McCain ad mock Obama Aug 2, 2008
"They will call him, 'The One,'" the advertisement said, using a sarcastic tone which includes footage of Charlton Heston as Moses in the movie 'Ten Commandments. . (iAfrica.com)
Space chimps Aug 1, 2008
Technically, Charlton Heston was in two versions of "Planet of the Apes." He starred in the original in 1968 and was nice enough to take on a cameo role in Mark Wahlberg's less popular remake in 2001. Tonight at the Boston Harbor Hotel, you can see Heston in the original film, which, of course, is about an astronaut who finds himself on a planet ruined by monkey business. (Boston Globe)
'Harry Potter' trailer unveils a young Voldemort Jul 29, 2008
"He's a bit like Charlton Heston when he parts the Red Sea.". By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY The sixth Harry Potter movie is continuing to creep toward its Nov. 21 opening. (USA Today -- Life)
AFI Names Top Ten Epic Films of All... Jul 28, 2008
Actor Charlton Heston was also on the list twice, for Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments ... Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith ... Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo. (Suite101.com)
Profile: Christian Bale Jul 25, 2008
In 1989 he appeared in Kenneth Branagh's version of Henry V and in the following year starred as Jim Hawkins opposite Charlton Heston in a TV version of Treasure Island. Throughout the 90s he mixed roles in arty films like 1997's Metroland with Hollywood parts, including the voice of an English settler, Thomas, in Disney's version of Pocahontas. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Movie: Soylent Green (1973) Jul 24, 2008
Charlton Heston and Leigh Taylor-Young Star in Science Fiction Film. Charlton Heston is a New York police detective who uncovers a distasteful mystery in the sci-fi thriller Soylent Green ... Solid, steady Charlton Heston anchors the picture, with Leigh Taylor-Young as some pretty "furniture" and Edward G. Robinson as Heston's old-school partner. (Suite101.com)
Charles Z. Wick, Cleveland native, Reagan's Information Agency chief Jul 23, 2008
In 1982, when Poland was enduring martial law and food shortages because of its resistance to the Soviet Union, he authorized a 90-minute telecast called "Let Poland Be Poland." The program featured Sinatra singing in Polish and Charlton Heston declaiming about Pope John Paul II, a native Pole. Always eager to combat Soviet "disinformation and misinformation," he suspected he was a target of the KGB, the Soviet secret police, and he had a $32,000 security system installed at his home in 1983. (Cleveland.com -- News)
Movie: The Omega Man (1971) Jul 22, 2008
Charlton Heston and Anthony Zerbe Star in Science Fiction Film. Charlton Heston is the last man on Earth in director Boris Sagal's The Omega Man ... Charlton Heston has the starring role, with Anthony Zerbe playing the charismatic leader of a group of marauding mutants. (Suite101.com)
Eddie Izzard performs 'Stripped' of drag garb Jul 20, 2008
Language, history, "Hamlet," Darwin and the Bible all come in for riotous treatments, with Izzard taking off on hashish-stoked assassins, Stone Age Scrabble, Charlton Heston at the Monkey Trial and the problems of using Latin to try to warn the Romans that Hannibal is coming. Not to mention the horrors of 40 days of carnivore carnage as related by the shell-shocked sole squirrel survivor of Noah's ark. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mike Baker: Obama's Plan to Change the World Jul 16, 2008
I suspect that someone, possibly looking a lot like the late Charlton Heston, will eventually discover an antidote allowing Obamatrons to become human again. Each Obamatron will have to receive a series of painful shots of reality, administered over a period of four years but eventually the zombie nation will be defeated. (Fox News)
The Kentucky Center turns 25 Jul 15, 2008
The names of the stars who would attend were top secret so the audience, wearing tuxes, ball gowns and their best jewels, gasped when movie star Charlton Heston entered the stage as surprise host, Broecker said. Comedian Lily Tomlin also was there, as well as suave film great Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Louisville native and national television broadcaster Diane Sawyer dedicated the Whitney Theater, and dramatic soprano Jessye Norman wowed the audience with her distinctive voice. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Spoiler alert! 'Hancock's' twist and others Jul 13, 2008
Let Charlton Heston learn that the super-food of the future is made of humans so he can bellow "Soylent Green is PE-E-E-OPLE!" And don't forget the "Saturday Night Live" skit about a "Soylent Green" sequel where Phil Hartman impersonates Heston, learning that the powers that be didn't change the recipe like they promised, so he can holler "It's still PE-E-E-OPLE!". - HEAD IN THE SAND: Heston gets to curse out humanity in general in "Planet of the Apes" as he stumbles on the noggin of the Statue... (CNN -- Showbiz)
How does Hancock stack up among best plot twists? Jul 8, 2008
Let Charlton Heston learn that the super-food of the future is made of humans so he can bellow "Soylent Green is PE-E-E-OPLE!". HEAD IN THE SAND: Heston gets to curse out humanity in general in Planet of the Apes as he stumbles on the noggin of the Statue of Liberty lying on the beach and realises he's been on Earth all along - but in the distant future, after his species has blown itself up. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Rating movie twists Jul 7, 2008
Let Charlton Heston learn that the super-food of the future is made of humans so he can bellow "Soylent Green is PE-E-E-OPLE!" And don't forget the "Saturday Night Live" skit about a "Soylent Green" sequel where Phil Hartman impersonates Heston, learning that the powers that be didn't change the recipe like they promised, so he can holler "It's still PE-E-E-OPLE!". HEAD IN THE SAND: Heston gets to curse out humanity in general in "Planet of the Apes" as he stumbles on the noggin of the Statue of... (MSNBC -- News)
Baron Cohen to play Holmes Jul 2, 2008
He has been portrayed on screen by an eclectic roll-call of actors that runs the gamut from Charlton Heston and Christopher Lee through to Roger Moore and Peter Lawford. The classic Basil Rathbone pictures updated his adventures from Victorian London to the dark days of world war two, while Barry Levinson's Young Sherlock Holmes re-branded him as a plucky boy investigator. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Asner slams former TV bosses Jun 30, 2008
com, "I said the people of El Salvador should be able to elect the government of their choice. I knew I was signing my death warrant.. the show was threatened with being blacklisted. (Former CBS executive) Charlton Heston... called me a 'dangerous, dangerous man' and then the show was indeed canceled.". Copyright World Entertainment News Network. (WOKR13 Rochester)
About Time You Got Over It, Ed Jun 29, 2008
ED Asner - still fuming over the cancellation of "Lou Grant" in 1982 - blames late CBS boss Bill Paley and conservative icon Charlton Heston for killing his career ... "I knew I was signing my death warrant . . . the show was threatened with being blacklisted. Charlton Heston . . . called me a 'dangerous, dangerous man' and then the show was indeed canceled." Asner, proving he was better playing an editor on TV than he would be in a real newsroom, said today's journalism "sucks. The papers... (New York Post -- Gossip)
No intelligence, and no laughs, either Jun 27, 2008
As Ben sought the truth, the movie's director, Nathan Frankowski, mocked the infidel Darwin-loving scientists, employed fifties educational films, lots of footage of the Berlin Wall, Nikita Khrushchev pounding his shoe and Charlton Heston being hosed down by apes, while Ben declared evolutionary theory a room full of smoke. Then Ben selectively quoted Darwin writings to imply that the theory of evolution led to atheism, eugenics, euthanasia, abortion, Stalinism and Nazism. (Globe and Mail)
No contest plea in LA celeb embezzlement case Jun 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES - A woman accused of embezzling more than $700,000 from Charlton Heston and television writer and producer Stephen J. Cannell pleaded no contest and was sentenced to more than five years in prison Friday. Sharon M. Walker, 56, pleaded no contest to two counts of grand theft and one count of tax evasion in Los Angeles Superior Court. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Heston theft woman sent to prison Jun 22, 2008
Ben-Hur star Charlton Heston died in April aged 84. A woman accused of embezzling money from late actor Charlton Heston has been jailed for more than five years by a Los Angeles court. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Drawing on star power Jun 17, 2008
The council received a photograph and signature from Oscar-winning actor Charlton Heston just three weeks before he died on April 5. Crane says they're grateful to all the celebs who responded, whether it was art, an autograph or a photograph: "It's the fact they took the time to do it." The reporter can be reached at or (559) 441-6428. (Fresno Bee)
SAME-SEX MARRIAGEA TOWN WHERE IT'S HARD TO SAY 'GAY' Jun 15, 2008
They, too, have framed pictures in their home of Reagan and Bush as well as the late actor Charlton Heston, a former president of the National Rifle Association. "The homosexual agenda is very powerful. As long as it was quiet, it didn't affect us," Virginia Toenjes said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Happening: Apocalypse blah Jun 14, 2008
Wahlberg and Deschanels marital problems are dull and unconvincing even by disaster-movie standards; Charlton Heston and Karen Blacks relationship squabbles in Airport 1975 were fascinating by comparison. And while Shyamalans attempts to be Rod Serling and/or Alfred Hitchcock have led to a series of diminishing cinematic returns, hes not doing any better as an Irwin Allen-Al Gore hybrid. (MSNBC -- News)
Spike vs. Clint Jun 11, 2008
Your friend Spike Lee, "Shoot Charlton Heston." You want to defend that, Leo. TERRELL: Listen, you are trying to change the subject. (Fox News)
Pamela Anderson to part with prized car for PETA Jun 10, 2008
Other items available include Alfred Hitchcock's driver's license, personal snapshots of Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis Jr. and an original "Ben Hur" script signed by Charlton Heston. The sale will be broadcast live on Auction Network. (FOX 11, AZ)
Girl talk from a feminist firebrand Jun 9, 2008
" The poor man should feel honoured, in some way: He has entered the pantheon of those who've had their paint blistered by the world's most famous feminist. He joins the late Diana, Princess of Wales ("a devious moron"), Salman Rushdie ("megalomaniac") and, most famously, Greer's fellow Australian Steve Irwin, whose death, she felt, represented the justified retribution of the animal world, a deserved punishment chased with crocodile tears. They're still screaming mad about that one in Oz. Now,... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
CLINT EASTWOOD: SPIKE LEE SHOULD SHUT HIS FACE... Jun 6, 2008
In 2005, he vowed he'd kill Michael Moore if the documentarian ever showed up at his house, the way he had doorstepped Charlton Heston in Bowling for Columbine. This March he was sacked from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's California state parks commission for objecting to the building of a toll road through a national forest. (The Drudge Report)
Ben Stein's Expelled Exposed Jun 4, 2008
Expelling intelligent design from American classrooms and culture will inexorably take us down a path of doom, and the film s blunt editing intersperses interview snippets from evolutionary biologists with black-and-white clips of, in ascending scale of ominousness, bullies pounding on a 98-pound weakling; Charlton Heston s character in Planet of the Apes being blasted by a water hose by a gorilla thug; Nikita Khrushchev pounding his fist on a United Nations desk; East Germans captured trying to... (Scientific American)
'The Mole' all about adventure, sabotage Jun 2, 2008
Among them was Charlton Heston, who played a poor farmer. Sammy Davis Jr. played a soldier who befriended a German waif. (Detroit Free Press)
A world of features and shorts Jun 1, 2008
This year marks the 50th anniversary of "Touch of Evil" (with the late great Charlton Heston as a Mexican cop) and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; both screen June 6-7. Feting their 25th this year are "Zelig" and "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life"; both screen June 8. (Boston Globe)
Read more... May 26, 2008
The costume designer for "Indiana Jones" said that the inspiration for the character's clothing came from the 1954 movie "Secret of the Incas" starring Charlton Heston ... net that the inspiration for Indy's garb came from Charlton Heston's character, Harry Steele, in "Secret of the Incas" (1954), which the crew watched "several times." That movie, which features Machu Picchu, came out only a few years after Bingham's best-selling book, "Lost City of the Incas.". (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
If I Am Elected Vice President May 26, 2008
-- I will erect two additional terrorist-deterring national monuments to two of my favorite movie stars and heroes: John Wayne and Charlton Heston. These monuments will be known collectively as "The Smith & Wesson Memorials." (Of course, Heston's will have a three-story high Ten Commandments fountain in the center. (Human Events Online)
Harrison Ford returns to his signature role May 23, 2008
(Indy's fedora, flight jacket and swagger came from the outfit Charlton Heston wore in the 1954 "Secret of the Incas," a largely forgotten treasure-hunter tale. Regarding the new "Indy" film, the one with the title that goes on a little longer than you'd expect, Ford avoids talking about how the script changed. (Juneau Empire)
Michael Savage Mocks Ted Kennedy Tumor May 22, 2008
Even Ted Kennedy's spoke kindly of him when they learned that he had a. But not conservative talk show host Michael Savage. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Take a crack at our Indiana Jones quiz May 21, 2008
The whip comes from Zorro, but the bulk of Indy's look and outfit comes from Humphrey Bogart in "Sierra Madre" and, especially, Charlton Heston in "Incas.". 6) A. Karen Allen will reprise her role from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Warren Cowan, at 87; wrote the book on promoting stars May 18, 2008
In 1982, on behalf of Lincoln Continental, he lent a dozen new Lincolns to prominent Hollywood figures like Sylvester Stallone, Charlton Heston, and the Variety columnist Army Archerd, who were then photographed in the cars at premieres and other events, an early instance of product placement. Through the 1970s and early 1980s, he made up dozens of Top 10 lists - "The 10 Most Watchable Men," "The 10 Most Beautiful Pairs of Eyes," and the like - placing his clients on them and saying they were... (Boston Globe)
Warren Cowan, 87, a star at promoting stars May 17, 2008
In 1982, on behalf of Lincoln Continental, he lent a dozen new Lincolns to prominent Hollywood figures like Sylvester Stallone, Charlton Heston and the Variety columnist Army Archerd, who were then photographed in the cars at premieres and other events, an early instance of product placement. Through the 1970s and early 1980s, he made up dozens of Top 10 lists "The 10 Most Watchable Men," "The 10 Most Beautiful Pairs of Eyes" and the like placing his clients on them and claiming they were the... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Barbarella actor Law dies aged 70 May 17, 2008
Other films he appeared in include The Red Baron, The Hawaiians - with Charlton Heston - and Otto Preminger's 1967 film, Hurry Sundown. Acting ambitions. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Guns and liberal angst May 16, 2008
Any doubts can be cast aside if one did read comments in various leftist blogs after the former NRA president Charlton Heston passed last month. By Doug. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians May 15, 2008
Speculation abounds that Leonard Hicks (1918-1971) looks and sounds an awful lot like Charlton Heston, and indeed he does. But rest assured, Heston did not appear in this film under Mr. Hicks' moniker. (Suite101.com)
Heston's Ten Commandments to Be Auctioned May 15, 2008
A pair of faux granite tablets that Charlton Heston cradled in the 1956 biblical epic The Ten Commandments is expected to fetch as much as $60,000, said Marc Kruskol, a publicist for the auction Profiles in History. It is the fourth set of tablets that remains from the film that featured Heston as Moses. (Time.com)
Scammers send text to phones May 13, 2008
Q: I read in a story about Charlton Heston after his death that he had been a past president of the Screen Actors Guild. What years did he serve. (Scranton Times, PA)
The Citizen's Cinema May 10, 2008
TheCitizensCinema wrote on Apr 7, 2008 11:16 AM:" Charlton Heston passed away this weekend, and to most people my age, that means the world is at last rid of the crotchety old man who dodged Michael Moore's questions in "Bowling for Columbine ... " Here again, Heston's outstanding work is overshadowed by a dubious detail - in this case, the very white Heston's casting as a Hispanic. Still, he balances the bloated excess of Orson Welles' crooked detective - and his wildy stylish film noir... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Social activist gets his mandate May 9, 2008
Lee: Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck. StarMetro: Favourite actress. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
HOLLYWOOD: BRING BACK THE JEWISH HEROES May 4, 2008
Sunday, May 04, 2008 Last Update: 07:00 AM EDT. May 4, 2008 -- Looking out over the splendors of Mount Tabor, a crusty Paul Newman is in the midst of one of his snarliest, least ingratiating performances, in 1960's epic of Israel's birth "Exodus," when he declares to a Christian nurse played by Eva Marie Saint, "I just wanted you to know that I'm a Jew. This is my country." Audiences thrilled. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Take The NYC Movie Quiz May 4, 2008
Charlton Heston appeared in this 1968 film. . (WNBC.com, NY)
The Ten Commandments May 2, 2008
The film has big sandals to fill, following not only the 1956 epic starring the late Charlton Heston as Moses, but also the successful 1998 DreamWorks animation, The Prince Of Egypt. But it commits enough sins to stop Promenade's series in its tracks, starting with what should be its biggest attraction: the animation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Downtown outdoor film series is back May 2, 2008
May 15 The Omega Man (1971), starring Charlton Heston. May 22 The Odd Couple (1968), starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. (FOX 11, AZ)
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed May 2, 2008
There are gunfighters, Frankensteins, and, in my favorite spliced-in clip, a talking ape dousing Charlton Heston with a high-pressure jet of water. But wander as he may from one overwrought image to the next, Stein ultimately stays faithful to the Berlin Wall, which supposedly symbolizes the way in which intelligent design has been exiled from mainstream science. (Yale Herald, CT)
Your Opinion Apr 22, 2008
A great American patriot and hero has been lost with the recent passing of Charlton Heston ... Charlton Heston ardently and passionately fought for the Second Amendment, which is on trial at the present time and with some of the folks that we have as candidates for president it wouldn t surprise me at all that next year at this time the First Amendment could be on trial also before the U. S. Supreme Court ... Speaking as a member of the NRA and the Virginia Citizens Defense League, another fine... (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
Marc Wehrs: For the most part, we like our libraries Apr 20, 2008
Published - Sunday, April 20, 2008. A state report that pointed out disparities between city of La Crosse libraries and the county library system brought plenty of comment from readers at. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Fulfilment in public service Apr 19, 2008
I have many favourite actors, like the late Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier and Morgan Freeman. I like Julia Roberts, too, she's talented. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
1958: Zanuck's 'Heaven' visits Africa Apr 18, 2008
"They couldn't find him for several days and when they did, he said he had been trying to find Albert Schweitzer ... I was shooting 'Compulsion' here and we had to fly water into their Belgian Congo location. Whoever found that location should be shot!" P.S. Richard Z. sadly reminded me, after all that travail making "Roots of Heaven," "nobody saw the film." There'll be no difficult locations for him on his next, "Alice in Wonderland." He's set to lens in London and promises "a lot of animation"... (Variety)
Account manager arrested in celeb funds theft Apr 16, 2008
Woman accused of embezzling $725,000 from Charlton Heston, producer ... LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles police have arrested an account manager on charges of embezzling more than $725,000 from the accounts of Charlton Heston and producer Stephen Cannell. (MSNBC -- News)
Woman charged over Heston theft Apr 16, 2008
Charlton Heston's classic roles included Ben-Hur and Moses. An account manager has been arrested, accused of stealing more than $725,000 (367,500) from Hollywood star Charlton Heston and TV producer Stephen Cannell. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Herschel opens up in book Apr 16, 2008
I hope to Charlton Heston you don t have a permit to carry If you do, I believe you checked a few wrong boxes. For all our safety ( yours too ), if you do have a toting permit, surrender it Thx. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Ten most memorable movie quotes Apr 16, 2008
I was watching a Charlton Heston movie last night, which got me to thinking about the actor, and during the course of my deliberations recall one of his most memorable roles, that of Taylor in Planet of the Apes ... Charlton Heston, Planet of the Apes. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Account manager arrested on charges of embezzling more than $725,000 from Heston, Cannell Apr 15, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles police have arrested an account manager on charges of embezzling more than $725,000 from the accounts of Charlton Heston and producer Stephen Cannell. Deputy District Attorney Marisa Zarate says Sharon M. Walker is charged with grand theft, forgery and filing false tax returns and will be arraigned Tuesday. (KLAS-TV)
Stars attend Heston's LA funeral Apr 14, 2008
Oscar-winning actor Charlton Heston has been cremated at a funeral in Los Angeles attended by about 300 people, including many Hollywood celebrities ... Charlton Heston was known for taking on epic roles throughout his career. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Heston resigns from gun lobby Apr 14, 2008
Hollywood legend Charlton Heston has made his last public appearance as the president of the US gun lobby, the National Rifle Association (NRA). "I am going to miss you," he told a cheering audience at the NRA's annual convention in Orlando, Florida. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Heston takes illness in his stride Apr 14, 2008
Heston says he is not ready to retire Actor Charlton Heston has said he is taking the news that he is beginning to show the first signs of Alzheimer's disease in his stride. The Oscar-winning star said he had not noticed any difference in his health since doctors gave him the shock diagnosis. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Artist Erica Rutherford dies in Charlottetown Apr 14, 2008
Actors, relatives and politicians gathered at a church in Los Angeles on Saturday to mourn Charlton Heston, one of the last lions of Old Hollywood. Arts Features. (CBC.ca)
Famous friends lay Heston to rest Apr 14, 2008
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Charlton Heston, one of the last lions of Old Hollywood, was remembered at his funeral Saturday as devoutly religious and patriotic, a man who was an imposing figure both in his politics and on the big screen. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Selleck escort Nancy Reagan after Charlton Heston's funeral Saturday. (CNN -- Showbiz)
COLUMN: I learned the hard way: Don't mess with Moses Apr 13, 2008
And everything went fine during that short press conference until my eyes met Charlton Heston s glare. He was stumping for Republican candidates in 1996 and happened to be poking his staff in the Red State sea at Effingham one night. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Star Wars actor Baker in hospital Apr 13, 2008
Charlton Heston had the right idea, says Clive James. Limbering up for the London Marathon 2008. (BBC News)
