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Before his untimely death in 1982, John Belushi was set to appear on the hilarious Leslie Nielsen TV series that spawned the Naked Gun movies. A comedy icon, Belushi made his name on the late-night show "Saturday Night Live," which marked his first televised appearance with comedy partner Dan Aykroyd. Out of their time together on "SNL," the two developed the Blues Brothers characters, as whom they released a chart-topping platinum album and the comedy movie, "The Blues Brothers." Belushi was also known for his roles in movies such as "Animal House," Amblin Entertainment's debut feature "Continental Divide," and "Neighbors."

A credit Belushi never ultimately received was for an appearance on "Police Squad!" This cult classic comedy series, created by the legendary trio of Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker, only ran for six episodes before it was canceled by ABC. While network executives apparently didn't appreciate the series' non-stop quickfire humor,...

Long before Steve Martin and Martin Short were Arconia neighbors and murder-solving buddies, they were two-thirds of the Three Amigos! That classic Western comedy, the first installment of what would become a long and fruitful partnership, has a new streaming home next month, and you'll be able to stream it for free. The film will premiere on the free, ad-supported streaming service Pluto starting on August 1.

The film was an unusual collaboration between Martin, Saturday Night Live head honcho Lorne Michaels, and musician Randy Newman, who co-wrote the script. It went through various iterations, with Steven Spielberg at one point attached to direct, and a variety of actors, including John Belushi, Bill Murray, and Robin Williams, slated to star. Eventually, Martin was set to star with SNL alum Chevy Chase and Short; the latter was recommended by his Sctv co-star John Candy. Directorial duties were handled by John Landis, and at one point,...

Like other daily challenges, Framed embarks players on a journey to solve a series of challenging movie-themed puzzles. These puzzles are almost always based on popular movies and are generally easy to discern, but there may be issues identifying one from time to time, especially if you are new to the world of entertainment.

Fret not, for I will be providing the solutions for all 4 Framed puzzles as of today – along with an overall breakdown of the puzzle-solving process. Let’s get started then, shall we?

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The first of today’s four Framed puzzles is Classic. You will be presented with a series of 6 images in total, which happen to be random shots from a particular movie. You must guess the correct movie name in a total of 6 attempts before it is ultimately game over.

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Earlier this year, "Saturday Night Live" celebrated its 50th anniversary with a star-studded anniversary special on NBC. Among all the best moments from the "SNL 50" anniversary special, one that might stick out to casual fans of the show is the SNL Digital Short in which Bowen Yang and Andy Samberg sing about the fact that "everyone who ever worked at 'SNL' had anxiety."

The reason this short's premise may be surprising is that "Saturday Night Live" seems like the dream job. However, if you keep up with any of its stars after they leave the show, a lot of them have been open about how difficult of a workplace it really is. Little sleep, tons of pressure, and the eyeballs of America on you can ruin the fun for even the most beloved "SNL" stars.

For these 12 former cast members of "SNL," they owe a lot to Lorne Michaels and NBC,...

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When National Lampoon’s Animal House hit theaters in 1978, it didn’t just launch John Belushi into comedy legend, it detonated a seismic shift in college comedies that reverberates to this day. With its toga parties, deadpan rebellion, and chaotic charm, the film didn’t so much depict college life as it rewrote the mythos altogether. This enduring Animal House legacy reshaped the very idea of a college comedy.

Directed by John Landis and scripted by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, and Chris Miller, the story follows the misfit Delta Tau Chi fraternity at fictional Faber College as they wage war against the establishment. This specific college comedy narrative became instantly iconic. But beneath the slapstick and spectacle lies a surprisingly sharp cultural snapshot of late ’70s America, one that laughs through its teeth while flipping off authority.

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Dan Aykroyd has finally addressed the reason he skipped out on the Saturday Night Live50th Anniversary Special, SNL50. The commemorative television program brought back a variety of its top-rated talent for a three-hour extravaganza, celebrating the NBC sketch show's legacy as it reached another major milestone. However, Aykroyd was noticeably absent from proceedings, leaving fans at home to wonder why he wasn't included or didn't show up for the occasion. It turns out, he missed it for a pretty relatable reason.

Saturday Night Live's 50th Anniversary Special aired on Feb. 16, 2025, with past and present cast members taking to the stage to pay homage to the history of the long-running sketch comedy show. It featured a parade of famous faces, from Steve Martin and Martin Short to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and even a surprise appearance from the legendary Jack Nicholson, but Aykroyd, who was a cast member...

Live from New York, it’s…not Dan Aykroyd. There were several key players missing from this year’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of SNL, including Dana Carvey, Bill Hader and the aforementioned Dan Aykroyd. And while it was previously reported that Aykroyd wouldn’t be taking the stage at Studio 8H due to a scheduling conflict, he is debunking this and providing a totally relatable reason for his absence.

As Dan Aykroyd told Entertainment Weekly about why he snubbed the SNL event, “I wanted to be at home and I wanted to watch the show beginning to end…I knew if i was there, I’d be in a dressing room, I’d be working. I wanted to see it live. I’m a fan of the show today, and I watch it all the time. I love these new players; I think they’re just great. I...

Four decades ago, Police Squad! didn’t log much time with viewers but still lined up an impressive legacy.

Following the success of 1980 spoof film Airplane!, which made $78 million at the box office ($214 million today) co-directors David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker hoped to make a similar comedy about police officers inspired by the 1950s Lee Marvin drama series M Squad. Then-Paramount exec Michael Eisner, who had championed Airplane!, offered them six episodes on ABC and promised that the process would be free of network meddling.

Police Squad! centered on bumbling officer Frank Drebin as played by Leslie Nielsen, known for dramatic roles before his crackup part in Airplane! “Leslie never let on that he was in a comedy,” David Zucker tells The Hollywood Reporter of the late star’s knack for deadpan humor.

Co-starring Alan North, each episode kicked off with the murder of a notable guest,...

For those not familiar with the world of Legos, you may not be aware that there’s an entire platform dedicated to submissions for new Lego sets the company should sell. Called Lego Ideas, the site is home to fan-made creations awaiting the opportunity for mass production. Some of the top submissions at the moment include a scene from One Direction’s “That’s What Makes You Beautiful” music video, and the Cullen house from Twilight, which is actually now available to purchase as a Lego set.

Right now, there’s also a heated race between two different concepts for Saturday Night Live’s Studio 8H. First reported on by Late Nighter, each set presents 8H in a slightly different interpretation. The first, “50 Years of Saturday Night Live,” was submitted by YouTuber Jon Sosis and former SNL cast member Bobby Moynihan back in January. It includes recreations of the Weekend Update desk,...

Every generation of fans gets a new Superman on the big screen, and this week’s premiere of the James Gunn version marks yet another relaunch of the comic book movie franchise. Saturday Night Live is on a similar cycle, with each generation of comedians taking a stab at the Man of Steel.

Here are five of the funniest takes on Superman from the past 50 years…

1 Superhero Party

Bill Murray as Superman hosts a 1970s dinner party with girlfriend Lois Lane, sporting a super-apron as he pops nachos in the oven. A bevy of costumed heroes show up to smoke and drink, but it’s John Belushi who steals the show as the Incredible Hulk. First, he accidentally sits on the Invisible Girl in the bathroom, then destroys the toilet with his gamma-radiated poop. “Take it easy,” he tells the gagging Flash. “It’s not supposed to smell like roses.

Happy Gilmore 2 tees off on Netflix July 25. To celebrate, the streaming service is launching a collection of movies featuring Sandler and fellow Saturday Night Live alumni.

Sandler returns to one of his most iconic roles for the first time in almost 30 years. Stars returning from the 1996 comedy classic include Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald. Several actors from the Saturday Night Live family are also onboard for Happy Gilmore 2, including Kevin Nealon, Ben Stiller, Marcello Hernandez, Jim Downey, and Martin Herlihy.

But Netflix isn't waiting until July 25 to let fans stream their favorite SNL stars. Here's a breakdown of what's coming to Netflix in July, featuring SNL stars past and present (via Collider).

To no surprise, Happy Gilmore kicks things off. The film premiered just a year after Sandler left Saturday Night Live and has since become a cult classic. In addition to Nealon and Stiller, the original also...

This July, Netflix wants to help you beat the heat by giving you plenty of reasons to stay in the air conditioning while crying tears of laughter! Get ready for the streaming network’s Summer of Comedy movie collection, an event honoring actors and comedians who made their mark on entertainment over the past 50 years!

Per Netflix’s press release:

The Netflix collection features a lineup of fan-favorite movies, many of which feature SNL alumni, including Tina Fey (Baby Mama), Adam Sandler (Happy Gilmore), Will Ferrell (Old School), John Belushi (National Lampoon’s Animal House), Eddie Murphy (The Nutty Professor), Ben Stiller (Zoolander), Amy Poehler (Blades of Glory), Mike Myers (Wayne’s World), Kenan Thompson (Good Burger), Dan Aykroyd (Coneheads), Kristen Wiig (MacGruber), Chris Farley (Tommy Boy), Molly Shannon (Superstar), Dan Aykroyd (The Blues Brothers), and many more.

In addition to a collection in your Netflix Queue, the Paris Theater in New...

Only one month remains until Adam Sandler takes to the green once more for Happy Gilmore 2, but before that, Netflix plans to take a tour through the history of other films from Saturday Night Livealumni. The long-running sketch comedy series has produced no shortage of stars who have gone on to lead memorable movies, from Mike Myers and Dana Carvey's Wayne's World to Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi's The Blues Brothers, and beyond. Now, Collider can exclusively share that the streaming service is bringing a sizable selection of features from SNL favorites to its catalog on July 1. Additionally, for fans in New York, a selection of movies will make their way back to the big screen through Netflix's Paris Theater in New York City starting on July 11 and running through August 13.

Unsurprisingly, one of the films that will be featured in the Netflix collection, both on streaming and at the Paris Theater,...

The now reclusive Jack Nicholson is a true cultural icon, to the extent that even established Hollywood legends are starstruck in his presence. He belongs to a bygone era of movie stars but is still very much with us, making the fact he hasn't appeared in a film since 2010's star-studded box office flop "How Do You Know," all the more disappointing.

The reasons why Nicholson disappeared from Hollywood are complicated, but one aspect has to do with the Marvel-ification of everything. Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald in 2013, the veteran star said that he was really only concerned with making "films that move people" and had observed that "maybe people in their 20s and 30s don't actually want to be moved anymore." For Nicholson, "more bombs" and "more explosions" were the new norm, and he was adamant that he'd "never do that type of movie."

Clearly, Nicholson doesn't need the money,...

Of all the members of Saturday Night Live’s Five Timers Club (those celebs so hilarious that SNL asked them back to host at least five times), Buck Henry is clearly the most obscure. While Henry did his share of acting, he’s most well-known as a comedy writer, the pen behind classics like The Graduate, Catch-22 and Get Smart. But besides Steve Martin, Henry was the original cast’s most popular host, headlining the show 10 times between 1976 and 1980.

In 1979’s Rolling Stone Visits Saturday Night Live, Henry introduced the Not Ready for Prime Time Players. “Personally, I have never thought that they were very funny,” he explained. “What they have engaged, by doing whatever it is that they do, is not so much my admiration as my sympathy.”

Here are Henry’s scorching-hot roasts of each of the early SNL comedians…

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Unless you've been on an arctic expedition during all of 2025 or in a coma, you are no doubt aware that "Saturday Night Live" has celebrated its 50th anniversary. As part of the celebration, the comedy institution produced a series of documentaries, held a massive homecoming concert at Radio City Music Hall, and aired a live primetime special on NBC.

That this momentous event occasioned a spate of critical writing from just about every outlet worth its weight in clicks was hardly surprising. "SNL" has been a reliable generator of takes from tepid to scorching since it premiered on October 11, 1975. It has been accused of being too political or not political enough, too liberal or too conservative, and, worst of all, unfunny. At several junctures, critics have called for it to be cancelled (and it very nearly was after the disastrous season 11), while there have been stretches of time where it...

Z2 Comics is on a mission (from God) to bring The Blues Brothersback for a new graphic novel that picks up nearly 20 years after the seminal film, starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in their respective roles as Jake and Elwood Blues. The cult classic musical comedy opened in theaters on June 20, 1980, exactly 45 years ago today, and to celebrate its milestone anniversary, the two musicians are getting the band back together later this year for an all-new sequel that features a fresh cast of characters alongside a few familiar faces.

The graphic novel, titled The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joilet Jake, was written by Aykroyd's daughter Stella, Luke Pisano, and filmmaker James Werner, with art by Felipe Sobriero. The book's pages will continue the story from the original 1980 John Landis film by way of a new adventure about a young detective, a runaway orphan, and a mysterious jailbreak that leads to an investigation,...

An archival recording of the original Blues Brothers — John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd — performing live, The Lost Recordings, will arrive this October.

The release coincides with a new graphic novel, The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake, written by Aykroyd’s daughter Stella, Luke Pisano (son of Belushi’s widow, Judy Belushi Pisano), and filmmaker and writer James Werner. The album, pressed on “royal blue” vinyl, is only available as part of a package with the graphic novel. The release, available to preorder now, coincides with the 45th anniversary...

When John Candy was a newcomer at Second City in Chicago in 1973, he was paired with another rookie comedian. “I started the same day as John Candy,” said Bill Murray on The Tonight Show last year. Candy and Murray on the same stage? Sounds terrific — but Murray says it was anything but.

“We were both terrible,” he confessed. “We were both lousy, and no one would work with us. So it was just Candy and I looking at each other like, ‘I guess it’s us again, you know?’”

That was the year when the Second City cast was known as the Seven Giant Goyim because every cast member was a Gentile more than six feet tall, according to The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray. The other five giants wanted nothing to do with Murray and Candy, at least according to Murray, leading to their frequent collabs.

When the two worked together,...

Musicals can feel like a tough sell with their flashy songs and dance routines, but some films break through with gripping stories, sharp wit, or raw heart. These movies win over even those who cringe at spontaneous singing, feeling more like great cinema than stagey spectacles.

We’ve selected 10 movie musicals that ditch the Broadway fluff, ranked from captivating to unforgettable. Here’s why these films will hook you, even if musicals aren’t your vibe.

10. The Blues Brothers – English (1980) Universal Pictures

Jake and Elwood Blues race to save their orphanage with soulful tunes and wild car chases. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd’s deadpan humor keeps it grounded and gritty.

The soundtrack, featuring Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles, feels like a live show, not a musical. We’re hooked by its chaotic, soulful energy.

9. School of Rock – English (2003) Paramount Pictures

Jack Black’s fake teacher turns kids into a...

Dan Aykroyd is fired up for a new story about his beloved Blues Brothers.

The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake is a forthcoming graphic novel that tells the continued adventures of “Joliet” Jake Blues and his brother Elwood, the characters brought to life by the late John Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively, in the 1980 Universal film The Blues Brothers. The graphic novel is set for release this fall from Z2 Comics and was written by Stella Aykroyd, Luke Pisano and James Werner with artist Felipe Sobriero. Belushi’s widow, Judy Belushi Pisano, who died during the book’s production, was involved with its initial conception.

Set two decades after the events of the film, The Escape of Joliet Jake focuses on Elwood teaming up with an upstart detective after Jake breaks out of jail. In his foreword that is exclusive to The Hollywood Reporter, Aykroyd — who provided editorial oversight...

One of the true musical geniuses of the 20th century, Brian Wilson, just passed away at the age of 82. The Beach Boys legend is best remembered for masterpieces like Pet Sounds and the troubled Smile — and not for the time he serenaded the Tanner family on Full House, which Wilson himself didn’t remember doing.

The Beach Boys obviously had a ton of songs about surfing, from “Surfin’ U.S.A.” to “Surfer Girl” to “Surfin’ Safari.” Then there’s the hauntingly beautiful “Surf’s Up,” which feels more like a rainy funeral than a day at the beach.

But despite the fact that his music was at the forefront of surf culture in the ‘60s, Wilson didn’t actually surf. As he told David Letterman in 1988, he tried it only once, but quickly abandoned the activity when the board nearly took out his eye.

Wilson has told this anecdote multiple times over the years,...

The inductees for the Television Academy's 27th Hall of Fame have officially been announced. In the past 40 years, the Hall of Fame has recognized over 150 honorees, from actors, directors, and producers to hosts, comedians, journalists, musicians, tradesmen, and more, for their extraordinary work in the TV industry. This year's chosen few will be inducted into the hallowed Hall of Fame during the Televerse Festival on August 16.

The six new honorees are Viola Davis, Conan O'Brien, Ryan Murphy, Henry Winkler, Mike Post, and Don Mischer. The latter is being honored posthumously for his work as a live-event producer, having sadly passed away at age 85 in April. Mike Post is a legendary TV composer, credited with scoring well over 1000 episodes in the Law & Order franchise. Murphy has created and written some of the biggest TV dramas of the 20th century, while Davis, O'Brien, and Winkler are legends in front of the camera.

43 years ago, the runaway box office success of "48 Hrs.," in which Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy bickered and brawled as they attempted to track down a couple of vicious escaped convicts, turned the buddy-cop subgenre into a formula goldmine. Before the 1980s drew to a close, films like "Running Scared," "Beverly Hills Cop," "Lethal Weapon," and "Red Heat" were able to work profitable variations on this very simple dynamic. Even though cops have never been more difficult to root for, the subgenre, as evidenced by the 2024 success of "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley," is still commercially appealing today.

While movies like "48 Hrs." and "Lethal Weapon" were powered by tightly constructed screenplays, the vast majority of buddy cop films got by on comedic anarchy. They actually had more in common with Richard Rush's gloriously shaggy "Freebie and the Bean" from 1974; two partners exchange profane repartee for a couple...

Unless you’re an SNL completist or a 55-plus fan who stayed up late in 1980 to catch Rodney Dangerfield, you likely haven’t seen one of the most offensive SNL sketches in the show’s history.

The sketch aired on the show’s fifth season, that weird year in which a watered-down version of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players still performed, but without crucial talents like John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase. They were replaced by Spinal Tap’s Harry Shearer, future Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer and famous brothers Peter Aykroyd and Brian Doyle-Murray. You didn’t see much of those guys during the SNL50 retrospectives.

Dangerfield was the host, and after his monologue, Lorne Michaels and company decided that the first sketch should feature Harry Shearer as a South African spokesperson for a gold coin that commemorates the labor of those who made it possible: the N*ggerrand.

John Cusack brought troubling stalker behavior, er, teen rom-com courtship to new heights in 1989’s Say Anything, standing outside the family home of valedictorian Diane Court with a boombox raised above his head. As everyone remembers, Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” was the song that Lloyd Dobler chose to wake the neighbors. But that scene could have sounded much different if Cusack had his way.

That’s because “In Your Eyes” wasn’t the first song director Cameron Crowe tried in the iconic scene. “No, not at all,” he told Dan Patrick in 2017. “In fact, that was a scene that was not working at all.”

What was the problem? Blame it on Cusack’s love of the ska-punk band Fishbone. Crowe was also a fan, which accounted for the original song blasting out of Lloyd’s boombox: “Bonin’ in the Boneyard.” Give a listen and dig the amorous vibes...

The tragedy of Chris Farley isn’t only about his death, it’s that it seemed to come directly from his admiration for John Belushi. Farley’s idolization could be charming, like when he would try on Belushi’s old clothes in the SNL wardrobe department; but it also headed where so many knew it would. As such, Lorne Michaels made it a duty of his to keep an eye on Farley the best he could.

As told by Susan Morrison, author of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, Michaels was deeply affected by the 1982 death of Belushi, who was an original player on SNL. And while drugs were around in subsequent eras, watch was specifically put on Chris Farley during his SNL run in the early to mid ‘90s. “When Belushi died, it really hit [Michaels] hard. And I think he felt like, oh my God, this whole...

Okay, so it wasn’t John Belushi slicing open Buck Henry’s scalp during a Samurai sketch. But James Austin Johnson did suffer a mishap during Saturday Night Live last weekend that left him hobbling around the stage on crutches during the goodnight segment.

The injury occurred during a sketch called The Second Amendment — ironically, a scene that made no physical demands on Johnson whatsoever. Jaj played a Founding Father who spent the bit pontificating about proposed Constitutional amendments. He’s standing behind a table and doesn’t move off that spot for the entire sketch.

With no pratfalls on his comedy agenda, how did he get hurt? Johnson told fans outside of 30 Rock what happened during the show, according to LateNighter. Apparently, the comic slipped in the heels he had been wearing, injuring his foot. One unanswered question: Why was Founding Father James Madison wearing heels?

According to the Saturday Night Network podcast,...

Jake and Elwood are back! On Tuesday, the family of The Blues Brothers‘ Dan Aykroyd and the late Judy Belushi-Pisano‘s estate announced they are releasing a graphic novel inspired by the group, called The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake, on Oct. 7.

Stella Aykroyd, Luke Pisano, and James Werner co-wrote the book, which is considered a “love letter and a sequel to the original Blues Brothers film,” according to the press release. Brazilian artist Felipe Sobriero will illustrate the book and Z2 will be the publisher. (The book is on presale now.

If you’ve missed the feel-good vibes of the Blues Brothers, fear not! The dynamic duo will return over the next few years with forays into television, film, live events, music, and more! As a part of the resurgence, a brand-new graphic novel titled The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake is passing the briefcase to the next generation of fans!

Per today’s press release distributed by The Syndicate: Written by Stella Aykroyd, Luke Pisano, and James Werner with artist Felipe Sobriero, The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake is both a love letter and a sequel to the original Blues Brothers film. With editorial oversight by Dan Aykroyd, the utmost care has been taken to ensure this new chapter is true to the classic skits, legendary film, and iconic albums. The result is a wild and entertaining ride for both the longtime fans and those...

Exclusive: The Blues Brothers are back in business. Only this time, the Briefcase Full of Blues will be opening through a graphic novel.

The family of Dan Aykroyd and the late Judy Belushi-Pisano’s estate is planning to build a Blues Brothers universe over coming years with TV shows, films, live events and music, and this will begin with graphic novel The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake.

Stella Aykroyd, Luke Pisano and James Werner are writing the book, which is being billed as a “love letter and a sequel to the original Blues Brothers film,” with Brazilian artist Felipe Sobriero on illustration. Z2, a graphic novel publisher known for its musical collaborations, is attached.

Dan Aykroyd, who formed the Blues Brothers with the late John Belushi, has editorial oversight of the project and will provide a foreword. The writers say they are taking “utmost care” to ensure the...

During Chris Farley’s time on Saturday Night Live, creator Lorne Michaels would allegedly ban the late actor-comedian for “weeks at a time” to help him with his alcohol and drug use.

Susan Morrison, the author of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, made a recent appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, where she opened up about Michaels changing his regulations on the sketch comedy show’s cast’s alcohol and drug use following John Belushi’s overdose death in 1982.

“When Belushi died, it really hit him hard,” she explained. “And I think he felt like, oh my God, this whole approach of just letting people do their own thing on their own time, this was the wrong approach. We’re a tribe, we’re a group, and we have to look out for each other.”

“So by the time Chris Farley comes along, you know,...

Chris Farley is widely considered one of the most iconic “Saturday Night Live” cast members of all time, but “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels wouldn’t always allow him on the set of the prolific late-night sketch show.

During a recent appearance on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly), Susan Morrison, the author of “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,” said that Michaels cracked down on the cast’s alcohol and drug use after John Belushi died from an overdose in 1982.

“When Belushi died, it really hit him hard,” Morrison explained. “And I think he felt like this whole approach of just letting people do their own thing on their own time, this was the wrong approach. We’re a tribe, we’re a group, and we have to look out for each other.”

This approach extended to Farley, who “clearly had addiction issues” at the time,...

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This May, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the much-anticipated sequel of A Simple Favor to the release of the raunchy comedy-drama series Overcompensating. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 7 best films that are coming to Prime Video in May 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

All Quiet on the Western Front (May 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98% Credit – Universal Pictures

All Quiet on the Western Front is a pre-Code anti-war film directed by Lewis Milestone. Based on the 1929 novel of the same name by German author Erich Maria Remarque, the 1930 film follows a naive soldier who enlists to fight in World War I and soon comes face-to-face with the horror of war,...

Did Chris Farley almost voice Shrek? (Photo Credit – Wikipedia/Prime Video)

Can you imagine Shrek with Farley’s signature, boisterous energy? The green ogre would’ve been a whole different beast. Instead, we got Mike Myers, who definitely knocked it out of the park, but Farley’s Shrek could have been iconic in its own right.

Farley had already nailed about 80 to 90 percent of his lines before he passed away in 1997. If fate had played out differently, we could have had Farley’s voice leading the charge in the Shrek franchise, possibly even through a sequel (via Cheatsheet). But after his death, DreamWorks had to pivot fast, bringing in Myers to save the day. Farley’s Tommy Boy banter with Spade inspired Shrek and Donkey’s vibe – loud, goofy, and totally Farley-style fun.

But after the actor’s passing, DreamWorks rewrote the character to be a bit grumpier and more seasoned.

So many stars have come out of Saturday Night Live over the years!

Several celebrities have become household names after getting their start on Saturday Night Live, which first premiered in 1975, and have gone on to have greatly successful careers.

Over the past 50 years, SNL has had over 150 comedians as cast members on the show, from the first ever cast including Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and more, to the stars of today, which include Colin Jost, Bowen Yang, Michael Che and Kenan Thompson.

If you missed the news, Saturday Night Live is making it’s debut in the UK.

We are looking back over the SNL‘s storied history to see which stars have done the best for themselves, and ranked them based on how rich they are using their estimated net worth. The top earner beats the closest competition by nearly $150 million!

Keep reading inside to see...

House of 1000 Corpses hit theaters on this day in 2003, and Fright-Rags is celebrating with a shirt parodying the classic Animal House poster.

Harry Lowe‘s artwork is inspired in both concept and execution, with Captain Spaulding making for an exceptional John Belushi substitute. Compare them below.

Priced at $33, it’s printed on super soft 4.5oz 100% pre-shrunk ringspun cotton tees.

Fright-Rags also has House of 1000 Corpses activity books ($10), Captain Spaulding souvenir cups ($8), and Baby socks ($13) in stock, plus three made-to-order shirts ($36).

In Rob Zombie‘s directorial debut, a pair of young couples traveling across the country end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwoods family of serial killers.

Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, Karen Black, Rainn Wilson, Chris Hardwick, Erin Daniels, Jennifer Jostyn, Tom Towles, Walton Goggins, Matthew McGrory, and Dennis Fimple.

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It’s no secret that the early years of Saturday Night Live weren’t always the most sober.

According to Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live by Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad, there was so much drug use behind the scenes at SNL that, by the fifth season, Lorne Michaels actually hired a security guard to “prevent any sudden surprises from visiting law-enforcement officers.” Not to mention the copious amount of booze that cast members (and musicians) indulged in.

Despite the fact that SNL’s drug- and alcohol-fueled legacy has seemingly been well-documented, former cast member and current Yahoo! Mail spokesman Bill Murray recently suggested that the public perception of these events has been largely skewed.

During a recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Murray was asked about SNL’s legendary afterparties. He revealed that his post-show routine typically involved going back to...

It wasn’t hard to guess how the recent Saturday Night Live starring Mikey Madison would kick off last weekend. Surprise, surprise — the cold-open sketch skewered the week’s hottest political story, with Andrew Dismukes as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth unintentionally entering the group chat of a group of teenage girls.

Just another meh sketch in a long run of meh cold opens over the past, well, decade or so. Somewhere during the show’s run — was it Will Ferrell’s George Bush impression? Tina Fey as Sarah Palin? — Lorne Michaels decided that America demanded SNL’s political take to open every show. “A high-energy cold open is important to (Michaels), and he often has the writers start from scratch on Friday or even Saturday,” according to Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live. “The idea is, if you begin the show with a home run, then momentum...

As The Fall Guyhas taught us, stuntpeople often don't get their due. And few stuntpeople, it seems, were as beloved as Richard Norton, the Australian martial arts expert, actor, and fight choreographer, known for his work staging stunts and training actors involved in some of the biggest blockbusters. Which is why it's so heartening to see such an outpouring of love and admiration for Norton, whose death was confirmed by his wife, Judy, on Sunday in a post on Instagram.

Norton worked alongside some of the greats of his era, including Jackie Chan and Chuck Norris. He also trained actors like Scarlett Johansson, Charlize Theron, Sophie Turner, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ben Affleck, Margot Robbie, Charlie Hunnam, Liam Neeson and many more, for roles in various films. He served as a fight choreographer on films like Mad Max: Fury Road and Dark Phoenix, as well as the 2016 and 2021 Suicide Squad movies. He...

Richard Norton, the Australian actor and martial arts expert who demonstrated his considerable skills alongside Chuck Norris, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Cynthia Rothrock in action films, has died. He was 75.

Norton’s death in Melbourne was announced this weekend in a Instagram post by his wife, Judy.

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The charismatic Norton, proficient in judo, karate, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and many other disciplines, spent two decades as a bodyguard working for the likes of The Rolling Stones, Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor.

He also served as a fight choreographer on the 1993-2001 CBS series Walker Texas Ranger, starring his good friend Norris, and on features including The Condemned (2007), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Dark Phoenix (2019) and the Suicide Squad films of 2016 and 2021.

Along the way, he trained Scarlett Johansson, Charlize Theron, Sophie Turner, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ben Affleck, Margot Robbie, Charlie Hunnam,...

Acclaimed filmmaker R.J. Cutler wasn’t always planning to make a movie about Martha Stewart. Then, she came to dinner.

“She basically crashed the dinner, and we sat and talked all night long about her life story,” Cutler tells Gold Derby. During their initial conversation, Cutler says he was surprised that Stewart grew up in “modest means” in suburban New Jersey, raised by first-generation American parents.

“Her background was counter-intuitive to what I might have thought it would be,” Cutler says, noting that his initial expectation was that Stewart came from a privileged upbringing. What the filmmaker realized, he says, is that Stewart herself stood as an avatar for American womanhood in the latter part of the 20th century and into the 21st century.

“She’s this kind of visionary figure who has had such an incredible impact on our world, but she’s also somebody who’s had to...

It seems like every generation of Saturday Night Live mints a whole slew of new comedy superstars. Despite the eighties being rather slow in that regard, in the nineties, SNL once again recaptured the zeitgeist. For the first time since its seventies heyday, the stars of Saturday Night Live were becoming big screen superstars, often in movies produced by SNL’s master impresario, Lorne Michaels, such as Wayne’s World, Tommy Boy, and a few others. This era gave us Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and so many others.

However, the 90s era of SNL was also rocked by the untimely death of two charter members, Chris Farley and Phil Hartman. Chris Farley always idolized the original cast, particularly John Belushi. Still, in his efforts to live up to his idol, he dove head-first into a food, drug and alcohol addiction that would kill him before the decade was out,...

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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1995 comedy classic "Tommy Boy," and while a handful of moments in it don't hold up to modern comedy sensibilities, the film is still largely a hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt story about a lovable loser tasked with saving his family's small-town auto parts company. Though Chris Farley had appeared in a handful of movies already, "Tommy Boy" was the first starring role for the "Saturday Night Live" superstar on the big screen, and despite the intense pressure of their schedules, he and fellow "SNL" star David Spade carry the film on their shoulders as their characters trade insults and ultimately go from annoyed acquaintances to genuine friends over the course of the story.

Since "Tommy Boy" was his first big movie, Farley wasn't prepared for the level of mental stamina required to lead a feature film.

In addition to guest hosts, musical acts and forcing cast members to endure anxiety-inducing mind games, one of the longtime hallmarks of Saturday Night Live is its penchant for bringing back recurring characters.

If a character does well in a sketch, you can bet that they’ll be revived in future sketches, and possibly even for movies and/or soulless commercials.

But, according to Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison, bringing back characters wasn’t a part of the original vision for the show. John Belushi debuted his stereotypical Samurai character, which even SNL now admits has “aged horribly,” in the seventh episode of the first season. The “Samurai Hotel” sketch also featured Chevy Chase and that week’s guest host Richard Pryor.

But when the sketch was over and done with, no thought was given to bringing the character back for another episode. Which is a little surprising,...

For 50 years, Saturday Night Live has served as the launchpad for comedians to make their leap from the stage to the silver screen. While some icons such as John Belushi and Bill Murray were able to land bonafide hits right away, others stumbled almost immediately. But few lit up the screen as fast as Eddie Murphy did in his 1982 cinematic debut, 48 Hrs.

Before he was a Ghostbusterand an Oscar-nominee, Bill Murray was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, where he entertained late-night audiences from 1977 to 1980. Now, the Golden Globe-winning Lost in Translation star, who attended the 50th anniversary of SNL on Feb. 16, is reflecting on what the experience was like.

Per Entertainment Weekly, Murray appeared on SiriusXM’s Sway in the Morning with host Sway Calloway and talked about what the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live meant to him. “It was surprisingly emotional. I wept three times in the show. It really got to me,” Murray said.

When Calloway asked what he wept for, Murray started off by telling a joke, “Oh, there were sketches that were dying,” he said. “No, I’m kidding.”

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The Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary special was a celebration of the show’s legacy. However, that length of time would always make milestones like this feel bittersweet with emotional reflections on performers who are no longer with us, special fond memories for the cast and even deep regrets. Adam Sandler captured the hearts of everyone in the room as he name-dropped a list of talented former creatives who he wanted to immortalize in his song about the show’s 50 years. Additionally, he would also recount certain experiences like table reads, cut sketches, late nights and dealing with Lorne Michaels.

Film star Bill Murray got his start as a cast member early on and the actor never forgot his roots on the show. Variety reports on Murray’s appearance on the SiriusXM morning show, Sway in the Morning, where he mentions he got very emotional during the three-hour event. The story,...

Bill Murray expected to laugh as an honored guest at SNL50, but crying wasn’t on his agenda. That’s on you, Bill — who attends a reunion with longtime friends without getting a case of the feels?

“It was surprisingly emotional," Murray told Sway Calloway on SiriusXM's Sway in the Morning, per Entertainment Weekly. “I wept three times in the show. It really got to me.”

What started the waterworks? “Oh, there were sketches that were dying,” Murray replied (and he wasn’t wrong). “No, I’m kidding.”

The moments that actually got to Murray were those filmed tributes that featured former castmates who’d passed away. “I was watching, and there's a lot of video and history that they’re showing,” he explained. “And I didn’t see it coming, but there was Gilda up there dancing with Steve Martin.”

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Bill Murray has revealed that he got “surprisingly emotional” during “SNL50” last month, crying several times throughout the anniversary special.

During an appearance on SiriusXM’s “Sway in the Morning” (via Entertainment Weekly), the legendary comedian told host Sway Calloway that he couldn’t hold back his tears when he wasn’t on screen. “It was surprisingly emotional,” he sad. “I wept three times in the show. It really got to me.”

Murray said he wept because “obviously, there’s a lot of video and history that they’re showing and I didn’t see it coming.” Watching a clip of late cast member Gilda Radner alongside friend Steve Martin particularly affected him.

“There was Gilda [Radner] up there dancing with Steve Martin and I remember being there, watching them rehearse that dance number for days and days and days. I love Gilda, I was crazy about Gilda. And I sort of came apart,...