• After Kevin made the post announcing Clerks is going to be shown at this festival (Sunday, June 7th, at 4:45 PM), our scoopers answered back with the entire schedule and some info. Click HERE for all the dates and read on for the details:

Remember, from now on, ALL of Kevin’s update posts from Pittsburgh can be found under Kevin’s section at our own Dogma: Rumor Control. His post containing this info has been placed there.

Oh, and yes, we saw the little Entertainment Weekly blurb, and we’re not gonna use it…We don’t talk about God casting stuff (as you know) and the Damon/Affleck stuff seems a little off, as well. ‘Til next time.

• Hi there…Just wanted to let you all know that we’ll most likely not be back with any NEW updates until Monday, due to being just wiped out from the long week and gone all day Sunday at the Pittsburgh ComiCon. We figure we left you with enough new stuff to hold you over, including the Bearclaw diary, plus there really isn’t TOO much new stuff to report right now. Thanks for all of your kind comments on the diary so far, by the way, it’s nice to hear that it’s a good read. We’ll let you know how the Con goes when next we meet…

• 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.

• 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…

• 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.

• 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.

• Our set diary is coming…we promise. It just takes time to get big pieces like that put together…Lots of newsbites lately, and today’s no exception. There’s just been a lot of little stuff going on lately, it seems, nothing bigger than Dogma to earn its own headline.

Oh, and we’re heard the comments about the site’s slowness in the past, and we’re finally answering back. The front page you just loaded has been re-coded using a new format. If you could PLEASE write us if the page loaded any faster, slower, or looks worse than the last time you saw it, we’d certainly appreciate it. If comments are generally good, and the site is loading faster for ya, we’ll work on getting this new format on the archived pages, and all future pages as well. Let us know!

• You can now place your vote for “Best Onscreen Duo” over at MTV Online!Be sure and stop by and give Matt & Ben your vote…They’ve got stiff competition with Leo & Kate, so every vote counts! Let your voice be heard.
• The April 25, 1998 TV Guide Crossword puzzle has the following clue for ’22 Down’: Matt of “Good Will Hunting”. You know you’ve hit it big when you grace the TV Guide Crossword! We’ll let you figure out the answer. If you can’t, stop reading this page. Now.
• Entertainment Tonight ran a small piece on the “Sliding Doors” premiere, which profiled Gwyneth and Ben…It took place the evening after we met both of them on the set (yes, details WILL be in our diary!). Ben, referring to Gwyneth’s British accent in the film, quipped that if there were more Americans able to do that, we could keep the British out of the business. Always the jokester…

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• Finally today, here’s a new pic of Ben in Armageddon courtesy of Dark Horizons. Rumor has it that this will be the film that makes him an international star and a household name. We think it’ll be the biggest flick of the summer…Even if all the chips are being laid down for a big green lizard.

• *YAWN*. We’re back, and desperately trying to get caught up on some much needed sleep after a FANTASTIC day on the Dog…er…Bearclaw set yesterday. We’ve got a great story to tell, in fact, our Dogma Diary is about halfway complete now and already epic in size (even compared to the Vulgarthon Wrap-Up!). We’ll be feverishly working to complete the diary which we promise will contain every excruciating detail we can think of, except for the top secret stuff that we promised not to mention, for spoiler’s sake. Let’s get caught up…

• Well, we actually made Kevin‘s set report for today, which gives a brief overview of the goings-on with the airport stuff that took place. We’d hoped to head to the Better Place screening at CMU as well, but after being up for close to 24 hours straight, we just didn’t have it left in us…

As we said, the day was a total blast…In fact, as soon as this update is finished we’re going to get right back to work on the Dogma Diary…Which will cover the stuff Kevin mentioned inthis post in much further detail, from an extra’s point of view. We think you’ll like it.