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Jim Belushi 2024: From Actor To Senatorial Hopeful - Will He Blaze A Trail To Congress?
Monday, June 19, 2023 - 4:11pm | 672“What do you guys think? Should I run for office??? #GrowingBelushi” actor and cannabis farmer Jim Belushi tweeted in May, throwing the question to his followers. Recently, Belushi posted a promotional video featuring Dan Aykroyd. Aykroyd proclaimed gleefully, "Jim Belushi...
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Jim Belushi's High Stakes Battle For His Cannabis Farm, Actor Weighs On Season 3 Of 'Growing Belushi'
Monday, April 3, 2023 - 12:21pm | 738Jim Belushi first ventured into the cannabis industry in 2015 when he got involved in farming a 48-plant crop in Southern Oregon. Today, Belushi's Farm has grown to a massive cannabis empire slated to appear in Discovery's (NASDAQ: WBD) hit series "Growing Belushi" as...
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Jim Belushi Is Growing Weed And All He Wants Is To Break Even: 'Cannabis Serves The Greater Good'
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 - 2:55pm | 359Jim Belushi first ventured into the cannabis industry as a legal cannabis farmer with a 48-plant crop in 2015. Nowadays, the "According to Jim" star runs the massive Belushi's Farm in southern Oregon, which is featured in the Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) series "Growing...
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Jim Belushi Says Cannabis Could Have Saved His Brother John, Promotes Season 2 Of 'Growing Belushi'
Thursday, January 20, 2022 - 3:23pm | 605Jim Belushi has been a part of the marijuana industry as a legal farmer for seven years. The former actor began his cannabis journey with a 48-plant crop and now manages the 93-acre Belushi Farm in southern Oregon. The "According to Jim" star came out...
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Belushi's Farms Brings 'Blues Brothers' Pre-Rolls To Colorado
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 - 4:44pm | 340Actors Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi first paired up on NBCs' "Saturday Night Live" in 1976, when they formed the musical comedy duo "The Blues Brothers." Later this month, their iconic mugshots — with fedoras and black sunglasses — will be...
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Cannabis: A Big Tent Where All Are Welcome
Friday, July 19, 2019 - 3:15pm | 2610Article and pictures by Philip Rebentisch, Chief Storyteller at Gotta Story. At the home of Academy Award® winning actor Jamie Foxx, a unique event took place on Saturday, July 13, celebrating the 50th birthday of gifted film director F. Gary Gray. Nestled deep within the Santa Monica mountains...
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Soul Brand: Jim Belushi Launching Blues Brothers-Themed Marijuana Products
Friday, July 19, 2019 - 2:44pm | 446Comin’ to ya, on a dusty road, good cannabis, he’s got a truck load. Jim Belushi, the actor and brother of one-half of the Blues Brothers, is launching a Blues Brothers-themed cannabis brand in Illinois. AdAge reports that Belushi plans to market the brand and its Blues Brothers...
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Jim Belushi, Weed Farmer: 'I Believe In The Spirit And Medicine Cannabis Offers'
Friday, May 3, 2019 - 12:12pm | 1232This is part two of a two-part series by Philip Rebentisch, Chief Storyteller at Gotta Story Media. My first article about actor-comedian-musician Jim Belushi covered Jim’s stellar entertainment career. He performed in the world-famous comedy troupe Second City, wrote for and joined the cast...
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Jim Belushi, Hollywood Star And Cannabis Farmer
Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 3:40pm | 1311This is part one of a two-part series by Philip Rebentisch, Chief Storyteller at Gotta Story Media. It’s not exactly shocking to learn that cannabis and the entertainment industry go together like coffee and cream, but to be successful, both businesses require talent, fortitude, and vision....