While hundreds of armed troops remain in pursuit of Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd), the duo plans their next concert in prison singing the tunes of "The Jailhouse Rock." ...

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy film directed by John Landis, featuring comedy legends John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Jake and Elwood Blues. These characters were initially created for ...

In December 2024, Paul Shaffer appeared on comedian Paul Ollinger’s podcast, Reasonably Happy. In the episode, he discusses how the extraordinary line-up of The Blues Brothers Band came together ...

The following is adapted from “The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic,” published March 19 by Atlantic Monthly Press. The author ...

The graphic novel ‘The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake’ is set two decades after the seminal film, and The Hollywood Reporter has a first-look, as well as a foreword penned by Aykroyd. By ...

Saturday Night Live didn’t appear to be the type of television series that would spawn a major motion picture when it debuted in 1975. But, as the show evolved, many of its most legendary sketches ...

Hey, listen, the eyes winked open. Life is a blessing every day. I am so thankful. I am so grateful for everything good and bad that’s happened to me, and so grateful that I’m able to have the ...

Read up on the latest The Blues Brothers News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. Ha. It's a Sing. Change my pitch up, slap my stick up. Here's the poster child of audience participation.

Before he arrived at the Old Joliet Prison south of Chicago, now the Joliet Area Historical Museum, Erik Devereux made sure his ensemble was in appropriate Blues Brothers order. The basics weren’t a ...

One of the most important unsung heroes in the history of The Blues Brothers is Paul Shaffer, whom some modern audiences may ...