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Short stories have always been prime real estate in the world of adaptations. Largely those are relegated to horror anthology TV shows like Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Tales From the Darkside, or the new Creepshow revival but that doesn’t mean exclusively. You can have things like Lawnmower Man, Eight O’Clock in the Morning, or Children of the Corn that are anywhere from 8 to 18 pages and make a whole movie, or in case of Children of the Corn an entire franchise, out of those pages. Today is all about a short story that probably had more legs than you realized. The Fly, written by George Langelaan and published in 1957 would go on to be part of 5 movies. While 3 of those are cash in sequels, one of them is a somewhat slept on late 50s classic while the other is listed at or near the top of any list discussing remakes.

Original “Saturday Night Live” cast member Dan Aykroyd did not make an appearance on the series’ 50th anniversary special on Sunday, but he nonetheless enjoyed watching it from home.

“All Heads up toasting triumphant SNL 50th,” Aykroyd wrote in a post on X. “Advantage of not attending — got to see every second of concert and show on TV. Quote from my children: ‘Look at daddy’s smile!’ Had it from start to finish. Congratulations Lorne. Well done as usual.”

Aykroyd bowed out of the live broadcast due to “prior commitments,” his representative told Variety. He was the only surviving original cast member to miss out — Garrett Morris appeared on stage, Laraine Newman was in a pre-taped sketch, and Jane Curtin and Chevy Chase were in the building.

Still, Aykroyd posted that day on X: “Cracking a Head with pride at having been a co-founder of SNL along with everyone we...

(Updated with video) Saturday Night Live has had a lot of Potus mocking over the decades, but you wouldn’t have known it from Sunday’s SNL50: The Anniversary Special.

Tonight’s live show had Alec Baldwin, Will Ferrell, Jay Pharoah, Tina Fey, Jason Sudeikis, Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler in attendance but there was nothing of the presidents and presidential candidates they’ve played and poked fun at over nearly 10 presidencies.

In an era where Donald Trump and the FCC are targeting the media and media owners, Baldwin’s acclaimed impression of the former Celebrity Apprentice and SNL host was noticeably absent. Whether or not it was the chill of further legal and regulatory action against NBC owners Comcast, with almost everything else and the kitchen sink from SNL‘s history on screen tonight, seeing no politics out of the Potus-mocking show’s long legacy was almost as rank...

NBC’s months-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” is finally reaching its apex. The network welcomed hundreds of stars to Radio City Music Fall on Friday evening for “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert,” a kick-off for the weekend that will finish with the 50th anniversary special airing on NBC on, ironically, Sunday evening.

Among the celebrities spotted at Radio City Music Hall on Friday night, the invitees included Tom Hanks, Jason Momoa, Peyton Manning, Josh Gad, Ray Romano, Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, Judd Apatow, Jack McBrayer, Willie Geist, Al Roker, Phil Rosenthal, Savannah Guthrie, Jerry Seinfeld, Lester Holt, Keegan-Michael Key, Billy Crystal, Jim Gaffigan, Woody Harrelson, Natasha Lyonne, James Franco and Jon Hamm. “SNL” alum were in attendance too, including Adam Sandler, John Mulaney, Molly Shannon, Kevin Nealon, Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers and Punkie Johnson. “SNL” head Lorne Michaels could be seen rushing through the lobby before the show as well.

We’re celebrating 50 years of “Saturday Night Live”! All this week, we’re digging into the late-night comedy institution with new stories, including lists, essays, interviews, and more.

When “The Blues Brothers” hit theaters in 1980, it opened a Pandora’s Box that would eventually gift Hollywood films like “Wayne’s World” and curse it with abominations like “It’s Pat” and “Coneheads.” John Landis’ ultra-cool film about two brothers on a mission from God to get the band back together was bursting with Chicago blues performances, epic car chases, and enough celebrity cameos to fill a season of “Saturday Night Live.” Grossing over $100 million on a $27 million budget, it proved to many that characters who originated on Lorne Michaels’ NBC variety show were more than capable of carrying their own feature film.

In theory, that was true. With “SNL” exploding in popularity and Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi wading into movie stardom,...

When Ben Stiller was 8, he visited his father, Jerry, on the set of the movie The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and experienced a kind of epiphany. In the 1974 thriller set in the New York City subway, Jerry, who would enjoy a late-career resurgence 20 years later as Seinfeld‘s Frank Costanza, was playing a transit cop alongside Walter Matthau, and Ben was visiting during a night shoot, as lights on giant cranes shone down on the slick city streets around the Triborough Bridge.

“It was so cool, so cool,” says Stiller, now 59, recalling the scene as he looks out from the offices of his Red Hour Productions in the West Village in mid-January, over a sweeping view of the Hudson River. It’s the same view he had as a child at his family’s apartment on Riverside Drive some 70 blocks north. Jerry and actress Anne Meara, Ben’s mother,...

While Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi’s sunglasses-clad musical duo Blues Brothers went on to star in their own movie, perform concerts across the country and inspire at least one truly baffling English beer commercial…

…it all began with a couple of appearances on Saturday Night Live. Aykroyd and Belushi danced and sang their favorite R&b tracks, with the help of a killer band and Scarface-levels of cocaine circulating throughout their bloodstream.

While The Blues Brothers are now an indelible part of the show’s early history, when the two comedians originally pitched the idea to producer Lorne Michaels, he was more than a little skeptical. As shared in the recent documentary Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music, the seeds of the Blues Brothers began with Belushi’s distaste for performing in those recurring bee costume sketches.

According to the book The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the...

Before he arrived at the Old Joliet Prison south of Chicago, now the Joliet Area Historical Museum, Erik Devereux made sure his ensemble was in appropriate Blues Brothers order. The basics weren’t a stretch: The 61-year-old teacher at the University of Illinois-Chicago already owns a black jacket and pants, a dark tie (a little wide for the occasion but workable), and white socks and sunglasses. The black fedora was another matter, so he hired a haberdasher in the city to make one for him.

But despite all his preparation,...

Saturday Night is currently generating significant buzz with its theatrical release, and Dan Aykroyd, a major contributor to the NBC sketch comedy, has given his blessings to the movie by calling it a standalone masterpiece. The biographical comedy-drama captures the behind-the-scenes drama and creative process of airing the very first episode of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975, as Lorne Michaels and the rest of the cast and crew swam through the chaos of creating history.

On Friday, which was the 49th anniversary of Saturday Night Lives premiere, Aykroyd took to X to sing praise for the groundbreaking movie. He wrote:

Cracking a Head to applaud Jason Reitmans triumphant SNL film. Wow! What a propulsive, engaging, funny, beautifully cast and acted, suspenseful, adventurous, music-filled ride. A perfect window into the creative process at its highest level.

As one of the six original cast members in 1975, Aykroyd played a pivotal role in...

As one of the oldest streaming services out there, Netflix continues to set the standard that other streaming services compare themselves to. With its variety of shows and films in its vast catalog, viewers often look to the platform for the majority of their streaming needs. True to form, the Og service is offering subscribers a slew of new films next month, each likely to entertain just about anyone.

With a wide range of films heading to the platform in the coming weeks, viewers wont want to leave their couches. From action films to heartfelt and bittersweet dramas, Netflix has something nearly everyone will enjoy. No matter what type of film a viewer prefers, theyre all but guaranteed to find something worth watching on the streaming platform in September.

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This past weekend saw the return of one of the most oddly-specific fan conventions in existence: Blues Brothers Con.

Fans of the classic 1980 comedy gathered at Chicago’s Old Joliet Prison, where Jake Blues was famously incarcerated, to watch Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi (or “Elwood” and “Brother Zee”) shambolically cover classic songs to a crowd of die-hard fans… who Aykroyd made sure to avoid eye contact with at all costs.

The second Blues Brothers Con will also reportedly be the last. Staging these events hasn’t exactly been a smooth process. The first concert was supposed to happen back in 2020, in order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the film, but had to be delayed because of the pandemic. The follow-up was scheduled for 2023, but was ultimately pushed back due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Dedicating this year’s belated con to the late Judith Belushi Pisano, John Belushi...

Bob Tischler, the writer and producer known for his work on Saturday Night Live, has died. He was 78.

The former SNL head writer, who is largely credited with helping revive the NBC sketch comedy show after its infamously panned 1980-81 season, died on July 13 at his home in Bodega Bay, California.

His son Zeke told The New York Times that the cause of death was pancreatic cancer.

Born June 12, 1946 in Englewood, New Jersey, Tischler attended Ithaca and Franconia Colleges in the 1960s before working as a sound engineer in radio and television.

After working together on a radio ad, Christopher Guest recommended him to National Lampoon, for which he produced the albums Radio Dinner (1972), Gold Turkey (1975) and That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick (1977), as well as The National Lampoon Radio Hour in 1973.

Saturday Night Live Producer Dick Ebersol, writers Bob Tischler and Michael O’Donoghue and improvisation expert Del Close.

It’s funny how an old TV catchphrase will just magically pop into your brain. While watching this new comedy action caper I recalled George Peppard as Hannibal Smith, leader of the NBC 80s ratings juggernaut, “The A-Team”. With a big cigar clenched between his pearly whites, he’d grin and exclaim, “I love it when a plan comes together” as the bad guys’ vehicles would flip over (though there had to be a shot of them climbing out of the windows unscathed for the censors). Well, the two main characters of this film might say, “I hate it when a plan falls apart”. And it does spectacularly for these luckless schmoes, actually played by members of the “Ocean’s Crew” (the 2000s reboot). And though they spend most of the story’s runtime trying to escape and survive, the title ironically labels them The Instigators.

In the film’s...

Judy Belushi Pisano, the widow of John Belushi and a former actress and producer, has died. She was 73.

News of Pisano’s death was reported by The Mv Times, which covers Martha’s Vineyard, where she spent much of her later years. She died after a long battle with cancer, the publication noted. Belushi’s official social media accounts also shared the news on Instagram and Facebook.

“Today, our hearts are heavy as we say goodbye to our sweet Judy,” the posts began. “Her unwavering dedication and creative genius alongside Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi gave birth to The Blues Brothers, a timeless testament to the power of music and laughter.”

Pisano was married to Belushi from 1973 until 1982, when he died from an overdose. She remarried in 1990 to Victor Pisano before filing for divorce in 2010.

“In the years following John’s passing in 1982, Judy honored his life and championed his legacy and Blues Brothers brand,...

Judy Belushi Pisano, the widow of legendary comedian John Belushi who spent decades preserving and protecting his legacy, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. She was 73.

News of Pisano’s passing was reported Saturday by the Mv Times news outlet covering Martha’s Vineyard, where Pisano spent most of her later years. Her death was also confirmed on the official John Belushi Instagram account.

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Pisano was married to Belushi, the larger-than-life star of “Saturday Night Live,” “Animal House” and “The Blues Brothers,” from 1973 until his death from an overdose in 1982. The two met while in high school in Wheaton, Illinois. Pisano was there for his meteoric rise, and she endured the worst of Belushi’s infidelity and addiction struggles, yet she devoted much of her life to honoring his memory. She was a producer on...

There’s no shortage of things to watch this month at Prime Video and Freevee! The Amazon streamers head into May with a collective hundred-plus new titles, channels, and sports streams available to watch throughout the month, from the new Anne Hathaway-starred rom-com “The Idea of You” to Thursday night 2024 WNBA regular season games after the season opener on Tuesday, May 14.

Ready to watch? Check out The Streamable’s top-to-watch picks this month, and find out everything coming to Prime Video and Freevee in May!

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Michael Showalter and Jennifer Westfeldt adapt Robinne Lee’s sexy, funny, and contemporary love story with Anne Hathaway playing Solène, a 40-year-old single mom who begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine), the lead singer...

With its list of May 2024 releases, Amazon Prime Video is giving us the kindest gift of all: cougar Anne Hathaway.

May 2 sees the premiere of The Idea of You, a romantic-comedy that features Hathaway as a 40-year-old mom finding romance with a 24-year-old boy band singer (Nicholas Galitzine). Having saved the medium of film forever, Prime Video is celebrating with some big time library titles this month as well. American Fiction and BlacKkKlansman arrive on May 14 and will be followed by Creed and Pearl: An X-traordinary Origin Story on May 16.

For its TV offerings, Prime is leading off with Outer Range season 2 on May 16. This James Brolin sci-fi Western will continue the mysteries of the strange happenings on Thanos’ ranch. Reality TV fans will be able to enjoy the Daniel Tosh-hosted competition series The Goat on May 9.

Here’s everything coming to Prime Video and Freevee in April – Amazon...

Tom Hanks is one of the most celebrated and well-known celebrities in Hollywood today, but along the way, there were a few movies that shaped his career. Tom Hanks got his start in acting when he was in his early 20s after moving to New York to pursue a career in the industry. He got some early success after landing a few minor and other leading parts, as well as landing a role to play in a stage production of The Mandrake, directed by Daniel Southern alongside the Riverside Shakespeare Company.

Hanks was able to scale up his career, forming relationships with big names in the industry, and winning awards for his work. He has also won two Oscars, along with four more nominations for his work. He has gained great success as both a comedy and a dramatic actor, in animated films and live-action, and he is widely regarded...

Recently, I had the chance to sit down with Paul Rudd and Carrie Coon, who are out promoting Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Both Rudd and Coon have been outspoken in their love of the original Ghostbusters, as well as the original cast, and I couldn’t help but put them both on the spot a little bit. Given that young audiences are discovering the original Ghostbusters thanks to these new movies, I wondered which classic comedy featuring some of the cast Rudd and Coon might suggest younger audiences check out next.

“I love so many of them. I might say Stripes because of the Harold Ramis connection there. But, you can also do Groundhog Day because of the Harold Ramis connection. Or Caddyshack. I mean, my God, there’s so many! And with Aykroyd, The Blues Brothers is obviously such a major thing.”

Coon also chimed in, mentioning that the old...

Steve Lawrence, the Fifties and Sixties crooner, actor, and comedian who teamed with his wife Eydie Gormé to form the duo Steve and Eydie, has died at the age of 88.

Lawrence died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles from complications from Alzheimer’s disease, a spokesperson for the family told Variety; Lawrence was forced to retire from touring after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2019.

“My Dad was an inspiration to so many people,” his son David Lawrence said in a statement. “But, to me, he was just this charming,...

Steve Lawrence, a king among easy-listening crooners who rocketed to fame in the ’50s and ’60s as half of the duo Steve and Eydie, died Thursday at age 88. Lawrence died at home in Los Angeles, and the cause of death was complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a spokesperson for the family, Susan DuBow.

Lawrence’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis had finally put an end to his touring career in 2019, after a run in the public eye that spanned six and a half decades.

Lawrence was preceded in death in 2013 by his wife, Eydie Gormé, with whom he enjoyed nearly unparalleled success as a performing couple during their heyday as touring artists and TV stars in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. The couple had continued to tour together through 2009.

His colleagues began to weigh in Thursday. “Steve was one of my favorite guests on my variety show,” Carol Burnett said,...

Steve Lawrence, the charismatic Grammy- and Emmy-winning crooner who delighted audiences for decades in nightclubs, on concert stages and in film and television appearances, died Thursday. He was 88.

Lawrence, who partnered in a popular act with his wife of 55 years, the late Eydie Gormé, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, a publicidst announced.

With his boyish good looks, silky voice and breezy personality, Lawrence broke into show business when he won a talent competition on Arthur Godfrey’s CBS show and signed with King Records as a teenager. The singer chose to stay old school and resist the allure of rock ‘n’ roll.

“It didn’t attract me as much,” Lawrence once said. “I grew up in a time period when music was written by Irving Berlin and Cole Porter and George and Ira Gershwin and Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and Sammy Cahn and Julie Stein.

Dylan O'Brien has been announced as a part of the starring cast of SNL 1975.

From Sony Pictures, SNL 1975 comes from director Jason Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan, the filmmaking duo behind Ghostbusters: Afterlife and its upcoming sequel. Per Deadline, the film will feature Dylan O'Brien as Dan Aykroyd, the original Saturday Night Live star also known for his roles in movies like Ghostbusters and Blues Brothers. SNL 1975 will also star Cory Michael Smith (Gotham) as Chevy Chase, Lamorne Morris (New Girl) as Garrett Morris, and Matt Wood (Law & Order: Svu) as John Belushi.

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Focusing on the very first broadcast of Saturday Night Live, the reported synopsis for SNL 1975 reads, "On October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever.

After a wildly successful Off-Broadway run in New York, Saw The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw not only will extend it’s run but launch a national tour as well.

Saw The Musical continues Off-Broadway at Amt Theatre (345 West 45th Street) through June 23, 2024. The national tour begins in LA with a six-week run beginning February 29 at the Hudson Theatres Mainstage.

Created by Cooper Jordan (Dex! A Killer Musical, The Rat Pack Undead), Saw The Musical has a book by Award -Winning Writer Zoe Ann Jordan (Virtuoso – Nychff) and music & lyrics by Patrick Spencer & Anthony De Angelis (An Axemas Story), and directed by Tony Award Winner Stephanie Rosenberg (Easter Bunny Hop! Live; Co-Producer: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Anastasia) with music direction by Leigh Pomeranz (Dex! A Killer Musical).

Saw The Musical hilariously captures the events of the first movie, parodying the Saw that started it all, following from where Lawrence Gordon...

You may be unfamiliar with Please Don't Destroy, a comedy trio best known for their work in and within Saturday Night Live. Since 2021 they've contributed pre-recorded elements to the show. The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain therefore joins a long and august tradition of cast members making films. For every Wayne's World, Blues Brothers and without alliteration Ghostbusters, there's A Night At The Roxbury or a Coneheads. The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain is far more of the latter than the former, and it's vanishingly unlikely that anyone not already familiar with Please Don't Destroy will be minded to become so, especially after having seen it.

Saturday Night Live's influence on American comedy is as pernicious and pervasive as that of Cambridge Footlights on British humour. There are further connections with The National Lampoon growing out of Harvard, though their sophomoric tendencies were most visible in Animal House. There's...

Hunted by monsters, an orphaned teen finds solace in a supernatural suit of armor and its ghostly companion in the new phantasmal comic book series Armored. Written and created by Michael Schwartz, illustrated by Ismael Hernandez, lettered by Ferran Delgado, and edited by Chris Stevens, the five-issue comic book series is now on Kickstarter via Clover Press, and to celebrate its crowdfunding launch, we've been provided with an exclusive look at the variant covers for Armored #1 by renowned artists Scott Kolins and Nick Pitarra, respectively.

You can check out the variant covers below (as well as the main cover by Jae Lee) as well as the official press release with additional details on Armored. Check back on Daily Dead tomorrow for our Q&a with Michael Schwartz, and to learn more and support Armored, be sure to visit the comic book series' official Kickstarter page!

Press Release: Screenwriter Michael Schwartz...

Making a top ten list of your favourite movies can be difficult, but is it any easier when you narrow that list down to a single decade? IndieWire asked dozens of filmmakers to put together a list of their favourite 80s movies, and the results are as widely varied as the decade itself. Which 80s movies does Bill Hader hold dear to his heart? What are some of Nia DaCosta’s favourites? Can Edgar Wright actually contain himself to just ten movies? What horror movies of the 80s top Eli Roth’s list?

Bill Hader’s (Barry) Favourite 80s Movies:

Thin Blue Line Road Warrior Blood Simple Evil Dead 1&2 Raging Bull Naked Gun The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On The Hit Raising Arizona Crimes and Misdemeanors Blue Velvet Where is the Friends House Pee Wees Big Adventure Midnight Run Come and See Do the Right Thing My Neighbor Totoro Die Hard Paris,...

If you were a kid in the early 1990s, you were probably a fan of Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in the "Saturday Night Live" sketch "Wayne's World." Myers played Wayne Campbell, a metal fan who shot a cable access show in his mom's basement with his buddy Garth Algar (Dana Carvey). The bit spawned a whole lot of catchphrases like the self-explanatory "schwing" when they saw a pic of a beautiful woman. Not every "SNL" sketch can support an entire movie, but "Wayne's World" not only managed one but two. In fact, it was the second "SNL" sketch to become a film after "Blues Brothers" and the first to get a sequel.

"Wayne's World," directed by Penelope Spheeris, infamously gave rise to a lot of rumors about Myers being difficult to work with during filming. In an episode of The Hollywood Reporter's "It Happened in Hollywood" podcast, Spheeris spoke about the experience,...

The comedy world has been blessed with countless brilliant individuals whose laughter and wit have brightened our lives. Tragically, some of the most gifted stand-ups and comic actors have been taken from us too soon. Their stories are a mixture of laughter, pain, and heartache, leaving indelible marks on the comedy world. In this blog post, we pay tribute to the comedians who died young, exploring their lives, personal struggles, and the legacies they left behind.

Related: The 10 Best Stand-Up Specials of All Time (Ranked Best to Worst)

Short Summary Lenny Bruce, John Belushi, Chris Farley, Bernie Mac, Patrice O’Neal, and Mitch Hedberg all left legacy of courageous comedy. Bill Hicks and Andy Kaufman revolutionized the art of comedy with their boundary-pushing performances. Kevin Barnett, Jak Knight & Nick Nemeroff tragically passed too soon. Greg Giraldo & Freddie Prinze lost to addiction, a heartbreaking reminder that rising stars can be gone instantly.

Hollywood loves nothing more than movie sequels, because they come with ready-made audiences, but they aren't always as popular as the original movie or even remembered at all. If the first installment was widely successful, that can create some very high expectations to live up to, and not every sequel manages it.

Still, many movie studios will choose to make a sequel - even without the original actors or director - in an attempt to cash in on the success of their predecessors. It's a huge risk, and these ventures can end up crashing and burning, creating movie sequels that become critical and financial flops that fall quickly into obscurity.

Related: 10 Movie Sequels That Are Much Less Serious Than The Original

Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

This sequel saw Dan Aykroyd return to play one-half of the iconic Blues Brothers, who embark on a "mission from God" to save their childhood orphanage and...

Universal has moved “Strays” from June 9 to August 18, placing the R-rated talking-animal comedy in the same general release slot where the likes of “Good Boys” and “We’re The Millers” found fortune and glory in years prior. Now, instead of opening against “Transformers: Rise of the Beast,” itself something of a talking-animal tentpole, it’ll square off against DC’s “Blue Beetle.”

It will replace the untitled comedy from the Please Don’t Destroy comedy group. That film, starring “Saturday Night Live” vets Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy, will now go straight to Peacock on Nov. 17. It further highlights the challenges in releasing big new comedies in theaters since you still might need big new stars. While most “Saturday Night Live” movies were not theatrically successful, “Wayne’s World” and “Blues Brothers” are the exception, the near-disappearance of the SNL comedian-to-movie star pipeline is one reason why we have yet...

If you thought the original The Blues Brothers didn’t warrant a sequel–especially after John Belushi’s death–then you undoubtedly don’t think 1998’s illogically titled Blues Brothers 2000 does. Still, that hasn’t stopped ideas for another Blues Brothers sequel from popping into star Dan Aykroyd’s head, something he has pestered Belushi’s younger brother, Jim, about for some time now.

In a new interview, Jim Belushi revealed that Dan Aykroyd has several ideas as to how to turn The Blues Brothers into a full-blown trilogy. “[Dan Aykroyd] actually, you know, he’s always got ideas. I mean, he’s got this whole thing about, you know, ‘I find Jake’s brother in Albania, you know. I find out there was another brother, a Blues Brother. And I go to Albania and I find him and I bring him out. He doesn’t speak English.’” This additional brother...

Since 1980, the weekly sketch show "Saturday Night Live" has produced eleven feature films based on its characters. "The Blues Brothers" was released in 1980 and remains one of our favorite "SNL" movies (though it's debatable how much of an "SNL" movie it is with no Lorne Michaels attached). It was another 12 years before another "SNL" movie came out, and it was worth the wait. The 1990s were the heyday for a proliferation "SNL" movies, beginning in 1992 with the beloved "Wayne's World."

The rest of the decade was hit or miss for "SNL" movies in terms of quality. We saw the return of Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtain in the heartwarming "Coneheads." Will Ferrell got his first leading role with "A Night at the Roxbury." There was an awful "Blues Brothers" sequel for some reason. And does anyone even remember they made an entire movie with Julia Sweeney's androgynous character, "It's...

Where will Maroon 5’s Super Bowl Liii show wind up on this list?

26. Black Eyed Peas (2011) Before this show, young ‘uns were celebrating the end of the halftime show being owned by the “retirement home.” Afterwards, the old folks were smugly smirking. The Peas were absolutely abominable, with stiff choreography and mailed-in vocals that made The Who seem 40 years younger. The absolute worst moment came when Slash arrived to save the day, only for Fergie to commit a cardinal sin against rock by mangling “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” Later in 2011, the Peas’ new album got panned, their motion-sensor video game bombed, and by year’s end, they announced they were going on hiatus.

25. Indiana Jones (1995) If you thought Katy Perry’s shark was weird, get a load of this. Disney used this halftime show to promote its new Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland, and it featured Indy (not played by...

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Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie, which opened on Friday, July 18, 1980, had stiff competition at the box office: Airplane!, The Empire Strikes Back, The Shining, Friday the 13th, The Blue Lagoon, The Big Red One, Dressed to Kill, Fame, and The Blues Brothers were all in major release at the time. While Next Movie and did respectable business, it went on to gross even more moola when Universal released is on a double bill with John Landis’s beloved Blues Brothers later. The film picks up sometime after Cheech and Chong’s maiden cinematic outing, Up in Smoke, left off two years earlier. Written by the slapdash and seemingly always high dynamic duo and directed by the latter of the two, Next Movie plays out like their comedy album routines (“Dave” from their self-titled 1971 debut album is one of their best-known and funniest bits) which is exactly...

The Fast and Furious movies aren't the only ones with great car chases. Join us as we take a look at the 50 best car chase scenes in film. This week, we're counting down from #25 to #1!

Like peanut butter and jelly, car chases and movies are two things that just go together perfectly. A chase is inherently interesting to watch - someone is trying their best to get away by any means possible, while the other party is trying to stop them from doing so. The danger involved, the threat of violence, and even the thrill of the hunt are all part of why we often can’t look away. A car chase is the next level of chase. They are fast - an embodiment of man and machine together. They are also dangerous - the stakes are incredibly high, and not just for the people involved in the chase.

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Dan Aykroyd was one of the speakers at Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds's public memorial at Forest Lawn Cemetery in La on Saturday. The former Saturday Night Live cast member paid tribute to ex-fiancée Carrie by taking a walk down memory lane and recalling a time when Carrie choked on a brussel sprout and he performed the Heimlich maneuver on her. "If I'd been with our beloved showboat, I might have been able to save her again," he told the audience. Dan and Carrie met on the set of Saturday Night Live and fell in love while filming Blues Brothers in 1980. Their relationship quickly became serious as they "obtained blood tests for compatibility from an East Indian female doctor" before getting engaged, though they eventually called it quits and Carrie went on to marry Paul Simon. During a recent interview with Empire magazine, Dan referred to Carrie as "one...

Wayne’s World, the blockbuster comedy starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey based on the now-classic Saturday Night Live recurring sketch, turns 25 on Tuesday, Feb. 14 -- Happy Valentine’s Day! -- and we’re still in love.

It’s one of the best of the feature films to spin out of the long-running NBC sketch comedy series, but each has its own charm that could be worth revisiting or seeing for the first time. Do note our suggested binge-viewing order -- from best to worst -- if you want your party time to be excellent.

More: 'Wayne's World Turns 25' -- How Mike Myers and Dana Carvey Found Their Inner Rock Stars

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Why you should see it now: The first Saturday Night Live feature film is second only to Wayne’s World in worldwide box office revenue and is considered a comedy classic. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd remain the quintessential SNL duo who...

Tomorrow marks the one-month anniversary of the tragic death of beloved actress Carrie Fisher, who passed after suffering a heart attack at the age of 60. To honor the late actress, Empire has brought in a number of the actress' closest friends as part of a 24-page farewell in their March 2017 issue, which goes on sale today. The publication released an excerpt from this touching tribute, written by the late actress' former fiancee, comedy legend Dan Aykroyd.

Empire released this excerpt before the issue went on sale, where Dan Aykroyd opened up about his relationship with Carrie Fisher, revealing how it was a "privelege and honour" to even know Carrie Fisher, having grown up "a simple Catholic kid from a government family in Hull, Quebec." Here's what he had to say about this "one-off, broke-the-mould woman," and how they first met and fell in love.

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Some of the best remembrances are nothing more than a collection of disjointed memories. That’s what this essay from Dan Aykroyd is. Aykroyd and the late Carrie Fisher were engaged to be married at one time, and in this memoriam he focuses not on the bigger picture of their courtship but the smaller moments that still resonate many years later. It’s nearly impossible to encapsulate a person’s soul or influence in words, after all, and Aykroyd’s collection of words, jokes, and recollections provides a uniquely moving look at the actress.

In the essay, he notes how they fell in love on the set of Blues Brothers before touching on his relationship with her family, a romantic Lake Tahoe getaway, and a few small details about their last night together. It’s a passage like the following, however, that hits the hardest:

While in Chicago we obtained...

Dan Aykroyd opened up about his love for the late Carrie Fisher in a letter he penned for a recent issue of London's Empire magazine.

Fisher and Aykroyd met when she hosted Saturday Night Live in 1978, and they fell in love while working together on 1980's Blues Brothers.

"Carrie embraced my friends and I was embraced in warmly human and Hollywood-glamorous emotional comfort, elegance and excitement," Aykroyd wrote. "Debbie [Reynolds] would cook for us and Carrie’s tech-wizard brother Todd would take me on high-intensity cruises in muscle cars and on motorcycles through Beverly Hills with great young people, Jose Ferrer...

Dan Aykroyd is remembering Carrie Fisher almost a month after her death. In an essay for the upcoming farewell issue of Empire magazine, the actor opens up about his ex-fiancée and the ups and downs of their romance. "I grew up as a simple Catholic kid from a government family in Hull, Quebec, so you can imagine how much of a privilege and honor it was for me to have known this one-off, broke-the-mould woman as a great friend," he writes. He recalls meeting her on the set of Saturday Night Live and how they fell in love while filming Blues Brothers in 1980 before moving in together. Their relationship quickly became serious as they "obtained blood tests for compatibility from an East Indian female doctor" before getting engaged. "Contemplating marriage, I gave Carrie a sapphire ring and subsequently in the romance she gave me a Donald Roller Wilson oil painting...

Dan Aykroyd is looking back on his life with former fiancée Carrie Fisher. The comedian penned a candid but heartfelt essay as part of Empire's 24-page farewell to the late Star Wars actress, and in it he opens up about the ups and downs of their relationship. Aykroyd first met the iconic actress on the set of Saturday Night Live, but they didn't become close until they filmed Blues Brothers. "I grew up as a simple Catholic kid from a government family in Hull, Quebec, so you can imagine how much of a privilege and honor it was for me to have known this one-off, broke-the-mould woman as a great friend," he begins his essay. The couple fell in love on set and they ended up moving in...

Dan Aykroyd is opening up about his friendship and romantic relationship with the late Carrie Fisher.

The Ghostbusters star penned a touching essay for Empire Magazine's upcoming farewell issue in memory of the Star Wars icon, where he candidly recounted Fisher's role in his life.

"While filming Blues Brothers, Carrie and I fell in love and during the shoot she moved in with me into a penthouse suite in the futuristic, aluminum-clad Astro Tower, which I knew to apologize for. Carrie had the most refined eye for art and design," Aykroyd shares.

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The pair, who met while Aykroyd and fellow Blues Brothers star John Belushi were castmembers on Saturday Night Live, lived together for some time in 1980, and they even thought about marriage, going so far as to get "blood tests for compatibility."

"Contemplating marriage, I gave Carrie a sapphire ring," the 64-year-old...

Dan Aykroyd is remembering his dear friend and former fiancée Carrie Fisher in an emotional tribute to the late actress.

In an essay appearing in Thursday’s issue of Empire, the Ghostbusters star shares a collection of memories spanning from when they first met on the set of Saturday Night Live to the end of their relationship in the early ’80s, when Fisher left him for Paul Simon.

“I grew up as a simple Catholic kid from a government family in Hull, Quebec, so you can imagine how much of a privilege and honor it was for me to have known this one-off,...

For Catastrophe co-creator and star Rob Delaney, the real-life Carrie Fisher lived up to the hype — and then some.

In an essay published by The Guardian on Wednesday, Delaney, 39, pays tribute to the late iconic actress, who played his “card-carrying sadist” mother on the British black comedy.

“Like you, I was a fan first and a fan for ever,” Delaney begins, ticking off some of Fisher’s most memorable roles, in Star Wars, When Harry Met Sally and The Blues Brothers, the last of which inspired in Delaney a lip gloss and murder-fueled crush.

“I spent my teenage years fantasising...

There has been a disturbance in the Force.

Beloved Star Wars actress and writer Carrie Fisher has passed away at the age of 60.

Fisher has been entertaining since she first appeared on one of her mother, Debbie Reynolds', television specials in 1969 at the age of 12.

Fisher experienced a medical emergency on Friday on a flight from London to L.A. After landing, she was taken to a Los Angeles hospital where she remained in critical condition. 

She passed away on Tuesday morning. 

Fisher is best known for her iconic performance as the beautiful and feisty Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.

She also appeared in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens which was released in 2015 as well as Star Wars Episode VIII which will be released in theaters at the end of 2017.

Though best known...

Los Angeles – The force was always with Carrie Fisher to the day she passed away…Tuesday, December 27th, 2016. The actress and writer died of the heart attack she suffered on a flight from London to Los Angeles four days ago. Best known for her role as Princess Leia in the first “Star Wars” trilogy, she was 60 years old.

She was the daughter of show business royalty, her father being singer Eddie Fisher and her mother movie star Debbie Reynolds. But Fisher outdid both of them by landing the Princess Leia role in the original “Star Wars” movie in 1977. The unexpected breakthrough hit launched a new era of blockbuster movies and a religious devotion from audiences to the series, and Fisher even revisited the role – as General Leia Organa – in 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens. She also wrote seven books, the latest being a memoir of her initial “Star Wars” days,...

Dan Aykroyd was rushed to the ER on Saturday after complaints of stomach pain ... TMZ has learned. La City Fire tells TMZ paramedics responded to a call at his house around 10am Saturday morning and transported him to a Santa Monica hospital.  Sources close to Dan tell us that he was hospitalized for a minor stomach ailment, but he's since been released and is recovering at home. Doctors ran tests but haven't yet determined the cause of the pain.