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“Rocky” One of Oscar’s Biggest Upsets

Craig / February 27, 2011 / 2011, Honors, Rocky

On February 20, 2011, Barbara Hagen for Associated Content from Yahoo wrote a piece called 2011: Oscars Biggest Upsets. In the piece Ms. Hagen looks at movies that seemed least likely to win the Best Picture Oscar, but did. Here is what she has to say about “Rocky”:

Another example of how exceptional acting has influenced the outcome of the Academy Awards was in 1977 when “Rocky,” starring Sylvester Stallone took best picture. Moviefone.com says the performance of “Sly Stallone, [upstaged] the likes of Redford, Scorsese, and Lumet.” When I saw the movie myself, I could see the effort and the work that Stallone put into his character, and I would agree with Moviefone’s statement that Stallone outshined the other nominees for best picture.’

You can read the whole piece here.

Arnold Presents Sly’s Award

Craig / February 27, 2011 / 2011, Celebs, Honors

In this image provided by the International Cinematographers Guild, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, presents actor Sylvester Stallone with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 48th Annual ICG Publicist Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel Friday Feb. 25, 2011 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/ICG, Craig T. Mathew)

Jesse Munoz Trifecta

Craig / February 20, 2011 / 2011, Craig's Sly Art, Get Carter, Rambo, Rocky

Jesse Munoz is back with his take on Jack Carter. Jesse has a DA site and website where you can see more of his art. This is my third Stallone piece by Jesse. It was part of the three card set below. Sweet, huh?

Sly’s Art Show

Craig / February 20, 2011 / 2011, Sly's Art

SZoner. Didier sent in a link to two pages covering Sly’s art show.

Here is the first.

Here is the second. Thanks to Didier for sharing! – Craig

Stallone Hits the Art Scene in St Moritz

Craig / February 20, 2011 / 2011, Sly's Art

On February 18, 2011, SwissInfo.ch posted “Stallone Hits the Art Scene in St. Moritz” and you can read the full piece here.

Rocky: All Time Best

Craig / February 20, 2011 / 2011, Honors, Rocky

On February 15, 2011, Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post posted his choices for The Best Boxing Movies of All Time. “Rocky” came in at #2 and here’s why…

2. Rocky (1976) — The story of a Philadelphia club fighter who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to fight for the heavyweight title is an American classic. Some of the fight scenes look phony now, but Rocky still packs an emotional punch. It remains the ultimate Cinderella story.
I caught a bit of “Rocky IV” on TV the other day and cringed at the scene where Sylvester Stallone makes peace with the Russian fans. It’s laughably, embarrassingly bad and cheesy. But even the sequels can’t tarnish the power of the original film.

You can read the whole list here.

Sly Stallone’s Still the Man

Craig / February 20, 2011 / 2011, Bullet to the Head, Headshot, Honors

“Sly Stallone‘s still the man for international buyers. IM Global’s $40 million-budgeted Sylvester Stallone action project Headshot attracted heat here at the European Film Market with German giant Constantin taking the hit for local territory rights in a major pre-sale deal.” – that’s a quote from The Hollywood Reporter and you can read the full piece here.

Sly Poses

Craig / February 20, 2011 / 2011, Sly's Art

US Actor Sylvester Stallone, poses in front of one of his works during a press conference ahead of the exhibition ‘Sylvester Stallone. 35 Years of Painting’ in the Gmurzynska gallery in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. The retrospective which shows 30 pieces painted by the action star lasts from February 18 to March 15, 2011.

(AP Photo/Keystone, Arno Balzarini)