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UPDATE: The great Dan Aykroyd read Deadline’s recent tribute to Aretha Franklin’s performance in Blues Brothers, and had a different recollection of events surrounding him not starring in Animal House than did John Landis, who directed both films and recalled that Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels kept Aykroyd from…

UPDATE with full family statement: Aretha Franklin, known worldwide as the Queen of Soul and universally ranked among the greatest, most influential singers of the 20th century, died this morning at her home in Detroit. The music, cultural and social icon was 76. Her death at 9:50 AM ET from pancreatic cancer was…

Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi's widow Judy Belushi have teamed with Bento Box Entertainment (Bob’s Burgers) for The Blues Brothers, a primetime animated comedy series, which will be shopped to television platforms beginning this month. Co-created and executive produced by original Blues Brother Aykroyd, Judy Belushi…

This is a good day for fans of soul and R&B music — and the business people behind it. Two unrelated deals suggest that we’ll hear a lot more of the classics from the 1960s and ’70s. Viacom’s BET Networks says it bought Soul Train, a library of 1,100 television episodes and 40 television specials. And Primary Wave…