More fights ahead in Congress over health care Sep 19, 2009
" bert wrote on Jul 28, 2009 1:30 PM:" Toledoone: As Charlton Heston said in Soylent Green, "It's People!!!!" " ccd wrote on Jul 30, 2009 10:31 AM:" what we need to do is get PROFIT out of the health insurance industry, and we need tort caps and litigation reform. Currently, profit insurance companies like Aetna and Blue Cross spend 30% of your expensive premiums on overhead, which includes fancy corporate retreats and jets and gold plated dinnerware. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Review round-up Sep 19, 2009
Theatre critics gave the show a mixed response, with many comparing the spectacle unfavourably to the multi Oscar-winning 1959 film, starring Charlton Heston in the title role. MICHAEL BILLINGTON, THE GUARDIAN. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Theatrical giant Sep 18, 2009
The stage extravaganza - based on the 1880 novel by Lewis Wallace which in turn engendered the Charlton Heston screen epic - arrives in London on 17 September with the world premiere at the O2. The performances - lasting just under two hours - will re-enact the famous vengeance and redemption tale set at the time of Christ. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Ben Hur epic brought to life Sep 16, 2009
The 1958 classic film starred Charlton Heston and won a record 11 Oscars ... The production is theatre on a 2,500-square-metre stage, matching the epic scope of the 1958 classic film Ben-Hur, which starred Charlton Heston and won a record 11 Oscars ... The 1958 classic film starred Charlton Heston and won a record 11 Oscars. (The Age, Australia)
Army Archerd, 87; columnist was must-read in Hollywood Sep 11, 2009
He took on Charlton Heston numerous times on the issue of gun control. In 1995 and 1996 in at least five columns, Mr. Archerd, who was Jewish, slammed Michael Jackson for using anti-Semitic slurs in his song They Don t Care About Us. (Boston Globe)
Top 5 Best and Worst Airplane Movies Sep 10, 2009
Charlton Heston had a long and distinguished career, but like a lot of good actors, got sucked into the disaster movie genre of the 70s (think "Towering Inferno" and "Earthquake"). And while "Airport" doesn't have a line to touch Heston's immortal words from "Planet of the Apes" ("Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"), it did allow him to say the semi-immortal, "Climb, baby, climb!". (ABC News -- Business)
Dick Berg, 87; ushered in concept of made-for-TV movies Sep 4, 2009
At the end of the 60s, Mr. Berg produced a few motion pictures, including House of Cards, with George Peppard and Orson Welles, and Counterpoint, starring Charlton Heston and Maximilian Schell. But television was his passion because of its faster pace and larger audiences. (Boston Globe)
Autopsy planned in Tulare Co. inmate's death Sep 3, 2009
As a great solution for clearing out death row in California, does anyone remember the 1973 movie "Soylent Green" starring Charlton Heston. Is that too cruel. (Fresno Bee)
Swinging Simon Aug 31, 2009
Guests included John Lennon, Charlton Heston and Michael Caine, and the show replaced the ailing Juke Box Jury in the prime Saturday early evening slot. "By the second year there's no doubt that he was one of the most powerful people on television," Bill Cotton later said. (BBC News -- UK)
Dee day for the real Austin Powers Aug 31, 2009
He earned 250 pounds an episode interviewing guests including Sammy Davis Jr, Charlton Heston, and John Lennon and the show coincided with a colourful social era. Dee would cruise London's King's Road in his Aston Martin DB5 and dated a string of women including Joanna Lumley. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (1) Aug 23, 2009
I had serious problems with his previous, anti-gun documentary, Bowling for Columbine, and felt sorry for Charlton Heston as Moore unmercifully harassed him. There is none of that in Fahrenheit 9/11. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Collapse of civilization, with every human infected or dead Aug 20, 2009
The 1971 remake with Charlton Heston was awesome in its own campy way. GreenJeans. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
10 Evil Movie Corporations Aug 8, 2009
Yes, shocking as it may seem, the titular foodstuff from the 1973 Charlton Heston not-so-classic is in fact the reprocessed, emerald-hued remains of a bunch of dead folks. As is wont to happen in your average run-of-the-mill futuristic dystopia where the Earth's population has outgrown its resources, the world of Soylent Green isn't a fun place to be. (IGN FilmForce)
When you retire ... Aug 5, 2009
jack lalanne 94George H.W. BushJimmy CarterWarren Buffett, age 77Morgan Freeman is 71Robert Redford is 72Paul VolckerThe Pope is 80Robert Wagner, 78 The Dalai Lama, 73 Tom Smothers, 71 Bob Newhart, 79 Peter Graves, 82 Hugh Hefner, 82 Yoko Ono, 75 Don Pardo, 90 Kirk Douglas (actor) Mother Teresa Charlton Heston (actor) Elizabeth Taylor (actress) Hugh Hefner Robert Redford (actor) Barbara Walters Maya Angelou Min Bahadur Sherchan (oldest to scale Mt. Everest according to this) George Jones... (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Playing the world’s worst films for laughs Aug 1, 2009
Next Friday, Fiasco mocks pipe-puffing Charlton Heston at the controls and ex-soldier James Brolin out of control in Skyjacked (1972). In September comes The Bat People (1974), starring Stewart Moss and Marianne McAndrew. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Hollywood Destroys the World; New wave of disaster movies, TV shows... Aug 1, 2009
(1968): Charlton Heston faces off against a civilization in which apes enslave men; a scene in front of the Statue of Liberty s head became one of sci-fi s biggest shockers. The movie inspired four movie sequels and a widely-panned 2001 remake. (The Drudge Report)
Museum puts fans face to face with 115 wax celebs Jul 30, 2009
The stars come complete with accessories: The Red Sea parts on demand beneath you in front of Charlton Heston, a shower curtain hides a cutout in a bathtub by Alfred Hitchcock, there are extra habits so you can join Whoopi Goldberg in a "Sister Act," a bicycle next to Lance Armstrong puts you both in the Tour de France and Tom Hanks is just hanging out on a bus stop bench waiting for company. Anyone can visit the museum, but to stay you have to have an invitation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Starstruck? See celebs at Hollywood museum Jul 29, 2009
Celebs up close and personalThe stars come complete with accessories: The Red Sea parts on demand beneath you in front of Charlton Heston, a shower curtain hides a cutout in a bathtub by Alfred Hitchcock, there are extra habits so you can join Whoopi Goldberg in a "Sister Act," a bicycle next to Lance Armstrong puts you both in the Tour de France and Tom Hanks is just hanging out on a bus stop bench waiting for company. Anyone can visit the museum, but to stay you have to have an invitation. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Sci Fi and Horror DVDs to Rent with... Jul 27, 2009
Astronaut George Taylor (Charlton Heston) to his captors in Planet of the Apes (1968). This great quote was revamped with an ironic twist in the 2001 Tim Burton remake. (Suite101.com)
Gun slingers gather at Cabela's Jul 20, 2009
He said only two people have ever touched -- without gloves -- the Kentucky long rifle he spent more than 3,000 hours building: Toenjes himself and the late actor Charlton Heston. "He gave me an autographed silver bullet in appreciation for my work," Toenjes said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
The photo seen around the world Jul 18, 2009
And contrary to popular myth, perpetuated by the TV movie starring Charlton Heston, Anderson did not climb over a fence at Sioux Gateway Airport to get onto the field. He simply walked through a gate with a Journal reporter while people were looking the other way. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Daily TV guide Jul 17, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
TV Q&A: 'Wheel' edits are for technical glitches, other miscues Jul 12, 2009
Q: I saw an article about our depleting fish population and it brought up a memory of a Charlton Heston movie set in the future. The main character, played by Heston, is investigating the source of a green cracker the government is feeding the hungry people and it turns out the source is human corpses. (Florida Today)
LETTERS: The Californian, July 9, 2009 Jul 9, 2009
" Mr. Heston said a lot of things in a lot of movies, including, "Get your hands off me, you damn dirty ape (North County Times)
Sarasota forever tied to the circus Jul 3, 2009
and Barnum and Bailey performers of the day were featured in the movie alongside Charlton Heston and James Stewart, and 3,000 local residents were used as extras. Around the glitzy St. Armands Circle shopping complex, legendary showpeople have been honored with plaques on the Circus Ring of Fame. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
James Coleman, 76, spent lifetime fighting fires Jun 28, 2009
And he said Charlton Heston. He met Barbara Stanwyck and said she was a wonderful woman, and he met The Fonz, Henry Winkler. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
It's hard to be in middle on Kobe Jun 19, 2009
Bryant does smug the way Charlton Heston did bold. In these playoffs, Bryant was quite the actor himself. (Fresno Bee)
Critic's corner May 31, 2009
The 1968 original with Charlton Heston. In Plain Sight 10 p.m., USA. (Boston Globe)
Make way for Dame Edna's stage tour May 28, 2009
She's traded bon mots with the likes of Jay Leno, Sean Connery and Charlton Heston. And she's held court for countless eager fans. (North County Times)
Playing it safe, Academy Awards style May 21, 2009
The Greatest Show on Earth, a fluffy, overlong melodrama about the lives and loves of members of the Ringling Brothers Circus, starring a young Charlton Heston. It was like awarding the winning entre at a bake-off to cotton candy. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Model accuses agency of sexual battery May 21, 2009
Gilardi, who was married to actress Annette Funicello, has represented actors such as James Caan, Charlton Heston and Burt Reynolds. Attorneys for Robinson, 23, say they're hoping to find women who may have received similar treatment within the past four years. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
More monkey slaps, more humiliation for Stiller May 20, 2009
Not since Charlton Heston told a "dirty ape" what to do with his stinking paws has an actor been so tormented by a monkey. While not exactly the kind of abject captivity that Heston endured in "Planet of the Apes," the slapping match Ben Stiller went through with Crystal, the Capuchin monkey for a second time was torture enough. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Global art star May 14, 2009
Charlton Heston as Michelangelo, grudgingly painting for the popes. Caravaggio (1986). (USA Today)
Buchanan: Ten O-lines with something to prove May 14, 2009
Oscar-winning actors Northwestern: Charlton Heston (Best Actor for "Ben Hur"). Stanford: Jack Palance (Best Supporting Actor for "City Slickers"). (Notre Dame Sports -- Rivals.com)
MORE: Get clued in on a shabbier Sherlock May 6, 2009
Consider just a few of the leading men who previously upstaged Scotland Yard and brilliantly solved crimes in film and on TV: Basil Rathbone, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella, Charlton Heston, Peter O'Toole, Jeremy Brett. Those are Sherlock types, right. (USA Today -- Life)
Movies in Mexico May 5, 2009
"Touch of Evil" (1958): It's not "Citizen Kane," and it loses authenticity points for casting Charlton Heston as a Mexican narcotics officer, but Orson Welles' film about corruption in a border town is still pretty great (and Welles amazingly creepy). "Frida" (2002): Salma Hayek got an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of open-minded artist Frida Kahlo. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Stretching it on the silver screen May 4, 2009
It asked viewers to suspend their disbelief long enough to accept its premise: that a trio of intelligent chimpanzees with no access to salvage gear or knowledge of space travel could pull Astronaut Taylors (Charlton Heston) ship out of a lake, learn how to fly it and travel back along the same bend in space that sent the humans forward to the future. Two of these apes would then have a child who would set in motion the events leading to the creation of a planet of the apes. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
We Talk To Jack Black, Michael Cera On The 'Year One' Set May 1, 2009
"And [Ramis] wanted me to do it like Charlton Heston. So I showed a lot of my choppers, and he was pretty stoked. I think I nailed it.". "I'm being whipped as a slave, and earlier this morning we were standing in mud and it was freezing," Cera said of the epic-minded flick that will be quite different than his previous "Superbad" collaboration with Apatow. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Peter Dennis; brought 'Pooh' characters to life on stage Apr 29, 2009
Actor Charlton Heston became a friend after seeing "Bother!" in 1987 at the Coronet Theatre in West Hollywood. Heston introduced himself backstage by saying, "I'm Tigger and this is my wife, Piglet," Diane Dennis recalled. (Boston Globe)
Terry Marotta: What's wrong with your teeth? Apr 28, 2009
Charlton Heston, rest his soul, freshened the surface of his own teeth eventually, which was fine, but tell the truth: Didn t you like him better in the days when he had his own teeth, the upper story a little buck, the lower story a little crooked. It was adorable. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
`Battle of the Bulge' director Annakin dies at 94 Apr 28, 2009
Annakin's other films include "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines," whose screenplay earned him an Academy Award nomination, and the similarly titled action comedy "Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies." He also directed "Call of the Wild," a 1972 adaptation of Jack London's adventure starring Charlton Heston; the 1957 crime thriller "Across the Bridge" with Steiger; and the 1982 musical romance "The Pirate Movie" with Kristy McNichol. Probably his most-beloved film was... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Time for a well-earned weekend, let me tell you Apr 18, 2009
from my cold, dead hands Charlton Heston. jewcowboy. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
CLERGY VIEWS: There will always be a critic Mar 25, 2009
The Question wrote on Mar 24, 2009 5:19 PM:" Remember when the Christian fanatics at Focus On The Family, in a stunning display of their vaunted goodness and mercy, ran a web ad calling for people to ask God to rain out Barack Obama's DNC address at Denver's Invesco Field? Remember what happened?But why were they satisfied with half-measures? Why didn't they just ask God to appear with a thunderclap right over the stadium and endorse the Republicans in a booming Charlton Heston voice? Maybe hurl... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
TV review: 'The Penguins of Madagascar' Mar 24, 2009
He told TV critics recently that when he was doing Skipper he was channeling "my poor man's Robert Stack; Charlton Heston with a little Peter Graves thrown in.". The result was kind of a breathy pomposity, a penguin reaching for stature, his voice cool, his commands crisp. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Live To Tell: Black Wave Mar 23, 2009
Coming soon to a theater near 00004000 you, Irwin Allens BLACK WAVE starring Charlton Heston as Dad. As for the few fools who actually are supporting this arrogant narcissist and his shrieking blond trophy wife and damming everyone for being cowards and lumps for not having the guts to. (CBS News -- 48 Hours)
Fest's Full Slate Mar 10, 2009
Other highlights include films by Deepa Mehta ("Heaven on Earth") and her brother, noted still photographer Dilip Mehta (a documentary, "The Forgotten Woman"); Ang Lee in person to discuss a screening of his 2007 film "Lust, Caution"; a 1962 Charlton Heston movie, "Diamond Head," that looks at race relations in Hawaii upon its impending statehood; a retrospective of 81-year-old Japanese media artist Takahiko Iimura; and new films by China's Jia Zhangke ("24 City") and Bay Area filmmakers... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Watchmen Review Mar 6, 2009
Imagine a young Charlton Heston, who played larger than life and noble characters, and you can see where I'm going. 1. (IGN FilmForce)
WOU stays mum Mar 3, 2009
Albany Democrat Herald: Archived Articles. Last modified: Monday, March 2, 2009 10:16 AM PST. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Oscars Oversight Feb 25, 2009
EARTHA Kitt fans were surprised and dis appointed with the Oscars telecast when the In Memoriam segment - which featured Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, Sydney Pol lack and dozens of others who passed away in 2008 - omitted Kitt, who died at 81 on Christmas Day. "The producers are either 12 or have been living under a rock for the past 60 years," Kitt's publicist, Andrew Freed man, told us. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Are the Oscars recession-proof? (95) Feb 24, 2009
And where were the special tributes to Paul Newman and Charlton Heston. Gregory Peck rightly received a tribute the year he died but it seems Paul and Chuck were dissed. (Salon)
Film Fest Opens Soon Feb 11, 2009
That would be "Diamond Head" (March 15, Castro), a 1962 Charlton Heston epic about Hawaiian statehood and the racial tensions that went with it. In all, the festival will screen 108 films, including seven programs of shorts. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Tribute/Obituary Feb 10, 2009
A look back at the legendary Hollywood actor, Charlton Heston. . (Variety)
Movie: Airport 1975 (1974) Feb 10, 2009
Charlton Heston, Karen Black Star in Airplane Disaster Film ... Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Gloria Swanson also appear ... Charlton Heston plays a hero airline pilot, with Karen Black as a flight attendant forced into the cockpit of a damaged 747. (Suite101.com)
