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The December 24 - 31, 2001 issue of US Weekly contains a piece called, "Stallone Does Time With Top Cop." The picture to the left and the text that follows make up the article.

SYLVESTER STALLONE seems to have a best new buddy -- New York Police Commissioner BERNARD KERNIK. When the Cop Land star arrived in New York on December 4, KERNIK made sure a squad car greeted STALLONE, 55, to speed the actor [who rode shotgun] to a reception at Planet Hollywood, where the 23 officers who died during the September 11 attacks were honored. And after the event, says an eyewitness, "KERNIK lent SLY his own car because SLY didn't have one." That's not all. The next day, KERNIK took Rambo out to lunch and to visit Ground Zero. Plus, say sources, KERNIK, 46, pitched his new pal on the idea to star in a movie based on his best-selling autobiography, The Lost Son: A Life in the Pursuit of Justice.