Category: Celebs

SLY IN MOVIELINE

Craig / / 2000, Celebs, Jennifer Flavin-Stallone


Sly makes two appearances (well sort of) in the November issue of Movieline. He first appears in the picture to the left (reprinted much larger) with Jen at the Battlefield Earth premiere.

Sly also shows up in the 96th spot on the HOLLYWOOD 100 MOST LIST (as the “most egriegiously overpaid”).

Things could be worse since he was not considered:

* Most Likely to Scare a Psychiatrist (Angelina Jolie)

* Most Consistent Sellout (Robert DeNiro)

* Most Permanently in Midlife Crisis (Billy Bob Thornton)

* Most In Need of a Hit (Kevin Costner)

* Most… well, you get the idea!

 

-Craig Zablo (October 22, 2000)

The “Rocky” Connection to “Girlfight”

Craig / / 2000, Celebs, Rocky

“Girlfight” is the story of an inner-city high school student, Dianna Guzman, who repeatedly gets into fights because of uncontrolled anger. She finds redemption when she finds a release for that anger in the boxing ring! “Girlfight” was written & directed by KARYN KUSAMA.  It stars MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ and SANTIAGO DOUGLAS. “Girlfight” has been winning rave reviews from the public and critics around the country as well. It also won the grand jury prize and best-director awards at the Sundance Film Festival.

What’s the STALLONE connection, you ask? Of course many critics are comparing it to “Rocky” because of the plot — underdog rising above expectations while at the same time finding love. But there’s more… Diana‘s boyfriend’s name is Adrian [and we all know that’s Rocky‘s girl’s name…]! There’s even a rap song on the soundtrack that mentions Rocky Balboa!

– Craig Zablo [October 22, 2000]

Sly in US Weekly

Craig / / 2000, Celebs, Family


SLY make two appearances in the October 30, 2000, issue of US Weekly. Sarah Saffian has an article titled “Stars Crack Down on Their Own Kids’ Viewing.” The piece looks at how stars deal with violence in movies their children watch. SLY is also quoted in the article.

SLY also appears in the LOOSE TALK section. The art above by Bill Nelson appears along with the quote below:

“You have this preconceived notion of him as a big, tough guy, but he speaks four languages and he likes to watercolor.”


– Rachel Leigh Cook, on her Get Carter co-star Sylvester Stallone

– Craig Zablo [October 22, 2000]

“Get Carter” – Total Movie Coverage

Craig / / 2000, Celebs, Get Carter

The picture above appears twice [once in the table of contents and again as a TWO page spread] in the premiere issue of Total Movie. Here’s their take on

Get Carter

IN A NUTSHELL: Back on the screen for the first time since 1997’s Cop Land, STALLONE heads up this remake of the 1971 MICHAEL CAINE classic as Jack Carter, a bad-ass New York mob enforcer who travels to Los Angeles to kill the sons-of-bitches who murdered his brother. Heads are cracked, asses are kicked and bad guys throughly pummeled as Carter goes on a vengence-fueled rampage though LA’s criminal underworld.

POTENTIAL: The script’s written by TED LEWIS, who wrote the orginal, and DAVID McKENNA, who wrote American History X – a promising team. STEVEN SODERBERG‘s awesome The Limey proved that these old-school one-man-army thrillers can still pay off in spades, so our hopes are high. And yes, MICHAEL CAINE is back, too.

PITTFALLS: Even MEL GIBSON had a hard time getting audiences to root for the bad guy in the underrated Payback, so what chance STALLONE? In the 1990s he served up such crud as Judge Dredd, Assassins, Daylight, Oscar, The Specialist, and Cliffhanger (come on, it was crap) – not exactly encouraging evidence of his choices of material. Oh, and MICKEY ROURKE‘s in it.

TOTAL MOVIE SAYS: Go and rent the original for an idea about why we’re excited to see this one – STALLONE‘s stepped in a few turds lately, true, but we have a feeling this hard-edged crime caper will prove that he can still get it done.

The editors are pretty down on many of SLY‘s movies yet they still eagerly anticpate “Get Carter” – I think that says a lot about the potential of this movie. I’m looking forward to this as much as I did “Cop Land” and feel that it has the potential to be as good [or even better].

This is Total Movie‘s first issue and it is very impressive… enough so that I plan to subscribe. It’s worth checking out but be sure that if you purchase an issue it is still in a plastic bag with a dvd attached. The dvd contains over two hours of movie previews, behind the scenes material and more! The first store I went to had only opened copies and all the dvds were missing!

– Craig Zablo [September 23, 2000]

“Get Carter” Coverage in Preview

Craig / / 2000, Celebs, Get Carter

GET CARTER

Drama starring Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, and Rachel Leigh Cook; directed by Stephen T. Kay Release date: Oct. 6 (Warner Bros.)

Sly‘s on the hunt – this time for second blood – as Jack Carter, a Vegas mobster trying to find his brother’s killer. his quest brings him to Seattle, where he reunites with his brother’s wife (Richardson) and daughter (Leigh Cook). Carter is a remake of the 1971 British film of the same name, which starred Michael Caine, who appears here as a club owner. Other cast members include Alan Cumming and Mickey Rourke, along with Gretchen Mol as Carter’s moll. And behind the scenes, “Battlefield Earth” producer Elie Samaha hopes to ride Stallone‘s coattails out of the vanity-project dead end he drove into with John Travolta.

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A smaller version of the picture (above left) appears with the text above in the PREVIEWS section of the October issue of PREMIERE magazine. – Craig Zablo (September 23, 2000)

Sly & Arnold by Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes

Craig / / 2000, Celebs, Sly Fan

Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes has been toying with the idea of a painting of Sly and Arnold for a while. In the midst of all that he’s been doing (his regular 9 to 5, helping score a friend’s film, working on his own independent short, etc.) inspiration struck! Jazz has this to say about the work-in-progress:

Here is a sketch version of what might be one of the candidates for a Sly/Arnie painting. I’m sooo indecisive it’s insane.

With this piece I was trying for something expressive with some humor and a touch of YELLOW SUBMARINE influence added in ( hand with blade ). I’ve never consciously tried to conjure up influences but what the hey. It was sort of fun.

I wish this could be done before “GET CARTER” comes out but it won’t happen with my schedule. I am getting better with scheduling my time though. Maybe I can do a Sly face study painting soon.

BTW pretty soon I’ll be filming some exteriors for “BLACK CAPRICORN DAY” this fall. I’ll be strapping myself to the top of a UHAUL to film a high tracking shot of swurving car. So if I’m not on the SZ messageboard for awhile that’s because I’m in a body cast (lol) .

Peace , JAZZMAN

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As always, Jazz‘ art impresses… and as always, Thanks to Jazz for sharing!  – Craig Zablo (September 23, 2000)

Sly In EW and On Daily Show, Letterman and Craig Kilborn Show

Craig / / 2000, Celebs, TV


The “toon” to the left by David Cowles appears in the September 29, 2000 issue of Entertainment Weekly in the “What To Watch” Section.

Sly will appear on the David Letterman show on Monday, September 25th.

Also watch for Sly on these shows:

“Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” COMEDY CENTRAL, 9/27/00
Craig Kilborn, CBS, 10/3/00

(Thanks for the tip on the additional shows to “an old friend”)

–Craig Zablo (September 23, 2000)

Premiere Looks At “Get Carter”

Craig / / 2000, Celebs, Get Carter

A much smaller version of the picture (to the left) appears with the text below in the Previews section of the October issue of Premiere magazine.

GET CARTER
Drama starring SYLVESTER STALLONE, MIRANDA RICHARDSON and RACHEL LEIGH COOK; directed by STEPHEN T. KAY

Release date: October 6 (Warner Bros.)

SLY‘s on the hunt – this time for second blood – as Jack Carter, a Vegas mobster trying to find his brother’s killer. his quest brings him to Seattle, where he reunites with his brother’s wife [RICHARDSON] and daughter [LEIGH COOK]. Carter is a remake of the 1971 British film of the same name, which starred MICHEAL CAINE, who appears here as a club owner. Other cast members include ALAN CUMMING and MICKEY ROURKE, along with GRETCHEN MOL as Carter‘s moll. And behind the scenes, Battlefield Earth producer ELIE SAMAHA hopes to ride STALLONE‘s coattails out of the vanity-project dead end he drove into with JOHN TRAVOLTA.

– Craig Zablo [September 23, 2000]

“Diner to the Stars”

Craig / / 2000, Celebs

US Weekly has a tidbit called “Diner to the Stars” in the Hot Stuff section. The piece is accompanied by very small pics of SLY, MEL GIBSON, DARYL HANNAH and LEONARDO DICAPRIO. Apparently the above named celebs have all been seen eating at a diner called Roni’s on Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills.