Hollywood
Forest Whitaker is sure to shock fans of jazz crooner Louis Armstrong by focusing on "Satchmo"'s love of marijuana in his next movie. full story
New "Light Up America" documentary movie is pot comics' "first joint venture in 25 years." full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cannabis consumers past and present contribute mightily to the global motion picture industry, as the 67th annual Golden Globe awards demonstrated. full story
Is the (very) grown-up rom com It's Complicated dangerous to children? The Motion Picture Association of America thinks so. full story
The MPAA is fooling itself more than protecting children by giving an R rating to 'It's Complicated' for a scene depicting marijuana use. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Nearly 50 years after her death, Marilyn Monroe has made a film appearance: a previously undiscovered home movie purportedly showing her smoking pot at a party in New Jersey, circa 1958. full story
A home movie showing a relaxed Marilyn Monroe apparently smoking marijuana has surfaced, retrieved from an attic some 50 years after it was filmed. full story
The king of stoner moviemakers, Kevin Smith, never really smoked much marijuana until Seth Rogen talked him into it last summer, he says. Now he sparks up at least three times a day and credits pot for helping him to dig his way out of a creative slump. full story
A Harry Potter actor has been told to carry out community service after he admitted growing cannabis plants in his mother's north-west London home. full story
“Harry Potter” star Jamie Waylett has been charged with growing ten cannabis plants. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Actor Michael Douglas wants the US government to consider ending marijuana prohibition to stop violence and help the US economy. full story
Venezuelan filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz has pulled the plug on his latest project after being driven out of town by Mexican drug gangs. Jakubowicz was forced to abandon production of, Queen of the South, starring Eva Mendes, Sir Ben Kingsley and Josh Hartnett, after receiving death threats while attempting to film on location in Sinaloa. full story- Excellent Chinese movie not likely to be widely distributed full story
