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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone Share a Room Together

Natalia Buia — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:54:03 +0000

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No, this is not a movie still. This is real life.

Both Arnold of “The Terminator” fame and Rocky himself were seen sharing a hospital room together the other night.

Arnold, who’s currently filming “The Expendables 2″, was injured during a stunt and had to be taken to the hospital for a shoulder surgery. It just so happens that Sylvester Stallone was taken to the same place for the same surgery.

The Terminator shared the above photo with his fans on his Who Say page. He wrote:

“After all the action, stunts & physical abuse shooting The Expendables 2 and The Last Stand, it was time for a little tune up on my shoulder. Look who was coincidentally waiting in line behind me for his shoulder surgery. Now we’re ready for another round of great times and action when we shoot The Tomb.”

Soulmates.

Two More Join Sylvester Stallone Action Epic

Eva Lam — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:10:34 +0000

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Brittany Murphy (“Sin City”) and David Zayas (TV’s “Dexter”) have been cast in “The Expendables,” an upcoming action feature directed and written by Sylvester Stallone.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two will appear alongside a generation-spanning who’s who of tough-guy actors, including Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture and Stallone himself.

The movie revolves around a team of mercenaries who set out to overthrow a South American dictator, played by Zayas.

Murphy will play the singer-girlfriend of Rourke’s character, a role for which she is expected to perform a musical number.

Production for the film began this past week in Brazil.

Sylvester Stallone to Endorse Vodka Brand

Irene Ogrodnik — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:35:47 +0000

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Sylvester Stallone is the new face of Russian Ice vodka.

According to E! News, the Russian vodka producer Synergy has signed the action star to a one-year contract. Stallone will appear in print and TV ads for the company’s Russian Ice line of vodka beginning September 1.

“The advertising campaign concept was based on the fact that the actor has Russian roots,” Synergy explained in a statement.

According to Russia’s federal law, companies are prohibited from advertising alcoholic products on federal TV channels, meaning the star’s commercial will air only on the nation’s cable stations come this fall.

The endorsement deal is said to be roughly worth $1 million.

Stallone Defends HGH Use

andPOP Staff — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:28:20 +0000

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Sylvester Stallone owes his bulging biceps and tremendously toned 61-year-old physique to human growth hormones – a substance better known as HGH.

“HGH is nothing. Anyone who calls it a steroid is grossly misinformed,” Stallone told Time magazine, E! Online reports.

The muscle-enhancing drug is legal but has been highly scrutinized and banned by the majority of professional sports.

Stallone returned to the big screen Friday with the fourth installment of Rambo, a role the action star originated in 1982. It took the Oscar-winner 41 pounds of prescription-HGH-enhanced muscle to get back into Rambo form and reincarnate the famous character.

“Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older,” Stallone said, “Everyone over 40 years old would be wise to investigate it, because it increases the quality of your life. Mark my words. In 10 years, it will be over the counter.”

Stallone was recently fined more than $10,000 in Australia for bringing a large amount of synthetic hormone into the country without a permit. The actor defended the possession of said hormones and told reporters that he has taken HGH “for years”.

Stallone Turned Down Tyson Request For Rocky Role

andPOP Staff — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:14:52 +0000

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SYLVESTER STALLONE declined a request by MIKE TYSON to star as his opponent in latest sequel ROCKY BALBOA, because he is “still too young to die.”

The 60-year-old actor didn’t fancy getting into the ring with the former heavyweight boxing champion.

He says, “Mike wanted to fight me in this film but I thought it was a bad idea. I know I’m not that young, but I’m still too young to die.

“I said, ‘Thanks, but I don’t think that would be a very good idea. Thank you very much.’

“But he kept calling the office saying he wanted to be in the film fighting me. Eventually, I relented and said he could be in the audience. Then I never heard from him. Suddenly, when I turn up in the ring he’s there at the side.

“I turned round and said to the crew, ‘Can you make sure you keep that son of a bitch out of the ring. If he gets in he’ll kill me.’ The man’s a killer.”

Stallone To Direct Movie About Armenian ‘Genocide’?

andPOP Staff — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:09:28 +0000

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SYLVESTER STALLONE has sparked controversy by plotting to direct a film adaptation of controversial book THE FORTY DAYS OF MUSA DAGH, which describes the alleged Turkish massacre of its Armenian community in 1915.

The book by Austrian author FRANZ WERFEL is controversial in Turkey, where the claimed genocide has never been wholly accepted as a historical fact.

And the Association On Struggle Against Armenian Genocide Acknowledgement is urging Stallone not to make the film.

Chairman SAVAS EGILMEZ fumes, “The book is full of lies, since the author got his information from nationalist and radical Armenians. We have already sent necessary documents about the mentioned days to the producer of the film. Our allies will urge the producer not to produce the film.”

Stallone says the film would be “an epic about the complete destruction of a civilization. (But) talk about a political hot potato. The Turks have been killing that subject for 85 years.”

Stallone To Return as Rocky

andPOP Staff — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:26:59 +0000

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Sylvester Stallone will don the boxing gloves once again in a sixth Rocky film.

The 59-year-old actor has confirmed plans to direct and act in the movie, which will begin production in December.

“There is a script but it has yet to get the green light,” said a spokesperson for Stallone’s agent.

Early reports have Rocky Balboa as a restaurant owner, grieving over the death of his wife. Balboa decides to return to the ring to fight off his loneliness. When a reigning heavyweight champion, Mason Dixon, hears of Balboa’s return, he offers him a big pay off if he’ll return to the ring for the fight of all fights.

Revolution Studios, who will co-produce and finance the film, released a statement saying the sixth Rocky movie will bring fans back to the days of the original.

“As a past champion, Rocky Balboa is once again a regular guy who has to find himself and deal with real life. This film brings Rocky’s story full circle,” said Studio founder Joe Roth.

Stallone will be 60 by the time the film is released.