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Chris Morris Music ReporterProducer-director Ivan Reitman, whose wildly successful comedies of the ‘70s and ‘80s included the blockbuster spookfest “Ghostbusters,” died in his sleep on Feb. 12, his family confirmed to the Associated Press.

Apparently it is the season to celebrate the iconic marriage and professional relationship of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed a penetrating, funny, revealing, and ultimately moving film, Being The Ricardos which covers a lot of ground in the Lucy/Desi world using dramatic license to place several real events in their lives all in the course of one week of production on I Love Lucy. Although starring Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem as the iconic pair, it felt quite real and actually was as you discover watching Amy Poehler’s marvelous love letter to their lives and times in Lucy And Desi, which like Ricardos will be available on Amazon Prime, the perfect companion piece to Sorkin’s film, and a compelling documentary portrait all on its own.

Dan Aykroyd doesn’t see any need to offend people.

Get ready to go on another mission from God.

Blues Brothers documentary about the film’s classic characters is in development with Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi’s estate.The series will be made up of previously unseen material, and will chart the music and the legacy of the classic characters, who were originally concocted by the actors for a Saturday Night Live sketch.Aykroyd, Belushi’s widow Judith Belushi-Pisano and son Lucas Pisano will all collaborate for the series, which is being made with Utopia Originals.“Last year, The Blues

Robin Williams' daughter is speaking out after fans have been "spamming" her online.

Zelda Williams has a request for the fans of her late father Robin Williams after actor Jamie Costa‘s “test footage” has gone viral.

Mork & Mindy, on Monday (October 11). It has since garnered over one million views.The clip shows the actor in his dressing room ahead of shooting in 1982, where the news is broken to him that fellow comedian and friend John Belushi had died the night before.Belushi died in March 1982 of a drug overdose at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles aged 33.

Jim Belushi and wife Jennifer Sloan are going their own ways.

Keegan-Michael Key is making some big promises in advance of his SNL hosting gig this weekend.

LOS ANGELES -- If Laraine Newman recounted only her experiences as an original “Saturday Night Live” player — a storied ensemble that included Gilda Radner and John Belushi — she’d have plenty of memoir material.But she has other adventures to share in “May You Live in Interesting Times,” from the quirky — she studied mime in Paris with Marcel Marceau— to the questionable, including a teenage encounter with musician Johnny Winter.Wherever Newman’s newly released audiobook memoir takes us, it’s

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.

The Second City, the Chicago-based improv and sketch comedy brand that spawned Hollywood talent like Tina Fey, John Belushi, Bill Murray and Keegan-Michael Key, has been acquired by Strauss Zelnick's private equity firm, ZMC. "We are very excited to partner with management and the incredible talent at The Second City to grow the brand and build a diverse organization that elevates all voices.

Bluto, the volcanic Samurai Futaba, “Joliet” Jake Blues, the Cheeseburger Man, a spasmodic Joe Cocker—the list of characters John Belushi brought to life in his all-too-brief but remarkable career only hints at his outsized role in American comedy.

Director R.J. Cutler was in the early stages of working on his Showtime documentary Belushi, about the late comedian John Belushi, when he experienced a breakthrough. It came courtesy of Judy Belushi-Pisano, John’s widow, who kept an archive of material at her home on Martha’s Vineyard.

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.

Lorne Michaels was none too pleased with the late John Belushi’s drug-induced charades on “Saturday Night Live.” The “SNL” creator said as much in an upcoming documentary titled “Belushi” and recalled the funnyman often being in debilitated states ahead of performances. “He’d been out with [Rolling Stones rocker] Ronnie Wood and he was a mess,” Michaels said in the piece of a Belushi’s state right before a show airing on Feb.

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

Jim Belushi is eager to blaze a trail with his latest role - that of cannabis owner.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaR.J. Cutler’s “Belushi” charts the rise and fall of “Animal House” star John Belushi without dwelling on the particulars of his tragic death of a drug overdose at 33.“Drugs and his overdose have become the thing that many people focus on in John’s story, but that’s not what I was interested in,” said Cutler.

Also Read: 'Ghostbusters' Origin Story: How John Belushi and Cocaine Helped Inspire SlimerWhat “Belushi” does offer is a fair number of delicious clips, among them Belushi’s auditions for Second City and “Saturday Night Live,” and lots of audio interviews with his friends, colleagues and family members (including Dan Ackroyd, Jim Belushi, Lorne Michaels, Harold Ramis, Belushi’s wife, Judy Jacklin, and many more) conducted by Colby during the research for his book.Those interviews are more than

A wickedly industrious joke-machine intellect attached to a pneumatic pair of eyebrows, John Belushi was the king of American comedy in the mid-to-late 1970s. At the peak of his career, he could boast a sinecure at “Saturday Night Live,” blockbuster movies, a hit band, and the best Toshiro Mifune imitation ever to hit American TV.

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.

Peter White Television EditorThe entire Saturday Night Live catalogue is finally heading to Peacock.The streamer is set to launch all 45 seasons of the veteran sketch comedy series beginning October 1. This marks one of the first times that every season of the NBC show will be available in one place to watch.Peacock currently airs a handful of episodes of SNL but it is largely best-of performances from the likes of John Belushi, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell.