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Dan Aykroyd Jumps Into 'Dog Fight' With Will Ferrell

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It's official: ghost-busting Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd is going back to his roots—because this funnyman has just become the third "Saturday Night Live" alum to join the cast of the political comedy...


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Dan Aykroyd Searches For Dinosaur Bones

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Dan Aykroyd has turned explorer by teaming up with palaeontologists to search for dinosaur bones in his native Canada.


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'Blues Brothers' Actor Charles Napier Dies At 75

Charles Napier

Veteran actor Charles Napier has died at the age of 75. The Blues Brothers star passed away on Wednesday at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield, California. His death came 24 hours aft...


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Sigourney Weaver: 'Ghostbusters 3' Won't Happen Without Bill Murray

Sigourney Weaver

The future of the third Ghostbusters movie hangs in the balance again - Sigourney Weaver insists the sequel won't start shooting if Bill Murray doesn't agree to be part of it. The actress' comment...


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Dan Aykroyd Pitches 'Blues Brothers' TV Series

Blues Brothers

Dan Aykroyd is working to bring "The Blues Brothers" back to the small screen with a new TV series based on the comedy music duo he formed with late funnyman John Belushi. Belushi performed in ch...


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Dan Aykroyd Says 'Ghostbusters 3' Is A Go - With Or Without Bill Murray

Dan Aykroyd

The long-awaited third Ghostbusters movie is set to start shooting early next year, possibly without Bill Murray. The Lost in Translation star remains the last original castmember to sign on for t...


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Lea Michele To Debut New 'Oz' Songs At Comic-Con

Lea Michele

Glee star Lea Michele will debut songs she has recorded for 2012 animated movie Dorothy Of Oz at Comic-Con in San Diego, California this weekend. Bryan Adams has written songs for the film's soun...


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Dan Aykroyd Busted For Speeding On Way To Race

Dan Aykroyd

Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd was busted for speeding while heading to a professional car race in Canada at the weekend. The actor was on his way to the Honda Indy Toronto festivities, which he wa...


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Top Ten Worst Movie Sequels Ever

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With the two mega number twos including "The Hangover Part II" and "Kung Fu Panda 2" hitting theaters this week, it got us thinking about movie sequels of the past - good AND bad. So in a Starpuls...


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21,000 Bottles Of Dan Aykroyd's Vodka Stolen

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd has been left counting the cost of a massive theft which saw over 21,000 bottles of his vodka brand stolen from a warehouse in California. The Ghostbusters star is a founder of the C...


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Check Out 'Yogi Bear' On DVD, Blu-ray, On Demand & Download March 22

Yogi Bear

Hanna-Barbera's beloved picnic-basket-stealing bear makes his big-screen debut in "Yogi Bear," a live-action/animation mix children's flick from Journey to the Center of the Earth director Eric B...


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Bill Murray Holding Up 'Ghostbusters 3'

Ghostbusters

Director Ivan Reitman is waiting on Bill Murray's approval to begin work on the new Ghostbusters sequel, because he has to win over the Hollywood actor before they can even think about filming. Th...


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Dan Aykroyd Tells Kids To Get Off The Phone!

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Of course Dan Aykroyd wants people to go see his movies so they can be successful, but he also wants you to go outside and enjoy nature. So go see Yogi Bear where Aykroyd imitates the unmistakable ...


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'Tron: Legacy' Takes Top Spot At Weekend Box Office

Tron Legacy

Sci-fi epic Tron: Legacy has powered its way to the top of the box office grid, scoring $43.6 million in its opening weekend. Jeff Bridges returns to his role as video game hacker Kevin Flynn in ...


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Trailer Talk: This Week In Movies - 'Tron: Legacy,' 'Yogi Bear,' & More

Tron Legacy

Last Thursday I saw “I Love You Philip Morris” starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor. This film, which is written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and Jon Requa, the team behind “Bad Santa,” advert...


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Hot Legs: Eliza Dushku Wears Short Shorts In Beverly Hills

Eliza Dushku

We spotted Eliza Dushku leaving the Byron and Tracey Salon in Beverly Hills yesterday with radiant looking hair. She wore white short shorts and a cropped blazer as she headed back to her car.


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Happy 60th Birthday, Bill Murray!

Bill Murray

Raise your glasses to Hollywood funnyman Bill Murray - the star turns 60 on Tuesday. Born in Illinois in 1950, Murray started out at comedy troupe Second City Chicago after dropping out of colleg...


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'The Blues Brothers' Praised By Catholic Church

Blues Brothers

Classic 1980s film The Blues Brothers has been given the official seal of approval by the Catholic Church - the movie has been added to the Vatican's list of must-see pictures. The music movie, s...


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Can 'MacGruber' Break The SNL Movie Curse?

Can MacGruber Break The SNL Movie Curse

Of all the recent "Saturday Night Live" recurring characters, MacGruber seemed the least likely to land his own feature film. After all, the skit spends about 15 seconds with the action hero before...


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Bill Murray Calls 'Ghostbusters 3' Rumors 'Hogwash'

Bill Murray

Bill Murray has confused film fans by insisting there are no plans to make a Ghostbusters sequel - calling reports of a follow-up "hogwash". All four of the original Ghostbusters - Murray, Dan Ay...


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'Saturday Night Live' Presidents Reunite To Give Barack Obama Advice (VIDEO)

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Funny or Die has gathered a long list of Saturday Night Live presidents to deliver an important message to Barack Obama (played by Fred Armisen) about consumer protection.


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'Blues Brothers' Heading To The Small Screen

The Blues Brothers

Movie classic "The Blues Brothers" is to be turned into a new TV show. The widow of original star John Belushi has teamed up with "Saturday Night Live" writer Anne Beatts to write a script for a sm...


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Sequels We'd Like To See & The Odds They Will Really Happen

Anchorman

Now that it looks as if the interminable "Saw" franchise has run out of gas after its sixth chapter, we can turn our attention to sequels that we'd really like to see, and what the odds are of them...


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Celebrating The Comedic John Cusack: A Spotlight On His Funniest Roles

John Cusack

Even though he doesn't make Academy Award winning material, John Cusack certainly knows how to make entertaining films. Since the early 80s, Cusack's awkward boyish charm has been attracting audie...


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Slideshow: Our Favorite Food Celebrities

Julia Child

The roots of food culture and the success of a chef's celebrity status finds its genesis with culinary wizard Julia Child. The woman is a legend and a hero in kitchens around the globe, both comme...


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Review: 'Julie & Julia': Meryl Streep Shows Her Brilliance

Julie & Julia

My God: Please enjoy every precious moment Meryl Streep ever spends in front of a movie camera. People wax poetically about the days when Bette Davis, Greta Garbo (anyone else that Kim Carnes menti...


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Celebrity Birthdays, July 1

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Happy Birthday to "One Tree Hill" actress Hilarie Burton (1982), "Lord of the Rings" actress Liv Tyler (1977), Dutch footballer Ruud Van Nistelrooy (1976), musician Sufjan Stevens (1975), "Antitrus...


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Sigourney Weaver Out Of 'Ghostbusters' Sequel

Sigourney Weaver Out Of

Sigourney Weaver has pulled out of the second "Ghostbusters" sequel. The actress was reported to be joining former co-stars Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd in a spooky new movie, 20 years after Ghostbu...


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Taking You Back To 'Year One': A Spotlight On Harold Ramis

Harold Ramis

You probably know him best as the deadpan Dr. Egon Spengler, a collector of spores, molds, and fungus, but relatively few know Harold Ramis for what he does best: writing and directing. With h...


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Jack Black Wants To Be A 'Ghostbuster'

Jack Black

Jack Black is desperate to star in the new Ghostbusters sequel and lobbied original star Harold Ramis when the pair worked together on new movie Year One. After directing Black in the Neanderth...


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