ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER - SCHWARZENEGGER AND STALLONE ARE BEST PALS

SCHWARZENEGGER AND STALLONE ARE BEST PALS

Former movie rivals ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER and SYLVESTER STALLONE are now such good pals, they meet every Saturday to smoke cigars and discuss how to run California. After competing at the box office for years, the pair grew close after Schwarzenegger landed the job of California Governor in 2003 - and they are inseparable now. Stallone reveals, "At one time Arnold and I were like Sodom and Gomorrah, Cane and Abel, very competitive. "After he became governor, we started to build this relationship. We'd go to this place called Cafe Rome and smoke cigars, then they banned smoking, so the governor and I were in an alley stealing a few puffs talking about how to balance the budget. Now we meet every Saturday. "He saw the first version of (new sequel) John Rambo. How ironic, the guy who used to be my competition. He really loved it." And Stallone has short shrift for critics of the Terminator star: "He's a genius. Never judge a muscular book by its cover."