Author: Craig

Catholic Guilt

Craig / / 2002, TV

The current issue of Entertainment Weekly (May 31, 2002) contains the following:

If all else fails, blame the Church. That’s what Sylvester Stallonedid when CBS didn’t pick up Lefty, the television drama he exec-produced starring Titanic‘s Danny Nucci as a tough-talking priest. Stallone believes the Catholic Church’s current troubles led the Eye to pass on the pilot. “Danny was fantastic,” says Stallone. “And to come out with a show about priests at this particular time… I think people are waiting for something to help them exhale.” Stallone‘s the one who needs to take a breather, says one source close close to the negotiations. It wasn’t the preist-pedophilia scandal but Lefty‘s soft, Touched by an Angelsensibility that prompted CBS to reject it in favor of the sharper fare like Without a Trace, a missing persons drama with Anthony LaPaglia, and the cop-themed RHD/LA, which stars Tom Sizemore and is exec-produced by Heat‘s Michael Mann. Says the source, “The network wants to go in a certain direction, with younger-skewing, harder-edged shows with an urban feel.”

– Craig Zablo (May 27, 2002)

Pic from Finland

Craig / / 2002

I thought you´d like  this pic of Sly printed in a Finnish mag called “Katso” last week. They’re  showing all of the Rocky movies here in Finland… So, here you go.

By the way, I´ve always enjoyed your site and I hope you´ll continue with it for a long time.

love, Merit from Finland

Thanks Merit! – Craig Zablo (May 27, 2002)

Sly Scores as a Lover

Craig / / 2002, Celebs

Alain from France sent in the following:

Fun on the Sly! Stallone scores a KO for his bed work with Dickinson By Amy Reiter

Feb. 13, 2002 |

Guess they don’t call Sylvester Stallone “Rocky” for nothin’.

In her upcoming autobiography, “Car Wreck Woman: The Accidental Life of the World’s First Supermodel,” excerpted on Glamour.com, model and serial celebrity-dater Janice Dickinson says that of all the men she’s slept with — John Kennedy Jr., John Cusack, Mick Jagger and Jack Nicholson included — sassy Sly was able to go the most rounds in the sack.

“Stallone is the most incredible lover I’ve ever known,” Dickinson gushes. “Until you’ve been thrown in bed and Rambo-ed all night, you cannot understand the meaning of great sex. I had bells going off in my head.”

So considerate a lover was the heavy-lidded heavyweight, he offered to treat Dickinson to a new set of breast implants.

But the model refused the gesture.

“I already had my own,” she said.

Translation: Just send a check, Sly.

For more details check out Salon.com.

Thanks to Alain.

– Craig Zablo (May 19, 2002)

Sly is The Dean

Craig / / 2002, Celebs, Shade

Thriller ‘Shade’ hustles cast for dealer Nieman
Tue May 14, 2:16 AM ET by Zorianna Kit

LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) — Sylvester Stallone, Thandie Newton, Gabriel Byrne and Stuart Townsend will star in RKO Pictures’ crime thriller “Shade” from first-time writer-director Damian Nieman. Production begins May 30 in Los Angeles.

“Shade” is set in the world of poker hustlers working the clubs and martini bars of Los Angeles. The tale unfolds as the hustlers — Newton, Townsend and Byrne — encounter “The Dean” (Stallone) and pull off a successful sting that results in their pursuit by a vengeful gangster.

RKO chairman and CEO Ted Hartley is producing with Hammond Entertainment’s David Schnepp and Chris Hammond. Merv Griffin and Joe Nicolo will executive produce with actor Bo Hopkins, who also will appear in the film.

“It’s been a long time since there has been a cool L.A. movie; we hope this film does for modern Los Angeles what ‘L.A. Confidential’ did for 1950s Los Angeles,” Hammond said. He said that the producers plan to feature numerous local landmarks in the film, including the Argyle Hotel, the Magic Castle and the Roosevelt Hotel.

Hammond said the project takes its roots in an underworld that very much exists in Los Angeles today.

“There is a network of card hustlers and gamblers who use sleight of hand and card manipulation to get what they want,” he said. “Damian is a former top-card ‘mechanic’ and is drawing on his own personal knowledge for this film.”

Said Hartley: “I could not think of a better group of talented actors coming together on this RKO picture. I believe this will be the first of a number of truly exciting pictures that RKO will produce this year. We all fell in love with Damian Nieman‘s screenplay with its colorful cast of characters.”

Cobalt Media Group’s Peter Rogers and Ralpho Borgos will handle international sales for the film, which debuts on their sales slate at this month’s Festival de Cannes.

– Craig Zablo (May 14, 2002)