Commotion is proud to announce the most highly anticipated reading list of the year. Elamin will reveal the five Canadian celebrities and the five books they'll be championing, and give each panelist a thirty second preview of what's to come.

Almost a decade after his presidency, Barack Obama is still a cultural force. Jennifer Zhan and Eric Deggans get into Obama’s lasting cultural relevance — and why artists may not want to be on his year-end lists. Plus, are Canadians being left off of best-of lists? Music journalist and author Michael Barclay offers some theories as to why Canadian music may have fallen off on the international stage.

Did Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer steal jokes? Katt Williams seems to think so. Comedian and podcast host Ashley Ray joins Elamin for a special episode of Commotion, where the pair dive into the explosive comments Williams made during a recent interview on the Club Shay Shay podcast.

Argylle, a highly-anticipated spy thriller novel by debut author Elly Conway, is out today — and fans speculate that Taylor Swift might actually be behind it. Elamin chats with author Heather Marshall and professor Elly McCausland about the role fandoms play in publicity. Plus, theatre critic Aisling Murphy explains the controversy surrounding a cancelled staging of the award-winning play The Runner, about violence in the middle east, in B.C.

Entertainment reporter Teri Hart checks in with a morning-after recap of the highlights and surprises from the 81st Golden Globe Awards, the first to be held since the dissolution of its scandal-plagued organizing body the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Plus, music journalist Maura Johnston and Vulture’s Switched On Pop podcast producer Reanna Cruz tell us about the big albums and dominant trends we can expect from the world of pop music in 2024.

The Golden Globes are this Sunday, which means awards season is finally here! After a year of blockbuster films and Hollywood strikes, Elamin chats with comedians/podcasters Ashley Ray and Trevor Campbell, and film critic Kristy Puchko about who they think deserves a golden statue. Plus, the Friday Group Chat gives us their takes on Dan Levy’s directorial debut, Good Grief, following his mega-hit series Schitt’s Creek.

With a new year comes new books! Writers Jen Sookfong Lee, Makda Mulatu and Tajja Isen join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about the titles they're looking forward to reading this year. They also discuss the technologies and trends shaping what gets published, and why so many books never make it to the readers who might love them.

Kliph Nesteroff joins host Elamin Abdelmahmoud for a chat about his new book, Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars. The Canadian comic and comedy historian shares what the past can tell us about current tensions around free speech and cancel culture.

Culture critics and friends of the show Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Sarah-Tai Black and Rad Simonpillai join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss the biggest films that came out over the holidays, The Color Purple and Ferrari, and look ahead to the films they're excited to watch in 2024.

TV in 2023 had some clear highs, like The White Lotus and Succession, but the season took a turn when Hollywood's writers and actors went on strike. With the labour dispute now behind us, what does 2024 have in store for viewers? Culture critics Kathryn VanArendonk, Chris Murphy and Mel Woods join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to kick off the new year with a look at what's coming to the small screen.