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Television: An Interview with John Landis - February 11, 2004 We chat with the director of The Blues Brothers , An American Werewolf in London , Animal House , and many more.

Playing the blues for 39 years hasn't made Donnie Walsh unhappy. The Downchild Blues Band frontman, whose band was the bassist for The Blues Brothers, is as smitten with the genre as he was after hearing his ...

Jacho Kang, Manhattan PhD, and Assistant Professor and the New School, Dept. of Sociology-Shopping at Macy's for a new hat: "It's a good look, it's more relaxed.

I'm a little jealous that I didn't think of doing something like this first. The Onion AV Club has a new list entitled "Little more than a cameo: 19 stellar cinematic one-scene wonders." It's a list of great ...

On June 18th, 1977, Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten was slashed on his face and hands by young people armed with knives.

Date: Wednesday, August 20th Time: Dusk Location: Pier 54 Cost: Free On top of getting to watch movies outside on beautiful summer nights on the Hudson River, the other thing I like about River Flicks is every ...

Recently revived Stax Records offers up two tasty summer platters by revered Stax alumni - Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere 's Nudge It Up a Notch and Eddie Floyd 's first new album in six years, Eddie Loves ...

In his wonderfully titled but less-than-wonderful memoir, Tell Me How You Love The Picture: A Hollywood Life, venerable producer Edward S. Feldman presents the making and distribution of Wired as a heartwarming ...

When Gloucester resident Charles McGinn went for breakfast with his wife Anne one morning a couple of weeks ago, he never thought fond memories from his childhood involving the legendary scat singer Cab ...

“But you put this much flammable material in the room and you don't just get a little heat. You get a bonfire.”

What would happen if you combined Steve Cropper, the Memphis- weaned Stax guitar powerhouse who also wrote and co-wrote many soul classics, with Felix Cavaliere, the singer, songwriter and keyboardist whose ... via All About Jazz

One of the best efforts from Eddie Murphy ever.

Director John Landis may have taken a slow dive in terms of his movie quality recently, but almost everything he helmed in the 1980s was golden. Starting with The Blues Brothers in 1980, nearly all of these were hits ending with Coming to America in 1988. While not a brilliant comedy, nor one of the all time classics, the chemistry between Arsenio... Read more

Q: There was a type of wine I enjoyed very much last summer in Galicia, Spain, but I can't seem to hunt it down here. via Hotel Online

Issue date: 4/29/08 Section: Lifestyle Media Credit: Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures "John Landis," Book signing By Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan Dark Delicacies 4213 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank Tonight at 7 John ... via Daily Trojan

“The Man". It's okay to look up a website that tells you what white people like and it's funny to watch Carlos Mencia make fun of "Beaners.”

It's one of my favorite scenes in "The Blues Brothers." Aretha Franklin orders the Blues Brothers to leave her diner - without their dry white toast, without their four fried chickens and without Matt Guitar ... via Montgomery County Sentinel

As the Griswold family, headed by Chevy Chase, began their cross-country drive in the 1983 film ''National Lampoon's Vacation,'' Elgin resident Paul Vombrack followed them out of Chicago hanging out of an ... via Chicago Sun-Times

Such expectations of John Landis as have been bred by Animal House and The Blues Brothers might prompt one to overemphasize the humor element here. via San Diego Reader

This morning on Good Morning Cincinnati, Bob decided to welcome the weekend with a little Ray Charles and "Shake a Tail Feather." Charles performed the song for the 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers." Click on the ... via WKRC-TV Cincinnati

Date: April 10,11,12,17,18 & 19, 2008 Time: Thu 10 & 17 April - Showtime 9 pm Time: Fri & Sat 11,12,18 & 19 April - Showtime 10.30pm Venue: Alexis Bistro and Wine Bar, Lot 10 & 11, Great Eastern Mall, 303 Jalan ... via All Dat Jazz 'n' More!

“He was exposed to the full range of music and he studied. So, when he writes a score for a period piece, he knows what the music was like in that period.”

To look at their credits, you'd think life at the Steve Lawrence household was Camelot. via Desert Sun

The Madden brothers and the Blues Brothers Photo by: Flynet; Derek Storm / Sipa Joel and Benji Madden are the current music scene's best-known twins - but they bear a striking resemblance to another famous duo: ... via People.com