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Over the course of his long career, Charlton Heston played more than a dozen Biblical and historical figures, some more than once. One of the biggest action heroes of the 1950s, Charlton Heston was a major box office draw during his time in Hollywood, heading a long list of successful and critically acclaimed movies. No single movie stands out as his most famous film, as Heston was responsible for turning several films into household favorites, including Planet of the Apes, The Ten Commandments, and Ben-Hur.

Heston developed a knack for Biblical epics like The Ten Commandments, but never let himself get tied down to a single genre. The actor dabbled in several different areas, trying his hand at Westerns, film noir, romance, science fiction, and war films. But as varied as his career was in Hollywood, there were certainly some noteworthy constants with some of the projects he accepted. One...

Mickey Gilbert, the fearless stunt performer who jumped off a cliff for Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and doubled for Gene Wilder in films including Blazing Saddles, Silver Streak and The Frisco Kid, has died. He was 87.

Gilbert died Monday of natural causes at his home in Camarillo, California, his oldest son, Tim Gilbert, also a stunt performer, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Early in his career, Gilbert was a horse wrangler in William Wyler’s Ben-Hur (1959) and a bank robber in Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch (1969). Years later, he took the lumps for Lee Majors’ Colt Seavers on the 1981-86 ABC action show The Fall Guy.

Though they weren’t friends at the time, Gilbert and Redford were in the same class at Van Nuys High School, graduating in 1954. They got together on George Roy Hill’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) when Redford...

This Sunday, September 24, 2023, at 10:00 Pm on Fyi, car enthusiasts and collectors are in for a thrilling ride with “Barrett-Jackson: Revved Up.” In the upcoming Season 10 Episode 14, titled “Pony Express,” viewers will witness a high-stakes showdown featuring some of the most iconic car brands in history.

Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maybach, Ford, Cadillac, and Chevy will all go head-to-head in a competitive collector car auction held in Scottsdale, Arizona. What makes this event even more exhilarating is that all these vehicles will be sold at no reserve. This means there will be no minimum price, and every car will find its new owner, regardless of the final bid.

“Barrett-Jackson: Revved Up” offers a front-row seat to the excitement of collector car auctions, where automotive history and enthusiasts converge. Don’t miss the action this Sunday at 10:00 Pm, as these iconic brands rev up the adrenaline in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Among the true legends of Hollywood’s stunt profession, Mickey Gilbert has always performed a notch above the rest. The stunt double for Robert Redford from 1969’s “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” through 2018’s “The Old Man & the Gun,” Gilbert has more than 100 film and TV credits as a stunt coordinator and a second-unit director — all of which sprang from Western stunt work dating back more than half a century.

Born April 17, 1936, in Hollywood to Genevieve and Frank Gilbert, he learned to rope and ride amid the alfalfa fields of Van Nuys. Mentored by his father and an old cowboy named Buff Brady from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, Gilbert quickly mastered all things equestrian. “Training in gymnastics with my dad when I was a kid gave me a vertical leap from the saddle that made the horse-to-horse transfer a sure thing,” he says.

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Yvonne Suhor, who starred for three seasons on The Young Riders, an ABC Western that revolved around the Pony Express, has died. She was 56.

Suhor died Sept. 27 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 10 months ago, her husband, actor Simon Needham, told the Orlando Sentinel.

On MGM Television's The Young Riders, which aired from 1989-92, Suhor portrayed Louise McCloud, who disguised herself as a man to become a rider for the Pony Express. The series also featured Josh Brolin (as Wild Bill Hickok), Stephen Baldwin (Buffalo Bill Cody), Melissa Leo and Anthony Zerbe.

Suhor also appeared on such shows as Northern ...

Hulu has announced the new titles that will be available to stream on the platform during the month of April. Leading the pack is the new original series “The Handmaid’s Tale,” based on Margaret Atwood’s classic novel of the same name and starring Elisabeth Moss. The series premieres April 26.

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Also available to stream next month are a handful of modern classics, such as “Robocop,” “Days of Thunder,” “Thelma & Louise,” “The Usual Suspects,” “Election,” “JFK,” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” as well as indie favorites like “Short Term 12,” “The Babadook,” “In a World,” and “Hello, My Name is Doris.”

Find the list of all titles coming to Hulu in April below.

April 1

1408 (2007) (*Showtime)

A Horse Tale (2015)

Agent Cody Banks (2003)

Affliction (1998)

Almost Famous (2000)

America’s Sweethearts (2001) (*Showtime)

Bad Company (1995) (*Showtime)

Bangkok Dangerous (2008) (*Showtime...

Editor's Note: As women accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault continue to come forward with detailed descriptions of alleged attacks dating back decades, ETonline is publishing an exclusive op-ed by attorney Tamara Green. Tamara was one of the first women to speak out publicly about Cosby in 2005 about an alleged assault in the 1970s, which Cosby reportedly denied.

No criminal charges have ever been filed against Cosby regarding any of the accusations being made by any of the women, and Cosby’s lawyer issued a statement on Sunday that said, “Over the last several weeks, decade-old, discredited allegations against Mr. Crosby have resurfaced. The fact they are being repeated does not make them true.”

The following is Tamara’s story.

My father used to say, "Why do dogs bury bones? Because they have no faith in the future, and bitter memories of the past."

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I feel that way...

Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "The Last Roadhouse" Tweetable Logline: Off-grid, generator-powered, historic Middlegate Nv is threatened by rising diesel costs—an omen of our fuel-dependent future. Elevator Pitch: Middlegate Station, Nevada is a Pony Express roadhouse that provides essential gas, food, and lodging for ranchers, military, and travelers along the "Loneliest Road in America." Far off the power grid and powered 24/7 by a diesel generator, Middlegate's future is in doubt after years of rising fuel costs—a threatened cultural loss. Finding renewable sources of energy, curbing pollution caused by fuel emissions, and reducing our dependency on oil are seminal challenges of our time. Using Middlegate as a vehicle, this doc asks questions...

There are three Breaking Bad episodes left, meaning it’s prime time to check in with Vince Gilligan on the upcoming series finale. Interview magazine’s latest issue talked to not only Gilligan, but three other series creators, with a roundtable of showrunners, including Six Feet Under’s Alan Ball and Lost’s Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, all reminiscing, without spoilers, the final moments of writing their shows and how they dealt with audience reactions.

And as it turns out, great minds do think alike. Each of them recounted the emotional toll of writing finales and shared the lessons...

Today revealed the long-suspected announcement that Penske Media — owner of Nikki Finke's Deadline, Movieline, and TV Line — has bought Variety, the once-definitive Hollywood trade. The mismanaged Variety has collapsed in on itself over the past six years, reportedly losing four fifths of its profits as it attempted to salvage itself by hiding much of its breaking news behind a paywall while competition for scoops popped up on free sites everywhere from Deadline to EW.com to The Wrap to, well, Vulture. As a former Variety reporter for eight years, I still root for the institution. However, at this point, after seeing it rendered nearly obsolete, bragging about my time there to a young blogger is like bragging that I once served on the Pony Express. So I have to wonder: Is trying to save Variety something that's possible, or should it be sent to the glue factory?Here are the...

David Mamet is rebooting Have Gun — Will Travel for CBS. Westerns! They are making a comeback, sort of: Quite a few have gone into development, but not very many have actually aired. The original Have Gun was a staple from 1957–63, and should this version make it to broadcast, Mamet will direct the pilot and serve as executive producer. It's his first show since The Unit, which ended in 2009. Quick, someone reboot Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and Pony Express, too, so we can all argue over which is the best. (Duh, it will still be Deadwood.)...

Shooting his way into the wild frontier of the comic-book industry is The Tourette Cowboy, written and drawn by former Fango intern sHANE tEa fRENCH. A tale that blends gunpowder and gore with soiled doves and saddle leather, this is not you’re grandpa’s Wild West. We recently caught up with French via Pony Express to get the scoop on his blood ’n’ bullets bonanza, published by Dalton Gang Press and available at Amazon.com.

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Shooting his way into the wild frontier of the comic-book industry is The Tourette Cowboy, written and drawn by former Fango intern sHANE tEa fRENCH. A tale that blends gunpowder and gore with soiled doves and saddle leather, this is not you’re grandpa’s Wild West. We recently caught up with French via Pony Express to get the scoop on his blood ’n’ bullets bonanza, published by Dalton Gang Press and available at Amazon.com.

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There have been several live-action translations of Terry Pratchett's Discworld stories so far, and they've really been quite good, but none of them have really captured the essence of the affair like Going Postal. They have largely served as a very good time for those who are already massive fans, but the relation of the splendor has been largely left to the fact that you already read the book in question, and you bring the lion's share of the brilliance with you.

That's still true to some extent here, but it's a much different game. Much of the credit goes to a different style of screenplay translation, focusing more on how to deliver through the medium, as opposed to just making sure the key lines show up. Moreover, the acting, while solid enough in other efforts, including a good turn by Sean Astin, is at a much better level here.

It's all good. November's going to be here, like, any day now, right? Right?

It can't come soon enough, 'cause November brings us the new "Twilight" movie. It's been almost a year since "Eclipse," and that's just way too ridiculously long to wait for a "Twilight" movie. So November can just get on its horse and Pony Express it right on over here as soon as, you know, the space-time continuum allows.

For now, we have only sweet, maddening teases. And here's the latest torture device that reminds us that it's still only May: the first teaser (see?) poster for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1." No sign of KStew or RPattz or anyone else, but it does offer a beautiful and haunting image that should put you in the mood for the epic-ness to come.

Check it out below, and thanks to Deadline for the find. The end begins on (sigh) Nov.

In his groundbreaking post-hardcore outfit Shudder To Think—particularly the band’s 1994 masterpiece, Pony Express Record—guitarist Nathan Larson helped push rock music into places it had never ventured before. Since then, he’s made his name composing film scores, from Boys Don’t Cry to Dirty Pretty Things. What possessed him to wander into genre fiction is anyone’s guess—but if his frustrating debut novel, The Dewey Decimal System, is any indication, he has a long way to go before rising above the level of enthusiastic dabbler. Larson launches The Dewey Decimal System on a solid platform ...

I was surprised to hear last year that Francis Ford Coppola had quietly gone into production on a gothic dream/nightmare horror story called Twixt Now and Sunrise. I'm a hell of a lot more surprised to hear that Dan Deacon is scoring it. Dan Deacon is a guy whose basic appearance will cause anyone who casually spits out the word 'hipster' to recoil in horror. But he's one of the best goddamn performers I've seen in a while, with the ability to squeeze wild noises out of analog electronics and an enviable knack for manipulating audiences. None of which seems to gel at all with what we know about Mr. Coppola's dream inspired film that stars Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, Ben Chaplin, Alden Ehrenreich and Bruce Dern. That just makes me all the more curious. I don't see how the sounds we're used to hearing from Deacon would work,...

It seems hard to believe, but by my count, Thaddeus D. Matula's "Pony Express" will be the 30th and final film in Espn's ambitious "30 for 30" documentary franchise when it airs on Saturday (Dec. 11) night.   Bill Simmons has already announced -- via Espn Chat, naturally -- that "30 for 30" will continue in some form, not as a regular series, but as a brand attached to certain documentaries that match the franchise spirit. [Perhaps that will include Alex Gibney's film about Steve Bartman and scapegoats in sports, which was delayed and ultimately bumped out of the "30 for...

We finally really did it!

Well the first half of the season came to an end. What is it we thought we saw? What do you BeLIEve? Let’s go!

And I think it's gonna be a long long timeTill touch down brings me round again to findI'm not the man they think I am at homeOh no no no I'm a rocket manRocket man burning out his fuse up here aloneRocket Man lyrics by Elton John

Taking the Nestea Plunge

An interesting scene the meeting of Thomas, Isabelle, Sophia and Simon gathered around the table. The classic tea ceremony. A part of the tradition in Chinese culter people make serious apologies to others by pouring tea for them. For example, children serving to their parents is a sigh of regret and submission. How telling is it that Thomas is willing to put on such a show of such cultural...

Like most boys, I love The Three Stooges. (I certainly know a few women who enjoy the antics of Moe, Larry, and Curly, but I don't think it's sexist to assert that the Stooges appeal mainly to childish men.) Just a few nights ago I flipped on to AMC and there they were! The original Stooges as Pony Express riders or some such nonsense. Just the konk-bonk-boink sound effects were enough to bring me back to childhood afternoons filled with Three Stooges shorts.

But today's Free Flick of the Day, courtesy of the SlashControl folks, is the 1962 feature The Three Stooges in Orbit, which came out in 1962 (right after The Three Stooges Meet Hercules and right before The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze). Ok, so it's not exactly their old-school like Soup to Nuts (1930) or Time Out for Rhythm (1941), but it's still Moe, Larry, and (ugh...