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The photo above, of Sly receiving his 2010 Hollywood Reporter Visionary Award, is a cropped version of the pic sent out last night by The Hollywood Reporter on their twitter account. The Visionary Award is presented to the filmmaker who inspired movie marketers.
On June 11, 2010, The Hollywood Reporter posted a nice little interview with Sly.
Recently the DVD rental firm Lovefilm put together a poll of the most motivating speeches given in movies. The top 10 choices, as selected by film fans have been sent to manager Fabio Capello to help motivate England’s world cup team. Rocky’s speech to his son from Rocky Balboa placed fifth on the list.
You can see the entire article here.
On June 9, 2010, AMC TV blog decided to settle the Stallone vs Schwarzenegger debate once and for all. They came up with six silly categories to rate each star in. Of course the results ended in a tie. Here are the categories with some of their comments:
Who’s Got the More Impressive Physique? Stallone and Arnold looked like statues of Greek gods… Stallone reached critical muscle mass in the early nineties, making co-stars like Wesley Snipes look puny, by comparison. But Schwarzenegger was a freak…
Winner: Schwarzenegger
Who’s Signature Action Flick Was Better? down to the nitty-gritty: Terminator 2 or Rambo: First Blood Part II?
Winner: Schwarzenegger
Who Does Comedy Better? Sly’s more comedic turns — think Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot — were a bit uneven, to say the least.
Winner: Schwarzenegger
Who Does Drama Better? Stallone actually achieved greatness in drama, not action. It was Rocky that catapulted the Italian stallion to superstardom. Say what you will about Sly’s acting chops, but Rocky is one of the greatest movies of all time, and Stallone is the reason why. There’s nary a dramatic turn on Arnold’s résumé, so Sly wins this one easily.
Winner: Stallone
Who Hit Rock Bottom Hardest? In Stallone’s misfires, the movies were bad to begin with, and he didn’t make them any worse. Arnold was one of the main reasons Batman & Robin was so atrocious.
Winner: Stallone
Who’d Win in a Fight? Arnold had a bit of additional physical heft, as detailed above. Both are quite savvy with all types of weaponry. But Stallone has boxing smarts and pedigree from Rocky, as well as street smarts from Philly. That’s the kind of gritty toughness Schwarzenegger probably never acquired in Austria.
Winner: Stallone
If you’d like to see the entire post and vote for your choice, then simply click here.
On June 7, 2010, The Boston Herald.com ran photos of celebrities attending the NBA playoffs. You can check them out here.
This is just one of five photos that The Examiner.com posted of Sly receiving his Guy’s Choice Award from Arnold Schwarzenegger. You can see all of the photos here.
The photo of Sly above, appeared with pictures of other celebs at the Lakers playoffs, and can be seen at The Mirror.
Here’s a link to The Expendables “ghost” trailer.
On June 2, 2010, Winona 360 posted a piece titled, “Why Rambo Matters’ written by Nathan Wardinski. Here are a few excerpts from the well written article:
First Blood Part II didn’t win any Academy Awards; the Best Picture Oscar for films of 1985 went to Out of Africa. But First Blood Part II did take Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Picture, Actor, and Screenplay. With the amount of effort and emphasis placed on the Hollywood awards circuit, we would expect the Oscar winner to be enshrined in cultural immortality and the Razzie “winner” to sink into obscurity. But, 25 years later, nothing could be further from the truth.
Is First Blood Part II a good movie? Perhaps, in its own way it is. But that’s really beside the point, which is that First Blood Part II is an important movie. I would go so far as to argue it is among the most important movies of the last 25 years.
First Blood Part II stands out in several ways, not the least of which is its impact on filmmaking itself… Later action films like Die Hard, Bad Boys, Braveheart, Black Hawk Down and even Avatar owe their style in whole or in part to First Blood Part II.
On June 2, 2010, Terry Crews was interviewed by AV Club.com. In this interesting interview, Crews talked about all aspects of his career. Here are a few of the things that he said about Sly and The Expendables:
It’s the manliest movie of all time. I think Quentin Tarantino will have several orgasms just watching it. [Laughs.]
Sly is one of the funniest guys you ever want to meet.
It was one of the best experiences of my life.
All I’ve got to say is there was no “check the ego at the door”—the ego just busted in like, “Knock knock.”
Sly is old enough to be my father and he just went longer, harder, stronger. He has no quit in him, and I love it. This movie is for the fans. He’s the only man that could have brought all these people together. There’s no one else that could’ve. He wrote it, directed it, starred in it, and he just called everybody up. It was a labor of love.
To read the whole Terry Crews interview, click here.