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Steve Lawrence was born Sidney Leibowitz on July 8, 1935 in Brooklyn, the second son of Mr.

I found the The Blues Brothers at the NewSpace Theatre to be a fun, high energy performance, with good singing, smart/stylish costumes and well thought out dance moves.

MEN IN BLACK HATS: Ne-Yo plays Taste on July 1st; The Blues Brothers screens in Independence Park on July 2nd.

Hollywood has got its claws into John Landis's 1981 horror-comedy cult classic. Why can't the Weinsteins leave An American Werewolf in London alone? A howling success a the original An American Werewolf in London.

In an effort to beef up a sometimes-lackluster specialty film lineup, the Carolina Theatre has been booking double bills of classics.

According to Bloody Disgusting , the Weinstein Brothers have purchased the rights to remake An American Werewolf in London from original writer/director John Landis .

Film director John Landis is as boisterous and garrulous a character as you're likely to meet.

Like most of you, Ia ve watched The Blues Brothers an extraordinary number of times over the last three decades and with repeated viewings you start to notice certain things that just dona t make very much sense.

BRANSON, Mo. - It's not every day you get to see a show with Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, The Blues Brothers, The Temptations and Gretchen Wilson.

Photograph by: Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits/Toronto , Blowing through town this week, Canadian acting and blues legend Dan Aykroyd expects to do more than shill for Mexican tequila and Ontario wine.

"We're getting the band back together ..." Ever since John Belushi made the declaration in "The Blues Brothers," those six words have become an inevitability in popular music.

Calumet Fisheries has been in business since 1928. The building used to be on 92nd Street, but many years ago it was carried three blocks downriver by a scow and now sits at the foot of the 95th Street bridge.

Quick: which sitcom lasted longer: I Love Lucy, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Seinfeld or According to Jim? That's right, According to Jim - the sitcom critics loved to hate - lasted eight seasons and 182 episodes, topping Seinfeld , Lucy and Mary .

Ray Charles, Genius, a sixteen episode video podcast series produced by Bret Primack for Concord Records, is now showing on YouTube and is available for download on iTunes.

By Katey Rich And Mack Rawden : 2009-06-11 16:22:08 Using women in a raunch comedy with a hard R-Rating can be a dicey proposition.

Studios are going back to the future and banking on rereleasing film classics such as Spartacus to bring in the masses Kevin Maher When the director John Landis was 27 he was handed $2 million by the legendary studio chief Lew Wasserman and told to go and make his own movie, his own way.

Harrah's New Orleans recently announced an outstanding and diverse lineup for its theater this summer, offering a wide range of musical and showbiz genres.

Will the planned "MacGruber" movie blow up in Will Forte's face? While Conan O'Brien got all the late-night attention Monday for his "Tonight Show" debut, Jimmy Fallon followed by breaking some minor entertainment news: guest Will Forte confirmed that a movie based on the SNL "MacGruber" skit is in the works.

Published: Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 5:10 a.m. DAN AYKROYD is in one of his favorite places: surrounded by ghosts, or at least ghost stories.

Dan Aykroyd at the American Society for Psychical Research. He edited the script for Atari's new Ghostbusters game, which is to be released on June 16.