When new-wave novelties the Buggles infamously claimed that video killed the radio star, MTV was just a bratty little baby. Today, however, there is hardly such a thing as a radio star without a video. Here, we separate the haves from the have-lesses in current high-profile clips.
KATHARINE MCPHEE, ''Love Story''
The Premise Whoa. In this gloriously plotless clip, the once-demure American Idol runner-up has apparently become a model student in the Beyoncé School of Booty Shaking and Big Hair.
Watch the video, see EW's grade, and add your grade below
Does It Work? Affirmative, though all the sexiness is sort of like watching your little sister get ready for her first big date. Does she know how much trouble boys can be? B+
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