Saturday Night Live: ‘You can take the temperature of America by watching that show’
Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and other stars of the US comedy were regular visitors when Jason Reitman was young. Now he’s made Saturday Night about its first episode
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
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
Saoirse Ronan’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ is unfunny Paddywhackery
Saoirse Ronan – national treasure and a total pro – deserves better material than this
Donald Clarke: Touch of Hollywood macabre to death of Carrie Fisher
‘Star Wars’ franchise turned actor into reluctant star who struggled with success
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
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Common Ground
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