Special effects Jul 14, 2008
Jennifer Aniston's new man, John Mayer, brought his entire band in for dinner Friday night, and Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd dropped by for lunch during the day. Old friend Kevin Millar of the Orioles paid a visit to Patrick Lyons's Newbury Street nightspot Saturday. (Boston Globe)
NBC re-airs 'SNL' hosted by Carlin ... Other notes Jun 28, 2008
Carlin performed three separate monologues that night, and helped introduce John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Larraine Newman and Gilda Radner. The show also included a performance from comedian Andy Kaufman and featured musical guests Janis Ian and Billy Preston. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
New on DVD: 'Persepolis,' 'The Furies,' 'In Bruges' Jun 27, 2008
Saturday Night Live: The Complete Third Season (1977-78, Universal, unrated, $70): Steve Martin is in both his King Tut and (with Dan Aykroyd) "wild and crazy" phases, while O.J. Simpson hosts on Feb. 25, 1978, donning a conehead for his opening monologue. Also capturing an era are host Hugh Hefner's vocal of Thank Heaven for Little Girls and the mix-'n'-match concept of combining Christopher Lee and Meat Loaf on a single show. (USA Today -- Life)
Love Guru: Transcendent...Not! Jun 20, 2008
Leaving SNL for movies means you can't go back, which deprives the show of some brilliant sketch talent Dan Aykroyd, Joe Piscopo, Martin Short, Molly Shannon, Dinitra Vance, the irreplaceable Phil Hartman and consigns those actors to movies and TV shows that don't show them off to their best advantage. Wayne's World was one of the few SNL movie spin-offs that worked. (Time.com)
Niagara wineries seek the celebrity spotlight Jun 19, 2008
It also included some high-altitude auction action, such as a $28,000 winning bid for a package that included a trip for four to see Dan Aykroyd perform his Blues Brothers act with Jim Belushi in Houston as well as dinner for 10 with Mr. Aykroyd at EastDell Estates, a Niagara winery in which he owns an interest. As with the Napa event, though, the focal point was the barrel auction, which permitted people to taste and bid on yet-to-be-bottled cases of wine still aging in cellars. (Globe and Mail)
Missing The Mark Jun 14, 2008
Then Dan Aykroyd appears on a video screen as a slimy former vice president (guess who) who speaks from his seat on the toilet. Get it. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
As a political farce, 'War' is more miss than hit Jun 13, 2008
(Have I mentioned Dan Aykroyd phoning in from atop the toilet as the vice president of the United States ... Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley. (Boston Globe)
Results vary when television series go to the big screen Jun 13, 2008
"Dragnet" (1987) -- Dan Aykroyd is no-nonsense Joe Friday, and Tom Hanks his new freewheeling police partner in this spoof of the TV show. In a nice nod for the old-timers, Harry Morgan from the original series pops up. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Guitar maestro everyone copied but no one paid Jun 4, 2008
Diddley's reputation gained a boost when the Clash invited him to open for them on their 1979 US tour, and he made a cameo appearance in the Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy comedy Trading Places in 1983. But money problems continued to dog him. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
War, Inc. Review May 29, 2008
Cusack plays Hauser, a high-priced hitman who executes dignitaries and heads of state on behalf of his boss (Dan Aykroyd), a former US Vice President who is running the country of Turaqistan as the CEO of a multinational corporation called Tamerlane. Hauser is assigned the task of killing an oil minister named Omar Sharif, but he quickly finds himself in a moral quandary when his cover requires him to exploit the wedding of a pop star named Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff). (IGN FilmForce)
At Cannes, a big win for old Europe May 26, 2008
" The circumstances are different in each case, and while I would agree that the Wenders film is trivial and incoherent, the others are flawed but fascinating works, well worth revisiting outside the overheated madhouse of Cannes. (I'll have more to say about those movies in due course.) But "The Headless Woman" is a special case, because no one could argue that it's incompetent or implausible, or that it lacks thematic and artistic coherence. Judging from the reviews, people just didn't get... (Salon)
Indiana Jones and the Treacherous Trivia Quiz May 25, 2008
SNL' connection: His face is in shadow, but that's Dan Aykroyd escorting Indiana and Willie to a plane at the Shanghai airport. Sssss: The cobra is very real, so much so that a sheet of glass separates it and Harrison Ford. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Why the Cannes boo-birds are wrong (as usual) May 25, 2008
" Even in the world's leading showcase for cinema-as-art -- or, to put it more accurately, for art-cinema-as-commodity -- people don't necessarily want to confront that idea. Andrew O'Hehir Posted in: Saturday, May 24, 2008 06:50 EDT Meet the film world's new Steve McQueen Subscribe: URL: CANNES, France -- Steve McQueen is a prominent figure in the British art world, a film, video and installation artist who won the Turner Prize (Britain's biggest prize for contemporary art) in 1999. He's had... (Salon)
Meet the film world's new Steve McQueen May 24, 2008
In "War, Inc.," Cusack plays Brand Hauser, a troubled freelance hitman drawn into the skulduggery and infighting of Turaqistan, an oil-rich Middle Eastern nation occupied by a corporation whose CEO is a former vice president of the United States (Dan Aykroyd). Hilary Duff plays a major Middle Eastern pop star whose wedding becomes an important plot device, while Marisa Tomei plays the sexy crusading journalist on the verge of exposing Brand's mission. (Salon)
What Is It Good For? May 23, 2008
Directed with sledgehammer subtlety by Joshua Seftel, this virtually unwatchable mess takes place mostly in a Middle Eastern country occupied by a Halliburton-like corporation headed by a former vice president (Dan Aykroyd) who resembles Dick Cheney and even delivers one speech from his toilet. Cusack plays a Tabasco-swilling hit man with a past, hired to assassinate an oil minister named Omar Sharif (played by that actor) who wants to build his own pipeline. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Oh, what an unfunny War, Inc. May 21, 2008
Tamerlanes CEO, who happens to also be the former vice-president (Dan Aykroyd, another Grosse Pointe Blank alum), sends Hauser to Turaqistan to bump off a local leader who dares to want a cut of oil profits coming out of his nation. Hausers cover will be to act as the producer of a trade show that will allow corporations to bid on the lucrative contracts involved in rebuilding the flattened Turaqistan. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Five Questions for Marisa Tomei, Sexy, Lefty Reporter of War, Inc. May 14, 2008
In political satire War, Inc.--co-written and produced by John Cusack, co-starring Hilary Duff, Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd and Joan Cusack--Tomei's charged character Natalie is a sexy, lefty reporter, who arrives on the scene of this pipeline hotbed issue to investigate the decline of civilized society in 'Turaquistan' and gets involved with Cusack's troubled hitman character, Hauser. Flying in the face of a traditional Hollywood starlet's career, Tomei has chosen to embrace theater work, barely... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Commodities boom May 11, 2008
In Trading Places, a great American comedy of the same era, Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy plant false information, then hurl themselves into the trading pit. Murphy is a trading novice but makes a fortune in frozen concentrated orange juice futures and lives happily ever after. (FT.com -- Markets)
John Cusack Goes to War May 3, 2008
The people that Cusack got together, along with director Joshua Seftel, were stars Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, and in a somewhat surprising turn, Hilary Duff. "Me and [co-writers] Mark Leyner and Jeremy Pikser are kind of weird, so we thought let's throw in a little Telemundo soap opera and have this love triangle between my character, Hilary Duff and Marisa Tomei.". (IGN FilmForce)
John Cusack meshing art, politics May 2, 2008
"War, Inc." stars Cusack as Brand Hauser, a hit man sent to Turaqistan by a former U.S. vice president (Dan Aykroyd) who now heads a defense contractor called Tamerlane. In Turaqistan -- where his cover is trade-show manager -- he meets a journalist (Tomei), a Middle Eastern singing star (Duff) and an old CIA hand (Kingsley), getting entangled in the intersection between politics, capitalism and pop culture. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Cusack can't be cowed Apr 22, 2008
Dan Aykroyd portrays a former U.S. vice-president who seems to have vested corporate interests. Marisa Tomei plays a muckraking reporter and Sir Ben Kingsley portrays a southern-fried CIA chief. (The Gazette (Montreal))
Local movie buffs create their 'dream' festivals Apr 10, 2008
" "Excalibur" (1981) Nature-loving John Boorman's ("Deliverance") lush epic has it all - majestic scenery, brutal action, black magic, mythic romance, grand music, amazing costumes and um, ah ... a lightbulb. It's truly a remarkable triumph what Boorman can do with a simple green lightbulb (his primary source of special effects), radiantly reflecting off the water and polished suits of armor. Pure genius. Pure Classic. Who needs computers? Essential to see on the big screen. "Underground" (1995)... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Just for Laughs Mar 27, 2008
John Belushi, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Chris Farley, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy and even Joan Rivers and Halle Berry all paid their dues through Second City. Branches of the comedy troupe are now in Los Angeles, Toronto, Detroit and Las Vegas, further spreading the net for skilled comedians. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Did 'SNL' go too far with Fauxbama? Mar 3, 2008
" Michaels urges that viewers be patient. "What happens with our political characters is that they start out as impressions and they end up as characters," he said, citing Dana Carvey portraying George H.W. Bush, Hammond as Bill Clinton and Dan Aykroyd as Jimmy Carter, among others. "It will evolve. " | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PARTNERS | | | | | | Copyright ? 2008, azcentral.com. All rights reserved. Users of this site agree to the and (Updated 03/07). (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Wheels stole show Mar 1, 2008
Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy. Director: John Landis. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
New Name Possible For Wrigley Field Feb 28, 2008
In the film, Elwood Blues, played by Dan Aykroyd, falsified the address on his drivers license, putting down 1060 W. Addison, the address of Wrigley Field. Later, a group of Illinois Nazis looking for the Blues Brothers show up at Wrigley Field, thinking it is their address. (Click2Houston, TX)
Dubliner to Appear on Letterman Tonight Feb 15, 2008
Archila had parts in Problem Child 2, Cop and a Half and My Girl with such stars as Henry Winkler, John Ritter, Dan Aykroyd, Ivyann Schway, Super Boy, James Tolkan, Michael Oliver, Gilbert Gottfried and then he got a substantial part in Thunder in Paradise starring Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant. We lived in Orlando. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
FULL STORY > Feb 12, 2008
" A rep for Fergie didn't return our calls. Love was definitely in the air all night. Gorgeous Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang showed off a huge diamond engagement ring her new fianc, Israeli businessman Vivi Nevo, had just given her, while Dita Von Teese was caught getting snuggly with Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean. Meanwhile, across town at the MusiCares event at the LA Convention Center, Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin was earning her diva title. "Aretha refused to have Alicia Keys or Mary J. Blige... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Backstage bits Feb 11, 2008
Grammy News - Lifeline Live - USATODAY.com. Hancock admits win took him by surprise. (USA Today -- Life)
Bow to the Queen Feb 10, 2008
A backup singer named Carmen Carter filled in, singing "Think" while Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi recreated a moment from the Blues Brothers original movie. Other than Franklin herself, who was sterling when she finally took the reins of the show, the night was a little weird. (Fox News)
Celebrities descend on Big Easy for Carnival Feb 2, 2008
John Goodman, Chuck Norris, Jason Alexander, Jim Belushi and Dan Aykroyd have served as past grand marshals for Endymion, and Glenn Close, Sandra Bullock, Forest Whitaker and Whoopi Goldberg are among those who've ridden in Orpheus. Ardley Hanemann, an Orpheus spokesman, said a variety of factors made coordinating celebrities' schedules difficult this year. (International Herald Tribune)
Table Mountain Casino Presents Star Performer Jim Belushi with The Sacred Hearts Jan 29, 2008
Jim's musical career began unexpectedly when Dan Aykroyd asked him to join the Blues Brothers Band as front man, Brother Zee. Completely fearless, Belushi says he responded to Dan Aykroyd with "Yeah, why not? Sounds like a whole lotta fun!" To get ready to play with the Blues Brothers Band, Belushi crashed rehearsals of the House of Blues' own band, The Sacred Hearts. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Arts in Brief Jan 28, 2008
The Second City Comedy Tour features performers from the renowned improvisational comedy troupe that honed the talent of Stephen Colbert, Mike Meyers, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. The group will perform both rehearsed scenes and those improvised from audience suggestions at 8 p.m. April 6. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Ray-Ban Presents Ray-Ban RockBand Bar at Sundance Film Festival 2008 Jan 17, 2008
Starring Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi, The Blues Brothers will forever be one of the most iconic movies of our time. This sketch, turned band, turned movie, turned classic can still be seen today being parodied on TV, movies and music videos. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Spike TV Television Highlights - February 2008 Jan 15, 2008
Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. ACQUIRED SERIES -- CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (TV-14) Telecasts Monday, Wednesday - Friday (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, ET/PT), Tuesday (6:00 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/PT), Monday (11:30 PM - 12:30 AM, ET/PT), & Tuesday - Wednesday (Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Artists pay tribute to Aretha Franklin Jan 9, 2008
Anthony Hamilton, the Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi), Faith Hill, Fantasia, Ledisi, John Legend and a crew of gospel and jazz greats will perform tributes to Aretha Franklin at this year's MusiCares gala. The Recording Academy's MusiCares Person of the Year gala will be held Feb. 8 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, two days before the Grammy Awards. (Variety)
Long, witty line of Jewish comedians Dec 29, 2007
The next year she began performing at Toronto's Second City comedy club with an improv group that included Levy, Dan Aykroyd and Brian Doyle-Murray. Keeping such good company, she soon left Canada for the Big Apple and was recruited by actor John Belushi (an alumnus of the original Second City in Chicago) for the "National Lampoon Radio Hour.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
Continuereading Dec 15, 2007
"I remember when I was representing Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi in The Blues Brothers," continued Bernie. "At the time Blues Brothers was the number one movie and the number one record album. And one day I looked in the mirror, I was 48 years old, and I was wearing a Blues Brothers' jacket, a Blues Brothers' scarf, Blues Brothers' sunglasses, and a Blues Brothers' pin, and I said to myself: You are some idiot.". (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Gift Keeps On Giving Dec 14, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007 Last Update: 06:40 AM EST. KERIK'S ROLE IN IRAQ REVEALED. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Ghostbusters: AU Hands-On and Studio Tour Dec 6, 2007
First and foremost is the fact that Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis ; the driving force behind the films - have been onboard since the prototype stage. In fact, they're guiding the direction of the project; shaping the setting and the story, writing all the dialogue, and providing their voices and likenesses. (IGN PC Games)
Relics of Canada's fleeting aeronautic might Dec 4, 2007
The popular version - celebrated in several books, a play and a CBC-TV miniseries starring Dan Aykroyd as Crawford Gordon - is that the Arrow, able to fly twice the speed of sound, was the world's most sophisticated aircraft at the time, designed for the RCAF to shoot down Soviet bombers flying over the Arctic. The Diefenbaker government killed it either out of ignorance or because of pressure from the Americans who were jealous of Canadian engineering success, and Canada lost all its brilliant... (Globe and Mail)
Hudson Valley Nov 29, 2007
It had dawned on me that week paging through old issues of People Magazine in antique stores ("Dan Aykroyd Lashes Out at the Drugsters that Killed Belushi"), riding on the too-fast shuttles driven by mute acid casualties who played the Doors at maximum volume in complete darkness the ruling class only existed in the minds of its favored children. Out here, things moved slowly and unflinchingly downwards, as they always have. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Could the best movie Santa be from 1947? Nov 27, 2007
Dan Aykroyd in Trading Places with Eddie Murphy was the best Santa, especially when he pulled the turkey leg out from his costume ... I agree with Kasey, the Dan Aykroyd Santa was priceless. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Siegal is the doyenne of buzz Nov 22, 2007
Siegal says her reputation is a throwback to "the old Peggy" -- the low point being when she ordered a Paramount exec, his companion and two friends to surrender their seats at a "Mean Girls" screening to Dan Aykroyd and his family. She describes the incident in a new book by Charles Grodin titled "If Only I Knew Then ... Learning From Our Mistakes," a compilation of high-profile bloopers. (Variety)
Wii, PS3 Celebrate First Birthdays; 'Halo 3' Expands ... Nov 21, 2007
The magazine reports that Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis are "revisiting their roles to make a sequel to 'Ghostbusters' 1 and 2 in video game form." Aykroyd and Ramis will write the script, the magazine reports, "going far beyond just the typical licensed add-your-voice-to-the-game-you-had-nothing-to-do-with formula." The game is set for a late 2008 release on all major consoles and handheld gaming platforms. For more information, go to. (MTV.com)
New Ghostbusters game in the works Nov 16, 2007
The four main actors - Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis - are on board, as well as some secondary cast members. Ghostbusters Logo. (Canada.com)
Depp's Got Pipes Nov 16, 2007
Blackout" is sitting at around No. 30 on Amazon.com Wednesday night at the Waverly Inn: Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon dined with Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell and her dancer husband Charles Askegard while Vanity Fair s Graydon Carter (who owns the place) dined with wife Anna, Tom and Kathy Freston and Curb Your Enthusiasm director David Steinberg with wife Robin. That should have been enough, but in walked delectable young starlet Jessica Alba, direct from her premiere of Awake, with... (Fox News)
Stars back for Ghostbusters game Nov 16, 2007
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson have all agreed to take part, says trade paper Variety. Aykroyd and Ramis, who wrote the original films, will also pen the story for the game - which will be set in New York City during a new ghoul invasion. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Vivendi, Sony call 'Ghostbusters' Nov 15, 2007
All four members of the movie team -- Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis -- will be giving voice and likeness rights for the game. Some supporting castmembers have signed up as well, including William Atherton, Brian Doyle Murray and Annie Potts. (Variety)
Shows to fill late-night strike void Nov 9, 2007
(Wonder what Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd would say to that. . (MSNBC -- News)
Chuck & Larry Nov 9, 2007
Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames and Dan Aykroyd co-star in this hilarious comedy. Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames, Nick Swardson, Steve Buscemi, Dan Aykroyd. (FOX19.com, OH)
Bouillabaisse? Its mere Childs play for Oscar-winner Meryl Nov 4, 2007
And she kept a videotape of Dan Aykroyd s side-splitting, blood-spewing parody of her on Saturday Night Live in her Cambridge kitchen ... She would actually imitate Dan Aykroyd imitating her, she said. (Boston Herald)
The week's best films Oct 15, 2007
He's in town to go to the party, make it up with the prom date (Minnie Driver) he jilted all those years ago, assassinate someone, and come to an arrangement with his big rival, Dan Aykroyd. One of the films of the 1990s, melding elements of romance and thriller into a brilliantly witty, offbeat comedy. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
The Simpsons Game Demo Oct 10, 2007
" So it's essentially there's nothing that we haven't already seen in this summer's Surf's Up or the upcoming Alvin and the Chipmunks. You can find out more about The Simpsons Game by clicking . Fun Fact: The animated Lard Lad statue is an homage to the 1984 live-action horror comedy Ghostbusters. During the climax of the movie, the villainous god Gozer demands that the Ghostbusters decide upon their (and New York City's) doom. The other Ghostbusters immediately clear their minds but Dr. Ray... (Suite101.com)
The Ten Best Movies About Money Oct 3, 2007
In the film, commodities traders Randolph and Mortimer Duke (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) make a bet over the age-old nature versus nurture question: Will blue-blood executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) turn to crime if robbed of his money and power, and can two-bit hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) be successfully brought into polite society and high finance. Whether they're comedies or dramas, the films on our list resonate with viewers not just because they have great... (Forbes)
Bonding to the beat of the drum Oct 2, 2007
Or, how about a session with the famed Second City comedy troupe, training ground for the likes of Steve Carrell, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Eugene Levy. The group will employ its actors and writers to compose and act out an original sketch specifically about a given officeplace, as well as teach them to use improv techniques in business settings. (Globe and Mail)
Perpetual hit SNL opens its 33rd season tonight Oct 1, 2007
That seems only appropriate in a way: When SNL debuted on Oct. 11, 1975 with George Carlin as guest host and a cast that featured Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin and George Coe, it quickly became a staple in college dorms across the U.S. and Canada. Michaels takes SNL seriously. (Vancouver Sun)
THE MARKET OF THE MIND Sep 21, 2007
Actor Dan Aykroyd predicted the current trend in high-tech research and development with a quip from "Ghostbusters," the 1984 flick about academic scientists who lose their funding. "I've worked in the private sector," Aykroyd's character tells his soon-to-be-spirit-chasing compadres. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Psst: Wanna' Buy An Island? Sep 21, 2007
379 million you could be calling actor Dan Aykroyd and NHL hockey legend Doug Gilmour your neighbors. The exclusive retreat, billed as one of the largest private islands in Eastern Ontario, was purchased in 2004 by American publishing magnate Robert S. Brown who "fell in love" with Loughborough Lake and bought the property as a surprise anniversary present for his wife. (Canada Newswire)
Soul survivor Sep 19, 2007
His film career may have stalled lately, but Dan Aykroyd still has his eyes on the stars ... Unless it is a very convincing joke, Dan Aykroyd most definitely believes in the existence of UFOs. (Guardian Unlimited)
Fall's perfect time to visit Chicago Sep 15, 2007
Chicago rocks with attractions. By ROGER PETTERSON Associated Press Published on: 09/16/07. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Music Listings Sep 14, 2007
The Blues Brothers Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi and a band of vintage suit-clad musicians deliver classic soul hits ... The Blues Brothers Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi and a band of vintage suit-clad musicians deliver classic soul hits. (Vancouver Sun)
Web information sources for a vacation visit to Chicago Sep 9, 2007
North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News. Last modified Saturday, September 8, 2007 8:31 PM PDT. (North County Times)
Tuesday: 'Live From New York' Aug 30, 2007
See a young Dan Aykroyd, Steve Martin, and Bill Murray in action, with commentary from both those involved in the show, and from today's comedy stars such as: Conan O'Brien, Molly Shannon and Rob Schneider. Live From New York airs tonight at 8/7c on NBC.. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
From office temp to comedy legend Aug 29, 2007
She also gets to be an understudy for the Second City's main stage troupe in Toronto, which boasts an all-star alumni list including John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Mike Myers, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin and McDowell's idol, Catherine O'Hara. I would consider them comedic legends, McDowell said. (Globe and Mail)
