Sly is LeBron James

SZoner, Chris Z. sent in the clipping above from the August 2008 issue of Slam magazine. Thanks to Chris for the heads-up. - Craig

Rocky III Minimates

Here's the latest Rocky Minimates set coming from Art Asylum! - Craig

Super Fan

SZoner, Steve sent in some photos of his collection of Sly Stallone goods.

Thanks to Steve for sharing! - Craig

Sly in Fat Actors Prestige Club

Gawker.com has an article about actors who have gained weight for roles. Included in the list are: Matt Damon, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, George Clooney, Robert DeNiro, Vincent D'Onofrio and of course Sly. Here's what they had to say about Sly:

Sylvester Stallone in Copland Rocky Balboa gained about 40lbs to play a sad-sack New Jersey policeman in this quiet thriller that was meant to revive his acting career. While Stallone and the movie were both quite good, they went mostly unnoticed and disappeared into film history. Stallone since bulked back up and recently played a 60-year-old John Rambo.
-----
Here's a link to the piece. - Craig

Sly & Christian Audigier

SZoner, The Iron Horse posted the photo above of Sly and fashion designed Christian Audigier on the StalloneZone message board. See that and much more there! - Craig

Another Honor for Rocky

The American Film Institute recently posted their list of The 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres. "Rocky" came in at #2 on their Sports list. - Craig

Sly Ad

On June 18, 2008 Adrants.com reported: "Sylvester Stallone is set to appear in a VW ad which will appear in Brazil. And on YouTube, of course." We'll have to keep an eye out for it! - Craig

Discount for SZoners

Yo SZoners,

Mark is back with a nice 10% discount for those ordering the statue. Read below for the link and code. It's great that StalloneZoner, Edinho created the sculpture and it was first seen on the SZ. My hope is that is sells well enough to make it the first in a series! Thanks to Mark for hooking us up! - Craig
_____
Hey Craig, Well he is up on our website now:
http://hollywood-collectibles.com/rambo_statue.html

Also, as promised a discount for your members. If they enter "R412" (case sensitive for the "R") when ordering they will receive a 10% discount! Thanks, Mark

Sly's Next Movie

In what is being called "perhaps the biggest casting coup in Bollywood, Rambo and Rocky legend Sylvester Stallone has been signed" to appear as himself in "Kambakkht Ishq" the first film from India to be shot almost entirely in Hollywood. Sly will appear in just a couple of scenes, but this is huge coup for Indian cinema. For the full details click HERE. - Craig

Sly & Arnold

ContactMusic.com posted a smaller version of the photo above with this tidbit about Arnold.
- Craig

Rambo #1 Everywhere

In it's first week of release the "Rambo" DVD was number one on the home video rental charts and number two on the sales charts with two million units sold. The Blu-ray release of "Rambo" was also number one with one of the best Blu-ray debuts ever. "Rambo" was also the number one movie download at the iTunes Store. All of this after earning over $100 million in its worldwide theatrical release. For full details click HERE.

Sly & Eddie

Actor Eddie Murphy, right, talks with actor Sylvester Stallone as the Boston Celtics play the Los Angeles Lakers in the second half of Game 3 of the NBA basketball finals Tuesday, June 10, 2008, in Los Angeles.

(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

Sly Watches 2

Actor Sylvester Stallone watches the Boston Celtics play the Los Angeles Lakers in the second half of Game 3 of the NBA basketball finals Tuesday, June 10, 2008, in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

Sly Watches

Actor Sylvester Stallone watches the Los Angeles Lakers play the Boston Celtics during Game 3 of the NBA Finals basketball championship in Los Angeles, June 10, 2008.

Rambo's Back & HCG Has Him!

In March of this year I posted about a Brasilian sculptor and a Stallone fan named Edinho. Edinho had sent in photos of a Rambo sculpture that he did that was simply amazing. You can see for yourself by clicking HERE.

Shortly after the post appeared I was contacted by Mark at Hollywood Collectibles Group. Mark felt the sculpture was good enough for them to produce. I put Mark in contact with Edinho and the rest as they say, is history.

I'm happy to report that the Hollywood Collectibles Group will be producing a limited edition run of 500 pieces of Edinho's sculpture. I'm also happy to report that Mark is working on a deal for SZoners to get a discount on purchases through the SZ! More news on the statue will be posted as it becomes available!

Congrats to both Mark and Edinho for making it happen! - Craig

Just Another Gear in the Machine

Hey Craig,

You know that we would all want to see this one! I just whipped this up for fun. I thought that you would get a kick out of it. You have to admit, it would be SWEET! Keep up the awesome work Craig. I love the site and visit it daily.

Sincerely,

Mark Dambach
----------
Hey Mark! Thanks for the kind words about the SZ and for sharing your talent! - Craig

Frank to Step into the Ring

Frank Stallone along with Danny Bonaduce [former child star], Dennis Rodman [former NBA star], Dustin "Screech" Diamond [Celebrity Fit Club], Todd Bridges ["Diff'rent Strokes"], ButterBean [300 pound former MMA fighter], Trishelle Cannatella ["The Real World"], Erin Murphy [Tabitha on "Bewitched"], Tiffany ['80s pop star] and Nikki Ziering [Playboy playmate] will compete in "Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling" series set to air on CMT. The series is set for eight episodes to premiere this fall. For full details click HERE.

Rambo: The Complete Collector's Set Winners

The following SZoners were the winners in our RAMBO: The Complete Collector's Set contest sponsored by LIONSGATE:

Christopher Heathcoat of Simi Valley, California

Jim Gay of Johnstown, PA

Hisham Bafakih of Salt Lake City, UT

Congratulations to all winners and thanks to everyone who entered the contest!

Sly on the Green

Jonathon Becker sent in another great shot of Sly; this time on a Miami golf course. - Craig

Sly Fan Art

Craig,

This portrait is an oil on canvas, 48" x 48". It was motivated by my seeing an interview with Sly on TV, in which he lamented the fact that people only related him to his screen action personna, and he mentioned things about himself that most fans are unaware of, so.....I decided to create an image of him surrounded by those things that are important to his life, specifically: he's a writer and there are actual pages from the first Rocky script as a collage; books emphasizing that he is an avid reader of important literature; the easel, an artist; and of course, his action persona images. I am incidentally a custom oil portraitist who likes to change gears occasionally.

Allan Dordick
-----
Thanks for sharing your talent! - Craig