As a Bronx, NY resident I'm happy to report the borough now has one legal adult-use cannabis store – Statis – located at 817 E. Tremont Ave. It opened on July 6 with speeches and media attention.
"Bob Marley: One Love," the biopic about the reggae legend's life starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, will hit theaters on Feb. 14. Watch the trailer.
These days, paraquat – a chemical pesticide – is best known as a cause of Parkinson's disease. But in the late '70s, the spraying of paraquat on marijuana grown in Mexico was a hot-button issue.
Singer Bebe Rexha sustained a cut above her eye after being nailed with a flying cell phone while performing in New York on June 18. She required three stitches. Rexha recently collaborated with Snoop Dogg on the high tune, "Satellite."
Just nine games into the Phoenix Mercury's 2023 season, Brittney Griner went down with a hip injury. The team now has a 2-8 record. Griner, who's averaging 20 points per game, was also recently harassed in an airport.
It's been a tough couple of years for the cannabis industry as new regulated markets fight it out with legacy sellers in urban areas like New York. Celebrity brands are feeling the effect as well, with the fewest company launches since the trend was kicked off by Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg and the Marley Family in 2015.
"Spinning Gold" tells the story of Neil Bogart, a music industry honcho in the '70s and '80s who worked his way up from a humble beginning in Brooklyn to become the coke-snorting executive who signed Kiss and Donna Summer.
In Ep. 4 of "Platonic," the new series starring Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne on Apple TV+, Sylvia (Byrne) organizes a divorce party for Will (Rogen) during which - spoiler alert - she snorts a combo of cocaine and ketamine called CK.
Dayglo Presents and Sacred Rose Festival are teaming up with Illinois-based multi-state operator Green Thumb Industries on what they're calling "an unprecedented cannabis and outdoor concert experience," scheduled for Sept. 9-10 in Mundelein, IL.
NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton's life and career is the subject of a four-part documentary series, "The Luckiest Guy in the World," on ESPN.
