Author: Craig

Sly One of the Greatest Celeb Guests

Craig / / 2010, Celebs

Howard Stern has been a “shock jock” since, well, probably since the term “shock jock” was invented.  Stern, best known for his outrageous show and hi-jinks, is sometimes over-looked as a probing interviewer.  When celebs go on the Stern show, they [and Stern’s listeners] never know what to expect.

Now Howard Stern has put together “Howard Stern’s 25 Greatest Celebrity Guests” as a pay-per-view and On-Demand special.  Of course Sly Stallone made the cut [otherwise why would we be talking about it on the SZ?], along with Arnold Schwarzenegger, William Shatner, Mr. T, James Caan, Farrah Fawcett, Gary Busey, and many others.  You can learn more about the special here.

Sly to Helm Gotti Bio-Pic?

Craig / / 2010, Celebs, Uncategorized

Hollywood News reports that John “Junior” Gotti, the son of the late John Gotti has sold the movie rights to his father’s life story.  The report claims that…

… Sylvester Stallone is circling Gotti’s autobiography as both actor and director.

For the full story, click here.

Others picking up the story include…

Sly Tops List of Ultimate Action Heroes of All Time

Craig / / 2010, Champs, Honors, Uncategorized

Recently OK Magazine posted a list of The Top Ten Ultimate Action Heroes of All Time.  Any guesses who came in first?  Yep, Sly Stallone.  Here’s the list…

1. Sylvester Stallone – 31%

2. Arnold Schwarzenegger – 24%

3. Bruce Willis – 15%

4. Bruce Lee – 9%

5. Jean Claude Van Damme – 7%

6. Steven Seagal – 4%

7. Angelina Jolie – 2%

8. Chuck Norris – 0.8%

9. Will Smith – 0.6%

10. Jason Statham – 0.2%

To see the full post, go here.

Of course the story was picked up by…

Ryan Cody: Sly is the Demolition Man

Craig / / 2010, Craig's Sly Art, Demolition Man

That’s Ryan Cody’s take on Sly from Demolition Man.  I’d been wanting to get a sketch from Ryan for a while now, but since he doesn’t make it to east coast shows and I don’t get west, it didn’t look good.  Not long ago, Ryan was going to a show and offered fans some discounted sketch opportunities and even extended the offer to me through the mail.

I jumped on board for two pieces and the Demolition Man is the first.  You’ll see the second in the coming weeks.  Until then check out Ryan’s blog and his DA site.

Thanks to Ryan! Hopefully we can do it again sometime. – Craig

Expendables: Barney Ross Collectible

Craig / / 2010, Expendables

SZoner, Lefebvre wrote in with news that HotToys is creating a Barney Ross Expendables collectible figure.

From the HotToys website:

Barney Ross 12 inch figure Hot Toys Sylvester Stallone

Movie Masterpiece Series~

Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale Barney Ross Collectible
Figure from The Expendables movie. The movie-accurate Barney Ross
collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Sylvester
Stallone in the movie, highlighting the newly sculpted head, body
tattoo, two styles of costume, detailed accessories and weapons.

The 1/6th scale Barney Ross Collectible Figure specially features:

– Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Sylvester Stallone
as Barney Ross in the movie The Expendables
– Approximately 30 cm tall
– Muscular body with over 30 points of articulations
– Highly detailed hair sculpture and moustache
– Movie-accurate facial expressions with detailed wrinkles and skin
texture
– Body tattoos with animal patterns on chest and arms, “Expendable”
logo on back
– Seven (7) pieces of palms including:
– One (1) pair of gloved palms for shooting with gun
– One (1) gloved right palm for holding gun
– One (1) pair of gloved fists
– One (1) right palm for holding gun
– One (1) right fist
– Each piece of head sculpt is specially hand-painted

Costume:
– One (1) beret
– One (1) pair of black colored boots
– Two (2) styles of outfits include:
– Style 1:
– One (1) round-neck black-color T-shirt
– One (1) tactical vest
– One (1) pair of black military trousers
– One (1) leather-like black belt
– Style 2:
– One (1) V-neck green-color T-shirt
– One (1) pair of blue jeans
– One (1) leather-like brown belt

Weapons:
– Two (2) pistols with pouches
– One (1) revolver with pouch
– One (1) assault rifle
– Two (2) packs of magazines with pouches

Accessories:
– One (1) watch
– One (1) pair of sunglasses
– One (1) pair of goggles
– Two (2) necklaces including one (1) with cross, one (1) with
military plate and danger-shaped accessory as pendants
– Figure stand with Barney Ross nameplate and the movie log

Check out more photos here.  Thanks to Lefebvre for the link! – Craig