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Coming Soon: Rambo 5 , This Time in Mexico

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:17:21 CDT

Rambo isn't done fighting yet: The action hero will "go out in a blaze of glory" in Rambo 5 , Sylvester Stallone revealed in a recent MTV interview getting picked up today. Stallone, 65, is working on a script revolving around John Rambo's final battle, and he implied that the Vietnam...

Coming Soon: Rocky , the Musical

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:01:05 CST

Can you picture Sylvester Stallone’s famous Rocky character bursting into song after winning a boxing match? Because that might just happen when Rocky: The Musical becomes a reality. “I always had the idea of Rocky as a musical,” says Stallone, who has teamed up with boxers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko...

John Gotti Jr. Sells Movie Rights to His Life

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:53:23 CDT

Hollywood has produced no shortage of movies and TV shows about the mob, but this one's coming straight from the most high-profile source imaginable: John "Junior" Gotti has sold the rights to his life story. The 46-year-old son of the late, legendary Gambino crime family leader, "Dapper Don" John Gotti,...

Formulaic Expendables a Tired Retread

M. Morris — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:41:00 CDT

Sylvester Stallone directed and co-stars, alongside a Magnificent Seven -style roster of action-film legends—Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke, and Jason Statham—but critics have some issues with The Expendables. James Verniere (and a friend), Boston Herald : "Hulk like Expendables. It SMASH. Guns go BANG-BANG....

Sly Stallone Hits Riot-Prone Paris Suburbs

Rob Quinn — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:00:00 CDT

Sylvester Stallone is the latest American movie star to visit France's riot-plagued suburbs. The visit from the Stallone, in Paris to promote his newest movie, Expendables , comes as part of an odd US attempt to reach out to disaffected youth in the city's multi-racial Rosny-sous-Bois. John Travolta and Samuel L....

2010: Worst Year Yet for Movies

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:54:00 CDT

“2010 very possibly is the worst year in the history of motion pictures,” declares Joe Queenan in a hilarious Wall Street Journal piece bemoaning the downfall of American cinema. You know things are bad in Hollywood when: “Shia LaBeouf—who looks a bit like the young George W. Bush” is...

Gals Who Zero In on Famous Guys

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:48:09 CDT

Before she became a household name thanks to her troubled relationship with Mel Gibson, Oksana Grigorieva had another baby with another famous guy: Timothy Dalton. She’s one of those Hollywood women who “use a series of famous partners as stepping-stones to their own notoriety,” writes Ben Widdicombe for PopEater . He...

Comebacks We'd Love to See

M. Morris — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:00:00 CDT

Whether they're clearly taking anything just for the money or out-and-out slumming, numerous pop culture icons are mired in a rut of underachievement. The Onion A.V. Club staff fields a question from a Sylvester Stallone loyalist and lists more artists deserving of a second chance: Sam Adams can't quit...

20 Must-Read Celebrity Bios

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:35:00 CDT

To understand how women have defined “celebrity” over the past century, you have to read these 20 biographies. Or maybe, writes Tracie Egan Morrissey for Jezebel , you’re just looking for a trashy bathroom read. That works, too: No Lifeguard on Duty , Janice Dickinson : The supermodel is “deliciously TMI about everything:...