- Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter and former porn star. One of the biggest box office draws in the world from the 1970s to the 1990s, Stallone is an icon of machismo and Hollywood action heroism. He is by far one of the most iconic action heroes ever, alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. While not a very large man (standing at about 5'9), his musculature is the result of hard work with weight training and nutritional supplements (such as HGH and testosterone). His identifiable “marble-mouth” voice is the result of complications during birth and having little feeling on one side of his body.
- Mintaka (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
MINTAKA (Delta Orionis). Orion is defined by his great belt, three bright second magnitude stars in a row that the ancient Arabs called “the string of pearls,” which is the meaning of the name of the middle star, Alnilam. The two flanking stars, eastern Alnitak and western Mintaka, both come from Arabic phrases that mean “the belt of the Central One,” the Central One the Arabic personification of our Orion, a woman lost to history.