Content Warning: The following article contains discussions of drug, alcohol, and gambling addiction. Addiction has long been a distinctly devastating subject to capture in film. Some of the best ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

It has been 30 years since the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting was released to mass critical acclaim. Starring Ewan McGregor and directed by Danny Boyle, the black drama comedy follows ...

A man in recovery plays basketball as an outlet to help him stay sober. A musician turns to drinking to cope with his mother’s cancer diagnosis. A teacher faces a moral dilemma: Should she punish a ...

Since the 2012 death of legendary singer Whitney Houston, truths about the singer’s personal life continue to be revealed. While much of the analysis of the singer’s tragic descent and ultimate death ...

Actress Lisa Gay Hamilton attends Hulu’s Winter TCA Tour 2017, at Langham Hotel, in Pasadena, California, on January 7, 2017. The film is based on David Sheff’s 2008 memoir, Beautiful Boy: A Father’s ...

A TALENTED young actor who overcame addiction to create a new short film on his struggles has praised Hollywood star Barry ...

*Known for his light pop touch and R&B love songs, Vincent Brantley established a reputation for success with New Edition. Then in 2012 he turned many industry heads with the release of his first ...

Bela Lugosi became a Hollywood legend as Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic, but chronic pain, opiate addiction, and ...

Mount Sinai researchers have found that a brain region that is implicated extensively in value-based decision-making and craving in people with heroin use disorder—known as the orbitofrontal cortex ...