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The January 4, 2002 issue of Entertainment Weekly contains an item about Sly in the Time Capsule column. They look at December 31, 1985 and say: Sylvester Stallone scores a knockout as Rocky IV is the top film in its fifth week, ultimately grossing a heavyweight $86.5 million.
– Craig Zablo (01/01/02)
Photo courtesy of the StalloneZone
Sylvester Stallone and his wife, Jennifer Flavin, embrace as they watch the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Houston Rockets, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001, in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 114-90.
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Chris Heathcoat is a longtime SYLVESTER STALLONE fan and StalloneZone “regular.” Chris was lucky enough to attend the “Driven” premiere and generous enough to share his pics with us [Chris did the same for the “Get Carter” premiere], and had this to say:
“Craig:
Not requesting that it is a must, but if there is anything printed about my feeling about the clearest shot of SLY, as I look at it in my 22 years of experience with him it is this…
…From Fans to Critics, many people look at this man and think of his movies repeating a few quotes from his characters that fascinate them. I however see a man who kept me away form temporary highs and gave me one thrill film a year from 1979 (Rocky II) to 2001 (Driven) and when I see this picture I see a man who proves dreams do come true. Thank you SYLVESTER STALLONE!”
Christopher E. Heathcoat
And thank you, Chris!
– Craig Zablo
SLY appears twice in the April 17, 2001 issue of the National Enquirer. He first appears in the two pictures above in a piece that looks at how differently celebrities dress during the day and at night. SLY makes another appearance later in the magazine [in a small picture] in an article about TOM CRUISE and NICOLE KIDMAN.
– Craig Zablo
Our P.O.W. for this week is a cool shot of Sly which comes to us from the collection of Bob Manuels. – Craig Zablo (December 9, 2001)
Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes is back with another of his real cool pieces of original art! D -TOX!!!! – Craig Zablo (12/09/01)
Chris Murphy (who many will remember as the webmaster of Sly’s Gym) checked in after a long absence. Chris has been working on a variety of things including his artwork, and he created this teaser exclusively for the SZ! (Who now could doubt that Sly could get in shape to play Rambo or Rocky?)
– Craig Zablo
(December 1, 2001)
Our P.O.W. this week is a cool shot of Sly as Rocky which comes to us from the collection of Rogier van Lokven, webmaster of Rambo Legends.
Craig Zablo
(December 1, 2001)
In the Loose Talk column in the December 10, 2001 issue of US Weekly the art to the left (created by Risko) appears with the following quote:
“I’d love to do one more, but I don’t think it would be in good taste at this age.”
On the prospect of making Rambo IV, Sylvester Stallone.
Craig Zablo
(December 1, 2001)
There is currently an auction running on ebay.com for the original Sylvester Stallone art posted above. The original oil painting titled “Hero” by the internationally acclaimed, academy-award winning actor, Sylvester Stallone was painted as a tribute to the firemen ‘heroes” whose efforts contributed to saving lives involved in the September 11th tragedy as well as the firemen whose lives were sacrificed. This piece was painted specifically for a charity event that raised money for the Sept. 11 Fund. The painting is 4′ by 8’ and depicts a fireman (center in blue), a clock commemorating the time of day (6:10am PST) that he heard about the tragedy (the ‘o’ in hero in the upper left corner), the words “heven (sic) is closed” (right side in white) as well as other intricate remembrances of the tragedy that were poignant to him. His famous signature can be seen in blue in the lower right hand corner (and is reprinted below).
