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Aykroyd Family and Belushi Estate Revive Blues Brothers With New Project
Original Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd, half of the duo that also featured late comic John Belushi, has penned the foreward for ...
Aykroyd Family & Judy Belushi-Pisano’s Estate Pass Down The Briefcase Of Blues With First Graphic Novel
EXCLUSIVE: The Blues Brothers are back in business. Only this time, the Briefcase Full of Blues will be opening through a ...
After Working With John Belushi, Lorne Michaels Used To 'Ban' Chris Farley From SNL Amidst Drug Addiction: 'Obviously, It Didn't Do It For Him'
But the ending was painfully familiar. On December 18, 1997, just two months after hosting SNL, Chris Farley died of an ...
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8 Musicians That Were Famously Banned From ‘Saturday Night Live’ (And Why)
Saturday Night Live has banned quite a few musicians through the years. Some of those banishments have been warranted, while ...
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10 More Sequels That Totally Ruined The Previous Movie's Ending
But by the time the 18-years-later sequel rolls around, Jake has died - a result of John Belushi's own 1982 passing - with ...
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The Return Of The Blues Brothers For October 2025
The Return Of The Blues Brothers for October 2025 and The Escape Of Joliet Jake with Dan Aykroyd, Stella Aykroyd and Luke ...
Book Review: Restaurateur Keith McNally opens up in candid memoir ‘I Regret Almost Everything’
Keith McNally has been charming New York City diners since he opened his first restaurant, The Odeon, in 1980, helping ...
Lorne Michaels banned Chris Farley from ‘SNL’ for weeks due to his ‘addiction issues,’ author claims
Farley starred on “SNL” from 1990 to 1995. He died of a drug overdose (cocaine and morphine) in 1997, just like Belushi. In her book that came out in Feb., Morrison claimed that Farley was once ...
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Lorne Michaels reportedly used to ‘ban’ Chris Farley from shoots during his addiction days
During a recent appearance on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, biographer Susan Morrison looked back at how the head of ...
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‘SNL’ Boss Lorne Michaels Used To “Ban” Chris Farley “For Weeks At A Time” As Farley Struggled With Drug Addiction
Michaels’ biographer Susan Morrison, author of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, revealed during a recent appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast that John Belushi ...