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The Latest Breaking News from John Belushi

Adults Who Were Around When SNL Started Airing Just Shared Their Thoughts About The Show

I had no idea so much pot was involved.

Cinemablend

7 new Paramount+ movies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes you should stream in September 2025

Here are seven fantastic movies with great Rotten Tomatoes scores to stream on Paramount+ in September.

TechRadar

Hulk Hogan the man did terrible things. But the character was revolutionary

Hogan was a master of wrestling’s unreality, personifying the most American virtue of them all: you do not have to be you

The Guardian - US

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I’d Wondered Why Dan Aykroyd Wasn’t At SNL50, And He Finally Spilled The Beans

... to go with that dry white toast, no doubt.

Cinemablend

I watched The Blues Brothers and was surprised to learn of its Star Wars connection

The Blues Brothers cameos include plenty of music legends, one iconic film director and an iconic Star Wars actor.

WhatToWatch

Speedballing – the deadly mix of stimulants and opioids – requires a new approach to prevention and treatment

Speedballing – the practice of combining a stimulant like cocaine or methamphetamine with an opioid such as heroin or fentanyl – has evolved from a niche subculture to a widespread public health crisis. The practice stems from the early 1900s when World War I soldiers were often treated with a…

The Conversation

Dan Aykroyd: ‘I don’t believe in associating with beings that have no souls’

The Ghostbuster and Blues Brother on living in a haunted house, jamming with a president, and befriending a bear called Uncle Joe

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Netflix adds two movies I’m determined to cross off my must-watch list — a classic comedy and modern horror favorite

Netflix is adding The Blues Brothers and Barbarian to its streaming library this month, two movies I’ve been meaning to watch.

WhatToWatch

Inside Andy Kaufman: SNL’s strange genius with an unsettling dark side

IN FOCUS: The unconventional star of ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Taxi’ is the subject of a brilliant new documentary film. Stevie Chick looks back at the life and work of one of comedy’s true originals

The Independent UK

Bill Murray had a showdown with Bob Woodward shortly after trashing him on Joe Rogan’s show

The book in question, Wired: The Short Life & Fast Times of John Belushi, was released back in 1984, and was roundly criticized upon its release by among others, Dan Aykroyd, John Landis and Belushi’s widow, Judith Pisano

The Independent UK

Tom Hanks ‘storms out’ of SNL 50th anniversary concert

‘There’s been some confusion,’ host Fallon said before Hollywood couple comedically left venue

The Independent UK

At 50, 'Saturday Night Live' celebrates its past as a comedy icon — and wonders about its future

In a feast of special programming, NBC is celebrating the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend

The Independent UK

'Saturday Night Live' plans a massive 50th anniversary special. Who's coming and how to watch

The 50th anniversary celebration of “Saturday Night Live” is so big, it’s not even on Saturday

The Independent UK

New Orleans Is the Super Bowl’s Spiritual Home

Fifty years ago in the Big Easy, in a decrepit stadium on a dreary day, old met new to bring to bear the Super Bowl as we know it.

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Total Film

Live from New York… it's nervous laughter! How Ghostbusters' Jason Reitman nails the all-too-rare dread-inducing comedy with new Saturday Night Live movie

Big Screen Spotlight | Jason Reitman's Saturday Night is the perfect combination of Sorkin-style dialogue, goofy gags and nail-biting tension

Louder

"It's like Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown but with less generation-defining genius and far more people dressed as bees": The SNL movie Saturday Night is fast and funny

SNL's first night: Drugs, obscenity, and a fight for the soul of America

Louder

“Lionisation is too late when you’re dead… I’ve often thought of faking my own death and watching the record companies drum up all the stuff they can”: A fight, a show then a drink with John Martyn

All the evidence you need to be convinced the hard-living singer-songwriter was as progressive as they come

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s the moment when genius comes into the universe’: the film recreating SNL’s chaotic first night

A new drama recalls the wild first broadcast of Saturday Night Live in 1975. Making it was as much of a high-wire act as the show itself, the film’s director Jason Reitman and stars reveal

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‘John Belushi always used to try to get off with my ex-wife. I’d say: ‘John, I can hear you, you fat git’”: Ronnie Wood’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Bob Dylan and Axl Rose

Living with Hendrix? Jamming with Dylan? Giving Axl relationship advice? Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has done it all

Louder

"He was trying to numb the past, dull the present and look for comfort in the future. He found it there and it killed him": Dan Aykroyd on the tragedy of John Belushi and the making of The Blues Brothers

Cult movie The Blues Brothers exposed a generation to the brilliance of blues and soul legends like John Lee Hooker and Aretha Franklin

The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: the 20 greatest sketches ever

The comedy show reaches its 50th anniversary this week and to celebrate, a look back to its funniest moments ever

Salon

"Saturday Night" is overstuffed, but fun

Although a few characters feel underdeveloped, Reitman nails the hectic ambition of 1975 "SNL"

WhatToWatch

I watched Saturday Night Live's first episode and one thing appears to have remained the same about the sketch show

As Saturday Night Live season 50 gets underway, I took a look back at how it all started. These are my big takeaways.

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50Th Season Of 'SNL' Celebrates Landmark Anniversary

Explore the enduring legacy of 'Saturday Night Live' original cast members and their impact on comedy and entertainment over 50 seasons.

The Independent UK

Happy 50th 'SNL!' Here's a look back at the show's very first cast

Happy 50th “SNL!"

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