John — a comedian and musician best known for his roles on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘The Blues Brothers’ — died in 1982 at age 33 Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing about ...

Last Christmas, I was overcome by the sudden urge to watch “Home Alone.” Not the wildest or most unexpected impulse, given the season, but I’d shockingly only seen the classic once before in my life, ...

In his relatively short career, John Candy created a slew of scene-stealing characters in movies, including several filmed in the Chicago area. There is the orange whip-loving parole officer in “The ...

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John Belushi was more than one of Saturday Night Live’s first cast members, breakout stars, and hottest mess. He was the show's first and biggest tragedy. But the scandals didn’t end with Belushi’s ...

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45 years after its release, the Blues Brothers movie is getting a comic book sequel. Z2 has partnered with the families of Blues Brothers stars Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi to create a graphic novel ...

The graphic novel ‘The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake’ is set two decades after the seminal film, and The Hollywood Reporter has a first-look, as well as a foreword penned by Aykroyd. By ...

When Saturday Night Live marked a half decade on NBC with the massive SNL50: The Anniversary Special, four of the show's five living original cast members were in attendance: Laraine Newman, Jane ...

More than 40 years ago, famed Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward published “Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi,” a biography of the late comedian that angered his widow and many ...