Cab Calloway's family house in Baltimore has been demolished. “It’s hard to imagine them doing the same thing to Babe Ruth or Edgar Allan Poe," says a grandson of the jazz great who was famous for "Reefer Man" and "Minnie the Moocher."
Tommy Chong reminisces about his old bandmate, Bobby Taylor, who passed away on July 22. Taylor was the lead singer of the Vancouvers; they had a hit record on Motown with "Does Your Mama Know About Me," which Chong co-wrote, in 1968.
Sean Penn, who played Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," decided to portray another character recently: a journalist. In this role, he scored a major coup by interviewing the notorious Mexican drug lord, "El Chapo" Guzman, shortly before his latest capture.
If Attorney General Eric Holder really wants to overhaul drug sentencing laws, he should encourage Congress to pass mandatory maximum punishments and eliminate minimums.
Want more proof that Rep. Earl Blumenauer is the coolest guy in Congress? Well, he attended Willamette Week's Cultivation Classic judging contest in Portland on Apr. 30 and handed out the awards.
While notorious pot seed salesman and cannabis activist Marc Emery awaits the final phase of his release from U.S. prison and deportation to Canada, his wife Jodie is hoping to get the Liberal Party's nod to run for Parliament.
The vitriol against Miley Cyrus has reached a fever pitch. So we asked blogger Beth Mann to explain what's really behind the "slut-shaming" of former Hannah Montana.
