• Variety reports that Salma Hayek is going to play a small role in a “not yet titled” science fiction flick directed by Robert Rodriguez (who Kevin, coincidentally, once thought should direct “Dogma”) and written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson. The film is being released by Dimension Films on Christmas Day. Sounds cool, but the question is, what does this mean for “Dogma”? An earlier release? A later release? It’s always possible, we suppose, that Miramax will get both flicks out there in December, but it seems unlikely. We’ll follow this story closely and see what develops.

• Remember how long it took to get that Vulgarthon Wrap-Up online? So do we. We put all our remaining energies this week into getting this sucker online by the weekend…Hope you like it! If you’re familiar with our usual diary format, you’ll see it’s the same sort of stuff. The story covers our day from start to finish, with all the little details we could muster. You can read the diary by clicking here, or surfing over to Dogma: Rumor Control.

• Ah, it’s always a nice feeling to have a News Askew update online on a Friday evening, with the entire weekend ahead of you…And we’ve got a lot of new stuff for you today that we think you’re going to enjoy. First of all, we hope you’re enjoying the major speed improvements on the front page of the site. We received tons of mail commenting on how much faster the site’s been loading, especially for those of you with slower connections. Sorry it took so long to get the problem solved. We’re working feverishly to update the rest of the site with the new code, which basically means ALL pages (The drinking games, archives, and sub-stories) will load JUST as fast! So far, the archives and drinking games have been completed, so now is a better time than ever to dig through the old stuff and see what you’ve missed. Please note though, that these pages ARE still fairly large, and will take some time to download on a modem connection. Hope they’re faster for you, anyway…

In addition to today’s regular news update, we’ve added tons of new material to Dogma: Rumor Control. A new section features ALL of Kevin’s Dogma-related posts since his arrival in Pittsburgh, and then there’s our detailed “Bearclaw Diary” (see next story), plus the usual on-set and in-the-news updates you’ve been seeing.

We hope you enjoy the improvements and the new additions. If there’s enough to talk about, we’ll be back tomorrow with more news…Sunday we head into Pittsburgh again for the ComicCon!!! Anyone else gonna be there? See you again soon…

• Chasing Amy earned quite a few mentions in this review of the new Robert Downey/Heather Graham (hubba hubba) flick “Two Girls and a Guy”. Here’s a quote:

You can read the full review HERE.