John Candy

Slurpee's Moment: Obama's joke about "Slurpee Summit" sends 7-Eleven into overdrive. Is President Barack Obama willing to risk Slurpee brainfreeze as he grapples with political gridlock?

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Megamind" led the North American box office to its best weekend in more than three months on Sunday, but the $47.7 million opening for the DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc release fell a little short of industry forecasts.

Donny Osmond has performed with his siblings for so long and in so many configurations, it 's difficult to remember just when and where he has appeared onstage with his sister, Marie.So the heartthrob-iest Osmond was surprised to learn that he and Marie had never appeared together on Broadway. More startling was that he learned of this gap in the family resume only after he and Marie booked 12 shows at the Marquis Theatre for a show titled "Donny & Marie ? A Broadway Christmas." The dates are Dec. 9 (which is Donny 's 53rd birthday) through Dec. 12.

TAORMINA, Sicily (Hollywood Reporter) - When Jake and Elwood Blues, the protagonists in John Landis' cult classic "The Blues Brothers," claimed they were on a mission from God, the Catholic Church apparently took them at their word.

Celebrities gather in Chicago for 50th anniversary of landmark Second City improv theater. Actor Steve Carell and hundreds of other comedians are gathering in Chicago to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Second City.

Second City at 50: A `comedy factory' still cranking out laughs _ and stars. On a blustery fall afternoon, Andy St. Clair slips into an empty club, with rows of tables, wooden chairs and a bare stage awaiting its next bit of comedy magic.

No more docs? Michael Moore ponders post-`Capitalism' career with move to fiction films. Michael Moore says he made his latest documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story," as though it were his last. And it might be.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filmmaker John Hughes, who made some of the most memorable teen comedies of the 1980s and turned Macaulay Culkin into a major star, died suddenly of a heart attack in New York on Thursday. He was 59.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filmmaker John Hughes, who made some of the most memorable teen comedies of the 1980s and turned Macaulay Culkin into a major star, died suddenly of a heart attack in New York on Thursday. He was 59.

If Jerry Koloskie were ever forced to blow his own horn, it would probably be a piccolo trumpet ? the smallest member of the trumpet family.

John Hughes, best known for directing a string of 1980s hit movies including "The Breakfast Club," and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 59.

John Hughes, best known for directing a string of 1980s hit movies including "The Breakfast Club," and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 59.