Actor Sylvester Stallone and his brother singer Frank Stallone pose as they arrive as guests at the launch party for the 2005 Volkswagen Jetta automobile in Hollywood January 5, 2005.
REUTERS/Fred Prouser
– Craig
Author: Craig
Us Weekly’s “Stars – They’re Just Like Us!”
The December 5, 2005 issue of US Weekly‘s “Stars – They’re Just Like Us!” section features Sly flexing with the following captions:
They’re Proud of Their Physiques!
Getting pumped for his upcoming Rocky and Rambo sequels, SYLVESTER STALLONE, 59, flashed his big guns leaving a Beverly Hills gym after a two-hour workout on November 14. “I’m just trying to keep up with the young bloods!” he has said.
– Craig
Sly Filming in Las Vegas for “Rocky Balboa”
Sly ‘spoke to fans during the filming of Rocky 6 aka Rocky Balboa in Las Vegas December 5, 2005. One of the scenes shot was the weigh-in for the fight.
POW: Sly & Robert DeNiro
Our POW [Picture of the Week] of Sly comes to us from the collection of Loghman Sheyda.
– Craig
Bill Pruitt’s New “Rocky Balboa” Painting
SZoner, CBEARHUG were and some friends met up with artist, Bill Pruitt back in July when they were visiting Universal City Walk. CBEARHUG sent in the following report:
Bill paints at, Cafe tu tu Tango, a popular bar and grill. All of the artists line up along the sides of the circular outside/inside bar and grill. There are usually 5-7 artists there at any one time. Bill’s work always stands out.
As luck would have it Bill was there working on a new Rocky Balboa painting. We all knew that Bill was a fantastic artist and a great guy, but what we didn’t know what is that he’s also an accomplished magician! Bill took time to show us a few tricks and to sign some autographs.
By the way, the Rocky painting should appear in a future issue of Sly.
Wow! Another awesome Bill Pruitt painting! CBear, thanks for the report! – Craig
Sly Plans “Rocky Balboa” Filming at Taylor-Hopkins Championship Fight!
Friday, Dec. 2, 2005, Sly Stallone made an appearance at the weigh-in for the Jermain Taylor-Bernard Hopkins middleweight championship bout in Las Vegas. Sly interacted with fans and signed autographs. Sly will film some crowd scenes for Rocky Balboa during the fight card. – Craig
Stallone is filming scenes for ‘Rocky Balboa’ around the Hopkins-Taylor rematch.
Rambo: Pride and Scorn
The December 2, 2005, issue of Entertainment Weekly contains an article titled “Hollywood Pulls the Trigger” by Benjamin Svetkey which looks at how Hollywood deals with controversial subjects. Here’s what it says about Rambo:
Rambo: First Blood Part II [1985] Stallone‘s veiny mercenary drew both pride and scorn as the ultimate representation of the Reagan-era global machismo.
POW: Sly and Jennifer
Our POW [Picture of the Week] of Sly comes to us from the collection of Loghman Sheyda.
– Craig
More Praise for Sly, “Rocky” & “Rocky III”
The November 25th issue of Entertainment Weekly contains an article rating the top 30 sports movie dvds and stars.
Sly Stallone, Rocky and Rocky III all earned top spots.
Here’s what they had to say:
4. Rocky [PG, 119 mins., 1976; MGM]
HERE’S WHY: Hard enough to take a 15-round beating from Apollo Creed [Carl Weathers], soft enough to give Adrian [Talia Shire] the bed the night before the big fight, the Philly southpaw is more character than most. With one shot to prove he’s not just another bum from the hood, Sylvester Stallone faces the champ and does the unthinkable, by Hollywood standards: He loses. But wins our hearts by going the distance [and remembering Adrian’s hat].
DID YOU KNOW? The Italian Stallion’s blow-by-blow of the bout weighed in at 32 pages. EXTRAS The 2001 special edition features commentaries detailing every decision made in the making of this Best Picture.
FINAL SCORE: We’d all like to eat lightning and crap thunder for Mickey [Burgess Meredith]. – Mandi Bierly
24. Rocky III [PG, 100 mins., 1982; MGM]
HERE’S WHY: Because it perfected the formula. Why have one nigh-invulnerable black heavyweight when you can have two? Why have one viscerally adrenalized fight when you can have three? The story of the Italian Stallion’s defeat at the hands of and subsequent victory over Clubber Lang – the only actually scary performance of Mr. T’s career – packs all the inspirational triumph you look for in a Rocky flick [and a touch of casual racism that you don’t], but Rocky III‘s true gift to sports cinema is the anatomically fetishized, borderline homoerotic training sequence. That, and “The Eye of the Tiger.”
EXTRAS: We pity the DVD fools who included nothing but a measly trailer. If we find them, our prediction for the encounter? Pain.
FINAL SCORE: Twenty notches below the first Rocky on our list, but the most fun installment in the whole series. – Marc Bernardin
SYLVESTER STALLONE Rocky [1976] Rocky Balboa may be an outclassed palooka, but he has the heart of a champ, a virtue that Stallone portrays so convincingly that he transformed his Philly underdog into an indellible and enduring pop-culture hero. [See #4]
– The pic above is different than the one with the article. – Craig
“Rocky Balboa” – Rocky Jr. Named
Milo Ventimiglia has signed to play Rocky’s adult son in ”Rocky Balboa.” Ventimiglia co-starred in The Gilmore Girls and The Bedford Diaries, both on the WB.
- Craig Zablo