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Sylvester Stallone has revealed details of his past in new Netflix documentary, Sly, including memories of his abusive father.The documentary, which aired last week, shows Stallone delving into his childhood and rise to stardom, and features interviews with his co-stars including Quentin Tarantino and Arnold Schwarzenegger.Directed by Thom Zinney, the film features the Rocky star sharing intimate details of his experience growing up in New York and Maryland, including his challenging home life.The actor hinted that his violent father inspired some of his previous work, saying: “My father was Rambo, in reality”, referring to his portrayal of John Rambo in the 2008 movie, Rambo.He continued, “I was raised by a very physical father. Nothing was ever settled verbally.

son tragically died in 2012 at the age 36 due to coronary artery disease.Sage appeared as character Rocky Balboa’s son Robert in 1990’s “Rocky V” alongside his father, 77. In the sports flick, Robert felt cast aside as his father teaches boxer Tommy Morrison how to fight in the ring.Stallone admitted in his documentary how this plot line reminded him of his own relationship with his late son.

Caroline Brew editor “American Valor: A Salute to Our Heroes,” the American Veterans Center’s annual Veterans Day broadcast special, will return to television this year on Nov. 11 to pay tribute to service men and women from World War II to present day. Emmy-nominated actor and U.S.

Only Fools and Horses star Sir David Jason has delighted fans with a health update during his first public appearance since revealing he had major hip surgery back in August.

Gemma Atkinson has shared her 'worst fear' as a parent before saying: "No one warns you of this". The Hits Radio host is often open and honest with her fans about her life as a mum-of-two.

Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is addressing his past beef with Sylvester Stallone.

Addie Morfoot Contributor In “Sly,” director Thom Zimny (“Springsteen on Broadway,” “Elvis Presley: The Searcher”) captures a side of Sylvester Stallone seldom seen. The 95-minute docu exposes a relatable, vulnerable man who is often thought to be the movie characters he made iconic — Rocky Balboa or John Rambo.Born in 1946, Stallone grew up in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen with little money and a father who might have hated him. Zimny’s docu reveals that the fraught upbringing turned out to work in Stallone’s favor when it came to Hollywood.

Alison Herman TV Critic “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” bears many of the trademarks of executive producer Taylor Sheridan, who now counts the anthology drama among his sprawling (and still growing) stable of shows for the streaming service Paramount+. The hour-long series is a big-budget Western with an overqualified cast — a rough synopsis that also applies to Sheridan touchstones like “1883” and “1923,” both star-studded prequels to his breakout hit “Yellowstone.” This particular ensemble is led by David Oyelowo as Reeves, a real-life historical figure and formerly enslaved U.S.

“1923” starring Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford, and “Tulsa King” starring Sylvester Stallone. “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” stars David Oyelowo (“Selma”) in the title role, with Donald Sutherland as a judge, Dennis Quaid as deputy US Marshal Sherill Lynn and Shea Whigham as George Reeves, the man who enslaves Bass at the beginning of the show. The historical drama premieres Nov.

Jennifer Esposito, who accumulated around 70 credits as an actress in movies and series before making her debut as writer and director of Fresh Kills, has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment. The management company is tasked with helping her forge a new career path. When you have mortgaged your house to make her first film as Esposito did, it stands to reason you would not be happy thinking you got that out of your system, and go back to waiting for the phone to ring with acting jobs.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed on “The Graham Norton Show” that he once hired an accent removal coach to try and do away with his thick Austrian accent for good. Aside from his jacked muscles, the action star’s accent is his most definitive quality as a performer.

For fans of action films, names like David Ayer, Jason Statham, and Sylvester Stallone are enough to get you excited. And when you combine all three, as is the case in the upcoming film, “Levon’s Trade,” people are going to expect the possibility of something special.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has said that he used an “accent-removal coach” during the early stages of his career.Appearing on last night’s (October 27) Graham Norton Show, Schwarzenegger said he had a coach during his early career to remove his famous Austrian accent.“I had an English coach, an acting coach, a speech coach, and an accent-removal coach,” the actor told Norton. He then explained that his accent-coach “has passed away since,” but then joked: “I should have otherwise gotten my money back.”Schwarzenegger explained how the trainer’s process did help him, although not as intended.

“The Graham Norton Show” Friday, “The Terminator” actor said that at the height of the pair’s feud, they began to “derail each other.”“We were movie rivals, but we took the competitiveness to the extreme — we each had to have the best body, we had to kill more people in our films, and we had to have the biggest guns,” Schwarzenegger said.“It got out of control, and we tried to derail each other. Then, when we both invested in Planet Hollywood, we started flying around the world together to promote it and we became fantastic friends.”The two macho men one-upped each other in every way imaginable, from who had the “biggest gun” to who had “less body fat when he goes into production.”The pair’s feud eventually died down in the late 1990s and now finally consider each other to be good friends.“He is a great human being, and we are now inseparable,” added Schwarzenegger, who served as California’s governor from 2003 to 2011.They began working together once they decided to put their differences aside, starring opposite each other in “Escape Plan” and “The Expendables.”“I’m so glad we straightened out our mess because it wasn’t pretty,” Schwarzenegger said in 2017 of their past feud, according to SlashFilm.“We were attacking each other in the press relentlessly.

They hated each other. Now they love each other.

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear and BlockFilm — the new production label of former Miramax boss Bill Block — are set to heat up the AFM market some more today with action movie Levon’s Trade, which will star Jason Statham (Fast & Furious franchise) and be directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad) from a screenplay adapted by Sylvester Stallone (Creed).

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Heather Milligan are enjoying their time in London. The couple was spotted at a private club called Annabels this past Tuesday, with both of them looking stylish. Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up about how he resolved rivalry with Sylvester StalloneIs Arnold Schwarzenegger running for President?Schwarzenegger was spotted with jeans and a black jacket, which he matched with a navy polo shirt.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted on a new episode of “The Graham Norton Show” (via NME) that his rivalry with Sylvester Stallone “got out of control” during the 1980s and ’90s. The two actors emerged as action movie icons around the same time that Schwarzenegger released “The Terminator” and Stallone starred in “Rambo.” “We were movie rivals, but we took the competitiveness to the extreme – we each had to have the best body, we had to kill more people in our films and we had to have the biggest guns,” Schwarzenegger said. “It got out of control and we tried to derail each other.” “Then when we both invested in Planet Hollywood, we started flying around the world together to promote it and we became fantastic friends,” he continued.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has admitted that his rivalry with Sylvester Stallone got “out of control” when they started to “derail each other”.Appearing on a new episode of The Graham Norton Show, which is due to air this evening (October 27) on BBC1 at 10:40pm, Schwarzenegger admitted that they would compete against each other in their various action films and would attack each other in the press.The pair later became friends after collaborating on projects together, including film franchise The Expendables and 2013’s Escape Plan. Schwarzenegger went on to say they are now “inseparable”.Schwarzenegger said: “We were movie rivals, but we took the competitiveness to the extreme – we each had to have the best body, we had to kill more people in our films, and we had to have the biggest guns.“It got out of control, and we tried to derail each other.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Australia’s Rialto and the U.K’s Vertigo Releasing have joined forces to launch Galaxy Pictures, a new film distribution company in Australia and New Zealand. The company will focus on “broad-appeal, star-driven commercial pictures that cater to consumers attuned to an increasingly digital landscape.” The two companies have already been cooperating for the past three years and handle 120 titles.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone dominated action films for a long period of time. The two were often pitted against each other, with their films tackling similar topics. It was a rivalry that trascended the screen, with the two hating being in each other’s presence.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been in the same relationship for the past decade. His girlfriend, Heather Milligan, is a physical therapist, and met him around a decade ago when he got a shoulder injury. After the movie wrapped, Schwarzenegger gave her call and the two have been together ever since.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jean-Claude Van Damme claimed in a recent interview with The Telegraph that Vin Diesel was not interested in having him star in the “Fast & Furious” franchise. The ongoing action series has employed action movie veterans such as Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham over the years, and Van Damme said the franchise was also interested in getting him on board. It was Diesel who allegedly said no.

news of Young’s death broke. “To my Dear Friend, BURT YOUNG,” Stallone, 77, wrote on Instagram.

Rocky film series, has died aged 83.The former boxer and actor died on October 8 in Los Angeles, as confirmed by his daughter, Anne Morea Steingieser, to The New York Times on Wednesday (October 18). No cause of death was given.Young played Rocky Balboa’s brother-in-law Paulie Pennino across the first six films in the Rocky series.

Rocky star Burt Young has died aged 83. The Oscar-nominated actor played Paulie, the corner man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone throughout the iconic film franchise.

Burt Young’s memorable role as Paulie in the “Rocky” films stuck with fans. However, the role was seemingly meant for the actor. Young knocked it out of the park and even got nominated for an Oscar for the role.

Sylvester Stallone has posted an Instagram tribute to his Rocky sidekick, Burt Young, who died Oct. 8, but whose death just became public today.

Carmel Dagan Staff Writer Burt Young, who played Paulie in six of the “Rocky” films starring Sylvester Stallone, drawing an Oscar nomination for supporting actor for his performance in the 1976 original, has died, his daughter Anne Morea Steingieser confirmed to the New York Times. He was 83.

Arnold Schwarzenegger recently got the Netflix doc treatment, Sylvester Stallone is next, and hell, maybe Bruce Willis is after that for a triumvirate of the action gods of the 1980s and 90s. We’re getting ahead of ourselves, for now, Netflix is getting ready to release “Sly,” a new Stallone documentary from Thom Zimny, the doc filmmaker behind “Springsteen on Broadway,” and “The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town.

Matthew Heineman’s documentary profiling Grammy and Oscar winning musician Jon Batiste and the medical struggles for his wife that have marked trying times in their marriage leads the pack of nominees for the 8th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards with six. The inspiring docu from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground was picked up by Netflix after premiering and winning acclaim at the Telluride Film Festival last month. Not far behind are a trio of docus each with 5 mentions including 20 Days In Mariupol, Kokomo City, and Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. And not to be ignored, this weekend’s boxoffice champ, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour which landed a nomination as Best Music Documentary. The CCDA nod marks the first awards recognition for the film (however it is not eligible for a Documentary Oscar) which only just had its first premiere screening on Wednesday of last week and came in just under the eligibility wire.

Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed he once turned down an invitation to set sail with Sylvester Stallone.

People recently how the “Rocky” star, 77, would call him and ask: “Want to come on the yacht?”“What, do you think I’m going to ask, ‘When can I have dinner?’ It’s not going to happen,” Schwarzenegger joked. “I can get my own yacht. That’s not my trip.

Ed Meza @edmezavar Fred Kogel, CEO of leading German film and TV group Leonine Studios, which distributes the “Expendables” and “John Wick” movies in Germany, made the case for a new generation of action stars during the Zurich Summit over the weekend, where he was presented with Zurich Film Festival’s Game Changer Award. He noted that many of today’s action stars are the same ones he watched on the big screen back in the 1980s, among them Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise.

Sylvester Stallone, his wife Jennifer, and his daughters, Sophia, Sistine, and Scarlet, stopped by the Vatican for a private audience with the Pope. The encounter was solemn at first, with the women dressed in black and Stallone wearing a suit, but quickly turned fun when the Pope confessed he’s been a long-time fan of Stallone’s work.