From Terminator to Governator! Arnold Schwarzenegger played many roles throughout his impressive career.
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A legendary leading man! Sylvester Stallone is known for being the face of several successful franchises, from Rocky to Rambo.
The New York native nearly gave up on acting before landing his major breakthrough in 1974’s The Lords of Flatbush. The first Rocky film hit theaters two years later — and Stallone’s career changed forever.
“I wanted to get back to the cycle of the films of the ’40s and the ’50s … so I took the opportunity to write this particular film, of course, being somewhat selfish because I had myself in mind for [starring in] it,” he explained during a 1977 TV interview of writing the character of Rocky Balboa. “That was the main motivation.”
Stallone explained that his early career was made up of mostly “atmosphere” roles or background parts. “I felt that if I was going to go down into professional obscurity, I wanted to at least have the opportunity to say to myself, ‘Well, you tried. You put your best foot forward and you didn’t make it,'” he continued.
Rocky was nominated in a total of 10 categories at the 1977 Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Film Editing. It was the highest-grossing film of 1976 and spawned multiple sequels, with Stallone returning for the first two Creed movies in 2015 and 2018.
Stallone didn’t reprise his iconic role in the third Creed movie in 2023, only participating as a producer. “That’s a regretful situation because I know what it could have been,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in November 2022. “It was taken in a direction that is quite different than I would’ve taken it.”
The Paradise Alley director claimed Creed III had a “different philosophy” than films past. “I wish them well, but I’m much
From Terminator to Governator! Arnold Schwarzenegger played many roles throughout his impressive career.
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The Family Stallone is returning for another go-round. Paramount+ has renewed the reality series, starring Sylvester Stallone, his wife Jennifer Flavin Stallone and daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet, for a second season.
BreAnna Bell Just one week after the series premiered, Paramount+ has ordered a second season of “The Family Stallone.” Starring Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone, wife Jennifer Flavin Stallone and daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet, the docuseries offers a glimpse into the personal life of Stallone and his most prized possession: his family. In the first season, fans got to know the “Rocky” star’s wife, who is the co-owner of the Serious Skin Care wellness brand and a businesswoman, as well as what his three girls are up to. The oldest, Sophia, is still finding her focus and co-hosts the “Unwaxed” podcast with Sistine; Sistine, an actress and model, who was hard at work developing her first feature film; and Scarlet whose acting career was taking off while she continued to pursue her studies in college. She recently appeared in Season 1 of “Tulsa King.” In addition to the family, some familiar faces by the likes of Al Pacino and Dolph Lundgren also made brief cameos.
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The Family Stallone (Paramount+), a new fly-on-the-wall show featuring Sylvester Stallone and his family, the actor explains why he has signed up to this. “I thought, ‘Oh my God, my daughters are grown up. Wouldn’t it be great if I could spend some serious time with them where they couldn’t escape?’”It’s also just a teeny bit possible that Stallone was sweet-talked into this by his three daughters, Sistine, Sophia and Scarlet, because they’ve seen the Kardashians become insanely famous and would like a piece of that.
Sylvester Stallone is opening up his family life to his fans. Ahead of the release of , the new reality series that follows the actor's life with his wife, Jennifer Flavin, and their three daughters, ET is taking a look back at their more than two-decade-long romance.Things haven't always been easy for the couple, so much so that Flavin filed for divorce in 2022. That didn't last long, though, and now the family seems to be better than ever, happily promoting their upcoming Paramount+ series side-by-side.Keep reading for a full look at the highs and lows of their Hollywood romance.Stallone and Flavin first met in 1988 at a restaurant in West Hollywood, California, when Stallone was at the height of his career.
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Dolph Lundgren has recently revealed that he almost punched Sylvester Stallone on the set of The Expendables.The Swedish actor, who has been friends with Stallone for decades and played his nemesis in 1985’s Rocky IV, shared in an upcoming episode of In Depth With Graham Bensinger that he almost got into blows with Stallone.“He was very harsh on me in a scene in The Expendables, where he kind of yelled at me in front of the whole crew and had me do about 20 takes on a scene,” Lundgren recalled of the Stallone-directed film.“It was like, ‘My grandmother could do it better than that. What the fuck, what are you doing?’ You know, basically in front of everybody. And there was press there that day too, international press,” he added.Lundgren explained that after a lunch break, he called his wife to vent.
Sylvester Stallone and his wife Jennifer Flavin Stallone were photographed having a great time at the premiere of their reality TV show, “The Family Stallone.” Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin’s divorce drama will be on their new reality showSylvester Stallone’s new reality show starring Jennifer Flavin and their three daughtersSylvester Stallone’s emotional message for Bruce Willis amid aphasia diagnosis: ‘That kills me’Flavin and Stallone posed playfully at the premiere of the show in New York City. The photos show Flavin playfully reaching for Stallone’s neck, as he jokes with the press.
Dolph Lundgren and Sylvester Stallone have known each other for decades, with Lundgren playing Stallone's nemesis in 1985's "Rocky IV." With a friendship that long-lasting, it's natural to butt heads every once in a while, and Lundgren recently revealed that they did just that while filming 2010's "The Expendables" – to the point where he wanted to attack Stallone and quit the movie. "We had some good times and bad times, kind of like family to some degree," Lundgren explained in an upcoming episode of "In Depth With Graham Bensinger." "He was very harsh on me in a scene in ‘The Expendables,’ where he kind of yelled at me in front of the whole crew and had me do about 20 takes on a scene," he said of the Stallone-directed film. "It was like, ‘My grandmother could do it better than that.