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US President Donald Trump speaks as US actor Sylvester Stallone is unveiled as one of the Kennedy Center Honors nominees on 13 August, 2025 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC

Trump names Stallone among Kennedy Center honourees

US President Donald Trump has named Rocky star Sylvester Stallone and the country music singer George Strait among the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors as he pursues a controversial overhaul of the storied arts institution in Washington, DC.

US • 13 Aug

Amir El-Masry as Prince Naseem Hamed and Pierce Brosnan as Brendan Ingle in Giant

Pierce Brosnan is Brendan Ingle in Naseem Hamed biopic

The first trailer for Giant, the biopic of former world featherweight champion 'Prince' Naseem Hamed, starring Pierce Brosnan as his Dublin-born boxing trainer Brendan Ingle, has been released.

Movies • 25 Jul

Pope Francis meets Leonardo DiCaprio at the Vatican in January 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio salutes environmentalist Pope Francis

Pope Francis has been praised for a legacy of inspiring "generations of environmentalists around the world" and as a "beacon of humility, compassion, and courage" by the stars he met including Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Michelle Yeoh.

Pope Francis • 22 Apr

Carl Weathers and Sylvester Stallone pictured together in 2016

Sylvester Stallone 'torn up' at death of Rocky co-star

Sylvester Stallone described Carl Weathers as "an integral part" of his life after the death of his Rocky co-star aged 76.

Movies • 03 Feb 24

Arnold Schwarzenegger says he tool the competitiveness "to the extreme" Sylvester Stallone

Schwarzenegger says Stallone rivalry 'out of control'

Arnold Schwarzenegger has admitted his former rivalry with Sylvester Stallone "got out of control" when they began to "derail each other".

Movies • 27 Oct 23

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Thursday

Tim Roth stars in Last King of the Cross, Open House: The Great Sex Experiment returns for more of the same, Brian Cox looks at How the Other Half Live, and the real Sylvester Stallone stars in The Family Stallone . . .

Television • 17 May 23

Sylvester Stallone, Sistine Rose Stallone, Sophia Rose Stallone, Scarlet Rose Stallone (Photo by Michael Buckner/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Stallone and family to star in reality TV series

Hollywood action star Sylvester Stallone and his family will star in upcoming reality TV series The Family Stallone.

Television • 02 Feb 23

Michael Caine: 'great privilege' to act with Pele

Michael Caine has said it was a "great privilege" for him to act alongside the late Brazilian great Pele in the 1981 film Escape to Victory, remembering him as "the most outstanding football talent, who could act".

Movie • 03 Jan 23

Sylvester Stallone praises boxer Tyson Fury

Sylvester Stallone has described boxer Tyson Fury as the "greatest heavyweight that ever lived" adding that he would be "fantastic" in The Expendables film franchise.

Movies • 11 Nov 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Saturday

Niagara Falls and chummy locals feature on Griff's Canadian Adventure, there are tuneful tributes a-plenty on Cynthia Erivo: Legendary Voices at the Proms, Nina Simone, Barbra Streisand, and some tasty movies . . .

Television • 27 Aug 22

Sylvester Stallone will play "a New York mobster who's forced to relocate to present-day Kansas City, Missouri, and is faced with the task of re-establishing his Italian Mafia family"

Sylvester Stallone to star in mob drama series

Sylvester Stallone has signed up for the first regular series role of his 52-year career as the lead in Kansas City - the new show from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan and The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire's Terrence Winter.

Television • 07 Dec 21

Sylvester Stallone with Donald Trump in the White House

Sylvester Stallone denies being a member of Trump club

Sylvester Stallone is not a member of Donald Trump's private club in Florida, a representative for the actor has said.

Sylvester Stallone • 14 Apr 21

Jackie Stallone pictured at the British Comedy Awards in 2005

Jackie Stallone has died at the age of 98

Jackie Stallone, the "flamboyant" and "eccentric" mother of actor Sylvester Stallone, has died at the age of 98.

Movies • 22 Sep 20

Brad Pitt as astronaut Roy McBride in Ad Astra

Movie Review Round-Up: The New Releases

Brad Pitt's Ad Astra is the big one this weekend.

Movies • 20 Sep 19

Rambo: Last Blood a vein bid to make a claret classic

This last post for the 37-year-old franchise is a cheap and rushed send-off.

Movie Review • 19 Sep 19

Rambo: Last Blood is released in cinemas on September 19

He's coming home! Stallone unveils new Rambo trailer

Sylvester Stallone has unveiled the new trailer for Rambo: Last Blood as the action icon brings the claret-soaked curtain down on his 37-year-old franchise.

Movies • 21 Aug 19

Sylvester and Lundgren to reunite for new TV drama

They've shared the big screen together many times in the past but now alpha action men Dolph Lundgren and Sylvester Stallone are teaming up for a TV action drama, according to reports.

Television • 03 Aug 19

Stallone: 'I have zero ownership of Rocky'

Sylvester Stallone has said that he hates the fact he has ''zero ownership" in the Rocky movies because he wrote and starred in them.

Movies • 24 Jul 19

Sylvester Stallone's final Rambo film gets release date

Sylvester Stallone's last outing as Rambo has been scheduled for a September 2019 release date.

Movies • 02 Mar 19

Michael B Jordan and Florian Munteanu face off in Creed II

Movie Review Round-Up: The New Releases

It's a great weekend for the cinema, with Creed II and Ralph Breaks the Internet set to inspire plenty of popcorn munching. There's also the sublime arthouse offering The Wild Pear Tree and Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams in the drama Disobedience.

Movies • 30 Nov 18

Michael B. Jordan: "I didn't know he was going to be passing a torch. It was very emotional"

Jordan: Stallone's Rocky exit was 'really unexpected'

Michael B. Jordan has told RTÉ Entertainment how Sylvester Stallone's retirement from playing the iconic character of Rocky was "really unexpected" and "very emotional".

Movies • 30 Nov 18

Sylvester Stallone and Michael B Jordan in Creed II

Fans fear Stallone is hanging up his Rocky gloves

Rocky fans fear that Sylvester Stallone is hanging up his gloves as the iconic boxing hero, after the actor posted a video from the set of Creed II on social media with the caption "all things must pass... and end".

Movies • 28 Nov 18

Creed II is a knockout – here's hoping the franchise doesn't throw the towel in anytime soon

Creed II lands solid punches; final act is a knockout

Creed II is twelve rounds of awesomeness – by the end of the 130-minute running time, viewers won't know what hit them.

Movie Review • 29 Nov 18

Prosecutors review Stallone sexual assault allegation

Prosecutors in the US are reviewing a sexual assault allegation made against Sylvester Stallone which the actor has denied.

Movies • 14 Jun 18

Stallone to take on Mexican cartel in Rambo 5

Sylvester Stallone is set to return for a fifth installment in the Rambo franchise and this time out the grizzled Green Beret veteran is taking on the Mexican drug cartel.

Movies • 07 May 18