On May 18, 2010, DigitalSportsDaily ran a slightly larger version of the photo above and you can see it here.
Bernard Kerik: The World Ain’t All Sunshine and Rainbows
Bernard B. Kerik was the Police Commissioner of New York City during the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. With over 100 awards for meritorious, heroic and public service throughout his career [including the New York City Police Department’s Medal for Valor and a Presidential Commendation for heroism], Mr. Kerik is also a best selling author [The Lost Son: A Life in Pursuit of Justice] and a founding member of the Board of Trustees of the Twin Towers Fund.
It’s sad to say, that Mr. Kerik is about to serve 48 months in a federal prison. You can read more about his fall from grace at Mr. Kerik’s blog where he also says that in order to help prepare his daughters for his time in prison, they watched Rocky Balboa together…
I sat with them and watched the movie Rocky Balboa, for the sole purpose of having them watch one scene where Rocky speaks to his son and says, “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are….it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward!
When Sly Stallone wrote those words, he was talking about the challenges in real life and the principles of courage, strength, and perseverance.
Sly & Sistine III
From Yahoo News!
Sylvester Stallone and his daugher Sistine Rose Stallone are seen at a first-half break as the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns play Game 1 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals Monday, May 17, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Sly & Sistine II
From Yahoo News!
Sylvester Stallone and his daughter Sistine stand court side before Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference final playoff series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns in Los Angeles, May 17, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Sly & Sistine
From Yahoo News!
Sylvester Stallone and his daughter Sistine stand court side before Game 1 of their NBA Western Conference final playoff series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns in Los Angeles, May 17, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES – Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL ENTERTAINMENT PROFILE)
Sly Watches
From Yahoo News!
Actor Sylvester Stallone watches the Los Angeles Lakers play the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in Los Angeles
“The Expendables” Comic Preview
That’s a partial look at a splash page from The Expendables comic adaptation which is due to hit comic shops this Wednesday. The great news is CBR.com has a five page preview of the comic available now!
Mark Pennington’s Rambo
Mark Pennington graduated from the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in 1985. Upon graduation Mark became a toy designer at Hasbro. Mark created designs for the G.I. Joe line of action figures including a Rocky Balboa GI Joe that never saw production! Mark’s first work as an inker in the comic book industry was for SQP on Judge Dredd! When I started collecting original sketches of Sly, Mark was one of the first artists that I approached. I was excited to get this Rambo head sketch from him. In the next few weeks I’ll post Mark’s take on an “older” Jack Carter. Like today’s Rambo sketch, it’s another winner.
Rocky 4 Score Available
SZoner, Lefebvre e-mailed to say:
At last! The world premiere of original score from the mega-hit fourth installment of wildly popular ROCKY saga!
Rambo Lava Art!
SZoner, Stefano Rondinella is an artist and Sylvester Stallone fan from Sicily. We’ve featured Stefano’s art before and he’s back again with another painting of Sly as Rambo. Stefano paints on stone lava of Etna! Thanks to Stefano for sharing his talents with us.