Archive for January 11th, 1998

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January 11th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Although Kev’s being pretty cryptic about it, we think that “Dogma” may be moving filming to a new location. This means NO Memphis, and current speculation points to a possible shoot somewhere in New York. We’ll keep you posted here and on Dogma: Rumor Control.
  • It’s getting futher and further into 1998, but those Top 10 lists keep surfacing, and Amy keeps appearing! Thanks to Hal Phillips for letting us know that the flick made the Top 10 lists of 2 of the Village Voice’s critics.
  • Matt Damon is scheduled to appear on the Oprah Winfrey show tomorrow (Monday) at 4 PM. Scoop courtesy of Carrie.
  • Finally, not one, but TWO people sent us this scoop: Ben Affleck was spotted on an episode of the short-lived series “The Torkelsons” on the Disney channel this weekend. Now, we don’t find this in itself that News Askew-worthy, but found the fact that 2 people were actually WATCHING this show scary in itself.

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    What’s Up Film Threat’s Ass?

    January 11th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Man, oh man. How quickly they turn on you. We remember when Film Threat used to sing the praises of Kev’s work, now they’re using half of their e-mail notes just to bash the man. Tonight, Film Threat’s weekly digest sent out an entire seperate mailing, consisting of just hate mail concerning the death of Independent Film (Which they so brilliantly surmised was all due to the cause of Kevin writing a Fletch script). There WERE a few positive mailings that were printed, one of which from a familiar soul by the name of Keef who even got a “Big Helium Dog” mention in there! Then, they put the capper on with shit like this:
      OVERRATED FILM OF THE YEAR
      …STUFF DELETED…
      2) “Chasing Amy” – I guess with a budget of only $250,000, Kevin Smithcouldn’t afford realistic characterization. Yeah, let’s have a threesome. That’ll solve our problems! Please. You’ve been watching way too much porn, Kevin.

      MOST DISAPPOINTING FILM OF THE YEAR
      …STUFF DELETED…
      3) “Chasing Amy” – Has Kevin Smith ever actually TALKED to a girl?

    Sad thing is, we actually normally like these guys and value their opinion. For some reason, though, they’ve decided to start a View Askew war. Who knows what the deal is, and, for that matter, who really cares? We just thought you’d like to see what was going on. We’re sure that Kevin’s just losing major sleep over it anyway. Yeah, right.

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    News Askew Celebrates 50,000th Hit!

    January 11th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • It’s a most glorious day…Today, News Askew/Drinks Askew celebrated it’s 50,000th visit.Congratulations and thanks to Joel Spurny for mailing us with the news that he hit the magic number! We don’t have a prize or anything cool to give away, unfortunately, but we’re damn happy to be here. Who knew that this little site would have gotten so far during it’s humble beginnings last May?

    Thanks also to all of you for visiting, and for all the notes of congratulations that we received today on the milestone. We appreciate your sticking with us and the site, and hope to make the next 50,000 just as memorable.

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