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Bill Murray revealed that he was tricked into doing "Ghostbusters II" after demonstrating his reluctance to make a sequel to the hit 1984 comedy.  Murray played the sarcastic Dr. Peter Venkman in the franchise alongside Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and the late Harold Ramis.The Academy Award-nominated actor was honored at the 36th Santa Barbara International Film Festival with the Maltin Modern Master Award this week.

Ghostbusters movie, revealing that it was “physically painful”.Last year, the actor confirmed after much speculation that he would be appearing in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the forthcoming Ghostbusters sequel directed by Jason Reitman.

Comedy couples! Saturday Night Live may be known for bringing laughs to viewers, but it’s also brought tons of stars together.

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesLaraine Newman was 23 years old when she was cherry-picked by Lorne Michaels to join the inaugural cast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in 1975, along with Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris and Dan Aykroyd. During her five-year tenure on the iconic show, Newman skyrocketed to fame for playing memorable characters such as Connie Conehead and Sheri the Valley Girl.

With Christmas approaching, Bill Murray has a gift for everyone.

The Library of Congress has unveiled its annual list of 25 movies to make the cut for the National Film Registry. The selection this year, considered among America’s most influential motion pictures, includes such titles as Christopher Nolan’s 2008 The Dark Knight; DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek, 1978 summer musical smash Grease and 1980 John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd comedy The Blues Brothers.

“The Blues Brothers” is 40 years old, and Dan Aykroyd still has stories to tell.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Second City, the comedy institution that launched the careers of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray and Tina Fey, is being put up for sale. It marks only the second time in the brand’s 60-year history that it has been on the block.

If you have to rank the legends of American comedy, no discussion can go forward without the great John Belushi at the top. A notorious wildman known for his SNL days, but also roles like “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” “The Blues Brothers” and more, Belushi’s life and comedy career were cut short in 1982 at the age of 33 due to a tragic drug and alcohol intoxication.

Bill Murray is offering up his “ugly” golf shirts to the Doobie Brothers to “upgrade” their “wardrobes,” after they called him out for using their music in an ad.

The Doobie Brothers are coming after Bill Murray.

A vintage promotional video for “Ghostbusters” has recently surfaced, with stars Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray offering a hilarious reminder of why the 1983 comedy remains a screen classic.

Dan Aykroyd says learning of Chadwick Boseman‘s death “felt like a sword went through me.” The 68-year-old actor co-starred with Boseman in 2014’s “Get on Up”, playing manager Ben Bart to Boseman’s James Brown.

Dan Aykroyd says learning of Chadwick Boseman's death «felt like a sword went through me.» The 68-year-old actor co-starred with Boseman in 2014's, playing manager Ben Bart to Boseman's James Brown. «I couldn't move,» Aykroyd tells ET's Rachel Smith of the moment he found out about Boseman's death on Friday. «I mean, I just buckled over.

In his new reality series “Growing Belushi”, Jim Belushi is on a mission to de-stigmatize marijuana usage while showing off his legal cannabis business in Oregon.

Jim Belushi is eager for you to see how his career has gone to pot.The actor, Blues Brother and TV veteran (ABC’s “According to Jim”) stars in “Growing Belushi,” a three-part Discovery series taking viewers inside the legal cannabis business he runs from his southern Oregon spread, Belushi’s Farm.

Ernie Hudson got candid about his role in the original “Ghostbusters” films being cut down and whether or not he thinks race played a factor. Hudson played Winston Zeddemore, who joins the movie later than the other three actors, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and the late Harold Ramis.The actor previously revealed that the character was supposed to show up much earlier in the movie with a significantly richer back story.

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” was one of the many studio blockbusters whose release date was delayed due to the shuttering of theaters in late March. Despite its untimely postponement, fans are still eagerly awaiting the arrival of ‘Afterlife,’ as it follows in direct continuity to Ivan Reitman’s “Ghostbusters” (1984) and “Ghostbusters II” (1989) and overlooks the poorly-received “Ghostbusters” of 2016.

For a movie that came out four decades ago, a lot in The Blues Brothers still feels very relevant today. "It's anti-Nazi.

When “The Blues Brothers” landed in theaters 40 years ago this week, it was something of a novelty – the first feature film based on characters from “Saturday Night Live,” which had, at that point, only been on the air for five years. And though it was a hit, no one would try again for 12 years, with “Wayne’s World,” after which the floodgates opened.

Ellise Shafer editorIn today’s TV news roundup, Netflix has set a premiere date and released the trailer for new series “Say I Do,” and Amazon Prime Video shared a first look at Season 2 of “Hanna.” Travel Channel announced that their new series, “Hotel Paranormal,” will premiere July 11 at 10 p.m. Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, the 10-episode series takes a terrifying look at guests’ ghostly encounters across the country, from highway motels to grand hotels.

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” — also joined the laid-back Zoom call, along with Gad’s fellow super-fan Kumail Nanjiani, theme song writer-performer Ray Parker Jr. and several actors who contributed smaller roles in the blockbuster supernatural comedy.The crew recalled some of their favorite moments from the shoot.

Bill Murray recalled his first impressions after getting his hands on the Ghostbusters script as the cast of the beloved 1980s film reunited for charity.Murray was joined by his co-stars including Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts, as well as director, Ivan Reitman, for a virtual reunion.It was organised by Frozen star Josh Gad for his Reunited Apart series in aid of the coronavirus relief effort.The cast reminisced about the 1984 supernatural comedy and Murray

company’s website, Alexander said he “failed to create an anti-racist environment wherein artists of color might thrive.

Dan Aykroyd is lending his familiar voice to an eerie new series.

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy joined actor Jack McBrayer online on Thursday night to launch a new comedy live-stream series.

Happy anniversary, Tommy Boy! The comedy turned 25 years old on Tuesday. The film opened in theaters on March 31, 1995.

The 'Stranger Things' actor stars alongside Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Bill Murray and more

The gang's back together!