The druggy saga "Moonlight" garnered eight Academy Award noms, winning three for Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actor, and holding off "La La Land," which until the final botched announcement by Warren Beattly and Faye Dunaway, had earned six awards.
On the latest episode of "Real Time," Bill Maher takes aim at Attorney General Jeff Sessions and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
The news the entire cannabis industry has been waiting for from the White House broke Feb. 23 when Press Secretary Sean Spicer acknowledged that the Department of Justice will likely begin enforcing federal marijuana laws in legal adult-use states, such as Colorado.
The International Cannabis Business Conference returned to San Francisco for the third year in a row with another star-studded lineup on Feb. 17. Rocker turned radio and TV host Henry Rollins, former NBA star John Salley and California's "Cannabis Czar" Lori Ajax, were among the speakers.
Willie Nelson won his eighth Grammy ever for "Summertime: Willie Nelson sings Gershwin" and Ziggy Marley picked up his eighth in the Best Reggae Album category at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards given out Feb. 12.
New York governor and potential 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Cuomo thinks marijuana should remain illegal in New York State because it "leads to other drugs and there's a lot of truth to proof that that's true."
Ultra-conservative Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions was confirmed as the country's next Attorney General by the Senate in a 52-47 vote on Feb. 8. Sessions is noted for saying, "Good people don't smoke marijuana."
Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart's TMobile Super Bowl spot was definitely the stoniest commerical of the night. It referenced a "bag," a "pot" and a "can of this" (get it?).
