Philip Rebentisch

Article 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...

This week, cannabis news was dominated by two big acquisitions. The largest was announced by U.S. vertically integrated multistate cannabis operator Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (OTC: CURLF), which said it would buy Cura Partners, owners of the Select cannabis brand, for approximately $950 million in...

This 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...

This 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....

By Philip Rebentisch, Chief Storyteller at Gotta Story. Many business strategy books cite a common refrain: Following a crisis, there is opportunity. This is certainly true in South America and Colombia in particular. For decades, Colombian farmers were caught in a triangle of violence between the...

By Philip Rebentisch, Chief Storyteller at Gotta Story. What is old is new again. The story of hemp and traditional cannabis in South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean is one of practicality, family medicine, adult-use, and unfortunately, ill-advised and unwarranted criminality. But things are...