People invited to the January 24th premier of Sylvester Stallone's new Rambo film at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas probably don't realize that the exact release date was carefully chosen by Stallone's mother Jackie. She's been into numerology and tarot cards for years and she picked the best time, place, and day to open the film. (She always seemed to have a bit of Gypsy in her) In fact, since his first Rocky movie, Sly has been consulting his mother for the ideal release dates. He's never regretted her choices and says she's actually predicted every major event in his life.

Encouraged by the success of his last Rocky movie, Sylvester Stallone is excited and nervous over his latest project John Rambo. Insiders say Sly really wants to be the bigtime player he used to be in Hollywood, and a lot depends on the new Rambo he recently finished. He even leaked the trailer early to try and get some response. Stallone, 61, knows the studio wants his to look 45 in the movie, and his body is bulging with muscles. But supplements and workouts don't help his face, so Stallone, who also directed the film, is having extensive and EXPENSIVE retouching done in all his scenes to make him look younger. Our source told us he's especially concerned with his jawline. It's costing a fortune but the director thinks it's worth it.

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Last week Sylvester Stallone and his mullet returned from Burma where he filmed John Rambo, and he heaved a sigh of relief. Sly told friends it was really scarey filming there - that many of them don't like Americans and he was driven around in an armored car. Usually Sly likes to fly his Jennifer and the kids in for a visit wherever he's filming but he decided it was just too dangerous. In this photo he's walking out of the Martin Katz jewelry store in Bevelry Hills with a gift for SOMEBODY.