- Of course, not all the Armageddon press is TOTALLY Ben-focused. We’re sure the flick’s going to be the biggest of the summer and set some records, but the question is, how far will it go? We’ve got some advanced press and reviews here (if you’re interested, but as always, beware of spoilers…
- Harry Knowles posted his extended review/experience of the premiere at Aint It Cool News.
- The Armageddon soundtrack features a tune called “Animal Crackers”, which I heard a clip of the other day…It’s a remix of “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” featuring dialogue from Ben & Liv (like that sickeningly famous Titanic remix).
- Yet another Armageddon-related article featuring some more funny stuff from Ben ran in the Contra Costa Times (Northern California). You can find the story online HERE.
Archive for June 30th, 1998
Ben EVERYWHERE In The Press…
- Ready for the Ben Affleck press assault??? Here it comes…The first one comes from the Boston Globe
Mediascope also ran a nice little biography on Ben the other day…
It has been a very good year for Ben Affleck. One of the breakout stars of the 1992 drama School Ties (which also put Brendan Fraser, Chris O’donnell, and Matt Damon on the Hollywood map), Affleck earned an Academy Award as the co writer of the screenplay of Good Will Hunting, in which he also starred with his lifelong friend Damon. Affleck divides his screen time between independent films and major studio productions. He earned plaudits as the conflicted comic book artist in Kevin Smith‘s Chasing Amy and will star in the directors next film Dogma. His eclectic resume also includes the coming of age drama, Going All The Way and the Dean Koontz suspense thriller Phantoms. He will next be seen on screen in one of this summer’s most eagerly awaited films, Armageddon opposite Bruce Willis and Liv Tyler. – Donald Liebenson
And from Liz Smith’s column:
Fame for Gentle Ben
MY AMBITION was never to be famous. I always thought of that as a somewhat undesireable quality,” That’s what Ben Affleck told David A. Keeps in Details. Too bad, Ben. You are famous, an Oscar winner (screenwriting with pal Matt Damon) and just wait until the world sees you in “Armageddon”! Then again, just wait till the world sees “Armageddon”. What a movie! The most nail-biting meteor-hitting-Earth film ever. The absolute best disaster movie in eons. Incredible tension, cinematography and editing. (Talk about breathless pace!) It has two of the world’s sexiest men – Affleck and, but of course, Bruce Willis, who has never been better or more heroic – and Liv Tyler, terrific as Willis’ daughter and Affleck’s love interest. And there is a brilliant supporting cast.
I’m telling you, “Armageddon” is the summer smash, hands down.
Had enough??? NO??? How about an interview with Ben at TNT’s RoughCut Online?
Oh, but there’s SO much more! Here’s another Ben-focused Armageddon article from Jam! Online.
And finally, here’s something a little different about Ben & Gwyneth from the London Evening Standard:
Gwyneth Paltrow has stolen the heart of her boyfriend, actor and Oscar-winning writer Ben Affleck. “She is the woman I love,” he said, in the first admission that their 6 month relationship is serious.
However, the 25 year old ruled out any immediate marriage. He also said he was no longer drinking, adding: “Almost every relationship I’ve ever been in has been a train wreck.” Gwyneth, 24, whose engagement to Brad Pitt ended very publicly a year ago said of Affleck: “He’s really nice, but I don’t talk about relationships any more.”
Marilyn Ghigliotti Does Howie…
- In an unusual story today, Marilyn Ghigliotti, who you all know as Veronica from Clerks, showed up in the audience of the Howie Mandel Show today…Apparently, Howie just stops to chat with audience members and she had the honor…Howie asked her what she did and she replied, “I’m an actress.” Howie asked her if we would have “…seen her in anything?” and she said “Maybe.” “What?” Howie asked. “CLERKS!”, she said. Apparently, it didn’t seem like Howie knew the flick. Oh well. Pretty neat, although we don’t know what shocks us more: The fact that Marilyn was in the audience of Howie’s show, or the fact that 6 of you were actually WATCHING the show to let us know about it.
Kevin Returns…
- Alright, we’re finally getting caught up at the boards! Kevin of course returned Sunday night with news about his trip and award…Congrats! Apparently, the guy’s HUGE in Spain, and was received very well. It’s amazing how View Askew flicks even translate over continents and language barriers, isn’t it? We’d hoped to have his summary post from the trip, but unfortunately the board went all wacky again and lost some info…But in summary, the guy had a swell time.
NEWS ASKEW IS NUMBER TWO!!!
- Do you BELIEVE it?!?! This little ‘ol site is now NUMBER 2 according to the Global Internet Top 100! Once again, thank you ALL for voting for us! There’s only 1 more place we gotta go now, and that’s to the TOP SPOT…Numero uno!!! Think we can make it happen? Tired of us talking about this and just want us to shut up? Well, if ya visit the site, and you like what you see, all we can say is hop on over and cast your vote for us. We’ll see if we can grab the top honors for a week. Either way, this’ll be the last week we mention this stuff in the news. Even if we don’t make it, #2 is an amazing honor, and we couldn’t have done it without ya. Thanks again, folks!
Commentary…
- Just a quick note folks…A certain company didn’t much appreciate the Dogma pics that we posted on the site a couple days ago. Apparently they’re spreading across the net pretty quickly and the word came down…So, the result is that we were kindly asked to remove them from the site. If you’re looking for them, they’re gone, at least for now. Sorry…Hope you had a chance to check them out!
UPDATE COMING TONIGHT…
- Hey, thanks for stopping back in. We didn’t mean to leave ya hangin’ for 2 days without an update, especially with so much hoopla surrounding Ben & Armageddon going on (Oh yeah, that Kevin guy’s up to a few things, too…remember him?). In fact, I’m listening to Howard Stern say how “sick” he is of “Ben Affleck and Matt Damien” (Fred cues “The Omen” music)…Maybe these guys HAVE been in the news a LOT lately! Our coverage will continue on Armageddon, but expect a more Askew-slanted focus to be back as the news shifts into Kevin’s projects and Dogma’s progress.
So, we were about to write an update late last night, then the site went down yet again. We’re awaiting an explanation from our web provider on that one, the site’s been quite unreliable lately and we’re not digging it…Especially since we’re PAYING for it! Anyway, things are back to normal now, so after we return from work we’re going to wade through all your mail and get all caught up on stuff.
By the way, why were we gone for these 2 days? Is there a network expert in the house? I’ve been attempting to set up a LAN so we can play some network Quake 2…Unfortunately, my cable modem and ethernet card don’t want to live in harmony in Windows 98. If there’s a networking expert out there, drop me a line! I like to think I know my way around a PC, but I’m stumped this time. It’s going to take some hacking to get it working. I’ve spent my last 2 days with the 2 PCs in pieces and have gotten nowhere…So I figured I’d better just quit and get an update online.
And yep, we caught Harry’s plug for the News Askew and certainly appreciated it…It’s nice exposure for site. Thanks for all who wrote us about it.
Update on the way TONIGHT! See ya then.