Dave Newbart

In “The Blues Brothers,” Jake Blues — played by John Belushi — faked a French accent and asked the gentleman at the next table to sell him his wife and daughters.

The movie soundtrack, which featured Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Cab Calloway, sold more than a million copies.

In the movie, Elwood and Jake spent Jake’s first night out of jail at the Plymouth at 22 W. Van Buren. Filmmakers shot inside the hotel, including its long narrow flight of stairs up, its dingy second-floor lobby and even inside Elwood’s cramped room.

Although the brothers’ mission was to save the St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud, it didn’t exist in real life.

In 2005, the Sun-Times published a five-part series looking at the worldwide impact of the iconic movie — and what happened to the Chicago people and places featured in the film.

Maybe she's really the one. Actor Kelsey Grammer strolled into Insight Studios in Noble Square Saturday and braved a tattoo needle for the first time to get his latest wife's name inked on his waistline. The 57-year-old who plays the fictional mayor of Chicago on the Starz series “Boss,” and his…

Despite his affinity for the North Siders, Cusack insists he’s a fan of both teams and he can cite old statistics and obscure players from past White Sox teams to prove it.

After two planes crashed into the World Trade Centers in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, workers in Illinois were sent home early as a precaution against further attacks. Here is coverage from that day.

More than a dozen families traveled to China to adopt children in November 1999.