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By David Moye - AOL News
(Sept. 27) -- If California residents choose to legalize marijuana in November, one of the biggest effects could be on the movie industry. Not the movies so much, but on the ratings system, according to entertainment writer and pot culture expert Shirley Halperin, co-author of a new book, "Reefer Movie Madness: The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide" (Abrams Image). "Legalization could definitely help with the ratings system," Halperin told AOL News. "For instance, when the Meryl Streep comedy 'It's Complicated' came out last Christmas, it got an 'R' rating mainly because there was a pot scene where ...
Death Threats Alleged in LA Mayor's Race
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyYou've gotta love California elections. Back in 2003, the state's voters recalled Governor Gray Davis and selected from a cadre of actors to replace him. (The guy from Predator beat out the one from Diff'rent Strokes and another one from Sex Spa 2.)More recently, the mayor of Los Alamitos in Orange County was forced to resign for insinuating that President Obama was a watermelon-slurpin' yokel, while activist Cindy Sheehan ran a campaign starring Roseanne that suggested Nancy Pelosi was a George W. Bush clone. (Try repeating that one at CPAC.)But the latest news might take the cake. In the Los ...
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