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Sylvester Stallone Says Torn Pec Injury Forced 'Rocky II' Plot Twist
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Sylvester Stallone came within a hair’s breadth of tanking “Rocky II” because of a gruesome injury, and you won’t believe how he powered through to shoot the flick!
Sly and Arnold Schwarzenegger sat down with Harvey, and for the first time ever together they talked about their unbelievable rivalry and how it blossomed into a close friendship.
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Arnold’s trainer and compadre, bodybuilding legend Franco Columbu, trained Sly for “Rocky II,” and when Franco challenged Sly to a bench press competition, the actor was game … until he ripped his pec off the bone.
Here’s the problem. The injury occurred a month-and-a-half before Sly was set to star in and direct the ‘Rocky’ sequel — so, you gotta see him explain how he pulled it outta the fire!
As ‘Rocky’ fans know, Balboa’s normally a southpaw (lefthanded), but in “Rocky II” he learns to fight righthanded. That wasn’t just a random plot twist — turns out it was the only way Sly could film with his injury.
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As Sly put it to us … pushing through the pain is just what driven folks like himself and Arnold did to make it to the top.
“TMZ Presents Arnold & Sly: Rival, Friends, Icons” airs Tuesday at 8/7 Central on FOX.
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Top 5 Pixar movies, ranked by listeners : Pop Culture Happy Hour
Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and Woody (Tom Hanks) in Toy Story.
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Toy Story 5 just hit theaters, so it seemed like a good time to revisit our episode from last summer where we discussed YOUR picks for the greatest Pixar films of all time. Thousands of you voted, and we’ve got the results.
If you want to hear about other Pixar films we loved, listen to our episodes about:
Nature needs a little help in the inventive Pixar movie ‘Hoppers’
‘Turning Red’ paints teenage feelings in rich, vibrant colors
‘Inside Out 2’ is a Pixar sequel worth celebrating
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Exclusive | Penthouse to outhouse: ‘Poor’ Ilhan Omar now claims erstwhile-millionaire hubby made as little as $200 last year
Scandal-scarred Rep. Ilhan Omar and her hubby have gone from the penthouse to the poorhouse.
The husband of the Minnesota “Squad” firebrand — who once valued his venture capital and wine empire at up to $30 million — now claims to be pocketing as little as $200 a year.
The embattled socialist claimed hubby Tim Mynett made no income last year from his main business, Rose Lake Capital, according to her newly released 2025 financial disclosure report.
The only money Mynett — who has nearly two decades of experience in DC — earned last year is a meager $200 to $1,000 from his defunct California-based wine business eStCru, which sold bottles such as “The Devil’s Lie” before going belly up in April.
Omar claimed the total value of the couple’s assets was between $20,000 and $125,000 for 2025, and their credit card and student-loan debt hovered between $30,000 and $100,000 — putting their net worth at negative-$80,000-$95,000, according to the report.
The head-scratching financial disclosure comes after the couple in 2024 reported sudden ballooning wealth — from close to nothing to between $5 million and $30 million — sparking intense public scrutiny.
That spurred a Congressional investigation into Omar’s finances, just as a massive social services fraud scheme involving the Somali community in her district was blowing up.
In response, Somalia-born Omar filed an amended 2024 financial disclosure in March, listing the value of Mynett’s ownership stakes in both businesses at zero. She chalked up the “discrepancy” on an accounting error.
Despite the businesses reportedly being worth nothing, Rose Lake Capital still generated income between $100,000 and $1 million and the wine business between $2,500 and $5,000 that year, according to the amended disclosure.
“Voters see right through the corrupt lies of Ilhan Omar,” Republican National Committee spokeswoman Delanie Bomar told The Post. “Omar has spent her entire career covering up Democrat-enabled fraud that cost taxpayers billions, so it’s no surprise that she would do the same for her husband.”
Mynett, 44, launched Rose Lake Capital in 2022 with his longtime business partner, Will Hailer, another Democratic operative.
The pair met working for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in 2012 when he was running for re-election to Congress.
Ellison, who was caught on tape being bribed by Somali fraudsters — a claim he rejected, saying he took the meeting in good faith — gave up that House seat in 2018 to make way for Omar, a move Hailer has taken credit for orchestrating.
Omar’s office did not return The Post’s request for comment.
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Sunday Puzzle: B to the B to the B
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On-air challenge
I’m going to give you two words starting with the letter B. You give me another word starting with B that can follow my first one and precede my second one, in each case to complete a compound word for a familiar two-word phrase.
Ex. Boot Box –> BLACK (bootblack, black box)
1. Beer Button
2. Blue Binder
3. Bounce Burner
4. Billiard Bearing
5. Busy Builder
6. Bar Bottoms
7. Baby Brothers
8. Bird Buster
9. Brick Boy
Last week’s challenge
Last week’s challenge came from listener Michael Pickard. Name something in 10 letters that’s found in a kitchen. Drop its sixth letter to name something on a keyboard. Then drop the new word’s fifth letter to name something no one wants to get. What words are these?
Answer: Backsplash –> backslash –> backlash
Winner
John Blakelock of Yellow Springs, Ohio
This week’s challenge
This week’s challenge comes from Evan Kalish, of Bayside, N.Y. Take the name of a nocturnal creature, in two words. The first word is a spooky sound. Move the last letter of the first word to the start of the second word and you’ll get another spooky, nocturnal sound. What is the creature and what are the sounds?
If you know the answer to the challenge, submit it here by Thursday, June 25 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: include a phone number where we can reach you.
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