Stories tagged "heston"

When Swede Warner Oland was hired to play Asian characters Charlie Chan and Dr. Fu Manchu in the 1930's, it was because at the time Hollywood was reluctant to hire authentic Asians as leads. You’d think in the years since, things would have changed...

Adults and kids alike will be invited to literally attempt to pry firearms from the cold, head hands of the corpse of former NRA spokeman Charlton Heston.

In the seventh episode of The Round Up, Greg talks about a variety of bits of film news, and provides a light-hearted tribute to Charlton Heston. Andy discusses badwithcomputer’s music project called Audiobytes for Autobots.

Fans will always have a special memory of Charlton Heston in three films in particular. These films represent the rare, yet notable occasions Mr. Heston delved into the world of science fiction, and brought his larger-than-life heroism with him.

He was the hawk. He soared. In fact, everything about him soared. His shoulders soared, his cheekbones soared, his brows soared. Even his hair soared. And for a good two decades, Charlton Heston, who died Saturday at 83, was the ultimate American movie st

Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84.