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Actor: Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd wrote Ghostbusters and The Blues Brothers, both originating with his own preoccupations, the former with spiritualism, which he takes seriously. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Driving Miss Daisy. He came from Second City in Toronto and Saturday Night Live, and founded a spirits company.

Trading Places (1983) film posterDan Aykroyd

Trading Places (1983)

Trading Places is John Landis's 1983 American comedy depicting two wealthy commodity brokers who place a one-dollar wager on whether a homeless con artist and an Ivy League executive can be switched places without either knowing about the experiment, with…

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50 First Dates (2004) film posterAdam Sandler

50 First Dates (2004) Review

50 First Dates is one of the more substantive Adam Sandler romantic comedies and the second major collaboration between Sandler and Drew Barrymore. The Wedding Singer had established the romantic comedy partnership that 50 First Dates extended.

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