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According to this article in the Daily Mail, macho men like Sly Stallone and Sean Connery would have been a hit with the ladies in the stone age. According to experts…
… the brute strength of macho men such as Sylvester Stallone and Sean Connery was key to getting the girl…
Seems to me that both Connery and Sly have done okay with the ladies in modern times as well. Perhaps they are just men for the ages.
Hey SZoners! Set your DVRs to record because on June 20, 2010, SPIKE tv is going to present the fourth annual Guys’ Choice Awards. Sylvester Stallone is going to be honored. Here’s the lowdown…
Action movie superstar Sylvester Stallone, writer, director and star of the upcoming blockbuster “The Expendables,” will be honored during the night’s festivities for his legendary performances within the genre over the course of his forty year career. The two-time Oscar and Golden Globe Award-nominated writer and actor, Stallone burst onto the scene in his 1976 role as boxing underdog Rocky Balboa and since, has starred in countless action flicks including the Rambo series, “Cobra,” “Over the Top,” “Demolition Man,” “Judge Dredd,” and “Cop Land,” among others.
“Sylvester Stallone is a true legendary film icon for our audience of guys. He’s given us characters like Rocky, Rambo and so many more; he has created some of the most heroic and beloved cinematic characters of all time and we’re thrilled to be honoring him on ‘Guys Choice,'” says Casey Patterson, SVP, event production, talent development and studio relations, Spike TV.
The awards presentations will tape Saturday, June 5 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. Other celebs scheduled to appear include Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Liam Neeson, Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Rock and many others. You can read the full report here.
A slightly larger version of the photo above of Sly with MMA legend Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira ran at 411mania.com with an article called 5 Action Stars Who Should Fight in MMA. It was a humorous piece and Sly isn’t listed but you can check out the list by clicking on the link above.
On May 13, 2010, CelebrityBabyScoop.com posted five photos [taken the day before] of Sly and his daughters out for ice cream. You can see a larger version of the shot above as well as the other four photos by clicking here.
Realbuzz.com asked polled marathon runners as to which songs kept them motivated while they ran. “Eye of the Tiger” from Rocky III came out in the #1 spot for the fourth year, uh, running. Also making the top ten, in the 10th spot was “Gonna Fly Now” which is, of course, from Rocky.
You can see the whole list by clicking here.
Hey SZoners! On the same day that the Rambo: Extended Cut is released on dvd and blu-ray, Lock Up will be released on blu-ray for the first time. Lock Up is available for pre-order now.
CTV News posted a larger image of the photo above with the following…
Actor Sylvester Stallone waves to fans as he watches the Los Angeles Lakers play the Utah Jazz in Game 1 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, May 2, 2010, in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 104-99.
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
You can see it all here.
Great news! A release date of July 27, 2010 has been announced for the Rambo: Extended Cut. SZoner, Alex Lamprey, sent in a link to this Digital Bits announcement that the Rambo: Extended Cut would be nine minutes longer and contain a 90 minute video production diary.
According to this report at Inside Pulse Movies, the new edition will be a…
complete recut of Stallone’s film…
Cliff Stephenson, who worked on the new release says…
“…the movie no longer begins with the “contest” the soldiers force upon the Karen villagers. There are lots of little tweaks, restructuring and changes throughout (including the removal or shortening of some of the more questionable FX shots). I happen to think it’s a far superior version of the movie when directly compared to the theatrical cut…”
The Rambo: Extended Cut Blu-Ray is set to retail for $19.99, but Amazon is discounting orders here.
On May 9, 2010, HollywoodNews.com posted a short piece with The Expendables’ cinematographer, Jeffrey Kimball. Kimball, who also worked with Sly on The Specialist, talks a bit about The Expendables and you can read it here.
@lionsgatemovies: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Check out this Expendables photo as seen in PEOPLE magazine! http://twitpic.com