Rocky and maybe, Dreamgirls and Clooney
A good star encounter this week in Chicago! Slyvester Stallone was here for a screening of his 6th, and as he says, the final Rocky movie, "Rocky Balboa."
The movie was a lot better than I expected. I'll go so far as to say that I liked it. I'll give you the full review when it opens on December 20th.
Sly was great though. He has a rep of being a diva and hard to get along with, but my several encounters with him have been very pleasant, as was this one. We spent a few minutes on the red carpet before Tuesday night's screening and the only odd thing was his profuse sweating. The next day, I did a one-on-one interview with him and he was, still sweating, but very down to earth talking about his favorite opponents in the films, his not having sex during the time in which he filmed the fight sequences and the spirituality of the Rocky movies. We'll be playing the interviews on the TV morning show and also on my Sunday morning WGN radio show in the coming weeks.
Today, I was supposed to be off to New York to interview the cast of "Dreamgirls" and also George Clooney and Cate Blancett for thier new movie, "The Good German." As I write this, I've been on hold with American Airlines for 38 minutes trying to re-schedule my cancelled flight. Someone just kill me now!
Have a great weekend,
Dean