Singing Rocky Balboa

Craig / / 2002, Rocky

Whoa! Isn’t that the coolest?

Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes got word that there was a “Singing Rocky” figure available at the Mall. He thought his friend was pranking him until he saw it for himself. Here’s Jazz‘s e-mail:

“Is this cool or what ?!! I stopped by JC Penny today and got the web site from the box. The doll is very big and very cool. It appears that the mouth moves and all…

I’m forwarding this email to Santa too :-)”

Jazz, I’ve already put word in with St. Nick!

– Craig Zablo
[November 4, 2002]

Sly was There!

Craig / / 2002, Rocky

The item above comes from the November 4, 2002 issue of Sports Illustrated. If you haven’t seen the fight that inspired Sly to write “Rocky,” then you might want to tune in on Tuesday at 9 PM!

Thanks to John “Big” Beatty for the tip!

– Craig Zablo
[November 3, 2002]

StalloneZone Exclusive: Sly Stallone Cameo for Luc Besson’s “Taxi 3”

Craig / / 2002, Celebs, StalloneZone, Taxi 3

SZoner, and long-time Sylvester Stallone fan, Alain Haimovici attended one of Sly‘s press conferences recently while Sly was in France to attend a film festival. Alain has this to report:

“Sly will do a cameo in the French movie Taxi 3 (he wil play his own role), the second sequel of Taxi directed by Gérard Krawczyk, starring Samy Nacery and Frederic Diefenthal. It’s a movie about a taxi driver without a licence (Nacery) and his friend, a cop (Diefenthal). It’s a mix of action and humour.

All the movies take place in Marseilles, France. They’re produced by Luc Besson (director of La Femme Nikita, The Fifth Element…) and producer of The Transporter.

Sly also said he could star in movies produced by Besson in the future.

My opinion : Taxi is a good movie, very entertaining, but Besson, a great director, produced often bad movies (no stories, just action). So Sly sholud be very careful…“


Thanks Alain!

– Craig Zablo
(November 2, 2002)