Highlights
A collection of news and information related to John Belushi published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 156
» View latimes.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-13
Next >
-
Man About Town: A new stage for National Lampoon
Like to laugh, don't care why or where. Don't care the occasion, formal or otherwise, though the formal ones always — to quote Jack Nicholson — "bring out the devil in me." Like to laugh with people and at people and for people, which is...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Bill Murray, Foods and Beverages, Chevy Chase, Music Industry
-
Review: 'Sketches from the National Lampoon' a sketchy endeavor
“That's not funny, that's sick!” was once a mission statement for National Lampoon’s assaults on propriety and good taste. Some of that is-nothing-sacred irreverence still haunts the theatrical debut of “Sketches from the...
Tags: Marlon Brando, Arts and Culture, Steve Jobs, National Lampoon Incorporated, Radio
-
When movie costumes become fashion trends
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticDeborah Nadoolman Landis has worked as a costume designer on more than 20 films over the last 40 years. Along the way, she has created several looks that have crossed into popular culture and become fashion trends. Here are a few anecdotes, in her own...Tags: Indiana Jones (fictional character), George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Movies, Bruce Lee
-
Southern California Close-Ups: West Hollywood, Fairfax, Wilshire, Koreatown
First published on Oct. 30, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. Set an out-of-towner loose to roam the Los Angeles area between West Hollywood and Koreatown, and what can you expect? A food-truck overdose, perhaps. Or the bold suggestion that we...
Tags: Jackson Browne, Janis Joplin, Colleges and Universities, Museums, George Lopez
-
Chez Jay headed for official Santa Monica landmark status
L.A. NOWChez Jay, a cozy bar and restaurant long popular with beach bums, tourists and celebrities alike, qualifies for designation as a local landmark, the Santa Monica Landmarks Commission decided late Monday. The 6-0 vote, taken after dozens of patrons spoke..... -
Los Angeles' Hollywood legacy is an auction house dream
Norma Shearer's silk sheets sat for years in a Los Angeles garage, with no one to admire the embroidered monogram: NST, for Norma Shearer Thalberg. The starlet's Louis Vuitton steamer trunks waited in vain to voyage. One was dedicated solely to...
Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Sammy Davis Jr., Norma Shearer, Landforms, Museums
-
Nelson Lyon dies at 73; director of sex comedy 'The Telephone Book'
Decades after writer-director Nelson Lyon released the X-rated sex comedy "The Telephone Book" in 1971, the film was hailed as a neglected masterpiece. By then Lyons was a former "Saturday Night Live" writer long known for a darker connection: He went...
Tags: Liver Cancer, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Comedy (genre), Heroin
-
Marvel heroes get new-era mission — visiting a Disney cartoon
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comSpider-Man has teamed up with John Belushi and Stephen Colbert. Last year, Batman crossed paths with “Weird Al” Yankovic and ...... -
Southern California Close-Ups: From West Hollywood to Wilshire
Set an out-of-towner loose to roam the Los Angeles area between West Hollywood and Koreatown and what can you expect? A food-truck overdose, perhaps. Or the bold suggestion that we extend our subway system westward. (Hey, we're working on it.) Or maybe...Tags: Jackson Browne, Janis Joplin, Museums, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Quentin Tarantino
-
Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; soul music bassist
Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as "In the Midnight Hour," "Hold On, I'm Coming" and...
Tags: Bob Dylan, Dan Aykroyd, Blues (genre), Music Industry, Eric Clapton
-
Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; bassist for Booker T. & the MG's
As the bass player on dozens of the most soulful hits in the history of pop music, Donald "Duck" Dunn often found himself out on the road playing to fans who had assumed he was black like the stars he supported, notably Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and...Tags: Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Obituaries, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Dan Aykroyd
-
'Saturday Night Live's' eight greatest stars
Show TrackerWhich performers were the greatest in "Saturday Night Live's" history?...
Feb 23, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Feb 21, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 16, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 5, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Oct 9, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Nov 18, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jul 20, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jul 24, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Oct 30, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 15, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 13, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Original site for John Belushi topic gallery.
