Charlton Heston was an American Academy Award-winning film actor. I remember Heston since I am kid for playing heroic roles, such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur.

He was an excellent actor. He always portrayed great men and did so in his own larger than life manner. His movie appearances stopped since a few years ago, but his presence on screen will never be forgotten by those who enjoyed his movies. I want to watch Planet of the Apes or Soylent Green again.

“The actor best known for his roles as Ben-Hur, Moses, or Michelangelo died Saturday at his Beverly Hills home, announced family spokesman Bill Powers, who refused to comment on the cause.

Heston was diagnosed, around six years ago, with neurological symptoms similar to the ones of Alzheimer’s disease.

“Charlton Heston was seen by the world as larger than life. He was known for his chiseled jaw, broad shoulders and resonating voice, and, of course, for the roles he played,” Heston’s family said in a statement, according to the Associated Press. “No one could ask for a fuller life than his. No man could have given more to his family, to his profession, and to his country.” via [USA Today]

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A miniature effect is a special effect that is usually generated by the use of scale models. Their use dates back to the earliest days of cinema. The miniature effect below is different, because an electronic device known as a matting amplifier is used. It produces artful double exposure effects enabling a “reduced” actress.

“Barbra Loden cavorts in miniature on the Ernie Kovacs’ show, astounding and amusing audiences with her feats.

BARBRA Loden is TV’s tiniest performer by virtue of electronic wizardry. In reality she’s a shapely 5 ft., 5 in., 112-pound gal with a mighty fine specification sheet reading 36-23-34. She performs on Ernie Kovacs’ show twice a week, cavorting through a series of weird Lilliputian escapades dreamed up by Kovacs and director Barry Shear.” via [Modern Mechanix]

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Just days after competitor GizMoz said it snagged a $6.5 million second round of funding and forged a deal to deliver its 3-D characters to AOL’s AIM users, Oddcast is previewing a new service called 3D Videostar that will let users import their faces into movie clips to replace those of movie stars.

Oddcast did not mention any date of availability. However, they provided the public with sample videos to give us an idea of what it’ll be like.

Link via TechCrunch 

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