The new "Ben-Hur" (opening August 19) has mighty big sandals to fill. After all, the beloved 1959 version starring Charlton Heston as the title character was one of the most lavish epics in movie ...

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Louisville opened to a packed crowd and several celebrities the night ...

John Wayne, Sydney Poitier, and Charlton Heston united to star in George Steven's religious epic The Greatest Story Ever Told ...

LOS ANGELES (JTA) – The life of Charlton Heston was marked by certain ironies ... Moses and Judah Ben Hur. Even while reviled by most American Jews as an arch conservative, he was a close ...

The Charlton Heston classic Ben-Hur is one of the biggest movies in Hollywood history and it fits the definition of a "sword and sandal" movie perfectly. It was an enormous success when it came ...

Charlton Heston (C45), 84, Beverly Hills, Calif., April 5. A Hollywood icon, Mr. Heston portrayed some of history's leading men in a prolific acting career that spanned more than half a century. Mr.

Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of ...

Charlton Heston's stuntman on the Ben Hur chariot raceCharlton Heston's stuntman on the Ben Hur chariot race ...