Dan Aykroyd

The Blues Brothers by Daniel de Visé – Diverting celebration of a puzzling US comedy phenomenon

How did the blokeish creation of supernova-hot comics John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd become a cultural marker?

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire review – One star for the worst film of the year so far

This awful, wretched farrago showcases so much that is wrong with the Hollywood sausage-maker

Donald Clarke: Expect all celebrities to have their own tequila by 2050

It transpires that Black Irish is Mariah Carey’s entry into the ‘Irish cream’ wars

Bill Murray is helping to flog Ireland. So what’s he getting out of it?

The friend of the old country is golfing his way around the island with help from Fáilte Ireland

Ghostbusters: Afterlife first trailer revealed

Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver and Paul Rudd all feature in ghost-catching comedy

Who is the best cinema Santa Claus of them all?

There has been a stunning variety of screen Santas. But one outshines them all

The untold story of River Phoenix, 25 years after his death

The lost star’s girlfriend talks for the first time about the man behind the myth

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Everyone’s talking about ‘Saturday Night Live’, but who’s laughing?

Saoirse Ronan’s Aer Lingus sketch shows SNL’s humour is trapped in a liberal-elite bubble

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Saoirse Ronan’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ is unfunny Paddywhackery

Saoirse Ronan – national treasure and a total pro – deserves better material than this

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Donald Clarke: Touch of Hollywood macabre to death of Carrie Fisher

‘Star Wars’ franchise turned actor into reluctant star who struggled with success

Tammy review: much of it is best passed over with a firmly held nose

Steve Carell: cool with bright spots

Best known for playing the boss in the US version of The Office, Steve Carell is reprising his turn as the crazy weatherman in Anchorman 2. And yes, he’s just as nice as he seems, writes Tara Brady

‘Trading Places 2’: the aluminium goldmine caper

Behind the Candelabra