Here's a closer look at Elizabeth Banks' very, very loosely based-on-a-true-story R-rated comedy — and the events that inspired it.

NEW YORK — On Dec. 22, 1985, The Associated Press reported the following from Blue Ridge, Georgia: “Investigators searching for cocaine dropped by an airborne smuggler have found a ripped-up ...

Police found a sad scene. A 175-lb. black bear dead near a duffle bag and some $2 million worth of cocaine that had been opened and scattered over a hillside. ... "When the movie's pitched, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — On Dec. 22, 1985, The Associated Press reported the following from Blue Ridge, Georgia: ...

The new movie 'Cocaine Bear' has caused a buzz in the human world. But I wondered: How are bears feeling about this carnivore-centric flick?

The return of a hit FX series, "A Minecraft Movie" and "Nosferatu" are some of the new television, films and music headed to ...

Anthony Lane reviews Elizabeth Banks’s comedy-action film “Cocaine Bear” and Colm Bairéad’s “The Quiet Girl,” a family drama set in 1981 in an Irish-speaking region of Ireland.

Little on the movie calendar has captured the public imagination quite like "Cocaine Bear." Its trailer, watched more than 25 million times, immediately went viral.

Yes, "Cocaine Bear" is a real movie. And after it opens in theaters Friday, it might even be a hit. Since the trailer first debuted for Elizabeth Banks' very, very loosely based-on-a-true-story R ...