Charlton Heston


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10/03/1924
Evanston, IL
  • By the Numbers: Box Office Preview July 26
    By: Robert Sims July 27, 2001 12:16pm EST
    And the Apes shall inherit the box office. The long-gestating reinterpretation of Planet of the Apes, courtesy of director Tim Burton, should reign supreme this weekend.
  • News Roundup: July 27
    By: Guylaine Cadorette July 27, 2001 11:44am EST
    Singer-actress Courtney Love is being sued for failing to pay more than $40,000 in rent for a Vancouver home she rented while working in the on the film 24 Hours, The Associated Press reports.
  • Almost Reel: Sequel Rights
    By: Noah Davis July 20, 2001 5:13am EST
    Is anything scarier than "Jurassic Park III?" How about "JP IV?"
  • Gilbert, Harper fight for SAG presidency
    By: Noah Davis July 13, 2001 8:06am EST
    Screen Actors Guild president William Daniels will step down from his position at the end of his first and only term, Variety reports.
  • Quote of the Day: Heston on gun permits
    By: Guylaine Cadorette July 06, 2001 8:14am EST
    Actor Charlton Heston, president of the National Rifle Association , to Us Weekly, on why he is unarmed: "I could get a carry permit but I don't want to do that. It's a bore. I've worn so many guns on my hip in Westerns."
  • Cats & Dogs Review
    By: Guylaine Cadorette July 03, 2001 2:36pm EST
    Cats and Dogs is a menagerie of nicely executed special effects that could win over really young children, but anyone over the age of 12 might not be so enamored by its hollow characters.
  • Heston gets another term as NRA chief
    By: Noah Davis May 21, 2001 1:51pm EST
    Charlton Heston was overwhelmingly re-elected Monday to a fourth term as president of the controversial National Rifle Association. Heston will continue as spokesman for the 4.3 million-member gun rights advocacy group, a position he's held since 1998, Reuters reports. Last year the NRA changed its bylaws to allow Heston a third one-year term as president, proving - despite the NRA's objections to altering the Second Amendment - that constitutions can be changed. Heston was re-elected unanimousl
  • CHANNEL SURFER: It's Charlton Heston Week!
    By: Steve Harper March 19, 2001 11:50am EST
    HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1, 2000 -- As the countdown to the season premiere of "Nash Bridges" continues, TV is pretty much just phoning it in until the start of the new fall season. How bad is it? Well, A&E’s venerable "Biography" series is running a full week of shows dedicated to Adam West and the actors who played villains on "Batman" in the 1960s. Oh, and there’s also a weeklong, four-hours-per-night "The Facts of Life" endurance test on Nick at Nite. Let us be the first to say finally! Hey, rememb
  • NEWSMAKERS: Puff Daddy Trial Update
    By: Fiona Ng March 19, 2001 11:50am EST
    HOLLYWOOD, July 31, 2000 -- The latest on the Puff Daddy trial: Delayed! A judge today said that he’s looking to set a trial date for Sean "Puffy" Combs for late this year or early next year. Combs, 30, and two others were arrested in late December after a shooting in a New York nightclub. Combs is charged with gun possession and bribery. His actress-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, was released in the incident. CONFESSION: Charlton Heston, the non-Ape in 1968’s "Planet of the Apes" and the current
  • CHANNEL SURFER: Ratings Report
    By: Steve Harper March 19, 2001 11:50am EST
    HOLLYWOOD, May 16, 2000 -- We're down to the wire in the May sweeps, and NBC really tightened this race up last week with yet another monster Thursday. With the Must See season finale triple-header coming this Thursday, do we smell a potential ABC upset in the offing? We certainly hope so. Because if that smell isn't "upset," then it must be us. And frankly, it's getting pretty unpleasant in here. But we digress. Here now is an annotated look at the Top 10 primetime shows for the TV week ended