Oddly 1994 was one of the few years he was not nominated for an acting Razzie Award. Even though he had appeared in both the films Cliffhanger (1993) and Demolition Man (1993) in 1993. Though both films did recieve other nominations, including Cliffhanger (1993) receiving a Worst Screenplay nomination for Stallone himself.
The ten awards from the Razzies that he's won are Worst Actor of 1985 for Rhinestone (1984), Worst Actor of 1986 for both Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Rocky IV (1985), Worst Director of 1986 for Rocky IV (1985), Worst Screenplay of 1986 with James Cameron and Kevin Jarre for Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Worst Actor of 1989 for Rambo III (1988), Worst Actor of the Decade (1980's), Worst Actor of 1993 for Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992), Worst Screen Couple of 1995 with Sharon Stone in The Specialist (1994), Worst Actor of the Century, and Worst Supporting Actor of 2004 for Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003).
According to Anthony Holden's "Behind the Oscar" (New York: Simon & Shuster, 1993), the great Frank Capra was enlisted in the Oscar campaign for the original Rocky (1976). Capra was quoted as saying, "I think it's the best picture in the last ten years. It's got my vote for the Oscars all the way down the line."
A viewing of "The Party at Kitty and Stud's" (1970) reveals that Stallone is not of the Jewish persuasion.
He joins Roberto Benigni, Prince, Kevin Costner, William Shatner, and Tom Green as being the only actors to direct themselves in performances that would "win" them a Razzie Award for Worst Actor.
Attended the first inauguration of President George W. Bush along with other long-time Republican supporters Chuck Norris and Robert Duvall. (January 20th 2001)
Oil paints in his spare time and considers Leonardo Da Vinci his personal hero.
Daughter, with Flavin, Sistine Rose, born. [27 June 1998]
Ranked #92 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
2 1/2-month-old daughter undergoes open heart surgery at UCLA Medical Center. The procedure went well. [November 1996]
Daughter Sophia Rose born. Mother is fiancée, Jennifer Flavin. [27 August 1996]
Part owns Planet Hollywood restaurants with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Birth complications, caused by forceps, resulted in paralysis of the lower left side of his face, manifested by a perennial snarl and slurred speech.
He sued writer Peter "Taki" Theodoracopulos and the British magazine "The Spectator" in 1991 for suggested he acted in a cowardly and hypocritical way when he "ducked the Vietnam War."
At 15, his classmates voted him the one "most likely to end up in the electric chair."
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