Sly Stallone and Estella Warren filmed scenes for Champs at the Grand Prix of Detroit on Saturday, June 17, 2000, on Belle Isle in Detroit.
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Kip Perdue Joins Sly in “Champs”
Dark Horizons posts a “Champs” casting scoop: It looks like KIP PERDUE [“Remember the Titans”] has the part of the young hotshot driver. In addition comes the news that GINA GERSHON [“Showgirls”] will play SLY‘s ex-wife.
Burt Reynold Joins Sly in “Champs”
The Hollwood Reporter announced that BURT REYNOLDS will join SYLVESTER STALLONE in the cast of the auto-racing actioner “Champs” which begins filming next month. RENNY HARLIN is set to direct from a screenplay by SLY STALLONE. BURT REYNOLDS will play a wheelchair-bound former driver.
TWO STALLONE TIDBITS
TWO STALLONE TIDBITS
The June 20, 2000 issue of STAR contains the following item in Janet Charlton’s STARPEOPLE section: SYLVESTER STALLONE’S wife JENNIFER has put him on a curfew. He wears an alarm watch set for 1 a.m. when he’s out with the boys. When the alarm sounds, Sly heads for home…
The July issue of Movieline contains a piece called “100 Factoids of Love” by Leigh Niles. Factoid #49 contains the following along with a small picture of SLY and JENNIFER: Sylvester Stallone broke up with his girlfriend of five years, model Jennifer Flavin, by FedEx-ing her a letter in 1994, when he began dating Angie Everhart; a year and a half later, he went back to Flavin and she married him.
– Craig Zablo (June 14, 2000)
Two Movieline Tidbits
In the Spotted column: SYLVESTER STALLONE and STEPHEN BALDWIN having dinner at separate tables at Bambu on Meridian Ave. in Miami Beach.
In the Hollywood Ink column: … Our favorite what-are-they-thinking? casting of the month is news that the suave, sophisticated bank robber in Seven Arts International’s “Morton Orwell” will be played by SYLVESTER STALLONE. Jeez, this outdoes BRUCE WILLIS being cast as that sophisticated thief in “Hudson Hawk“…
Yo! Stella!
SYLVESTER STALLONE might want to brush up on his “Yo, Juliet!” speech. The buzz is that the under-employed action hero is hot to hit the stage and do some serious theater, particularly in England. Theater performances have boosted or revivied the careers of such stars as NICOLE KIDMAN (“The Blue Room”) and KATHLEEN TURNER, who has been getting raves in London for baring it all in “The Graduate.” STALLONE‘s career could certainly use a boost. “I have not made a dime in two years, ” the one-time hot star complained to Stiffed author SUSAN FALUDI last year. “I see everyone else working and I’m not doing (bleep). I’m in total limbo.”
A spokesman for STALLONE denies that he wants to do theater, but London’s Express quoted a “theatrical agent” as saying, “It’s on the QT that we’ve been asked to find out if there are any suitable projects floating around for him.”
While some theater sources scoffed at the idea of the star of “Rambo” and “Rocky” doing theater, others were less skeptical. “He’d make a great Stanley Kowalski,” says a source, refering to the leas in “A Streetcar Made Desire.”
Estella Warren Joins Sly in “Champs”
The Hollywood Reporter announced that ESTELLA WARREN joined the cast of “Champs.” WARREN, a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, has appeared in independent films in the past, but this will be her first “major budget studio feature.” Thanks to Dark Horizons for the tip.
Sylvester Stallone at Celebrity Tournament
SYLVESTER STALLONE and SUGAR RAY LEONARD played in the Laureus Celebrity Golf tournament in Monaco last Wednesday. – Craig Zablo (May 27, 2000)
STALLONE AND SUGAR RAY LEONARD
STALLONE AND SUGAR RAY LEONARD
The Associated Press published two pieces about Sly on March 24, 2000. The following is the second item.
-Craig Zablo (May 27, 2000)
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone meets former U.S. boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard during the Laureus Celebrity Golf tournament in Monaco, Wednesday, May 24, 2000. They will participate Thursday in Monaco, at the Laureus Sports Awards ceremony.This first annual ceremony to celebrate sporting excellence across all disciplines and all continents,will honor sporting achievement.
ESTELLA WARREN JOINS CHAMPS
ESTELLA WARREN JOINS CHAMPS