LANDIS SEEKS GREEN LIGHT FOR 'BLUES BROTHERS' SEQUEL.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Calling all "Blues Brothers" fans ... Director John Landis says if you'd like to see his and Dan Aykroyd's resurrection of the hard-livin', blues-playin' Brothers in the sequel, "Blues Brothers 2000," you'd better get those letters going to Universal. "Universal's not sure there is an audience out there - and I totally disagree," said Landis, who was on hand at HBO's second annual Comedy Arts Festival An arts festival or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts. Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions. in Aspen, Colo., last week for an "Animal House" tribute and reunion. Universal may be waffling at this point, but Landis said everyone involved with the project is committed to making the film. "Danny, Jim Belushi, John Belushi, John (1949–82) comedian; born in Chicago. After appearing with the Second City comedy troop in the 1970s, he achieved national recognition in National Lampoon's Lemmings (1973). Goodman and a plethora of musical talent are attached to it," Landis said. Should "Blues Brothers 2000" get green-lighted, he said, the music will rival that in the original film. "We'll have all the people who were in the first one - Aretha Franklin, James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933[1][2] – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and " , Ray Charles For the composer and conductor of the Ray Charles Singers, see . Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his stage name Ray Charles, was a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. and John Lee Hooker and a lot more ... including B.B. King." Meanwhile: Director Harold Ramis Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor, director, and writer. His best known acting roles are as "Egon Spengler" in Ghostbusters and "Russell Ziskey" in Stripes. took time off from editing Michael Keaton's "Multiplicity" to fly to Aspen for the reunion and tribute for "Animal House," which he co-wrote. Because of the special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. in "Multiplicity" - in which Keaton's character is cloned again and again and again - Ramis said the editing process is taking longer than usual. "There are 133 shots in the movie that have at least two Michael Keatons in them. He's not only the main actor, but all the supporting actors except for Andie MacDowell Andie MacDowell (born April 21 1958) is an American screen actress. Biography Early life MacDowell was born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell in Gaffney, South Carolina, daughter of Paula, a music teacher, and Marion MacDowell, a lumber executive. ." Person to person: It'll be a New Year's Eve wedding ceremony at Connie Stevens' palatial pa·la·tial adj. 1. Of or suitable for a palace: palatial furnishings. 2. Of the nature of a palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness: a palatial yacht. home for daughter Joely Fisher and cinematographer Christopher Duddy. At least, "That's the time and place we're hoping to arrange," said Joely. She and Duddy met four months ago at Disney World, "and it was sparks right away between us," she said. One person who will be sorely missed at the wedding is Connie's kid brother, John, who died of AIDS last Labor Day. Joely, who co-stars on "Ellen," said she will be privately dedicating her performance to him this weekend when she's among the stars singing the songs of Stephen Sondheim at Hollywood's Doolittle Theater in a benefit for the AIDS Service Center and AIDS Healthcare Foundation The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is a non profit, Los Angeles-based AIDS treatment and advocacy center. Their official founding pledge is to "provide cutting-edge medicine and advocacy, regardless of ability to pay. . When you're hot: "I guess all those Polaroid pictures I took of executives in compromising positions are paying off," quipped Cheech Marin as he spoke of the rapid pace his career is on. He not only co-stars in CBS' new "Nash Bridges" series, he's made four movies this year - ("Desperado" and "From Dusk Till Dawn"; plus the May release "Great White Hype," with Samuel Jackson and Jeff Goldblum; and "Tin Cup," the July release in which he co-stars with Kevin Costner). Beyond that, "Plans are swirling," Marin said, for projects he'd do this summer. "I feel like an air traffic control officer watching planes. Some nice planes out there - movies, other things. We'll have to see. It may come down to my just wanting to spend time with my family. I've been working nonstop since June." "Nash Bridges" shoots in San Francisco and Cheech said that if the series is picked up for fall, the family will headquarter head·quar·ter v. head·quar·tered, head·quar·ter·ing, head·quar·ters Usage Problem v.tr. To provide with headquarters: there. Right now his wife and their young son and daughter are holding down the fort in Los Angeles, "and I spend a couple days there whenever I can to remind them what I look like." Birthing two babies: "I'm trying on my new character, Mr. Sleep Deprivation sleep deprivation Sleep disorders A prolonged period without the usual amount of sleep. See Driver fatigue, Poor sleeping hygiene, Sleep disorders, Sleep-onset insomnia. - he'll be the one falling asleep during sketches," said "SNL SNL Saturday Night Live SNL Sandia National Laboratories SNL School for New Learning (Depaul University) SNL Springfield News-Leader (Missouri newspaper) SnL Sweet N Low SNL Standard Nomenclature List " regular Mark McKinney, whose wife is expecting their first baby next month. The comedian said that, like everything else, his wife's pregnancy is fodder for material. "I wanted to write a scene about a modern couple. The woman's going into labor but they decide to go ahead with the dinner party. ... Every two minutes the woman gets up from the dinner table and bellows like a cow." The longtime member of the Kids in the Hall comedy troupe, who co-stars with David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald and Scott Thompson in the April 12 debuting "Kids in the Hall BRAIN CANDY" feature, plans to be in the delivery room for the baby's birth. He took Lamaze classes for the event, calling them "bloody useless ... when they start going 'You'll be breathing a lot - and uh, you'll be breathing a lot ...' I'll probably be out cold on the floor." CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo John Landis Singing the "Blues" |
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