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Anderson Versus Stallone

This is the story of Timothy Burton Anderson, who in 1986 sued Sylvester Stallone and MGM/UA because, he argued, they had stolen his idea for Rocky IV, and then failed to compensate him for it. A Utah screenwriter has filed a $105 million suit against Sylvester Stallone and officials of MGM/UA studios, claiming they stole…

August 4, 2024
Stallone’s Hams

There’s something strangely fascinating about seeing mega-movie stars in Japanese commercials. Here’s a six pack of Stallone’s, selling some ham.

April 4, 2021
Movie Stars In Japanese Adverts

There was a time when movie stars were too big of a deal to star in lowly adverts. Which meant a lot of income could be lost. This fact helped persuade Japanese companies to attract these movie stars with big pay packets, at a time when the audience back in the US would never see…

January 21, 2020

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Proctology: A Bottom Examination

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…