Dolly Parton holds a high rank among the best names in country music. Over the years, she has amassed a massive fandom, for her music career, bold style, and impressive personality. Remarkably, she is also the first female country artist who posed for a Playboy cover, in the infamous 1978 edition.

Dolly Parton with Sylvester Stallone in Rhinestone | Credits: 20th Century Fox

Dolly Parton sent her fandom into a frenzy after appearing on the cover of 1978’s Playboy. But the hitmaker played a unique move and instead of baring it all wore a black bustier, bow tie, and the Playboy bunny’s ears. Parton later admitted that she only did it for fun and was never so brave to go fully n*ked.

Dolly Parton refused to go dirty with the Playboy shoot Dolly Parton performing Jolene live | Credits: SidsCardShop via YouTube

The presently-78-year-old singer got several offers from Playboy to pose n*de.

Let’s dream the crow black dream. I’m Niki Minter and this week on the Eric Draven files, we have The Crow: Stairway to Heaven. This is the first time we have a series that I feel lukewarm about. However, this is one that does have its fans and there’s a reason, aside from the upcoming reimagining, that we’re discussing it. This should be a fun time.

Okay, so, I caught Stairway on the Sci-Fi channel a few times here and there during its initial run. It caught my interest but never enough to start it from the beginning. What’s interesting about this is that it’s based on the 1994 movie adaptation which was pulled from James O’Barr’s original comic. Mark Dacascos would be the one and only person ever to fill the role once held by Brandon Lee. This is an interesting take, right?...

The 1984 summer movie season kicked off in May and early June with a flurry of blockbusters. "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" opened to a gargantuan $25 million over Memorial Day weekend, and, unconcerned about getting chopped up in the mega-sequel's wake, Paramount scored a $17 million debut the following weekend with "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock." If you're thinking the studios might sit out a weekend while these films dominate the box office, Columbia and Warner Bros opted to throw a couple of haymakers over the June 8 three-day with, respectively, "Ghostbusters" and "Gremlins."

And then, on the fourth weekend of the summer movie season, Hollywood at last took a breather. With kids fresh out of school, the studios sat back and watched the aforementioned titles continue to flourish, while other pricey gambles (e.g. "Streets of Fire" and "Once Upon a Time in America") flopped.

Then on June...

Dolly Parton’s ebullient personality makes it seem like little gets her down, but things still bother the singer. According to one of her backup singers, three things deeply disturbed the Queen of Country. Outside one show in Atlanta, a woman upset her by touching on two of these things.

Dolly Parton’s friend said an encounter outside a show disturbed the singer

Parton has been famous for decades and has often leaned into gossip about her as a way to promote her projects. She admitted that while tabloids often overblow news, there is typically a grain of truth in the stories they run. It bothers her deeply when there is not, and magazines run outright lies about her.

Even worse than this is when someone doubts her talent, or calls her songwriting into question. Parton rightfully takes immense pride in her work and she finds it incredibly hurtful when...

Sylvester Stallone may be one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood, but even though he’s got a lot of successful blockbuster films out there, he’s also had his fair share of flopped projects. Not only did these films tank at the box office but they were also critically slammed.

Sylvester Stallone in Rocky

It’s not easy to determine what kind of films make great profits because people’s preferences and global trends change. However, some of Stallone’s most loathed works were projects he did not carefully choose, or those where his vision was not followed.

Sylvester Stallone Shares Movies He Awfully Regrets

One of Sylvester Stallone’s most awfully unforgettable movies was 1992’s Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. He did this alongside Hollywood rival Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was the mastermind in encouraging Stallone to take on the project. The former professional bodybuilder told the...

Expendables 4 or Expend4bles was the final nail in the coffin for the renowned Sylvester Stallone action franchise that made a name for bringing some iconic stars together on screen. The fourth and latest film in the franchise was a critical and commercial disaster. Adding more to its list of injuries, the film also gave Sylvester Stallone a Razzie for the Worst Supporting Actor.

Sylvester Stallone in The Expendables 4

With his latest Razzie for Expendables 4, Sylvester Stallone has made a record for most Razzie wins by an actor and an action icon. Even after being one of the greatest names in action and Hollywood, Stallone has been a recipient of a record 11 dishonoring Razzies in total. It does not look like any other action star would be able to break the record soon.

How did Expendables 4 lead Sylvester Stallone to his Razzie record? Jason Statham in Expend4bles

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Romance. Adventure. Bickering. Mudslides. Alligators are ready to devour you at a moment’s notice. This is all at the heart of Romancing the Stone – the movie and the production. Before it became a hit with audiences – which took some time itself – the script was developed by a sole waitress…before landing at the feet of an Oscar winner before bouncing between studios before finding itself the victim of poor press before a miraculous recovery at the box office. With additional backstories of mended feuds, career skyrocketing, and tragic deaths, it reads like something out of a book – not those trashy paperbacks but almost something even more unbelievable: the making of Romancing the Stone.

So let’s find out: Wtf Happened to this movie?!

Romancing the Stone began where so many romances do: a diner! It was while working as a waitress in Malibu, California, in the late ‘70s that...

Dolly Parton is celebrating her birthday Friday, January 19th, with a new deluxe edition of her November album Rockstar that includes fresh tracks.

“It’s my Birthday so I’m going to give you a present!” our November cover star wrote on Twitter. “I’m releasing four never released songs for my birthday, to go with the Rockstar album, and a few others that you may have heard before that were not on the album. I hope you enjoy them, and I hope you all have a happy birthday for me! Lol.”

Rockstar primarily comprised Parton’s renditions of rock classics like “Magic Man,” “Purple Rain,” “Stairway to Heaven,” and many more, plus a who’s-who of guest features. The deluxe edition of Rockstar continues the fun with originals “Mama Never Said” and a live version of “Rockin’ It,” plus the Sylvester Stallone-featuring “Stay Out of My Bedroom,” lifted...

With Expend4bles more than likely bringing to a close the franchise Sylvester Stallone created over 13 years ago, we wanted to know what movie in the legendary actors filmography is your favorite? Does his original creation of Rocky remain your favorite all these years later or do you find some of his iconic 90’s action films more your speed? Or perhaps you a true purist and find Italian Stallion to be quintessential Stallone! If you don’t see your favorite listed, please click other and let us know what it is (and why) in the comments.

What is your Favorite Sylvester Stallone Film?Italian Stallion (1970)Death Race 2000 (1975)Rocky (1976)F.I.S.T (1978)Paradise Alley (1978)Rocky II (1979)Nighthawks (1981)Rocky III (1982)First Blood (1982)Rhinestone (1984)Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)Rocky IV (1985)Cobra (1986)Over The Top (1987)Rambo III (1988)Lock Up (1989)Tango & Cash (1989)Rocky V (1990)Oscar (1991)Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)Cliffhanger (1993)Demolition Man (1993)The Specialist...

Clockwise from top left: First Blood (Orion), Rocky (MGM), Creed (Warner Bros.), Rhinestone (20th Century), Over The Top (Warner Bros.)Graphic: AVCliub

Whether it’s the slurred, street-toughened voice that seems lifted from the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood where he was born, the monosyllabic heroes who cemented his iconic status,...

“Do I have regrets?” asks Sylvester Stallone at the beginning of “Sly,” the Thom Zimny documentary about him that served as the closing-night film at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday. “Hell yeah, I have regrets.”

Putting that quote up front is a smart way to introduce a film about the man whose career sometimes seems to have resulted in equal parts iconography and mockery. The actor, screenwriter and director created the classic characters Rocky Balboa and John Rambo, but struggled to find respect and made more than his share of terrible films.

Another smart move: New conversations with Stallone run throughout the film, but these are not the usual talking-head interviews in which the subject sits in a chair and runs through his life. Instead, Stallone almost always talks to the camera while standing up and moving around.

Zimny’s camera stays on the go, bobbing and weaving...

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Jimmy Webb turned down the chance to work with Elvis Presley. This was partially because his songs had been recorded by Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. Webb said his decision not to collaborate with Elvis was shooting himself in the foot.

Jimmy Webb was one of the most famous country music/classic rock songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s. He turned down the chance to work with Elvis Presley. Despite this, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll performed some of Webb’s songs.

Elvis Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, asked too much of Jimmy Webb

Webb is a songwriter most known for penning “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “MacArthur Park.” During a 2015 interview with The Yorkshire Post, he discussed losing the chance to write for Elvis. “It was certainly nothing that I did that prevented me from working with him,” Webb said. Webb said...

Dolly Parton doesn’t consider herself an actor, but she’s starred in a number of films. After her winning performance in 9 to 5, Parton acted in films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Many of these movies placed Parton in a romance alongside another actor. She revealed the person who stood out to her as a good kisser.

Dolly Parton worked on the movie ‘Straight Talk’ with actor James Woods

In 1992, Parton starred in Straight Talk, a film about a radio show host in Chicago. She starred alongside James Woods, who played an investigative journalist looking into her show. Parton said people warned her about him, but she liked him, even though she never spent time with him off the set.

“I love James Woods. People had warned me that he could be difficult to work with, but to me he was a thrill to be around, although I never saw him off the set,...

Dolly Parton has been famous for decades, and in this time, some outrageous stories about her have circulated in the press. Parton, who subscribes to the belief that no press is bad press, tends to laugh these rumors off. The musician said they’re often untrue, even when they come from her own family. Parton revealed that for a while, her aunt sold outright lies about her to the media.

Dolly Parton’s estranged aunt was selling stories about her to the press

When stories about Parton began circulating from a source “within the family,” she learned her aunt was the culprit. Parton barely even knew her.

“Family members who actually knew her had told me, ‘Everybody knows she’s crazy,’” Parton wrote in her book Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business. “Apparently tabloid editors are not a part of ‘everybody.’ Although she might have been crazy, she was...

In 1984, Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone starred in Rhinestone, an unsuccessful musical comedy. The film did not perform well with critics or audiences, but Parton enjoyed her time on set. She established a good rapport with Stallone that felt particularly refreshing as she was at a low point in her life. This didn’t mean that they always got along, though. During the shoot, Stallone did something that upset Parton so greatly that she shouted at him.

Dolly Parton snapped at Sylvester Stallone on the set of ‘Rhinestone’

During a night shoot for Rhinestone in an alleyway, Parton noticed a visibly cold man.

“There was garbage everywhere and big rats running around,” she wrote in her book Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business. “We were working all night, and it was that New York kind of damp cold. I noticed a man lying there next to some garbage, and he was shivering.

It will likely surprise precisely no one that Sylvester Stallone doesn’t boast a particularly impressive personal awards history given that he once starred in an Academy Award Best Picture winner and his films have collectively earned more than $4.5 billion in box office worldwide. While he has three Oscar nominations to his credit – two for writing and starring in “Rocky” in 1977 and a supporting nod for “Creed” in 2016 – along with Golden Globe and Critics Choice triumphs for “Creed” in ’16, the overwhelming majority of his awards attention has come by way of the Razzies.

Maybe it’s time for Stallone to receive a little more respect.

Paramount+ plans a healthy Emmy campaign for season one of its nine-episode streaming mob-themed dramedy “Tulsa King,” which stars the 76-year-old Stallone in his first foray onto the small screen. In the show that premiered last November, he portrays Dwight “The General” Manfredi, a Mafia...

One of the most fascinating elements of Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky" series is how each movie is a reflection of where the star was at that moment in his career. Over the course of eight films (including the two "Creed" movies in which he appeared), Stallone is critically examining his success, be it skyrocketing to ludicrous extremes (in "Rocky III") or direly on the wane (in "Rocky V"). Though his private life is another, far more complicated matter, it's rare to see a massive celebrity wrestle so honestly with his public persona. He's leveling with us because he knows how much we love The Italian Stallion. You're rooting for both Stallone and Rocky to come out on top every time. Well, almost every time.

This is a lesson Sly learned in the immediate wake of "Rocky." There's no more emphatic validation of one's artistic vision than delivering the year's top-grossing...

Front and Center, the public television concert series, has announced its 10th season lineup and premiere date. The new season includes eight performances by artists ranging from Americana icon John Hiatt to mainstream country duo Maddie & Tae.

But Season 10 actually kicks off with an older concert — a 2008 performance by Glen Campbell at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. It’s billed as the Country Music Hall of Fame member’s last recorded concert and includes timeless Campbell hits like “Rhinestone Cowboy,” “Galveston,” and “Wichita Lineman.” Campbell died in 2017. Taped around the...

It’d be hard to meet someone who grew up in the 70s and 80s without knowing about Sylvester Stallone and his myriad of major hit films. He brought to life fictional boxer Rocky Balboa in the Rocky franchise, starred alongside Kurt Russell in the buddy cop flick Tango & Cash, and even took a stab at musical comedy with Dolly Parton in Rhinestone. And though he’s well-known for those movies and more, one film series really put him on the map as the badass action star he became synonymous with over the years.

Stallone’s role as Vietnam veteran John Rambo for the 1982 action-thriller First Blood made him a sensation in the industry. The pic tells the story of a former Green Beret traveling by foot who stumbles upon abusive law enforcement while passing through a rural town. When he reacts to their unnecessary aggression by fighting back and escaping,...

Show business sure is fickle. Four years ago Sylvester Stallone won the Redeemer Award from the Razzies for his Oscar-nominated performance in “Creed,” but now he’s back on their hit list, nominated for Worst Actor and Worst Screenplay for “Rambo: Last Blood.” He could extend an unfortunate record if he wins again.

To date, Stallone has won Worst Actor four times, more than anyone else: “Rhinestone” (1984); “Rambo: First Blood Part II” and “Rocky IV” (1985); “Rambo III” (1988); and “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot” (1992). And that doesn’t even count his “victories” for Worst Actor of the 1980s and Worst Actor of the 20th Century. He also has the most Worst Actor nominations of all time (15) — basically he’s the Meryl Streep of the Razzies.

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He redeemed Rocky Balboa with “Creed” after the Razzies had singled him out for the fourth and fifth “Rocky” movies,...

Ron Leibman, an Emmy-winning actor who garnered a Tony for his work in Broadway’s “Angels in America” and played the father of Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel Green on “Friends,” died on Friday. He was 82.

Robert Attermann, CEO of Abrams Artists Agency, confirmed the news to Variety. No further details were immediately available.

Leibman, a native of New York, played Dr. Leonard Green on “Friends” as a no-nonsense father who gave grief to David Schwimmer’s Ross, the romantic interest of Aniston’s Rachel. He received an Emmy Award in 1979 for portraying a reformed convict who became a criminal attorney on the CBS series “Kaz.”

Leibman won a Tony Award in 1993 for playing a fictional version of Roy Cohn in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches.”

Leibman broke into the entertainment business in 1956 on the soap opera “The Edge of Night” and made his movie debut in the 1970 comedy “Where’s Poppa?,...

One of my favorite parts of the Halloween season is listening to seasonal music, be it classics like “Grimm Grinning Ghosts” from Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride or familiar tracks from horror movies like Alice Cooper’s “He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask)” from Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. Hell, I’ll even do deep cuts like Frank Vinci’s “Just What I’ve Been Looking For” from Sleepaway Camp or Gowan’s “Moonlight Desires,” most recently used in WolfCop. I’m lucky enough to have friends that make me Halloween mixes, too, giving me plenty to listen to all month long.

My new favorite Halloween album, though, is a little unconventional and a whole lot of fun. Sean Keller, a musician, actor, and screenwriter (Hulu’s All That We Destroy), has recorded the ultimate Halloween mix this year: The Killer Sounds of Halloween, 13 original songs from 13 fake bands.

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.

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Stage a Satoshi Kon double bill, with Millennium Actress and Perfect Blue both screening.

“Shaw Sisters,” a series on female-directed Hong Kong cinema, has its final weekend.

A print of The Green Ray continues, while Assault on Precinct 13 and The Angel Levine both screen.

Fantastic Planet and Spirited Away play on opposite sides of the day.

Todd Snider has been staying at his Airbnb in downtown New York for less than 24 hours, but the apartment is already filled with the 52-year-old singer-songwriter’s personal touches: weed, an acoustic guitar, a loose wad of cash on the coffee table, and a laptop opened to a YouTube search of “Sylvester Stallone country singer.”

Snider has entered this particular string of words to show his road manager a clip of “Drinkin’ Stein,” a song from Stallone and Dolly Parton’s 1984 country-music comedy Rhinestone.

“Budweiser, you created a monster,” Snider,...

Since Glen Campbell’s death on August 8, fans and friends have continued celebrating the singer’s legacy. His wide reach was demonstrated most recently with a surprising cover from Guns N’ Roses, who performed his 1968 hit “Wichita Lineman,” at a concert in Canada. “It might not be your thing,” singer Axl Rose told the Edmonton crowd. “But we’re just trying to pay a tribute to someone.”

This week, as Campbell is honored with his 14th Country Music Association Award nomination, People looks back at his life and career with a commemorative edition, Glen Campbell: A Life in Song.

The “Rhinestone Cowboy” is finally at rest.

Family and friends of Glen Campbell said their final goodbyes Thursday to the late singer in Nashville at the Cma Theater in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Kim Campbell, the iconic singer’s wife, delivered a touching eulogy for her husband, calling him “the love of my life.”

“There were no secrets with Glen. He was the real deal all the time,” she said. “Glen was open and honest about his struggles and humbly gave God all the glory for turning his life around.”

Kim described watching the solar eclipse on Monday,...

Following the death of country music legend Glen Campbell on Tuesday, celebrity tributes poured in. From young pop stars like Kevin Jonas, to contemporary country heavyweights like Blake Shelton, Dolly Parton and Tim McGraw, many musicians took to Twitter to pay their respects to the “Rhinestone Cowboy” singer. Also Read: Glen Campbell, Grammy-Winning Singer, Dies at 81 Here is what a few of them had to say: Glen Campbell was one of the greatest voices of all time. I will always love you, Glen! pic.twitter.com/LQFEWA42lF — Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) August 8, 2017 Songs, songs, songs… Man, in a world of good stuff,...

The death of country legend Glen Campbell on Tuesday caused an outpouring of love and support from the music industry, with many stars sharing their sympathies on Twitter.

The “Rhinestone Cowboy” singer died in Nashville at the age of 81, his family confirmed in a statement posted to his website.

Musicians like Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw and Dolly Parton shared their memories and opened up about how Campbell had inspired them.

“Heartbroken,” wrote his daughter Ashley on Instagram. “I owe him everything I am, and everything I ever will be. He will be remembered so well and with so much love.

What is it about this big, dumb movie that gets me every time?

You can go ahead and sheathe your Tweets, we are well aware that 1987’s Over the Top is a flawed piece of cinema. It’s called Over the Top for crying out loud; if ever the writing was on the wall. However, there is something about this spectacular failed attempt to take the sport of armwrestling mainstream that continues to delight and inspire this writer and the other hosts of the Junkfood Cinema podcast. If you currently sneer at “that movie where Sylvester Stallone armwrestles for custody of his son,” allow me to offer an argument in favor of Over the Top. Look, just read it, ok? Meet me halfway.

While the popular logline for Over the Top is not entirely accurate, it’s unquestionable that it is a silly movie. Truckers getting their faces smacked before armwrestling each other in sweaty diner back...

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Who needs dialogue? Sylvester Stallone has a rare skill in conveying meaning via a series of rather unusual noises...

Most actors need a fancy script to help them get their character’s message across – the written word an important tool in their performer’s kit. A lot of run-of-the-mill ‘talky’ actors just stick with that; your Robert De Niros, your Leonardo Dicaprios – not 2016 Best Supporting Actor Oscar (should have won) nominee Sylvester Stallone. He can communicate a character’s inner anguish or joy in a myriad of quick and effective noises: he doesn’t need anything as mundane as words. Don’t believe us?

Rambo III, 81 minutes in – what’s tougher than Ptsd?

The stakes were high in the original Rambo film, First Blood. So high that every outing for the bandana’ed Vietnam veteran since has had to up the violence to more and more preposterously...

Fifty Shades of Grey put on a dominating performance at the 36th annual Razzie Awards – the annual pre-Oscars event that celebrates the worst films of the year – as the cinematic adaptation "won" five Golden Raspberry Awards.

The film's stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan were named Worst Actress and Worst Actor as well as Worst Onscreen Duo, while the film also scooped up the Worst Screenplay trophy. Despite racking up the Razzies, Fifty Shades of Grey had to share its win in the night's least prestigious category – Worst Film – as...

By Patrick Shanley

Managing Editor

39 years ago, an unknown actor named Sylvester Stallone received his first Oscar nominations (best actor, best original screenplay) for the 1977 best picture winning boxing film, Rocky. A series of sequels and a handful of other franchises later, Stallone finds himself nominated once more, this time in the supporting category, for the character who made his career in Creed.

Stallone seems to be the likely front runner in this year’s best supporting actor race, scoring knockout wins at both the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards, however his career has been far from stellar since his last nomination in the original Rocky.

Over the course of his nearly four-decade-long career, Stallone has appeared in a number of movies that have been panned by critics and audiences, alike. In fact, the Golden Raspberry Awards, popularly known as the Razzies, “awards” the worst actor in film...

Reel-Important People is a monthly column that highlights those individuals in or related to the movies that have left us in recent weeks. Below you'll find names big and small and from all areas of the industry, though each was significant to the movies in his or her own way. Ritch Brinkley (1944-2015) - Actor. Best known for his roles on TV's Murphy Brown and Twin Peaks, he is also memorable as the captain in Cabin Boy (see below) and also appears in Rhinestone, Breakdown, The Man With One Red Shoe and Big Business. He died on November 5. (THR) Betsy Drake (1957-2015) - Actress. She starred in Every Girl Should Be Married (see below) and Room for One More, all with then-husband Cary Grant...

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What sets Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone's action heroes apart from one another?

There are spoilers within for Predator, Terminator 2, Cobra, the Rambo and Rocky films, and Big Momma's House 2 (just seeing if you're paying attention there).

Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. At a certain point, you cannot think of one without the other. Action icons of the 80s, they are as synonymous with 80spop culture as the side ponytail, hair metal and New Coke. For action fans they are yin and yang, the flip sides of the same sweaty bicep. While they bear some superficial similarities, their star personas are actually quite different.

Stallone - The Underdog

Though he boasts a bulky physique comparable to the former Mr Universe, the essence of Stallone’s appeal is that he is inherently an underdog — this is why he is perfect for Rocky Balboa, and miscast in Cobra and Judge Dredd.

The Expendables 3 hits theaters this weekend, ending a trilogy of films that reveals how yesterday's action stars put away their competitiveness to star in a big movie together. It didn't used to be that way: Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, members of the Action Hero Hall Of Fame, co-owned the eighties, and each of them battled for supremacy, even if it meant taking the next "hot project" despite the fact that it looked like a career death sentence. In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, Sylvester Stallone claimed that it was Arnold Schwarzenegger who pushed him to take on the most dubious roles, fare like Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot. Click to the 2:00 mark, though you'll want to hear Stallone discuss auditioning for Han Solo before that. Stallone's two examples of projects that Schwarzenegger would have done were Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot and Rhinestone. Rhinestone happened...

Before they were co-stars in the Expendables franchise, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were bitter rivals in the war of 1980s action movie muscle. Stallone told Jimmy Fallon that rivalry ended up with him taking some of his most embarrassing roles. Stallone didn't reveal specifics — but he suggests that either his agents or studio execs pressured him into taking roles by saying if he passed, Schwarzenegger was lined up to take the part. " 'I'm telling you, if you don't do Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, he's in,' " Stallone recalled hearing. Also on that list? The 1984 musical Rhinestone, considered

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Dolly Parton‘s voice has been characterized as “indescribable.” That’s not true. Her voice is a Thomas’ English Muffin, filled with nooks and crannies which hold the melted butter and make each scrumptious bite a new taste experience. You can listen to a Dolly song you’ve heard a million times and still come away with something you hadn’t noticed before.

For almost 50 years, Dolly has been country music’s Queen. A Brief synopsis:

Dolly is the most honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach number 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, paid digital downloads and compilation usage during her Hall of...

The London Palladium welcomed a Hollywood legend last night (January 11) as Sylvester Stallone fielded questions from host Jonathan Ross and an enthusiastic audience for an entertaining 'Evening with...'.

Number one box office hits across each of the last five decades show Stallone as a star with big screen endurance, but this weekend's West End appearance highlighted his skills as a raconteur. Spanning from his early student years in Switzerland right up to his forthcoming boxing return in Grudge Match, Sly took the audience from the highs of Rocky and Rambo to the lows of Rhinestone with charm, wit and charisma.

He even treated the crowd to a great Robert De Niro impersonation, a Shakespeare recitation and sang 'Too Close to Paradise' (from his 1978 drama Paradise Alley) with Ross. Digital Spy rounds up 10 of the best bits from An Evening with Sylvester Stallone below...

1. If Rocky Balboa is a hero to film fans,...

Sylvester Stallone told Jay Leno he will not be participating in the “Rocky” musical coming to Broadway early next year because his voice would turn it into “a haunted theater,” so in typical late-night talk show fashion, Leno showed the audience what Stallone was talking about. “I sang with Dolly Parton, then I realized, ‘God what a fool I am,’” Stallone said of his “Rhinestone” performance in 1984. “Oh my God, seriously. If you ever want somebody to haunt a ship, get a record of that.” Also read: ‘Rocky’ Musical Heading to Broadway Of course, Leno did have a record, and Stallone,...

Your Top Three is a series here at Movies.com where we choose a topic and you give us your top three picks. I'm shocked at how few Sylvester Stallone movies I've actually seen. It's not like a majority of them are great masterpieces of cinema, or that any of them are that necessary at all, but he was once one of the biggest movie stars in the world and I would have thought I grew up a fairly mainstream moviegoer. And I've been alive for most of his career.  Yet I've never seen one Rambo movie in full. I've only seen two Rocky installments. Never made it to Cliffhanger, Cop Land, Daylight or even Tango & Cash. It's probably for the best that I've never seen Oscar nor Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot nor Rhinestone. But then why have I...

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Happy "Ask a Stupid Question Day"!

In honor of the annual holiday, which falls on September 28 (but is observed on the last school day of Sept.), we were inspired to look to the big screen and ponder some stupid questions regarding our favorite movies.

Well, Ok, as our teachers told us, there's no such thing as a stupid question. Still, there are some imponderables about so many movies that we've always felt too ashamed to ask... All right, maybe there is such a thing. Read on, and decide for yourself.

Feel free to come up with stupid movie questions of your own. We have a feeling there are enough stupid questions out there to make this feature a monthly column. If we like your questions, we'll share them next month. If you have good answers (clever, or at least funny) to our questions, we'll share those, too. And if we can answer yours,...

It was a knockout punch Sylvester Stallone couldn.t have seen coming. The Italian Stallion.s latest film, Bullet to the Head opened to an estimated $4.5 million dollars over the weekend. It ranks as the lowest opening for a wide release in Stallone.s career. To emphasize that point, here are three spectacular bombs on Stallone.s resume that still opened to bigger numbers than Bullet: 1984.s Rhinestone ($5.4M); 2001.s Driven ($12.1M); and 1992.s Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot! ($7M). The disappointing number for Stallone.s latest caught my eye for a different reason, though. Two weeks prior, box office analysts were blasting holes through Arnold Schwarzenegger.s failed bid for box-office glory, The Last Stand, when it opened to a meager $6.2M. At the time, pundits said audiences were telling Schwarzenegger . through their financial indifference . that they didn.t believe him in the action-hero role anymore, and they...

Sylvester Stallone Bullet to the Head box office: Worst Stallone opening weekend in more than three decades? The Sylvester Stallone action movie Bullet to the Head is about to become the worst-performing Stallone star vehicle opening in wide release in North America since — at least — the box-office bomb Victory back in 1981, or possibly going all the way back to Paradise Alley in 1978. Opening-weekend figures for Victory, which cumed at $10.85m (approximately $30.5m today), are unavailable at Box Office Mojo, but Bullet in the Head is expected to gross an abysmal $5m by Sunday evening, after collecting $1.73m at 2,404 locations. (Photo: Sylvester Stallone Bullet to the Head.) Once inflation is factored in, in the last three decades no other Sylvester Stallone movie in wide release has opened as disastrously as Bullet to the Head; not even the John Landis’ crime comedy Oscar (1991), the Stallone-written action drama Over the Top (1987), the Stallone-...

Hey, remember that time Sylvester Stallone dressed in a sequined cowboy outfit and sang country music? Enjoy The Expendables 2! Rhinestone (1984) Director: Bob Clark Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Dolly Parton, Richard Farnsworth A country music star makes a bet that she can turn the next person she sees in to an overnight singing sensation. Unfortunately, the next person she sees is Sylvester Stallone. In 1984, Sylvester Stallone was on top of the world. He was still...

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We are about to embark on what will hopefully be a rather fun summer of movies. With that in mind I focused the second installment of Streaming for Pleasure on some films you should see before this summer hits. Having a familiarity with an actor or director’s career can often shine some light on what their future projects may have in store. Also it can help garner more motivation to see a film you would have otherwise avoided. Curious what the Avengers might be like? What Tom Hardy has in store for the character of Bain? Well check out some of these films and they just might answer some of your questions.

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Synopsis: Christopher Nolan writes and directs this odd, claustrophobic neo-noir film about a...

Gigantic blond curls, larger-than-life curves, sizzlingly on-screen chemistry with Mr. Burt Reynolds (we assuming)…is it us or is Nicki Minaj slowly morphing into Dolly Parton? If so, based on photos snapped during Nicki’s visit to Good Morning America today to promote her new Mac Viva Glam lipstick, the transformation is nearly complete!

As if that wasn’t enough evidence for you (and it should be), Minaj’s cover for New York Magazine’s Spring Fashion issue could basically be a poster for Rhinestone Cowboy. We’re kidding, of course. We acknowledge Dolly Parton and Nicki Minaj each have their own very distinct (yet complementary) steez. That being said, we’re still going to cross our fingers for a Nicki Minaj/Kenny Rogers duet. And you know it’s only a matter of time before they remake The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas!

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We know they can sing, but can they act? With Dolly Parton’s return to the big screen in “Joyful Noise,” NextMovie was inspired to take a look at some of country music’s biggest stars who’ve transferred their talents from the recording studio to the screen.

They may be the toast of the town in Nashville, but do they make the grade in Hollywood? These nine crooner-thespians have had varying degrees of success, from “um, you should probably keep your day job” to starring roles that garner great reviews.

9. Faith Hill

In real life, this country queen is married to Nashville superstar Tim McGraw, and her one turn on the big screen was also as a wife -- one of the Stepford Wives -- in the 2004 film that costarred Nicole Kidman, Glenn Close and Bette Midler.

Hill’s infamous scene as the brainwashed Sarah Sunderson involves her having loud,...

As a boxer, Rocky Balboa was famous for his tenacity. In the face of impossible odds, the guy just wouldn't quit. Sylvester Stallone, the man who created and portrayed Rocky, is sort of the same way. He retired Rocky once after 1990's "Rocky V" then brought him back sixteen years later for "Rocky Balboa." Now, five years after the latest "last" "Rocky," he's bringing the character back again, this time on the stage.

That's right. Get ready for "Rocky: The Musical."

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Stallone is producing a "Rocky" musical which will premiere in Germany next fall in advance of an English language world tour. If you're wondering whether classic "Rocky" musical moments like "Eye of the Tiger" will be recreated on the stage, the answer, apparently, is yes. From THR's article:

"Broadway veteran Thomas Meehan ('The Producers') will write the script to 'Rocky: The Musical.

Sylvester Stallone and two boxing brothers will co-produce a stage version of the 1976 film. But will it be a thinker or a stinker?

Two Ukranian boxing brothers have teamed up with Sylvester Stallone to stage a musical version of Rocky in Hamburg, Germany.

Stallone said he had long thought that a musical transfer for the 1976 Oscar-winning drama was a good idea, in particular if its romantic side was amped up. "At the end of the day, Rocky is a love story and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian. To see this story coming to life on a musical stage makes me proud. And it would make Rocky proud."

Numbers which will move from the film to the stage version include Eye of the Tiger and Gonna Fly Now, although it's not clear whether they will be translated into German, the language in which the musical has been written.

20. Elvis Presley

The King of Rock and Roll's movie career is both the archetype and warning for every single performer on this list. "Love Me Tender," Presley's first of 33 films, made him a even bigger star than he was when it was released in 1956. But through the 1960s, the singer -- more specifically his manager Colonel Tom Parker -- favored quantity over quality, releasing a slew of critically panned films that watered down his once unshakeable sound. The worldwide celebrity continued yet the results were now unpredictable.

19. Janet Jackson

A perennial television star in the 1970s and '80s -- remember Willis' girlfriend Charlene from "Diff'rent Strokes?" -- Jackson made the transition to film in 1993 in John Singleton's "Poetic Justice," a romantic road trip film featuring Tupac Shakur. Singleton's follow-up to "Boyz n the Hood" was a surprise hit, though Jackson chose to focus primarily on her music through the next decade.