Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
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Apr 17, 2022
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Big laughs. Smart takes. Every day. Commotion is where you go for thoughtful and vibrant conversations about all things pop culture. Host Elamin Abdelmahmoud calls on journalists, critics, creators and friends to talk through the biggest arts & entertainment stories of the day, in 30 minutes or less.
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Why some Canadian screenwriters are pushing back against AI, and Dune: Prophecy is here
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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How AI is shaping the future of book publishing, and the Céline Dion musical Titanique
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Does Moana 2 deliver on the hype, and viral celebrity lookalike contests
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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The barriers facing Canadian Black artists, and Silo season 2 is here
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Kendrick's surprise album, and Drake's surprise legal action
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Why people can't stop talking about Emilia Pérez
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Our relationship with 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', and Rust premieres
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Gladiator II and Wicked are finally here
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Shawn Mendes leans into folk on comeback album
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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My Old Ass charms audiences, and do we still need the Sexiest Man Alive?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Author Ian Williams on the Giller Prize and navigating the tensions in CanLit
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Jake Paul v. Mike Tyson, and Say Nothing and its depiction of the Troubles
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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What happens when Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour comes to town?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Are reality shows keeping their contestants safe, and what X looks like post-election
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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What the Grammy nominations tell us about pop music right now, and the Megan Thee Stallion documentary
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Heretic gives us a sinister Hugh Grant, and Somebody Somewhere's final season
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Filmmaker Steve McQueen tackles race and class in World War II film Blitz
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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What Yellowstone tells us about America right now
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Tyler the Creator at the top of his game, and My Dead Mom
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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What Trump's win says about pop culture's role in Presidential races
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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The brilliance of Quincy Jones
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Kamala Harris on SNL, Tom Hanks's new film Here and the Hallmark Christmas movie season has started
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Three CBC defenders respond to calls to defund the CBC
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Tony Hinchcliffe and mixing comedy and politics, and Indigenous horror
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Three critics on the future of the CBC
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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The legacy of Vince Carter, and the backlash to WWE's Bad Blood
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Beyonce at the Kamala Harris rally, and a new Martha Stewart documentary
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Does the Vatican thriller Conclave preach to our times, and Hasan Minhaj's Netflix special
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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The horror movies haunting our spooky season
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Why Andrew Garfield's sincerity is working
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Anora is already an Oscar frontrunner, and Fan Bingbing’s return to acting
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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How The Daily Wire's film Am I Racist? shapes the culture war, and Han Kang's translation
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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How Liam Payne's death has been covered
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Two Palestinian artists reflect on how the war has affected their art
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Dragons' Den goes viral over boba tea, and Culinary Class Wars
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Who gets to claim Fred Perry? And The Franchise
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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K-os's iconic album Joyful Rebellion turns 20
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Alfonso Cuaron's new show Disclaimer is finally here, and Ali Wong's new special
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Kamala's interview on Call Her Daddy, and the Slow Horses finale
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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The Tragically Hip docuseries and who defines the legacy of the Hip
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Mustafa's new album, Dunya, is a masterpiece
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Jewish creators reflect on Oct. 7 and how art shapes memory
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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The film Saturday Night, and SNL's ongoing identity crisis
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Wrestling with Vince McMahon's legacy, and The Death Tour brings wrestling to the north
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Ellen DeGeneres' farewell to comedy, and the steamy new medical drama Doctor Odyssey
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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How the TV series So Long, Marianne reimagines the muse, and a new South Asian category at the Junos
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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How Indigenous Futurism is changing the conversation
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Megalopolis is divisive, and the return of George Clooney and Brad Pitt
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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What the Diddy allegations mean for the music industry, and the allure of The Wild Robot
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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What Will & Harper gets right, and how Sally Rooney became a brand
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Trudeau's late-night TV debut with Stephen Colbert, and the adaptation of My Brilliant Friend
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Mr. Beast's reality show is a mess, and the dominance of Penguin Random House
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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How The Substance tackles aging in Hollywood, and Katy Perry's messy album rollout
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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The exploitation of Black artists, and recycled red carpet looks
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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HBO's The Penguin is finally here, and LL Cool J's new album
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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How an onstage fight ended the Jane's Addiction reunion tour, and how is Raygun ranked No.1?
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Highlights from the 2024 Emmys, and a surprising winner at TIFF
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Beyoncé’s CMA snub, Kendrick at the Super Bowl, Linkin Park’s new singer
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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TIFF in 12: The controversy over the Russians at War documentary
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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TIFF in 12: The profound horniness of Babygirl, and the dilemma of Canadian movies
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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The eliminated Juno categories, and The Perfect Couple on Netflix
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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TIFF In 12: How body horror shows up in films like Nightbitch, The Substance, and The Shrouds
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Why the U.S. presidential debate made for great TV, and Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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What the Netflix movie Rebel Ridge gets right, and the fight to release The Apprentice
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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TIFF in 12: Emilia Pérez is the surprise at the festival, and The Bibi Files documentary
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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TIFF In 12: Rad & Teri's chaotic weekend, Anora, and Paying For It
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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How APTN changed Indigenous film and television
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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What you need to know about TIFF 2024, and Beetlejuice returns
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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The controversy surrounding ELLE Canada’s list of influential Canadian women
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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The English Teacher tackles woke culture in the classroom, and a new era in MILF cinema
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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The brilliance of Pachinko, and champion eaters Chestnut and Kobayashi go head-to-head
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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All the fall TV shows you need to know
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Why is Ronald Reagan so hard to capture in film? And, Only Murders in the Building returns
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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The Paralympic Games start in Paris, and Netflix's Worst Ex Ever
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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What we can learn from the end of Bennifer 2.0, and the surprising history of Krautrock
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Don't look back in anger: the Oasis reunion is happening. How we got here.
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Why don't men read fiction, and are the Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial plays actually good?
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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The Crow reboot, and what Lil Jon, Jason Isbell and the DNC performances mean for the election
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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How racism shows up on book covers and what this says about the publishing industry
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Chappell Roan, Halsey, and when fan culture goes too far
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Looking back on the legacy of daytime TV pioneer Phil Donahue
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Anna Marie Tendler's new memoir digs deep into her own mental health and past relationships
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Post Malone's turn towards country music, and the Eras Tour resumes again
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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The backlash towards that John Krasinski Rogers ad, and Tyler Perry's latest film
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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The rise and fall of 90s TV psychic Miss Cleo, and the Kneecap movie
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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It Ends With Us and the Colleen Hoover fandom, and Industry’s season 3
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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A star-studded Olympics wrap
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Why celebrities are celebrating Vybz Kartel's prison release
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Will Kamala's Hollywood glow hurt her on election day, and the prison drama Sing Sing
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Dirty Pop doc and the fraud behind your favourite 90s boy bands
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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House of the Dragon finale, and why everyone is talking about Didi
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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How The Matrix shaped our relationship to technology and politics
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Some fans are mad that Robert Downey Jr. is back as Doctor Doom. Will it pay off for Marvel?
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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How Cigarettes After Sex became the cult band of the moment,and why surfing is so boring to watch on TV
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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How streaming and TikTok have changed the Olympics
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Commotion Introduces | Olympic FOMO: Canada's Golden Girls
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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NewJeans, Hybe, and the battle at the heart of K-pop, and Rema's new album HEIS
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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How Miranda July's All Fours became the book of the summer, and College Football 25
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Can Deadpool and Wolverine end the Marvel slump? And the return of the Olympics
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Childish Gambino's new album, and a look at Donald Glover's career
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Apple's streaming service has the best shows, why is no one watching? And K-pop goes primetime
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Kamala Harris and the meme campaign, and breakdancing at the Olympics
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Twisters makes Glen Powell a star, and the millennial midlife crisis
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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The photo of Trump’s assassination attempt, in pop culture and memes
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Katy Perry's botched comeback, and the New York Times best books of the 21st century
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Dozens of Canadian writers protest the Giller Prize’s relationship with Scotiabank
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Eminem's legacy and the death of Slim Shady
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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American politics is broken, what's the role of late night and political satirists?
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Is Nicolas Cage's Longlegs the scariest movie of the year so far?
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us video, and Hollywood turning its back on Biden
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Like many of her characters, Alice Munro betrayed her own daughter
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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How Despicable Me became a juggernaut franchise, and Emma Stone's freak era continues in Kinds of Kindness
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Why some artists are turning to OnlyFans
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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The year in music so far, and what is the song of the summer?
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Is Will Smith's comeback complete?
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Why Fancy Dance is a turning point for Indigenous cinema
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Kanye gutted a house by a famous architect, and The Last Timbit musical
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Carley Fortune brings out Canada's romantic side
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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The Bear is back, what does it tell us about friendship?
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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How Slave Play changed the conversation around theatre, and Céline Dion's new doc
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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How Joni Mitchell shaped how we talk about music
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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A new podcast about the internet's most viral moments, and why aren't people wearing headphones?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Living in Charli XCX's Brat world, and how the alt-right is co-opting dance music
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Bonus: How to celebrate National Indigenous People’s Day all summer long
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Remembering Donald Sutherland, highlights at the Indspire Awards and the new cheerleading movie Backspot
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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What Hollywood gets wrong about age-gap relationships, and the new Black Barbie documentary
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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How Tubi became a streaming giant, and A24's film Tuesday
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Celebrating Céline Dion ahead of her upcoming documentary
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Getting ready for summer theatre season, and Wu-Tang Clan's rare album finally sees the light
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Does Inside Out 2 make puberty fun? And the new action/comedy Hit Man
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Presumed Innocent and why everything seems to be getting a reboot
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Does the true crime genre do justice to the story of Reena Virk's murder?
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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How a lawsuit could change the future of reggaeton, and the new doc How Music Got Free
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Why are women still underplayed on Canadian radio? And Netflix's Dancing For the Devil
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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New Alec Baldwin reality show and "Wah Gwan Drake?"
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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The fight to make orchestras and music schools safer for women
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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What does the popularity of Tires on Netflix tell us about comedy?
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Celebrating the Nelly Furtado-sance, and the Big Cigar
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Is this the best season of Hacks yet? And a CSA recap
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Ilana Glazer's new movie Babes, and Lizzo's name-drop on South Park
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May 31, 2024 |
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From Jennifer Lopez to The Black Keys, why aren't concerts selling well?
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May 30, 2024 |
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What's the way out of Hollywood's box office crisis?
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May 29, 2024 |
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Can 50 Cent be trusted with the upcoming Diddy documentary? And Netflix's big bet on Korean TV
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May 28, 2024 |
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The finale of the Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, and the King’s portrait
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May 27, 2024 |
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Did Apple Music's list of 100 Best Albums make you mad?
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May 24, 2024 |
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How Black Twitter changed the culture
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May 23, 2024 |
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Billie Eilish is a different kind of pop star
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May 22, 2024 |
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Megalopolis, Furiosa, and all the highlights from Cannes 2024
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May 21, 2024 |
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How Stax Records changed music forever
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May 20, 2024 |
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Bridgerton is back, and why no one seems to like the Amy Winehouse movie
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May 17, 2024 |
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Can Oprah make amends for her role in popularizing diet culture, and the new X-men '97 adaptation
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May 16, 2024 |
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Remembering Alice Munro
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May 15, 2024 |
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What needs to change when the WNBA comes to Canada, and soap operas done TikTok style
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May 14, 2024 |
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The most political Eurovision in recent memory, and Randy Travis's AI song
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May 13, 2024 |
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Baby Reindeer's real Martha speaks, and that Apple ad
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May 10, 2024 |
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Misogynoir underscores the Drake and Kendrick beef, and John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
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May 09, 2024 |
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Is the music industry built for mothers?
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May 08, 2024 |
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The 2024 Met Gala highlights and Luxe Listings Toronto
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May 07, 2024 |
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The Fall Guy and the future of the blockbuster
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May 06, 2024 |
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Anne Hathaway's Idea of You, and Dua Lipa's star moment
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May 03, 2024 |
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Did Kendrick win the beef? And Seinfeld says the 'extreme left' killed comedy
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May 02, 2024 |
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MAILBAG: The Tortured Poets Department and this moment in Taylor Swift
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May 02, 2024 |
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What happens to TikTok now? And the new Bon Jovi docu-series
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May 01, 2024 |
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Why Burton Cummings is trying to stop his old band from playing his songs
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Why people can't stop thinking about Baby Reindeer, and the plight of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Weinstein's court win, and Zendaya's moment in Challengers
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Commotion Introduces: Split Screen: Kid Nation
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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The lasting influence of soul artist Jackie Shane
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Unpacking the Shōgun finale, and can we Scrabble Together?
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Do true crime stories help or exploit? And unpacking Drake's new diss track
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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How theatres are being tricked by AI, and the dark comedy The Sympathizer comes to TV
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Diving into Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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An Israeli artist's statement on the world's biggest art stage
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Civil War is at the top of the box office, but what is it trying to say?
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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How covering O.J. Simpson reshaped entertainment
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Kill Tony is one of the biggest comedy shows right now, and The People's Joker is finally out
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Fallout, Netflix's Ripley, and J.Cole's diss track saga and whether artist rivalries make for better art
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Scoop and the interview that ended Prince Andrew’s career
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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A searching conversation with Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Where did all the blunt cultural criticism go?, and trouble in the small press world
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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WrestleMania 40 was a turning point for WWE
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Apr 08, 2024 |