Burt Young, the actor best known for his Oscar-nominated performance as Sylvester Stallone’s sidekick in “Rocky,” has reportedly died. He was 83. His death was confirmed Wednesday by his daughter, Anne Morea Steingieser, according to The New York Times. WireImage Tony Burton, Burt Young, Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire in ‘Rocky III’©United Artists/courtesy Everett The … Read more
Growing up in a working-class neighborhood in the Corona section of Queens, Mr. Young got an early taste of the streets. “My dad, trying to make me a gentler kid, sent me to Bryant High School in Astoria, away from my Corona pals,” he wrote in the foreword to “Corona: The Early Years,” (2015), by … Read more
Coming soon: “Rocky X: Rocky Balboa vs. the Pope.” Sylvester Stallone met Pope Francis on Friday in Vatican City, Rome, in a sweet moment. A clip of the interaction posted to X, the platform previously known as Twitter, by Vatican News shows Stallone, 77, and Francis, 86, shaking hands before he introduces the head of the … Read more
When Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6, 1946, something went wrong with the delivery. “The doctor on duty clamped forceps onto his head as he emerged from the womb and pulled, too hard, severing a facial nerve above his jaw,” writes Nick de Semlyen in his new book, “The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, … Read more
Sylvester Stallone revealed that the iconic statue from his hit 1976 film “Rocky” managed to nudge Adele to buy his plush California mansion. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, the actor, 76, said the 16-time Grammy winner signed on the dotted line for the luxe $58 million estate after Stallone complied with her request to … Read more
AFC Richmond might not have won the Premier League title in the season finale of “Ted Lasso,” but the show still proved itself to be a true winner. Ted Lasso’s cultural legacy will be as profound as other fictional sports heroes like Roy Hobbs and Rocky Balboa. The sunny but complex character, ably played by … Read more
The 2023 Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning. And the 76-year-old ceremony honoring Broadway is, like most of this season, looking smaller than usual. Ahead of the awards, held on June 11, the pre-show telecast has been banished by CBS to something called Pluto. The Tonys themselves are taking place about as far away … Read more
He wanted to get inside ASAP. A$AP Rocky stunned crowds on Monday evening when he jumped a barricade outside New York City’s Carlyle Hotel ahead of the Met Gala. Viral video shared by the NFR Podcast shows crowds gathered outside the ritzy hotel hoping to catch a glimpse of celebs inside the venue preparing for … Read more
Rihanna had a very special plus-one lifting her up during her Oscars performance to remember on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. After a moving introduction by “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star Danai Gurira, the mother-to-be glowed as she delivered “Lift Me Up,” the poignant ballad that she co-wrote in dedication to … Read more
Rocky Balboa knows how to take a punch. But Sylvester Stallone, 76, who created and portrayed that iconic boxer, seems pretty beaten up over losing control of his “Rocky” legacy. The actor has long been galled by the fact that, as a young unknown in Hollywood, he signed a deal in which he gave up … Read more
Growing up in Philadelphia in the ’70s, Rocky was royalty. I don’t remember the first time I heard his name, the first time I saw the original “Rocky” or the first time I heard those “Gonna Fly Now” horns. Rocky Balboa was as Philly as cheesesteaks, soft pretzels and the Liberty Bell. He always just … Read more
“Rocky” is one of the only decades-old film franchises out there to which I say: Keep making more, please. The pulse-pounding “Creed III” is the ninth movie in the series. And although there is nary a mention of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa in this one, the indomitable spirit, grit and heart that made the 1976 … Read more
Sal Piro, a “Rocky Horror Picture Show” role-paying super fan and the subject of an upcoming biopic, has died. He was 71. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, which Piro founded in 1977, announced his death in a tweet on Sunday. They did not give a cause. “With profound sorrow we pass on the … Read more
Pam Grier was only romantically involved with comedian Richard Pryor for about a year during the 1970s. However, the “Foxy Brown” star, 73, still remembers the impact their relationship had on her. The pair dated from 1975 until 1976 and their love affair was a tumultuous one. Grier recalled in an interview with Fox News … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Rihanna, 34, was spotted grocery shopping in Los Angeles on Oct. 4, and finally had some words to say about her upcoming Super Bowl Halftime performance! When a TMZ reporter asked the “Work” singer how she felt about the upcoming milestone performance Riri did not hold back (watch the … Read more