Dr. Nick Spirtos isn’t sold on pot. He’s an oncologist at the Women’s Cancer Center of Nevada in Las Vegas, and he’s never used it, even though when he was growing up in Southern California in the Sixties and Seventies, everyone else was. He’s not convinced about the science of …
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April showers bring May flowers – and end-of-April blockbusters apparently bring larger, more expensive May blockbusters. Movies, mainstream and otherwise, will be swimming in Avengers: Infinity War‘s wake for a good long while, but that doesn’t mean Hollywood Inc. is taking a month off. In the next 30 days, we’re …
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Director Ron Howard previewed the darkness of an Empire-ruled planet in a new teaser clip promoting Solo: A Star Wars Story, the upcoming Han Solo spinoff film. “The Star Wars universe that we see in Solo was different from anything that we’ve seen in any previous Star Wars movies,” the …
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I’ve never been great at smoking weed. While some lucky smokers can come home, spark up a fatty and enjoy the benefits of ancient plant medicine, there’s always a chance I’ll end up lying awake all night, heart pounding, too out of it to even follow an episode of Bob’s …
Read More »The Rolling Stone Guide to Legal Pot: Alaska
Alaska’s got a lot going for it. Beautiful wilderness. Great people. Cool animals. And now, the country’s northern-most cannabis industry. Like a lot of goods and services in the Last Frontier, the options are not always abundant. Residents tend to have a resilient brand of gratitude for what’s here, and …
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There’s a 1978 interview with Eddie Money, the radio-staple rocker whose biggest hits still adorn every classic-rock station and outdoor bar serving Mai Tais and Bahama Mamas, on YouTube that perfectlysums up the “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take Me Home Tonight” singer. The Long Island–via–Brooklyn musician was 29 at …
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When 13-year-old LeAnn Rimes recorded the yodel-centric hit “Blue,” she immediately established herself as a deft interpreter of classic country music, earning rave reviews and a Top 10 debut hit. Two singles later, she would notch her first – and only – country Number One with a more modern-sounding single, …
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Kanye West said he will release two new albums in June, a solo record and a collaborative effort with Kid Cudi. The rapper announced the projects in a series of tweets Thursday. Ostensibly writing about his next solo record, West said, “My album is 7 songs,” then added, “June 1st.” …
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Just days after a powerful comeback performance at the ACM Awards, Carrie Underwood has officially announced her new albumCry Pretty, due out September 14th. The album marks her first release with Capitol Records Nashville, having launched her career and released five studio albums with Arista Nashville. Underwood co-produced the new …
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