SZoner, Manuel Scholtz wanted to share his new Rocky 4 painting with fans. I’m glad he did!
Sly Covers Cigar Aficionado
Here’s the cover to the issue of Cigar Aficionado featuring Sly. Some SZoners said that they’ve found it in their local book stores already!
Sly’s New Back Tat
Believe it or not, one of the questions we most often get are about Sly’s tats. SZoner, Supersly posted a link to InkedCulture.com that had larger versions of the pics with their post.
Jeff Gogue, Sylvester Stallone and David Hell. Jeff Gogue is the artist who did the new back tats.
You can see the names of Sly’s daughters – Sophia, Sistine and Scarlett.
“The Expendables” Make an Impact
Here’s The Expendables cover to Impact magazine. Thanks to SZoner, Jox for the original link.
“The Expendables” UK Style
News of the World.co.uk posted a first look at the UK poster for The Expendables.
Sly Tracking Eastwood
Sly was quoted in this article as saying…
“The ultimate ambition is to follow in Clint Eastwood’s footsteps and move on to directing films without me having to be in them.
“I’m on borrowed time and know my longevity will be predicated on being able to make that move.”
You can read the full piece here.
LA Times Covers Sly
On June 24, 2010, Mark Olsen for the LA TImes Entertainment Section wrote an excellent piece about Sly’s event at the LA Film Festival. Here are some highlights:
- In conversation lasting a little over an hour that was engaging, freewheeling and candid, Stallone charmed the sold-out crowd…
- …Stallone entered to the first of three standing ovations he would receive through the night.
- …the night was squarely on the bigger arc of Stallone’s stardom, moving from the dual-edge of optimism and pessimism represented by Rocky and Rambo to other characters of his career.
- A brief question-and-answer period with the audience simply underscored how meaningful a figure like Stallone — so easy for some cinephiles to ridicule or dismiss — is to his faithful fans.
- At the end of the evening, LAFF Director Rebecca Yeldham presented Stallone with a small statuette honoring him as a special guest of the festival. “I don’t do this very often,” Stallone said, accepting the award. He then addressed the audience directly: “No man is an island. I’ve realized as long as I’m in touch with people like you then I can always be able to write stories about people like you. So I want to thank you very much, because as much as you got from me, I got from you.”
To read the full piece click here.
Sly to Play John Gotti?
On June 24, 2010, TMZ.com posted an exclusive report stating that…
Sylvester Stallone is in serious talks with “Junior” John Gotti to make a movie about his mobster icon father, the late John Gotti…
As for Sly playing Gotti — good casting, we might add — we’re told the project is far enough along that he’s ready to pick a screenwriter.
Click on the link to read TMZ’s full report.
As you can imagine, the TMZ exclusive was reported all over the net including places like…
- MyFoxLA.com: Stallone in Talks to Play Mobster…
- CNN Entertainment: Stallone Set to Make a Movie About…
- JoBlo.com: Will Sylvester Stallone Play Notorious…
- IGN.com: Is Gotti Expendable?
- 411Mania: Sylvester Stallone in Talks…
- Collider.com: Sylvester Stallone to Play Crime…
- Hollywood News: Sylvester Stallone Prepping…
- And a bazillion other sites…
Adrian Balboa’s Headstone
Did you know that Sly donated Adrian’s headstone (used in filming Rocky Balboa) to the cemetery where the scenes were filmed? I didn’t. Did you know that the headstone is now a tourist attraction? Check out this article for all the details.
“Expendables” Earns “R” Rating
On June 23, 2010, Box Office Mojo reported that…
…Living up to the expectation that it’s a serious homage to the action movies of the 1980s, The Expendables received an R rating for “strong action and bloody violence throughout, and for some language.”
You can read the full Mojo by clicking here.