In addition to guest hosts, musical acts and forcing cast members to endure anxiety-inducing mind games, one of the longtime ...

John Belushi burst onto the comedy scene as one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live in 1975. But just seven years later, the talented young comedian and actor was found dead at a ...

Because the original cast was so burnt out by the time they ended their run, you’d think guys like Belushi and Dan Aykroyd would stay far away from 30 Rock. But according to Joe Piscopo’s ...

Jim Belushi is sharing fond memories of The Blues Brothers’ first appearance on Saturday Night Live. “When John and Danny entered that first time, nobody knew what was going to happen,” the ...

Here are the best SNL characters in the nearly 50 years of ... Look, no one's saying John Belushi's Japanese Samurai character would fly today in these more enlightened times.

He also earned praise for his turn in the Blues Brothers film franchise opposite SNL colleague John Belushi, plus films like Trading Places (1983) and Chaplin (1992). He earned an Oscar nomination ...

On Sunday, Feb. 16, Belushi was among the stars and SNL alumni at NBC’s Studio 8H for the live taping of SNL50: The Anniversary Special, celebrating the show’s 50th anniversary. On the event’s red ...

Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as The Blues Brothers in 1980 ...

"They molded me into the comic actor, and the good career that I had today. I'm just grateful," Belushi said of 'SNL' and the improv comedy group, Second City TheStewartofNY/WireImage Jim Belushi ...