On December 26, 2009, The Daily Mail posted the photo above of Sly and “Heroes” star Hayden Panettiere at the Lakers’ game from the day before. You can read the whole article by clicking here.
Author: Craig
Sly Courtside
Actor Sylvester Stallone appears during an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Sly @ Lakers’ Game
Actor Sylvester Stallone attends the NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Los Angeles December 25, 2009. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Dave Wachter’s Cosmo
This week we have Dave Wachter’s take on Sly as Cosmo Carboni from “Paradise Alley”. I’d never seen Dave’s art until this year at HeroesCon. I immediately got on board for the sketch above. Since then I’ve picked up two more small pieces from Dave. He’s talented and very reasonably priced. You can see more of Dave’s art at his site. Plan to spend a while!
On the Set of “First Blood”
I received an e-mail from SZoner, Herve Attia, who has impressed fans with his talent and dedication to re-visiting all of the locations used in filming “First Blood”. Here’s what Herve had to say:
Dear Craig,
“On The Set of First Blood Part 4 – VC Commander” has been released today. It can be watched at this link. This is probably the final installment. I guess we have covered all the relevant First Blood filming locations. It has been fun to make.
Thanks again Herve for sharing your talent with us. Also a special thanks for making the StalloneZone a small part of the video! Thanks also to Raven! – Craig
Michael Joseph – RIP
I received an e-mail from Bill Pruitt saying that fellow artist and friend, Michael Joseph, passed away on December 8th at the age of 43. Michael’s art had appeared on the StalloneZone before and received a lot of praise. Bill thought that SZoners would want to know. Here’s a link to Michael Joseph’s site. He was a talented man and will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and fans. – Craig
“There’s No Mistake. Welcome to Gateway, Leone.”
Over at the AMC Movie Blog they recently posted their choices for the TOP TEN EVIL PRISON WARDENS. Guess who made the list at #3:
3. Warden Drumgoole (Donald Sutherland), Lock Up (1989): Drumgoole takes the phrase “hard time” literally and is determined to make inmate Sylvester Stallone suffer.
You can check out the complete list here.
Andy Kuhn’s Rocky
I discovered Andy Kuhn’s art through his blog. This led me to his DA site. Andy has a unique style which I totally enjoy. I was lucky enough to meet and get the sketch above from Andy earlier this year. Although it was our first meeting and my first sketch from Andy, hopefully it won’t be my last!
Insignares Takes Us Back
Miguel Insignares is back with a new e-mail and another cool scene from a Stallone movie. Miguel says:
Hey Craig-
Here is a new StalloneZone world exclusive ROCKY drawing from the first fight with Spider Rico at the Resurrection Gym.
Thanks and I’ll be sending you more artwork in the upcoming weeks!
Miguel — thanks for sharing your Stallone art here at the SZ. You picked another cool scene to illustrate. I can’t wait to see more of your Stallone art here at the SZ as well as your The Rufnex: Island of the Dead comic [www.islandofthedead.com.
“The Expendables” Makes the Grade
On December 9, 2009, Canada.com posted a list of Ten Films for 2010. It included the ten films that critic Jay Stone is most looking forward to seeing next year and included: “The Book of Eli”, “Shutter Island”, “Iron Man 2”, “Toy Story 3”, “The Expendables” and more. Here’s what he had to say about “The Expendables”:
The Expendables: A bunch of mercenaries take on a job in South America, and if Stallone and company aren’t enough, it also features Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, and Arnold Schwarzenegger (hey, who’s managing the California budget overrun?) This could be a classic of its type, and if they weren’t all in such good shape, we’d be tempted to call it The Expandables. But we can’t. (Aug. 20)