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   From: pm4life@yousuckbutidont.com   
      
   Stallone also did gay porn in his youth.   
      
   PUSSSYKATT@aol.com wrote:   
   > LAS VEGAS JOURNAL/NORM CLARKE...   
   > Sylvester Stallone had to sell his dog so one of them didn't starve.   
   >   
   > That was 1975, not long after Stallone arrived in Hollywood, looking   
   > for work.   
   >   
   > The dog was named Butkus, after the Chicago Bears' all-world   
   > linebacker.   
   >   
   > "I had $106, and I couldn't afford dog food, so I had to sell him,"   
   > Stallone recalled Tuesday.   
   >   
   > He was standing in the "Rocky" suite at the Aladdin/Planet Hollywood,   
   > surrounded by more than a dozen boxing greats who gathered for the Las   
   > Vegas premiere of "Rocky Balboa" at the Palms' Brenden Theatres.   
   >   
   > A week after selling Butkus, Stallone landed his first acting job for   
   > $350 a week -- a lot of bones -- and went to buy his dog back.   
   >   
   > It took three weeks to get Butkus back.   
   >   
   > "The guy wouldn't sell him to me until I promised him a part in my   
   > movie."   
   >   
   > Six "Rocky" films later, Stallone is hanging up Rocky's gloves and   
   > sharing the moment with a lot of his friends he made in the boxing   
   > world.   
   >   
   > There were too many to count, but here's some of them: Aaron Pryor,   
   > Vito Antuofermo, Ron Lyle, Lonnie Smith, Tim Witherspoon, Gerry Cooney,   
   > Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Ken Norton, Emile Griffith, Ray "Boom Boom"   
   > Mancini, Iran Barkley and Hedgemon Lewis.   
   >   
   > "There's some serious firepower here -- how did David Hasselhoff get   
   > in?" roared Robert Earl, co-chairman of the Aladdin/Planet Hollywood,   
   > who put the event together for Stallone.   
   >   
   > "I wanted to do something different than a Hollywood premiere," said   
   > Earl, the British financier who's hoping to put Planet Hollywood on the   
   > road to a Rocky-esque comeback after some knockdowns.   
   >   
   > Across the suite, Hasselhoff, a longtime fight fan, was a big hit among   
   > the room full of fighters.   
   >   
   > The Hoff said he's in town for two reasons: to honor Stallone and to   
   > house hunt. The actor is moving here Jan. 3 to star in Mel Brooks' "The   
   > Producers" at Paris Las Vegas.   
   >   
   > "Rocky," said Hasselhoff, "reminds me of me: never gives up, keeps   
   > coming back."   
   >   
      
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