Charlton Heston

Newt Gingrich

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:48:05 GMT

Repeated viewings of "Gone With the Wind" led this pol to read Rudy Behlmer's book "Memo from David O. Selznick," about the autocratic producer's voluminous correspondence with his stars and directors, among ...

Special-delivery message from the Great Beyond

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:05:43 GMT

This personal opinion column is written by the editor of this paper, who believes that everyone has someone looking out for them, up there.

Praise be, the Picker is feeling positive

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:52:40 GMT

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Tough questions for gun groups

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:01:53 GMT

During my nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, I had a 100 percent voting record with the National Rifle Association.

Grudge Match

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:57:29 GMT

Mo re than any other American director, Sam Peckinpah was dogged by disputes with producers and studios, and a number of his movies were taken away from him and then badly cut or re-edited behind his back.

The Liberal Media is Attacking Your Second Amendment Right

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:44:59 GMT

It's hunting season in America, and you know what that means! Your sons and daughters will be asking why all the men in your family are killing Santa's reindeer.

Heathcliff, a Platonic Ideal?

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:53:26 GMT

A reader of The Times Literary Supplement complains about the recent review of Dudley Green's biography of Patrick BrontA : Sir, - " "[Dudley] Green", writes Frances Wilson, "is the first biographer in forty ...

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Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:06:03 GMT

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Stars visible at, from LA observatory

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:13:30 GMT

18 during an Air Force Week reception at the Griffith Observatory here. Hosted by the Friends of the Observatory, a nonprofit organization which supports the world's most visited public observatory, the event ...

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) .

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:01:16 GMT

"Some 23 years in the making, Ellen Kuras 's first film as a director is a portrait of Laotian refugee Thavisouk Phrasavath ," writes J Hoberman in the Voice .

Planet of the Apes 40th Anniversary Collection - Toronto Star

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:36:07 GMT

Planet of the Apes 40th Anniversary Collection
Toronto Star, Canada - Nov 11, 2008
There's just one essential movie in the franchise, and that's the '68 original Planet of the Apes ( out of 4), which stars Charlton Heston as a misanthropic ...

Some facts about gun control (Whitefish Pilot)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:02:26 GMT

During my nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, I had a 100 percent voting record with the National Rifle Association.

Studio One Anthology

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:57:50 GMT

My God...how lucky we all are that television existed and had some of its finest performances captured in time allowing for us to view some 60 years later.

Woman getting mental eval after NW Knox standoff (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:44:47 GMT

Knoxville police have taken an armed woman into custody after she barricaded herself inside a house on Cardwell Lane in Northwest Knoxville, according to the E-911 Center.

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Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:06:03 GMT

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David Thomson: Ben-Hur at the O2 will be an epic farce (Guardian Unlimited)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:23:17 GMT

There are idiocies that simply happen out of nowhere ? and then there are idiocies planned ahead. The only useful thing to be said about the threatened Ben-Hur at the O2 in 2009 is that the venue is one that is now securely associated with disaster. Indeed, an ordinary innocent might even read the promotional statement from German producer Franz Abraham, and file it away as a parody news ...

Michael Giltz: DVDs: Wall-E Vs. Panda Death Match! (HuffingtonPost)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:47:14 GMT

My computer was at the Apple Store being repaired so I'm cramming in two weeks of columns in one week and I'll try to be...

Inside 'I Am Legend'

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:34:09 GMT

Miller, Gerri. "Inside 'I Am Legend'." 13 December 2007. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2008.

Robyn Schiff shows the poetry in pistols (The Daily Iowan)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:31:05 GMT

In the appropriately titled Revolver, UI Associate Professor Robyn Schiff's latest collection of poetry, there are guns. Lots and lots of guns. And knives, too. Generally, there's enough weaponry here to make Charlton Heston smile. Or Gandhi cry. Staking an interest in the "responsibility of a poet writing in wartime," Schiff's frequent references to firearms lends her work a saturated ...

Jack Black voices klutzy panda in 'Kung Fu Panda' (Daily Record)

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:40:13 GMT

"KUNG FU PANDA" -- The furry hero with Jack Black's voice proves that chubbiness is no impediment to heroic deeds.

Romo makes sweet music in return (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:11:00 GMT

In his first game in a month, QB Tony Romo gets the Cowboys back in the playoff hunt with a win over the Redskins.

Anthony Lane: "Slumdog Millionaire" and "A Christmas Tale." (The New Yorker)

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:08:15 GMT

The new Danny Boyle film is called ?Slumdog Millionaire,? and a fine title it is, too. As with other mutt-flavored titles, like ?Reservoir Dogs,? it sounds like a rabid, crank-it-up rock album that decided to become a movie at the last moment. And here?s the clever part?.?.?.

Autry had nothing on these trails

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:24:56 GMT

You may know that Leonardo painted it on a wooden panel, but what type of wood was it? A. Oak B. Poplar C. Cedar D. Maple 3. The most common naturally occurring isotope of the element uranium is U-238. In the ...

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Kentucky Center still vital at 25 (Louisville Courier-Journal)

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:48:48 GMT

Three days from now, on Nov. 19, the Kentucky Center will turn exactly 25 years old. I will never forget that opening night....

Brushes with fame: Charlton Heston (Billings Gazette)

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:05:57 GMT

Rendezvous with Heston In July 1980, we were participants in the Western National Rendezvous held at La Vida Pass, west of Walsenburg, Colo. ...

Barack and Michelle: a Chicago love story (Guardian Unlimited)

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:23:53 GMT

At 8 o'clock last Monday morning, the day before he was to become President-elect, Barack Obama learned that the woman who had raised him was dead. Less than two weeks earlier, he had interrupted his presidential campaign in order to visit his ailing grandmother, Madelyn Dunham - known as 'Toot' - in Hawaii and her death left him too overcome to announce the news. It was only late in the ...