Tribute
Charlton Heston as Michelangelo in "The Agony and the Ecstasy", 1965
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Puzzle by Byron Walden, edited by Will Shortz
CHARLTON (17A. With 18-Across, “In the Arena” autobiographer); HESTON (18A. See 17-Across); along with TENCOMMANDMENTS (27A. 1956 movie starring 17- and 18-Across, with “The”); ELCID (39A. 1961 movie starring 17- And 18-Across); PLANETOFTHEAPES (44A. 1968 movie starring 17- and 18-Across); BENHUR (58A. 1959 movie starring 17- and 18-Across); and OMEGAMAN (60A. 1971 movie starring 17- and 18-Across, with “The”) form a tribute to the late Charlton Heston, who passed away not two weeks ago on April 5th at the age of 84.
The New York Times, Monday, April 7, 2008 -- Charlton Heston, Epic Film Star and Voice of N.R.A., Dies at 84.
Click here for parting of the Red Sea.
Click here for Heston's BBC Video Obituary
The Man Who Touched Evil and Saved the World
"What does it matter what you say about people?" Marlene Dietrich asks at the end of that 1958 American masterpiece "Touch of Evil." She’s talking about the dead cop Hank Quinlan, a mound of stilled flesh and lasting corruption given frightening life by the film’s director, Orson Welles. The man who brings him down is Vargas, the upright Dudley Do-Right Mexican detective with a paint-on tan. Lantern jaw set like a vise, this is of course Charlton Heston."
For the full article, go HERE.
Click on following link to hear the line from "Planet of the Apes":
"Take your stinking paws off me you damn, dirty ape!"
And finally...XENA and XENO appearing together... WOW! What's not to love!
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For today's cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
Charlton Heston as Michelangelo in "The Agony and the Ecstasy", 1965
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Puzzle by Byron Walden, edited by Will Shortz
CHARLTON (17A. With 18-Across, “In the Arena” autobiographer); HESTON (18A. See 17-Across); along with TENCOMMANDMENTS (27A. 1956 movie starring 17- and 18-Across, with “The”); ELCID (39A. 1961 movie starring 17- And 18-Across); PLANETOFTHEAPES (44A. 1968 movie starring 17- and 18-Across); BENHUR (58A. 1959 movie starring 17- and 18-Across); and OMEGAMAN (60A. 1971 movie starring 17- and 18-Across, with “The”) form a tribute to the late Charlton Heston, who passed away not two weeks ago on April 5th at the age of 84.
The New York Times, Monday, April 7, 2008 -- Charlton Heston, Epic Film Star and Voice of N.R.A., Dies at 84.
Click here for parting of the Red Sea.
Click here for Heston's BBC Video Obituary
The Man Who Touched Evil and Saved the World Manohla Dargis, An Appraisal -- The New York Times, April 7, 2008
"What does it matter what you say about people?" Marlene Dietrich asks at the end of that 1958 American masterpiece "Touch of Evil." She’s talking about the dead cop Hank Quinlan, a mound of stilled flesh and lasting corruption given frightening life by the film’s director, Orson Welles. The man who brings him down is Vargas, the upright Dudley Do-Right Mexican detective with a paint-on tan. Lantern jaw set like a vise, this is of course Charlton Heston."
For the full article, go HERE.
Click on following link to hear the line from "Planet of the Apes":
"Take your stinking paws off me you damn, dirty ape!"
And finally...XENA and XENO appearing together... WOW! What's not to love!
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For today's cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.
