Navigating marketing in highly regulated industries like CBD is a unique challenge. You’re tasked with promoting products that are often misunderstood, all while working within strict legal boundaries. Having spent years in this space, I’ve seen how creative approaches can transform obstacles into opportunities — not just for compliance, but …
Read More »'Mufasa,' or: How the Original Lion King Got His Groove On
Long before he ruled over everything the light touches, lead creatures from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope, and issued proclamations with the gravitas of a CNN-tagline announcer, Mufasa the lion king was just a lion cub. He, too, had parents that loved and nurtured him, and spoke of …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo to Donate More Than $2 Million to Global Women's Charities
As Oliva Rodrigo’s Guts world tour heads towards its end, the rock star will donate $2 million from its ticket sales to 10 nonprofits supporting women and girls around the world. The money will be distributed through Rodrigo’s Fund 4 Good (a play on her hit “Good 4 U”), a …
Read More »FTC Cracks Down on Hidden Concert-Ticket Fees
The Federal Trade Commission announced a new rule on Tuesday to ban hidden fees for concert tickets in a move seeking to address one of the myriad complaints music fans have toward the concert business. The new ruling — which also affects other businesses like hotels and Airbnb — doesn’t …
Read More »Watch Slash's Unbelievable 'Dreams' Solo With Allman Betts Family Revival
Slash was one of the many guest players when the Allman Betts Family Revival celebrated the music of the Allman Brothers Band in Nashville on Monday night. The Guns N’ Roses guitarist appeared for a trio of performances: “Trouble No More,” “Dreams,” and “Whipping Post.” Each showed off Slash’s innate …
Read More »Suspected Long Island Serial Killer Charged With Seventh Murder
Rex Heuermann, the suspected Long Island Serial Killer, was charged today with a seventh murder for the 2000 killing of Valerie Mack, The New York Times reports. Heuermann appeared in court Tuesday, Dec. 17, in Riverhead, New York, where he pleaded not guilty to the new charge. Mack was a …
Read More »The Battle Against Trump 2.0 Begins in the States
D onald Trump’s big victory and horrific agenda — for military-led mass deportation, accelerating climate change, rolling back reproductive rights, and pursuing dictatorial powers — sent Democratic governors leaping to the barricades. Or, at least, the microphones. In the days following the 2024 election, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared he’d …
Read More »Trump Sues Iowa Newspaper Over Poll That Had Harris Winning State
Donald Trump kicked off the week by declaring he wants to sue more newspapers, and on Monday night filed a civil lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and famed Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer. The lawsuit accuses Selzer, her polling company, the Register, and its parent company Gannett of engaging …
Read More »Lost and Now Found: An Early Draft of a Bob Dylan Classic. Yours for Six Figures
Just in time for A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan partial biopic with Timothée Chalamet inhabiting the title role, anyone with serious disposable income can own an historic document from the period depicted in the film. In 1964, Dylan was crashing at the New Jersey home of a friend, journalist …
Read More »'Beverly Hills Cop,' 'Dirty Dancing,' 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Join Library of Congress Film Registry
An Eddie Murphy classic, a landmark horror flick, and a timeless Eighties romance are among the films joining the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry for preservation. Twenty-five films were added to the registry this year, including Beverly Hills Cop, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Dirty Dancing. Other major titles …
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