The four-part miniseries "Willie Nelson & Family" tops off a terrific year for the country music legend. Among the major reveals: Busted for cocaine in 1978, Mark Rothbaum went to jail and then was hired as Nelson's manager after his release because he refused to snitch on Waylon Jennings, who the coke was for.
This new interpretation of the "House of Usher" story has a thoroughly modern theme: Roderick Usher is a Big Pharma tycoon based on the Sackler family story already mined by "Dopesick" and "PainKiller." He presides over the Fortunato empire known best for their powerful painkiller, Ligodone.
Only in the bizarro world we now live in would women back Johnny Depp in his defamation suit against Amber Heard. It's a major focus of the three-part series "Depp v. Heard" now streaming on Netflix.
Less than two years ago, "Dopesick" began streaming on Hulu. The series focuses on Purdue Pharma, OxyContin and the opioid crisis in America. It received 14 Emmy nominations. Fast forward to 2023 and the same story has been repackaged by Netflix into a six-part series called "PainKiller."
It's the 10th anniversary of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's "Weed" specials on CNN. No. 7, "A Senior Moment," focuses on the elderly, many of whom are smoking more cannabis and taking fewer pills.
