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On Oct. 4, screen legend and former president of the National Rifle Association Charlton Heston turned 82 years old. He still lives at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. - 90210 - with his wife of over 50 years, Lydia Clarke Heston. Tony Makris of Alexandria, Virginia's Mercury Group public relations firm, a longtime friend who handles NRA public relations, tells NewsMax that he had dinner with Heston and family just last Sunday. The famous actor, Makris said, is in the midst of a "quiet retirement." In 2002, Heston was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. His last major public appearance was...

Hollywood, We Have a Problem By Lisa Sarrach November 12, 2004 The famous and the infamous out in La La Land are crying in their lattes over last week's election results. Therapists down in Florida have reported a huge increase in everyday Liberal patients in Florida so upset over the results; they've already termed the phenomenon, P.E.S.T. P.E.S.T. now appears to have a foothold in Hollywood. It appears the star of Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Vince D'Onofrio, has already succumbed to the ailment, as he apparently fainted on the set in despair over the election and the mandate from...

Latest News... From Drudge Report - FLASH: FOXNEWS PULLS 3,868,000 VIEWERS BETWEEN 8-11:30 PM ET MONDAY [VIEWERSHIP HITS 4,616,000 DURING RUDY SPEECH]; CNN AT 1,262,000 VIEWERS; MSNBC SCORES 854,000... That's it America - Look at the message we're sending the mainstream media. The Networks ignore and we decide!! Way to Go!

11-03-03 - A gentleman, true talent, and patriot, he will be sorely missed. Mr. Carney went to Normandy in July of 1944 as a replacement to the 28th Division in position around St Lô. He was part of a 30 calibre machine gun squad. On 15 August 1944 he had just taken up his position and was hit in the right leg by mortar shrapnel. After receiving field treatment, he was sent back to Britain and then the US. He once said of his military career, "Never fired a shot and maybe never wanted to. I really cost the government...

Hollywood-Hero Joins RNC in Their Call to CBS to Make Film Available to Historians Before Airing in November   Hollywood-Hero has read the letter released today by RNC chairman Ed Gillespie calling for CBS to make a copy of the upcoming television movie, “The Reagans” available to historians.  Mr. Gillespie contended that he is concerned by reports that the film contains many inaccuracies, some of which have been admitted to by the producers of the film.  He further stated that a disclaimer should be run during the running of the film if they don’t make it available for accuracy or...

10-21-03 - New York Times article on "The Reagans" Here are some quotes from today's New York Times from the stars of the film, James Brolin and Judy Davis: With the climate that has been in America since Sept. 11, it appears, from the outside anyway, to not be quite as open a society as it used to be," Ms. Davis said during an interview at her hotel in Montreal. "By open, I mean as free in terms of a critical atmosphere, and that sort of ugly specter of patriotism." (Editor's note - 'That ugly specter of patriotism?'  Wow, guess...

The New York Times' Frank Rich continues his assault on Mel Gibson and The Passion. The original article and Newsmax's take are below.  Hollywood-Hero will continue to monitor the vicious attacks this film has generated within the elite media and certain organizations that insist Mr. Gibson is an anti-Semite and his film, anti-Semitic. Hollywood-Hero maintains that there are some very powerful people in this industry and in academia, who will continue to oppose this film and what it purports to represent.  Christian films have historically had a difficult time getting produced in Hollywood, and the all out assault against this...

09-03-03 - Showtime is premiering this weekend, the film, "DC 9-11: A Time of Crisis," commemorating the two year anniversary of 9-11.  Sunday night, 8:00 p.m., Eastern. What is note worthy about this film other than the obvious showing of it on the weekend before the anniversary of 9-11 is the positive view it gives of a Republican president.  Please pass this along to all your email lists and let's get the ratings up, up and up! For two very important reasons.  It's vital we never forget was was done to us on September 11th, and the very real threat...

Charles Bronson 1921-2003 Charles D. Buchinski (Bronson) with his airplane commander Ken Trow 314th Wing, 39th Bomb Group, 61st Squadron Weather Observation Crew Member Yesterday, Hollywood lost a true American hero.  Charles D. Buchinski aka Charles Bronson died Saturday in a Los Angeles hospital after a month long bout with pneumonia.  Star of many films, such as ''The Magnificent Seven,'' ''The Great Escape,'' ''The Battle of the Bulge,'' ''The Sandpiper'' and ''The Dirty Dozen'' which you can read about all over the Internet, but most famous for his Death Wish films, we at Hollywood-Hero want to tell you a bit...

Hollywood-Hero – Commentary on Harrison Ford Well, there they go again. Harrison Ford is the latest Hollywood star to attack the Bush Administration and the Iraq war on foreign soil. In Madrid to promote his latest release “Hollywood Homicide”, he uttered the following: ''I'm very disturbed about the direction American foreign policy is going,'' said Ford, with U.S. post-war casualties having exceeded those during the actual conflict. ''I think something needs to be done to help alleviate the conditions which have created a disenfranchised and angry faction in the Middle East.'' ''I don't think military intervention is the correct...

08-22-03 - The Left Brings Out Their Guns Against Arnold!! Today in two stories from the NY Post, both the political left and the Hollywood Left have begun their fight again Arnold Schwarzenegger.  August 22, 2003 -- LOS ANGELES — Sen. Dianne Feinstein yesterday tore into Arnold Schwarzenegger's movies yesterday, panning the shoot-'em-up flicks for bringing bloodshed to California streets. Feinstein came to the aid of her fellow Democrat, embattled Gov. Gray Davis, with a blistering thumbs-down review of Schwarzenegger's popular movies — which frequently show off high-powered weapons. "Violence begets violence. And you become a role model for someone...

07-19-03 - Hollywood-Hero takes on PBS! Well, Saturday is typically a slow news day for world events as well as the entertainment industry.  But when we see an article referring to a program this weekend that attempts to attack an American icon, John Wayne, we spring into action. PBS is airing a program this weekend called  "John Wayne - The Unquiet American," (check local listings).  According to the New York Daily News review by Kay Gardella, the program will infer the following: The one nick in his armor was putting career above the country he loved during World War II....

06-30-03 - By Lisa Sarrach Yesterday America lost one of our best and most treasured actors, Ms. Katharine Hepburn. Ms. Hepburn died at 96 in her home in Connecticut surrounded by friends and family. Throughout her career which spanned over 6 decades, Katharine Hepburn was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won 4 for her roles in Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968) and On Golden Pond (1981). Fiercely independent, she bucked the Hollywood studio system when they wanted to place her in a film she found wholly undesirable. She bought out...

06-11-03 - A breath of fresh air... Celebrities doing good works. We thought it important to highlight how some celebrities will be spending time this summer. Jennifer Love Hewitt joins Veterans Administration as Celebrity Spokesperson WASHINGTON – Actress and singer Jennifer Love Hewitt has teamed up with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) to promote Veterans Day and youth volunteerism.

5-25-03 - Hollywood-Hero Responds to Overreaching By Critics of Hollywood There has been much written and talked about on the web in the last week or so about Hollywood, boycotts and the state of free speech as it relates to the Hollywood community, our college campuses and the war in Iraq and against terrorism. HERO itself wrote the editorial below in response to a column in the Detroit News last week. However, we think it’s time for cooler heads to prevail and to take a step back for a second. HERO has on its home page a list of past...

Hollywood and the supposed boycotts that have pundits all up in arms By Lisa Sarrach – President  There have been scores of columns written in the past month or so by pundits and activists showing their collective disgust and outrage over the treatment of the Dixie Chicks and more recently Danny Glover, harkening back to the time of the McCarthy Era and blacklisting. Just last Thursday, the Detroit News’ own Laura Berman displayed her outrage at the new supposed Hollywood blacklist being compiled by “high-tech bullies” who want to “drum up ratings and drown out dissent”. Let’s take a walk back to...

"Thanks For the Memories" On May 29, 2003, Bob Hope will celebrate his 100th Birthday From World War II through December of 1990 right before the Gulf War, Bob Hope has entertained our troops all over the world

Hollywood-Hero - 04-29-03 - This little missive was just too good to pass up -  From the Times Online:  April 29, 2003 We went to war just to boost the white male ego By Norman Mailer With their dominance in sport, at work and at home eroded, Bush thought white American men needed to know they were still good at something. That's where Iraq came in... Exeunt: lightning and thunder, shock and awe. Dust, ash, fog, fire, smoke, sand, blood, and a good deal of waste now moves to the wings. The stage, however, remains occupied. The question posed at...

04-21-03 - The American consumer speaks:  Sarandon bottoms out in overnights for CBS Outspoken anti-war activist Susan Sarandon hit severe ratings turbulence on CBS Sunday night with her original telefilm ICE BOUND -- landing last in overnight ratings and losing nearly 40% of audience levels from the previous Sunday on CBS. ICE pulled a frosty 5.5 rating/9 share in NIELSEN's 55 overnight markets. But it was in New York City where Sarandon hit complete bottom. At 9 PM in Gotham, Sarandon trailed even the WB network's BLACK SASH [3.5/5], with a 3.4 rating/5 share -- the lowest seen for CBS...

04-18-03-  As we head into the holiday weekend, we wanted to send out a reminder that Ms. Sarandon's tele-film, Ice Bound is being shown on CBS this weekend, Sunday, at 9:00 p.m.  It appears that even the movie's subject Dr. Nielsen, isn't happy with the end result:  Sarandon's portrayal slammed by real-life doctor 'This isn't me,' Dr. Jerri Nielsen says of her character in TV movie As part of our continuing effort to be pro-active in reminding those in Hollywood of who "signs" their paychecks, we'd like to recommend alternatives to watching Ice Bound. It's a wonderful time to be...