This week’s POW comes from Earnest “Jazzman” Resendes! – Craig Zablo
Author: Craig
Empire Picks “Rocky 4” As Moment to Make a Grown Man Cry
Earnest “Jazzman” Resendes sent in the picture above with the following info: The current [July 2003] issue of EMPIREmagazine has a piece called ’50 Movie Moments to Make a Grown Man Cry’! “Rocky IV” is listed as #41. Really good choice I thought but I would say Mickey’s death is an even better choice.
Anyway, they list various icons and apply them to each film. According to to EMPIRE, ROCKY VI’s RIP icon means “death” and the beers mean ” brotherhood”…
I couldn’t agree with you more, Jazz! Thanks for sharing.
– Craig Zablo
POW – “Detox” aka “Eye See You”
This week’s POW comes from Earnest “Jazzman” Resendes! – Craig Zablo
Sly Named Top Icon Magazine Profile
VH1 decided to find the top 200 Greatest Popular Culture Icons.
Sly made the list at 115.
Each of VH1’s 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons is illustrated by celebrated artist Robert Risko, profiled in a magazine as well as espisodes on VH1. Check out their website for full details.
The magazine profile of Sly contains the picture to the left and the following text:
Sylvester Stallone
For a guy who got his start in porn, Sylvester Stallone bounced back just like in one of his own scripts. Six years after baring all in “A Party at Kitty and Stud’s” for $200, Stallone created what was to become the cinematic anthem of the underdog. He wrote the first draft of “Rocky” in three days and insisted on playing the part of the determined boxer himself despite studio pressure to cast a star. “Rocky” ended up earning 10 Oscar nominations and won for Best Picture. His portrayal of another sequel-friendly action man, vengeful Vietnam vet John Rambo, turned Stallone into more than a one character wonder. Though less successful in the comedy genre [“Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!”], the father of five, who is married to model Jennifer Flavin, is indomitable. “The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked,the teeth aren’t straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer,” he once said of himself. “But somehow it all works.”
Sly Named Top Icon
| VH1 decided to find the top 200 Greatest Popular Culture Icons. Their criteria: “You can quote them in an instant, reference them with just one name, and even dress up like them for Halloween. In this always-expanding pop culture of ours, there are plenty of stars, but precious few icons.”
Each of VH1’s 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons is illustrated by celebrated artist Robert Risko, profiled in a magazine of the same name as well as episodes on VH1. Check out their website for full details. We’re happy to say that Sly made the list at 115. |
POW – “Cliffhanger”
This week’s POW comes from Earnest “Jazzman” Resendes! – Craig Zablo
Sly Attends Championship Fight
Sly Stallone attended the heavyweight championship bout between Lennox Lewis and Vitali Klitschko in Los Angeles, Saturday, June 21, 2003. Lewis won by a TKO in the sixth round.
Stallone in “Spy Kids 3 – D”
Thanks to Heather Brasseur for the above article which appeared in the Sun, June 21, 2003. – Craig Zablo
POW – Sly
This POW comes from my collection of pics! – Craig Zablo
Rocky Bust Available
Harvey Abrams, President of the International Institute for Sport and Olympic History sent me the following press release
The IISOH has the statue of ROCKY, famous from the movie ROCKY III, listed on ebay for $5 million in its first major fundraising event.
What is not listed on ebay — yet — is another artwork — the ROCKY BUST, a full-size figure of the head of the famous statue listed for sale at only $22,000 (twenty-two thousand dollars).
The BUST can be seen at
http://www.harveyabramsbooks.com
The IISOH is a non-profit educational, literary and research corporation that is organized to operate a Library and Museum devoted to the History of Sport, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance, Sport in Art and the Olympic Games.
The group is planning to construct a large campus facility in central Pennsylvania with a Library, Museum and Theatre surrounded by vast outdoor sculpture gardens, sports facilities and a restaurant/cafe.
– Craig Zablo