{"id":10076,"date":"2006-06-06T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2006-06-06T20:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=10076"},"modified":"2018-08-04T16:04:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T20:04:02","slug":"mgm-is-in-the-szone-an-update-of-sorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/06\/mgm-is-in-the-szone-an-update-of-sorts\/","title":{"rendered":"MGM is in the SZONE! An Update of Sorts&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2006\/jun\/060406mgm.jpg?resize=337%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">Two weeks ago I received an e-mail from a representative from\u00a0<b>Sylvester Stallone<\/b>&#8216;s office. This led to some phone calls where I was told that\u00a0<b>Sly\u00a0<\/b>was very much aware of the dedication and job that I had done over the past ten years in creating and running the\u00a0<b>StalloneZone<\/b>. I was also told that\u00a0<b>Sly\u00a0<\/b>appreciates the positive atmosphere, excitement and support shown by\u00a0<b>SZoners<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">Those e-mails and phone calls led to discussions with a rep from\u00a0<b>MGM<\/b>\u00a0about how the\u00a0<b>SZ<\/b>\u00a0could become involved in the promotion of\u00a0<b>&#8220;Rocky Balboa<\/b>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">Longtime\u00a0<b>SZoners<\/b>\u00a0will remember the contests that we ran to help promote<b>\u00a0&#8220;Driven&#8221;<\/b>and so I assumed that we could do some things along those lines&#8230; and maybe on an even bigger scale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">Interestingly enough, about the same time that all of this was going on, I received e-mails and photos from\u00a0<b>Sage Stallone<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">This led some folks on the message boards to post or even e-mail me about &#8220;my connections&#8221; and how I could use them to benefit &#8220;us.&#8221; I started to receive business offers, people requesting autographs, money, asking that I forward scripts to\u00a0<b>Sly<\/b>, that I try to get a private screening of\u00a0<b>Rocky Balboa<\/b>\u00a0with\u00a0<b>Sly<\/b>\u00a0for\u00a0<b>SZoners<\/b>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">Whew! Someone, please stop the madness!<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">I&#8217;m not sure what role the\u00a0<b>SZ<\/b>\u00a0will play in the official promotion of\u00a0<b>&#8220;Rocky Balboa<\/b>&#8220;. At the very least things will continue as they have for the last ten years &#8212; being the best fan site possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\"><b>December 22, 2006<\/b>\u00a0will be here before we know it. In the mean time, let&#8217;s continue to get the word out that\u00a0<b>Rocky is Back<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">See you on the message boards!<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" width=\"80%\" \/>\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><b>&#8211; Craig Zablo<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago I received an e-mail from a representative from\u00a0Sylvester Stallone&#8216;s office. 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