Our POW for this week is a rarely seen black and white photo of Sly taken by the great Herb Ritts.
– Craig Zablo
[October 5, 2002]
Category: Celebs
“Rivals” – Stallone and Schwarzenegger
Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes made the poster above after reading a fan’s screenplay titled Rivals. Written by Christopher Heathcoat as a tribute to his two favorite action stars, it impressed Jazz enough to create a poster mock-up.
“D-Tox” to Hit Theaters!
From Fangoria.com [thanks to Andrew B. and Glenn L.]:
Looks like the much-troubled Sylvester Stallone psychothriller EYE SEE YOU (a.k.a. D-TOX) will be hitting big screens after all, albeit in limited play. DEJ, the distribution arm of Blockbuster that will put the movie out on video December 31, will open EYE in Texas and the Detroit area September 20; if it does sufficient business, the release may be expanded. Jim (I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER) Gillespie directed the film, in which Stallone plays a traumatized cop in a remote psychiatric center where the patients are stalked by a serial killer.
Let’s hope the movie does enough business to get a wider release… and at least this will insure that NONE of Sly’s movies have gone direct to video!
– Craig Zablo
[September 14, 2002]
M. Knight Shyamalan Loves “Rocky”
Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes sent in the following:
This week’s [August 5, 2002] issue of NEWSWEEK contains a real cool article on M. Night Shyamalan. In it he lists his TOP 10 Films and whatta ya know Mr. Balboa’s film made da list. I agree with what he said too …:-)
Now kid Night needs to give Sly a buzz ya know what I mean?”
Jazz, I couldn’t agree with you more!
– Craig Zablo
[August 4, 2002]
Sly is Funny
The September 2, 2002 issue ofUS Weekly contains an article about Janice Dickinson by Anna David. The quote and pic of Janice and Sly accompanies the article.
– Craig Zablo
[August 18, 2002]
Sly Attends Paramount Pictures 90th Anniversary Celebration
Sylvester Stallone was a guest at Paramount Pictures 90th anniversary celebration July 14, 2002 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. Over 90 stars from Paramount movies got together for a group photo taken by Annie Liebovitz for Vanity Fair magazine.
Sly Tidbits
| People Magazine has a special edition out now listing the Top 100 Stars of our Century [or something like that]… anyway, in the section that lists ACTION STARS, Sly appears first… ahead of Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis, and others. |
In the July 16, 2002 issue of Star, a Stallone tidbit appears in Janet Charlton’s Star People section.
Hot Property
House this for connections? Sylvester Stallone has sold his $16 million, 15,000-square-foot, BevHills mansion to Viacom chief Summer Redstone. Although Sly didn’t work out a movie deal with Viacom’s Paramount studio into the contract, he can still chat up the entertainment mogul. Rambo owns another 20,000-square-foot, seven-bedroom house next door.
– This was reported at the SZ on July 6th! Craig Zablo July 13, 2002
The Height Report
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The July 8-15 issue of US Weekly features an article entitled “The Height Report” which takes a look at how tall [or short] stars really are. Sly is featured in the picture to the left in an insert on the cover. How tall is Sly? This is one of the most asked questions that we get at the SZ. The article has this to say about Sly’s height: “According to his spokesperson, Arnold Schwarzenegger is 6-foot-2; Sylvester Stallone is reportedly 5-foot-10. But industry insiders who have stood next to the actors claim that the Terminator is closer to 5-foot-10 and that Rambo may be as short as 5-foot-7. |
| The article looks at the height of many celebrities including: Sly, Arnold, TobyMaguire, Tom Cruise, Danny Devito, Clint Eastwood, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver, Cameron Diaz, as well as quite a few others.
While this article will probably stir up a bit of discussion, I’m sure that many fans will still question how tall certain celebrities really are. My feeling has always been, “you don’t measure talent in inches.” Sly is mentioned two other times in the same issue. In a comparison of “Men in Black” to “Men in Black II,” Sly is listed as the celebrity outed as an alien in the orginal movie. In another article looking at leading men, Vin Diesel is described as Sylvester Stallone with a sense of humor [and a Mr. Clean haircut]. |
Thanks to Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes for the heads-up on the article and the pics above!
– Craig Zablo [June 29, 2002]
Sly, Frank and Paul McCartney
Simon Barber, the webmaster at Frank Stallone‘s site, sent the above pic over when he sent me the scans of Total Film’s write-up of the SZ… it also went out to fans on Frank‘s e-mail list… so if you’re not on it, you might want to sign up!
best,
– Craig Zablo [June 10, 2002]
Three Sly Tidbits
Two SLY items appear in the June 11, 2002 issue of STAR. The first is in the EAVES DROPPING section:
SLY STALLONE at a celebrity gala tellng a friend: “I’m the anti-Fred MacMurray.” Sly, who has his third daughter due any day now, says: “I should have a show called ‘My Three Daughters.'”
In the same issue in the STAR PEOPLE section:
Psst… Want to know the secret to SYLVESTER STALLONE‘S knockout hair? Rocky gets his curly locks straightened at the Yuki salon in West Hollywood.
In the June 14, 2002 issue of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY‘sTIME CAPSULE section for June 11, 1993:
At the movies: SYLVESTER STALLONE clings to his fading superstardom in CLIFFHANGER, the week’s No. 2 movie.
As to the comment, “fading superstardom,” how many stars fade for 9 years? Puh-leaze!
– Craig Zablo [June 8, 2002]