Charlton Heston, simply put, is the greatest leading man in film history. The charisma, dignity, grace and strength he conveyed on the silver screen define what it is to be a leading man. Heston has screen presence in biblical proportions, and its appropriate that his prime came about while Hollywood had an obsession with making epics -- the gravitas he embued in his characters made him a perfect fit in Tinsel Town's Golden Era. There has never been anyone else quite like him before or since and there may never be.
How I successfully treated my father for Charlton Heston DisorderWhen I visited my 75-year-old father in the U.S., I discovered he owned a handgun ? despite being legally blind
Skyjacked: The Strange History of Plane Hijackings in AmericaBetween May 1961 and January 1973, the desperate and deluded hijacked nearly 160 planes in American airspace. This forgotten criminal epidemic is chronicled in The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking, a new book by Wired contributing editor Brendan I. Koerner that comes out today.
?World War Z? Drops New TV Spot [Video]World War Z has landed another TV spot. Zombie films have been around for a long time. Night of the Living Dead was among the first to make us fear the undead horde, but it only helped make the genre grow over time. Will Smith?s I Am Legend was a remake of Charlton Heston?s The [...] ?World War Z? Drops New TV Spot [Video] is a post from: The Inquisitr
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Shenton's View: Different forms of theatrical madness and wiggeryReviewing the opening of Sweet Bird of Youth at the Old Vic last week, the Daily Telegraph?s Charles Spencer awarded it five stars, and declared: ?I seem to be gaily scattering five star reviews like...
Bob Meistrell, Who Revolutionized Wet Suits, Dies at 84With his twin brother, Mr. Meistrell began making wet suits for surfers and scuba divers in the 1950s and founded the company Body Glove, which produced some of the first custom-made wet suits.
Letter: Second Amendment, Two Centuries LaterI would like to share some thoughts with my fellow gun owners. It has been decided that the Second Amendment granted us the right to keep and bear arms.
She said: Hate crimes, birth control and civil rightsWhere's the outrage for Mark Carson? Is the Catholic Church being hypocritical about the Affordable Care Act? When Heston, Brando, Poitier, Belafonte and Baldwin sat down to talk civil rights.
Hicks: "The Expendables 3" casting new action heroesNicolas Cage, Wesley Snipes, Jackie Chan, Milla Jovovich in talks to join Sylvester Stallone and crew.
Conan O'Brien to Host "Carson on TCM," Premiering Monday, July 1, at 8 p.m. (ET)"Carson on TCM" will feature chats between Carson and some of Hollywood's biggest stars, from legendary screen icons to young newcomers.
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Charlton Heston actually played President Andrew Jackson twice in unrelated films, thanks in part to their similar striking features. His first turn as Jackson came in Harry Levin's The President's Lady in 1953 and Anthony Quinn called on him to play Jackson again in the 1958 swashbuckler The Buccaneer.
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