration? /ppbCommon/b: Yes, I will be there for the inauguration. I can't wait. /ppBMTV/B: If you click on your new site's Ferris wheel, it takes you to a shop where you can buy your new album, a href="/news/articles/1597694/20081022/common.jhtml"iUniversal Mind Control,/i/a when it comes out December 9th. But it's only going to cost 99 cents #8212; is that for real? /ppbCommon/b: Yeah, Zune worked out something with the label. Zune has been very supportive of good music. They've been doing stuff with N.E.R.D. and me. I've done a commercial with me and Afrika Bambaataa. They worked out something with the label where you can get the album for 99 cents, and I'm grateful. /ppBMTV/B: Recently, we've seen bands like a href="/news/articles/1573637/20071106/radiohead.jhtml"Radiohead/a and a href="/news/articles/1571936/20071015/radiohead.jhtml"Nine Inch Nails/a give away their albums at reduced costs. When an artist does something like this, is there a danger you might lose a lot of money in the end? /ppbCommon/b: Well, no, [not] for me. I won't make as much as I would have made. But at this point, it's more the "long-run" thing to me, to be honest. ... They'll sell this for 99 cents, and people will be getting in tune with my music, so they'll come out and support a show, go to the Web site and buy some merchandise. ... The most important thing for me is for people to continue to get aware of the Common brand and see something that they want from Common that they can implement into their lives. /ppBMTV/B: Can we assume that if we buy something at Common's Chicken Shack, it'll be a little bit better for us than normal fast food? /ppbCommon/b: [iLaughs./i] Yeah, my chicken shack is definitely a little healthier. There might be a little bit of grease on it to give it some flavor, but I'm cooking up comforting food for the soul. /p /p bRelated Artists/b ul li a type="relatedArtist" href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/common/artist.jhtml"Common/a /li /ulbr/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b91c7cc2e9751cddc521f808b342179ap=1"img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b91c7cc2e9751cddc521f808b342179ap=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=b91c7cc2e9751cddc521f808b342179a" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MTVNewsLatest/~4/460228155" height="1" width="1"/

p type="articleSubhead"iChinese Democracy/i's label is making a sly move to beat i808s amp; Heartbreak/i in first-week sales.br/By Chris Harris/p p a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1599776/20081119/guns_n_roses.jhtml" img type="photo" src="http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/bands/w/west_kanye/axl_vs_kanye/281x211.jpg"/ /a br/ i type="articlePhotoCaption"Kanye West and Axl Rose/i br/ i type="articlePhotoCredit"Photo: MTV News/ Getty Images/i /p p type="articleText" p It was shaping up to be an epic battle between two of music's biggest heavyweights, with a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/west_kanye/artist.jhtml"Kanye West/a #8212; the Louis Vuitton Don, and the man we crowned the Hottest MC in the Game #8212; standing in one corner, wearing the gold trunks and white Shutter Shades, ready to drop a href="/news/articles/1597139/20081015/west_kanye.jhtml"i808s amp; Heartbreak./i/a And in the other: Axl Rose #8212; sporting the black trunks, a Los Angeles Raiders jersey, red cornrows and a little album called a href="/news/articles/1597182/20081016/guns_n_roses.jhtml"iChinese Democracy./i/a /ppWho will walk away with the championship belt? Chances are, it won't be 'Ye. /ppFans are excited, critics and industry watchers look on with great anticipation, and even oddsmakers have jumped into the fray, casting a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/guns_n_roses/artist.jhtml"Guns N' Roses/a as the favorite. But, at the 11th hour, GN'R are making things a bit interesting in this race toward iBillboard/i's peak position. That's because Axl's got a secret weapon: the Eighth Day. /ppAfter years of false starts and broken promises, Geffen Records will finally issue Guns N' Roses' eagerly awaited album this coming Sunday, a day before West's latest hits stores. And a spokesperson for Geffen told MTV News that first-day sales figures for iChinese Democracy/i will not be reported to Nielsen SoundScan until November 30, the same day West's label will report his week-one sales. /ppTypically, albums are released in the U.S. on Tuesdays, and SoundScan tracks weekly sales data from Monday through Sunday, meaning that most albums' debut spots on the iBillboard/i chart are based on six solid sales days. At first, most assumed day-one sales of iChinese Democracy/i #8212; which took Rose more than 16 years to complete #8212; would be reported next week and released the morning of November 26. But GN'R's label is holding off on releasing those sales figures until the following week, setting the stage for an extra boost in the chart standings announced on December 3. /ppWest's only chance at a third consecutive #1 debut is the fact that iChinese Democracy/i will be available exclusively at Best Buy's Web site and stores, whereas i808s/i will be everywhere. /ppThis is a different game from last fall, when Kanye and 50 Cent released solo albums on the very same day. After weeks of hype leading up to their showdown, a href="/news/articles/1570001/20070918/west_kanye.jhtml"West's iGraduation/i pushed 957,000 copies, easily besting iCurtis,/i/a which sold 691,000 copies in week one. /ppBefore Geffen's plan was known, MTV News reached out to U.K. betting company Ladbrokes and online-gaming purveyors Bodog Entertainment to see which album they favor for a #1 opening. Despite West's immense popularity, the numerous leaks of iChinese Democracy/i over the years and GN'R's Best Buy deal, oddsmakers from both companies said Guns' LP has the best chance of scoring a chart-topping debut. /ppBodoglife.com Sportsbook manager Richard Gardner put the odds at -130 in favor of Guns #8212; which is basically the same thing as saying there's a 56 percent chance that Axl will outsell West. Meanwhile, he put the odds at -110 for a Kanye West win, or a 52 percent chance that his album will enter the chart at the peak position. /pp"We would quote 1/3 on Guns N' Roses, and 5/2 on Kanye West," said Nick Weinberg, head of Ladbrokes' novelty betting division. "So we make Guns N' Roses the favorite to top the charts in the week immediately after the release, due to the massive sense of anticipation surrounding the album. 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