Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud

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Weekly wrap: Oscar predictions!

Sinners and One Battle After Another are dominating the most exciting Oscar race in years. Plus, the best actor field is wildly competitive between Michael B. Jordan, Leonardo DiCaprio and Wagner Moura. But maybe Ethan Hawke pulls out a dark horse win? Film critics Rad Simonpilla ...  Show more

 . 27min 33sec

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Weekly wrap: Oscar predictions!

Sinners and One Battle After Another are dominating the most exciting Oscar race in years. Plus, the best actor field is wildly competitive between Michael B. Jordan, Leonardo DiCaprio and Wagner Moura. But maybe Ethan Hawke pulls out a dark horse win? Film critics Rad Simonpilla ...  Show more

 . 27min 33sec
Will Ticketmaster face accountability for the 'broken' concert industry? And, The President's Cake

A recent case brought forward by the U.S. Department of Justice claims the ‘concert industry is broken’ and that Live Nation and Ticketmaster are to blame. Policy expert Vass Bednar and musician Rollie Pemberton join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss the case, proposed settlement an ...  Show more

 . 25min 38sec
Why are we seeing more book bans? And, Timothée Chalamet's Oscar campaign

Last fall, Alberta’s education minister ordered schools across the province to remove books containing explicit depictions of a sexual act from their libraries and classrooms. Over 150 titles have been removed from shelves, including the graphic novel version of Margaret Atwood’s ...  Show more

 . 29min 23sec
Spotify is cracking down on AI streams, and the unexpected joy of Angine de poitrine

At the end of last year, several prominent artists lost millions of streams from the Spotify bot crackdown including Doechii, Davido and BTS' Jimin. The move has sparked conversations online around the impact of artificial intelligence and inflated statistics. Music industry insi ...  Show more

 . 25min 11sec
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returns her Toronto film critics award, and Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride!

Almost half of the Toronto Film Critics Association's members have resigned after it was revealed that actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ recent acceptance speech was edited to remove her support for Palestine. Canadian Press reporter Alex Nino Gheciu tells Elamin about the fallout. ...  Show more

 . 25min 11sec