Teddi Mellencamp will always appreciate her dad, John Mellencamp, despite their well-documented ups and downs. John welcomed ...

He was a familiar face from Broadway productions of “Company,” “Titanic” and “Six Degrees of Separation” and from many movie ...

Isaac Asimov, the renowned science fiction author and scientist, whose insights into human behaviour and the pursuit of ...

I recently finished watching the documentary I Like Me (which I, at least, found streaming on Amazon), a loving remembrance of the great comic actor John Candy. It's a touching delight. It is also, ...

Everyone has their favorite John Candy moment. Whether it be “Spaceballs,” “Stripes” or “Uncle Buck,” Candy stole the screen with his charisma, humor and heart. As a kid, I remember watching “Home ...

In the 1984 Ron Howard comedy “Splash,” Tom Hanks and John Candy play lovelorn Manhattan brothers—one tidy, one rascally—whose lives are upended when Hanks falls in love with a mermaid. On a recent ...

For many fans, the death of John Candy represented childhood’s end. The actor was not especially childish or childlike, but he projected an indefatigable, unthreatening jolliness in movies such as ...

Known for his big smile and even bigger heart, actor John Candy was beloved for his role in family favorites like “Splash!” and Home Alone.” Candy’s joy-filled performances inspired generations of ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT In the best scene of John Candy's best movie, "Planes, Trains & Automobiles," Steve Martin's Neal Page berates Candy's Del Griffith, exasperated by their pre-Thanksgiving travel ordeal ...

I truly enjoyed hearing this. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. John Candy: I Like Me is putting the late comedy actor back in the ...

John Candy’s son, Chris, said during a recent event promoting the new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me” (via People) that it was “heart-wrenching” to see resurfaced press interviews in the film ...

This is FRESH AIR. John Candy, the comic actor who rose to fame in the sketch comedy series "SCTV" and such films as "Stripes," "Splash" and "Spaceballs," died at age 43 in 1994. Now, 31 years later, ...