Fresh off Beyoncé’s record-breaking, genre-defying new album, CNN is examining country music’s post-Cowboy Carter reckoning in a new documentary.
Produced by CNN FlashDocs, Call Me Country: Beyoncé and Nashville’s Renaissance is streaming today exclusively on Max. Per the logline, the 42-minute film “examines this reckoning in the genre straight from the country music capital of the world” through interviews with musicians and analyses by culture and country music experts. (Beyoncé was not involved with the CNN documentary.)
Stream 'Call Me Country' on Max
The Grammy-winning superstar became the first Black woman to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with the release of Act II: Cowboy Carter, which follows Renaissance as the second installment in a potential series of albums. She previously said she did not feel “welcomed” by the country music world when she first tried to enter the genre. Upon releasing her eighth studio album,...
Produced by CNN FlashDocs, Call Me Country: Beyoncé and Nashville’s Renaissance is streaming today exclusively on Max. Per the logline, the 42-minute film “examines this reckoning in the genre straight from the country music capital of the world” through interviews with musicians and analyses by culture and country music experts. (Beyoncé was not involved with the CNN documentary.)
Stream 'Call Me Country' on Max
The Grammy-winning superstar became the first Black woman to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with the release of Act II: Cowboy Carter, which follows Renaissance as the second installment in a potential series of albums. She previously said she did not feel “welcomed” by the country music world when she first tried to enter the genre. Upon releasing her eighth studio album,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Danielle Directo-Meston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter helped shine a light on the ongoing conversation surrounding country music in relation to Black musicians. Now, a new CNN FlashDoc called Call Me Country: Beyoncé and Nashville’s Renaissance, out April 26 on Max, will dive even deeper into the issues and hurdles Black artists have long faced in the genre.
The Call Me Country trailer, which dropped on Tuesday, teases analysis and conversations surrounding Queen Bey’s history-making LP and how it ignited a conversation surrounding the treatment of Black artists in a white-dominated music genre and industry.
The Call Me Country trailer, which dropped on Tuesday, teases analysis and conversations surrounding Queen Bey’s history-making LP and how it ignited a conversation surrounding the treatment of Black artists in a white-dominated music genre and industry.
- 4/23/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Top Spanish Titles brought to market at MipTV:
“Dating in Barcelona,” (Filmax)
Produced by Filmax’s Arca, Catalan public broadcaster 3Cat and Prime Video in Spain, a first season of “Dating in Barcelona” bowed last year in Spain to big ratings, both on its first-window debut on 3Cat and on Prime Video, where it became one of the streaming service’s most-watched debuts. A modern take on romance and sex in an online age, “Dating in Barcelona” also reflects a swing in TV towards a lighter, more episodic fare, whether in crime thrillers or other categories. Each episode features two dates which, as Variety has observed, play off each other. Powered in creative terms by Pau Freixas, behind iconic series from “Red Band Society” To “I Know Who You Are” And “Todos Mienten,” All Produced By Filmax, “Dating In Barcelona” features a top-tier cast, this time round in Season...
“Dating in Barcelona,” (Filmax)
Produced by Filmax’s Arca, Catalan public broadcaster 3Cat and Prime Video in Spain, a first season of “Dating in Barcelona” bowed last year in Spain to big ratings, both on its first-window debut on 3Cat and on Prime Video, where it became one of the streaming service’s most-watched debuts. A modern take on romance and sex in an online age, “Dating in Barcelona” also reflects a swing in TV towards a lighter, more episodic fare, whether in crime thrillers or other categories. Each episode features two dates which, as Variety has observed, play off each other. Powered in creative terms by Pau Freixas, behind iconic series from “Red Band Society” To “I Know Who You Are” And “Todos Mienten,” All Produced By Filmax, “Dating In Barcelona” features a top-tier cast, this time round in Season...
- 4/5/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
“A La Sala” serves as both an album title and statement of purpose for Khruangbin’s fourth studio album. As a child, bassist Laura Lee Ochoa used to scream the phrase, which means “To the room,” in order to rally her family together in the living room. Now, for Khruangbin, it signifies a return to a place close to where they began.
The band’s last two releases, 2020’s Texas Sun and 2022’s Ali, were collaborations with Leon Bridges and Vieux Farka Touré, respectively. Together with 2020’s Mordechai, which saw the predominantly instrumental band adding lyrics to their music to great effect, those projects found them evolving their sound and expanding their songcraft.
A La Sala, though, adopts a more back-to-basics approach, and from a production standpoint, it pays off. This is the cleanest that Khruangbin as a trio has ever sounded. Drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson serves as the backbone,...
The band’s last two releases, 2020’s Texas Sun and 2022’s Ali, were collaborations with Leon Bridges and Vieux Farka Touré, respectively. Together with 2020’s Mordechai, which saw the predominantly instrumental band adding lyrics to their music to great effect, those projects found them evolving their sound and expanding their songcraft.
A La Sala, though, adopts a more back-to-basics approach, and from a production standpoint, it pays off. This is the cleanest that Khruangbin as a trio has ever sounded. Drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson serves as the backbone,...
- 4/1/2024
- by Nick Seip
- Slant Magazine
David Pérez Sañudo (“Ane is Missing”) and Carlos Vila Sexto (“Motivos Personales”) are ready for a different kind of hero in “Detective Touré.”
A six-episode series, backed by Spanish public broadcaster Rtve, Detective Touré Aie, Tornasol Media, DeAPlaneta and Basque state TV Eitb, the series is based on stories by Jon Arretxe.
The series first caught attention when selected as a project at Series Mania’s 2022 Co-Pro Pitching Sessions. Sneak-peaked at Content Americas in January, it was one of the highlights at its Spain Content Goldmine.
Set in Bilbao’s neighborhood San Francisco, it sees an immigrant from Guinea – with acute skills of deduction – who becomes immersed in a complex investigation, with the Nigerian mafia on his trail.
“We are used to having police officers involved in these kinds of shows, but an illegal immigrant? That’s something we have never seen before, at least in Spain,” says Vila Sexto.
A six-episode series, backed by Spanish public broadcaster Rtve, Detective Touré Aie, Tornasol Media, DeAPlaneta and Basque state TV Eitb, the series is based on stories by Jon Arretxe.
The series first caught attention when selected as a project at Series Mania’s 2022 Co-Pro Pitching Sessions. Sneak-peaked at Content Americas in January, it was one of the highlights at its Spain Content Goldmine.
Set in Bilbao’s neighborhood San Francisco, it sees an immigrant from Guinea – with acute skills of deduction – who becomes immersed in a complex investigation, with the Nigerian mafia on his trail.
“We are used to having police officers involved in these kinds of shows, but an illegal immigrant? That’s something we have never seen before, at least in Spain,” says Vila Sexto.
- 3/6/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The incontrovertible and immediate effect of muscular tax credits, entering in force in 2023, have powered to a new level the shoot scene in Bilbao and Bizkaia – the Basque city and surrounding province in Northern Spain.
Introduced on Jan. 1, 2023, the new incentives offer an up-to-60% tax deduction for national and international co-productions of film and TV projects.
Enticing studios such as Toboggan and production houses Buendía Estudios and Tornasol to set up in Bizkaia and streaming giant Netflix to invest in original productions, the territory is fast capitalizing on its breaks.
Over 2023, 151 shoots filmed in Bilbao-Bizkaia, 76 from the Basque Country, 47 from Spain and 28 from abroad, according to the Bilbao-Bizkaia 2023 Year Book.
Total shoot spend in 2023 came in at €58.5 million ($63.7 million), 324% up on 2019’s figure of €13.8 million, six times up on €23.5 million ($25.6 million) in 2021. In all, productions shot 1,026 days in Bilbao or in the rest of Bizkaia, 74% more than 2022. The fact that...
Introduced on Jan. 1, 2023, the new incentives offer an up-to-60% tax deduction for national and international co-productions of film and TV projects.
Enticing studios such as Toboggan and production houses Buendía Estudios and Tornasol to set up in Bizkaia and streaming giant Netflix to invest in original productions, the territory is fast capitalizing on its breaks.
Over 2023, 151 shoots filmed in Bilbao-Bizkaia, 76 from the Basque Country, 47 from Spain and 28 from abroad, according to the Bilbao-Bizkaia 2023 Year Book.
Total shoot spend in 2023 came in at €58.5 million ($63.7 million), 324% up on 2019’s figure of €13.8 million, six times up on €23.5 million ($25.6 million) in 2021. In all, productions shot 1,026 days in Bilbao or in the rest of Bizkaia, 74% more than 2022. The fact that...
- 3/5/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Atresmedia TV’s “Dreams of Freedom,” Rtve’s “Detective Touré” and Mediterráneo’s “Fentanyl: A Deadly Epidemic,” feature in Spain Content Goldmine: In Demand Like Never Before, a showcase of new and upcoming Spanish series unspooling Jan. 23 on the first day of Content Americas.
The title’s no hype. Since “Money Heist” became Netflix’s first true-blue global non-English blockbuster in 2018, Spain has consistently seen its top shows and movies rank high in global streamer charts, or sell worldwide, such as The Mediapro Studio’s “The Head.”
In 2022, in Europe, most fiction titles commissioned by global streamers were produced in Spain (34) and the U.K. (32), according to the European Audiovisual Observatory.
In 2023, film and TV titles from Spain have ranked No. 1 on Netflix’s global non-English Top 10 charts for more weeks – 13 – than those from any other country in the world, apart from South Korea. This month, after dropping on Netflix on Jan.
The title’s no hype. Since “Money Heist” became Netflix’s first true-blue global non-English blockbuster in 2018, Spain has consistently seen its top shows and movies rank high in global streamer charts, or sell worldwide, such as The Mediapro Studio’s “The Head.”
In 2022, in Europe, most fiction titles commissioned by global streamers were produced in Spain (34) and the U.K. (32), according to the European Audiovisual Observatory.
In 2023, film and TV titles from Spain have ranked No. 1 on Netflix’s global non-English Top 10 charts for more weeks – 13 – than those from any other country in the world, apart from South Korea. This month, after dropping on Netflix on Jan.
- 1/23/2024
- by John Hopewell and Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Movies have always thrived on the power of nostalgia, of viewers placing themselves in a historical context and seeing that self represented on screen — and this is just some of what Guinean filmmaker Thierno Souleymane Diallo explores in his debut feature “The Cemetery of Cinema.” Ostensibly the story of a quest to find a lost film — “Mouramani,” made in 1953 by Diallo’s compatriot Mamadou Touré — this documentary becomes both a playful meditation on why films matter and a rather sober examination of how history can be lost when not preserved. Diallo’s command of the thin line between absurdity and profundity makes it both an entertaining and contemplative watch.
No one is even sure what “Mouramani” is about — only that it’s the first film ever made by a Black French-speaking director who was a pioneer of the form in that region of the world, and whose work should be...
No one is even sure what “Mouramani” is about — only that it’s the first film ever made by a Black French-speaking director who was a pioneer of the form in that region of the world, and whose work should be...
- 4/28/2023
- by Murtada Elfadl
- Variety Film + TV
Sydney – Monday 5 December, 2022. The Sydney Opera House’s much-loved chamber music program Utzon Music returns for its 16th year in 2023, showcasing a curated collection of the world’s boldest and most innovative ensembles and soloists from Western and Eastern classical traditions.
From March to October, Utzon Music 2023 will feature 11 performances from 8 world-class international and Australian artists in the intimate Utzon Room – the only performance space designed entirely by Opera House architect Jørn Utzon.
The stimulating and diverse program features Malian singer and guitarist Vieux Farka Touré; British vocal consort The Gesualdo Six; iconic British string quartet Brodsky Quartet; French string quartet Quatuor Van Kuijk; German-British baritone Benjamin Appl; young Australian string ensemble Alma Moodie Quartet; Australian cellist James Morley, joined by soprano Jane Sheldon and fortepianist Erin Helyard; and Australian concert pianist Andrea Lam.
“It’s been a delight to work with all the outstanding Utzon Music 2023 artists to assemble this inspiring program,...
From March to October, Utzon Music 2023 will feature 11 performances from 8 world-class international and Australian artists in the intimate Utzon Room – the only performance space designed entirely by Opera House architect Jørn Utzon.
The stimulating and diverse program features Malian singer and guitarist Vieux Farka Touré; British vocal consort The Gesualdo Six; iconic British string quartet Brodsky Quartet; French string quartet Quatuor Van Kuijk; German-British baritone Benjamin Appl; young Australian string ensemble Alma Moodie Quartet; Australian cellist James Morley, joined by soprano Jane Sheldon and fortepianist Erin Helyard; and Australian concert pianist Andrea Lam.
“It’s been a delight to work with all the outstanding Utzon Music 2023 artists to assemble this inspiring program,...
- 12/5/2022
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Kanye West praised Adolf Hitler during an appearance on Alex Jones’s far-right conspiracy theorist network Infowars.
West has been embroiled in controversy over antisemitic comments he’s made in recent months, leading brands like Adidas, Gap and Balenciaga to cut ties with the rapper.
Appearing on Jones’s show on Thursday (1 December), the host attempted to defend the musician, saying: “You’re not Hitler, you’re not a Nazi, so you don’t deserve to be demonised.”
Instead of agreeing, West pushed back, saying: “Well, I see good things about Hitler also.”
He continued: “The Jews... I love everyone, and the Jewish people are not going to tell me, ‘You can love us and you can love what we are doing to you with the contracts, and you can love what we are pushing with the pornography,’ but this guy that invented highways, invented the very microphone that I use as a musician,...
West has been embroiled in controversy over antisemitic comments he’s made in recent months, leading brands like Adidas, Gap and Balenciaga to cut ties with the rapper.
Appearing on Jones’s show on Thursday (1 December), the host attempted to defend the musician, saying: “You’re not Hitler, you’re not a Nazi, so you don’t deserve to be demonised.”
Instead of agreeing, West pushed back, saying: “Well, I see good things about Hitler also.”
He continued: “The Jews... I love everyone, and the Jewish people are not going to tell me, ‘You can love us and you can love what we are doing to you with the contracts, and you can love what we are pushing with the pornography,’ but this guy that invented highways, invented the very microphone that I use as a musician,...
- 12/1/2022
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - Music
Fresh off his gig hosting this year’s Primetime Emmys, comedian and “SNL” veteran Kenan Thompson is back on stage Thursday night in Atlanta, as he kicks off the 13th edition of his “Kenan Presents The Ultimate Comedy Showcase” — and this time with a few new technological wrinkles.
The stand-up comedy search, which leads off at the Atlanta Comedy Theatre on Sept. 22, follows Thompson as he scouts for adult comedians and talented kids in more than 50 cities. Among the new elements, all around the country (50+ major cities).
Thompson has teamed up with Rendered Talent to include a virtual reality option for participants to partake in the metaverse through the “Failed To Render Comedy Club.” In addition, Thompson partnered with Proto to be able to join live shows through the metaverse as a digital hologram, attending showcases digitally to accommodate his busy schedule via Proto’s 4K hologram device.
After the initial Atlanta showcase,...
The stand-up comedy search, which leads off at the Atlanta Comedy Theatre on Sept. 22, follows Thompson as he scouts for adult comedians and talented kids in more than 50 cities. Among the new elements, all around the country (50+ major cities).
Thompson has teamed up with Rendered Talent to include a virtual reality option for participants to partake in the metaverse through the “Failed To Render Comedy Club.” In addition, Thompson partnered with Proto to be able to join live shows through the metaverse as a digital hologram, attending showcases digitally to accommodate his busy schedule via Proto’s 4K hologram device.
After the initial Atlanta showcase,...
- 9/23/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
MSNBC president Phil Griffin on Friday informed staffers that he is cancelling three afternoon programs: roundtable discussion show The Cycle as well as Now With Alex Wagner and The Ed Show, hosted by Ed Schultz. Friday, July 31, will be the final show for all three. Schultz and Cycle hosts Krystal Ball, Abby Huntsman and Toure will leave the network, while Wagner will stay on to cover the 2016 presidential election. Meanwhile, Chuck Todd, who earlier this year was made host of Meet the Press, will host a daily program at 5 p.m. Major changes have been expected across MSNBC's dayside
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- 7/30/2015
- by Marisa Guthrie
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MSNBC canceled three daytime programs Thursday in the first of several moves that hopes to put a jolt into its flailing ratings. “The Cycle,” co-hosted by Ari Melber, Toure, Abby Huntsman and Krystal Ball was canceled at 3 p.m.Et; “Now” with Alex Wagner is out at 4 p.m. Et; and “The Ed Show” with Ed Schultz is gone at 5 p.m. Et. It’s not clear who will host at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. but Todd is expected to anchor a 5 p.m. program similar to his former program “The Daily Rundown.” Alex Wagner and Ari Melber are expected to stay with.
- 7/30/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
MSNBC has cancelled its 3 p.m. Et roundtable show “The Cycle,” an insider familiar with the network told TheWrap. We’re also told co-hosts Krystal Ball and Abby Huntsman will not remain with the network. Ari Melber will remain with the network as its chief legal correspondent and substitute host. The status of Toure is not known at this time. It is also not clear what will replace the program. MSNBC president Phil Griffin is currently speaking with staff. Also Read: Inside NBC News Turmoil: Deborah Turness Sidelined, Brian Williams Eyed as MSNBC's 'Face of Daytime' (Exclusive) The Cycle was an attempt by MSNBC.
- 7/30/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
The Netflix series House of Cards is officially a thing, and with season two underway (or complete, depending on your level of obsessiveness), you can expect to see bits of the show's signature storytelling vernacular continually turning up in our culture. Case in point: The Cycle's Touré, who delivered his commentary on season two of the DC-set phenomenon in the aside-driven style of the show's main character, Frank Underwood.
- 2/21/2014
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
Today isn't just Valentine's Day, it's also the halfway mark in Black History Month, the shortest of all History Months. In honor of the occasion, The Cycle co-host Touré delivered a commentary that attempted to explain one of the enduring mysteries of Black History Month, and which included a modest proposal to give white people some way of gaining an advantage from their race.
- 2/14/2014
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
Amid a humorous monologue on Monday, The Cycle host Touré took on the claim made by those on the right of the political spectrum that the Affordable Care Act’s coverage requirements, including things like mandatory maternity care even for men, is discriminatory. Touré asserted that female health care consumers have been discriminated against for years, and that “they can’t get pregnant alone.”...
- 11/25/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
MSNBC host Touré dismissed the concerns of his fellow hosts of The Cycle on Thursday when he insisted that the red state Democrats supporting proposals to scale back the Affordable Care Act represent a broader shift in the party away from supporting the Aca. He also insisted that the Senate was not in play in 2014, a conviction that his fellow panelists did not share.
- 11/14/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
NBC is breaking its silence about Celebrity Apprentice.
The veteran reality series still hasn’t been announced to return in midseason, and we’ve been hearing the show has been casting for a rather long time. Now NBC has released this statement from its reality chief Paul Telegdy: “We are on track to produce The Celebrity Apprentice as always planned, coordinating among New York City weather conditions, sponsor needs, and celebrities’ schedules.”
Perhaps your brow furrowed slightly while reading that too. Sponsor needs? Weather conditions? What is NBC trying to tell us, exactly? Just announce the pickup already!
NBC...
The veteran reality series still hasn’t been announced to return in midseason, and we’ve been hearing the show has been casting for a rather long time. Now NBC has released this statement from its reality chief Paul Telegdy: “We are on track to produce The Celebrity Apprentice as always planned, coordinating among New York City weather conditions, sponsor needs, and celebrities’ schedules.”
Perhaps your brow furrowed slightly while reading that too. Sponsor needs? Weather conditions? What is NBC trying to tell us, exactly? Just announce the pickup already!
NBC...
- 10/25/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Pots and kettles. On Thursday, the hosts of The Cycle on MSNBC had a bit of fun at the Republican Party’s, and specifically Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-tx), expense. Following the end of the ill-fated government shutdown, Time Magazine’s Michael Scherer and MSNBC host Touré mocked the insulated “bubble” that Republicans live in and the “fake news” they consume.
- 10/17/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Donald Trump has always fiercely denied that he has declared bankruptcy and lashed out at anyone who would dare accuse him of such. And that’s exactly what he did on Monday night when MSNBC “The Cycle” host Touré linked to an ABC News article about Trump’s finances. Touré tweeted the article’s highlights, such as the fact that Trump’s companies have declared bankruptcy four times. Also read: Cher Calls Donald Trump a ‘Flaming A–hole’ Trump was quick to fire back: @Toure If you weren’t such a dumb racist moron with bad ratings you would know I never filed for bankruptcy,...
- 9/10/2013
- by Sara Morrison
- The Wrap
On Friday, the panel guests on MSNBC’s Martin Bashir, guest hosted by Joy-Ann Reid on Friday, savaged Sen. Tim Scott (R-sc) who claimed he did not receive an invitation to the Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have A Dream” speech anniversary celebration but whose office did receive an invitation in early August and declined to attend. MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor and host Touré insisted that Scott could not be seen at an event like the Mlk rally because “his constituency” would have punished him for attending that event.
- 8/30/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Abby Huntsman will leave her host/producer position at HuffPost Live for MSNBC's "The Cycle," the network announced today. She'll join Krystal Ball, Ari Melber, and Toure on MSNBC's weekly 3-4 P.M. show on July 29. Huntsman is replacing S.E. Cupp, who departed to host CNN's upcoming revived version of "Crossfire." Huntsman, daughter of former Republican presidential candidate and Utah governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. (she worked for his 2012 campaign as his media advisor and surrogate), hosted HuffPost Live, Huffington Post's livestreaming news and talk show, since its Aug. 2012 launch. She tweeted that...
- 7/17/2013
- by Sara Morrison
- The Wrap
Abby Huntsman is making the move from HuffPost Live to MSNBC. The daughter of 2012 Gop presidential candidate Jon Huntsman announced today that she will be the new co-host on The Cycle, alongside Touré, Krystal Ball and Ari Melber. Huntsman will be filling the conservative vacancy left by S.E. Cupp, who recently announced she would be joining CNN's rebooted version of Crossfire.
- 7/17/2013
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
The co-hosts of The Cycle engaged in a pointed back and forth on Thursday after S.E. Cupp cited the work of a feminist artist to justify her trepidation about how technology has made it easier for women to be surreptitiously photographed without their knowledge. Co-host Touré, noting that Cupp had been vocally critical of what she described as overreach by feminists in the past, found it odd that Cupp would cite a feminist to make her point.
- 5/9/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
MSNBC’s co-host of The Cycle, Touré, declared his support on Monday for “the open borders movement.” While he says that the Senate’s immigration reform plan is a welcome development, it will never go far enough in making it easier for immigrant labor to come to America. Touré added that, just as currency and employment are borderless, immigration should also be borderless.
- 5/6/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
MSNBC had to issue another mea culpa, this time for using footage of VP Joe Biden talking about Americans killed in Benghazi out of context in a segment on gun control. The Cycle host Toure made an on-air apology yesterday on behalf of the network, reports Politico. “Quick note, earlier today on MSNBC, we played a soundbite from the Vice President in which we stated he was speaking about gun control”, he said. “The Vice President was actually speaking about Benghazi. It was a producer error. MSNBC regrets the error”.
- 5/5/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
With Tamron Hall on NewsNation, Al Sharpton on PoliticsNation and Melissa Harris-Perry on weekend mornings, MSNBC is one of the more racially diverse cable networks on television. But that diversity does not extend to the network's primetime lineup. HuffPost Live's Marc Lamont Hill asked another of MSNBC's African-American host Touré to offer his insight on why that might be.
- 4/11/2013
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
Brad Paisley and LL Cool J sparked quite the controversy when they released a song together titled "Accidental Racist" on Tuesday. The track outraged many, including MSNBC host Touré.
On Wednesday's "The Cycle," Touré made his hatred for the song known. "I'm not giving out any good grades for the effort. It's a horrible song. And moving aside from the aesthetics ... the message is extraordinarily problematic," he said. Touré criticized Paisley for his desire to wear a Confederate flag. "You can't just re-appropriate the symbol as you wish," Touré said.
The MSNBC host seemed even more outraged with LL Cool J, saying that he was "extraordinarily disappointed" in the rapper. He took particular issue with LL Cool J's line in the song, "If you forget the gold chains, I'll forget the iron chains." Touré's voice continued to raise as he said, "If you don't judge me because I'm wearing a chain,...
On Wednesday's "The Cycle," Touré made his hatred for the song known. "I'm not giving out any good grades for the effort. It's a horrible song. And moving aside from the aesthetics ... the message is extraordinarily problematic," he said. Touré criticized Paisley for his desire to wear a Confederate flag. "You can't just re-appropriate the symbol as you wish," Touré said.
The MSNBC host seemed even more outraged with LL Cool J, saying that he was "extraordinarily disappointed" in the rapper. He took particular issue with LL Cool J's line in the song, "If you forget the gold chains, I'll forget the iron chains." Touré's voice continued to raise as he said, "If you don't judge me because I'm wearing a chain,...
- 4/10/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Touré, co-host of MSNBC’s The Cycle, spoke out in support of the Associated Press’ recent decision to cease using the term “illegal immigrant” to describe a person. He said that the phrase was loaded and contained inflammatory connotations that should be discarded in the way that saying “negro” to describe an African-American is no longer considered acceptable. Touré called the term “illegal immigrant” a “Trojan Horse,” which exacerbates the “fear of the inevitable browning of America.”...
- 4/8/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
On Thursday, the hosts of MSNBC’s The Cycle tore into the impulses of some, exemplified by Fox News Channel host Eric Bolling, to defend the actions of Rutgers University basketball coach Mike Rice who was recently let go after his abusive practices towards his players were revealed. “I talk about the wussification of American men, and this is it,” Bolling said on Wednesday of Rice’s firing. MSNBC hosts Touré and Krystal Ball went off on Bolling for his “fake macho” posture and “disgusting” defense of Rice’s actions.
- 4/4/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
MSNBC's Touré rarely shares views with members of the Gop, but in his editorial that closed The Cycle on Monday, he discussed an issue that has some sympathetic supporters on the right. Taking a similar "libertarian approach" to the positions Sen. Rand Paul (R-ky) outlined on Fox News Sunday yesterday, Touré argued passionately against sending small-time marijuana users to prison.
- 3/25/2013
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
The big "news" in Vanity Fair's excerpt of an upcoming Roger Ailes biography seems to consist mainly of the shocking revelation that "Newt Gingrich is a prick," and that the Fox News chief is a self-conscious racist. On Wednesday night's PoliticsNation, Rev. Al Sharpton and The Cycle host Touré discussed Ailes' remark that President Obama is "lazy," and were mighty charitable in doing so.
- 3/7/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
Touré's extensive experience in media is nothing short of impressive, if for no other reason but its diversity. He’s a national political commentator and host one minute, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Committee the next (and if he’s responsible for Rush getting in, kudos…but if he was involved in Abba’s induction, we’re taking this outside). The Brooklynite has won writing awards for Rolling Stone, but has also been published in Tennis Magazine. His television career has stretched from MTV to CNN to Bet. For the purposes of this column, let’s focus on Touré’s commentary for The Cycle, another example of opinion roundtables filling time on cable news over hard journalism.
- 2/18/2013
- by Joe Concha
- Mediaite - TV
As the news media, particularly CNN, completely lost all sense of perspective about the Carnival Triumph's trip through the bowels of mild discomfort, the hosts of McNbc's The Cycle found it, one-upping each other with travel horror stories that included S.E. Cupp's ride on an aerial vomitorium, Steve Kornacki's underage gambling career, and Krystal Ball's harrowing brush with forced dinner conversation. Then, Touré went there, pointing out that sleeping on the shuffleboard court, waiting in line for food and pooping in bags isn't exactly a nightmare cruise. "The Middle Passage, that was a nightmare cruise," he said.
- 2/15/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
During an appearance on Martin Bashir’s MSNBC program, The Cycle co-host Touré tore into the notion that Fox News Channel host Geraldo Rivera could be taken seriously as a Republican candidate for Senate in New Jersey. Touré called Rivera a “joke” and a “punch line,” and added that Rivera’s moderate social values are not compatible with the present Republican Party.
- 2/1/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor and host Touré joined Martin Bashir on Wednesday where they lambasted the Drudge Report and its proprietor, Matt Drudge, for running a headline which featured N-word nine times under a picture of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. The headline criticized Tarantino’s new film in which Jamie Foxx plays a freed slave who returns to kill his slave masters. Taylor, however, thought Drudge's headline catered to a base group still coping with frustration over President Barack Obama’s race...
- 12/12/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
After a successful career of over 60 years, in which he received an Oscar, film and television actor Ernest Borgnine passed away today (July 8) at the age of 95. Personalities from the worlds of film, TV and music have all paid tribute to the late star on Twitter - keep reading for a selection of their tweets: Dateline NBC reporter Josh Mankiewicz: "Rip Ernest Borgnine. Great actor and according to my brother, also a great guy to hang around with." Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea: "Wow he was so great in the wild bunch. Rt"@Toure: Oscar-winning film star Ernest Borgnine has died. He was 95." Actress Martha Plimpton: "Rest in Peace, Ernest Borgnine. #Marty" Writer and broadcaster Andrew Collins: "I met Ernest Borgnine about ten years ago. He lit up the room. What a privilege. (more)...
- 7/8/2012
- by By Amy Bell
- Digital Spy
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