NEW DISPENSARY--Tony Butler, 28, of Flint, poses for a portrait on March 19, in his store "The Green Oasis", a medical marijuana dispensary, in Otisville, Mich. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal ) OTISVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan medical marijuana facility is partnering with a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to cultivate and distribute a new strain of medical marijuana.
MUG SHOT--Singer Bruno Mars was arrested on Sept. 19, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on a drug charge. He later accepted a "deferred adjudication" deal in 2011. (Photo/Las Vegas Metro Police Dept.) by Breeanna Hare (CNN) -- In the grand history of celebrity mugshots, Bruno Mars' September 2010 photo is a standout.
LIL WAYNE by Dion Rabouin ATLANTA (Real Times News Service)--I'd like to take a moment to remember Lil Wayne. He's not dead yet, physically speaking, but his brush with death on Friday reminded me of what we'll be losing if and when he is gone.
ONE DIRECTION-Harry Styles of British band One Direction performs on stage during the BRIT Awards 2013 at the o2 Arena in London on Feb. 20. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) by Jane Caffrey (CNN) -- Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen were launched into stardom after getting discovered on YouTube, and now "The X Factor" creator Simon Cowell is setting out to find the world's next big YouTube stars.
QUEEN BEY--Beyonce backstage during Jay Z's performance at Coachella (CNN Photo/Aaron Humphreys) by Breeanna Hare (CNN) -- Beyoncé quietly dropped a bomb on Sunday when she posted a preview of her new music to her website.
GRAND FINALE--This Fall 2012 photo shows musician Prince performing at a concert in Chicago. (AP Photo/Rogers and Cowan) by Paul J. Weber Associated Press Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — How did Prince close out South by Southwest Music Festival's weeklong showcase of rock n' roll? By naturally throwing a totally different kind of party: a grooving, brass band-backed funk fest that stretched to 3 a.m. and outlasted many fans lucky enough to get inside the exclusive show that also featured A Tribe Called Quest.
PRINCE TRIBUTE--Singer Bilal performs at "The Music of Prince" tribute concert at Carnegie Hall on Thursday March 7, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) by Mesfin Fekadu AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — They partied like it was 1999 — the audience and the musicians — at a Prince tribute concert at Carnegie Hall.
‘THE GODFATHER”--In this Sunday, Jan. 26, 1997 file photo, James Brown performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXI between the Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File) by Meg Kinnard Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a settlement divvying up the multimillion-dollar estate of James Brown, saying a former attorney general didn't follow the late soul singer's wishes in putting together the deal.