LOS ANGELES ” 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, ...

One of the last great epics not yet released on DVD, Anthony Mann's "El Cid," finally will be issued on disc Jan. 29 by Genius Products and the Weinstein Co. By Thomas K. Arnold, The Associated Press ...

Heston was a civil rights leader and political activist as well as an Academy Award winning actor known for many incredible roles including Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur, Moses in The Ten Commandments, and El ...

Charlton Heston, whose chiseled-granite looks and commanding manner allowed him to portray some of history’s most extraordinary men from Moses and Michelangelo to John the Baptist and El Cid, has died ...

Nobody wanted to see Charlton Heston in the business suit or polo shirt that other stars of the ’50s and ’60s wore. The present was too puny a place to confine him. But put him in a toga or a military ...

Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. Over the years, he ...

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 ...

Charleton Heston is shown in this Associated Press photo. LOS ANGELES — Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing “Ben-Hur” and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and ...

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 ...