The February 25 – March 4, 2002 issue of US Weekly contains an article in the “The Hot Stuff” section titled “Sly Vs. Mel”
Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson are calling a cop – the same cop. Sources say the two Hollywood heavyweights are trying to woo former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik with lunches and meetings in an attempt to get the rights to his best-selling autobiography, The Lost Son: A Life in the Pursuit of Justice. “They’re really fighting each other over it,” says one insider. Also interested in the book rights, according to another source, is Robert DeNiro. The tables have turned since Kerik took Stallone to Ground Zero two months ago in an attempt to ingratiate himself with the actor. Now a competition has sprung up, and, says one source, “Kerik’s in the driver’s seat.”
– Craig Zablo (February 17, 2002)