• Yep, it’s up for another one. This time, “Chasing Amy” has been nominated for a fairlystrange sounding category: “Best Foreign Film in English Language” in the British IndependentFilm Awards! The whole thing’s sponsored by the Raindance Film Showcase, a cool festivalthat’s showing the allegedy excellent (though we’ve yet to see a frame of it) Six StringSamurai…Anyway, the awards take place in London, on October 29th at the Cafe Royal.
• Apparently, Ben Affleck’s Armageddon figure is not selling all that well. We hear rumors that comic shop owners are trading in with the company to get more BruceWillis figures. Sad! Get out there, and demand more A.J. figues, dammit!
• A scooper also sends up details of Nike coomercial #2, airing nationwide during footballgames on Sunday:

• Captain Comics, a syndicated column on comicbook collecting, reports (in the October 4th column):

• In Comics 2 Film’s (http://www.comics2film.com)newest poll, they ask who should play Spider-man if they ever make the Spider-man movie. Twoof the options are View Askew-ers Matt Damon and Jason Lee. Go vote for your favorite!!
• Rounding out the day, Ben’s Official Site is up at : http://www.affleck.com. It’s not finished, but you can view the front page. It looks like it’sgoing to be very well designed (from what little you can see that is…

• Here’s a weird one: Someone online has come up with the odd idea of combining South Park and Babylon 5. The site is http://www.infinicorp.com/babylonpark On one of their pages there is a big “Cast Photo” of all the characters on “Babylon Park”. And way in the back, for no apparent reason, are Jay and Silent Bob. Go figure. WEIRD. Anyway, check out the picture above and see for yourself!

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• An astute reader of AICN noticed this concept art For SUPERMAN LIVES…Let’s hear what they had to say (of course, click the thumbs for full views above):

• Hey folks…Welcome to, as far as I know, the first multi-state News Askew update…I’ll be in the Boston area for the next couple weeks, with Chris running things at home base. Thank goodness for modern technology! Anyway, I’ve had a long day and am REALLY tired, so let’s get this over with. By the way, thank goodness for HBO and big 27 inch TV’s in hotel rooms! First Mars Attacks, now The Devil’s Advocate…The best of the last year’s movies that no one else liked! Ahhh….

• We hear that the reason for the delay of the Jay & Silent Bob figures is that demand has just been OVERWHELMING, and that the design company that’s shipping them is doing their best to keep up…Hopefully they’ll be everywhere soon!
• “Good Will Hunting” is now available for purchase on VHS through Columbia House Video Club.
• Kevin (and many others) will be appearing at the Big Apple Comic Con (At least, that’s what the flyers say), on the 13th and 14th of Novemeber (Friday and Saturday). Here’s the details:

• Finally today, a “Dogma” Clipping found in a Soap Opera Update/Matt Damon Mag. It contains some general plot info, so,if you want to remain TOTALLY spoilerless, don’t read it, but we figure it’s nothing too hurtful:

• We promised more details, and here they are! The press release for the Nike ads:

• “Overnight Delivery” will be airing on Starz this Monday at 6:25 AM, and Tuesday and 9:45 AM. Now you don’t hafta pay to see this debacle (if you get the channel). Actually, the movie isn’t AWFUL, it’s just NOT a Smith flick after the script butchery.

• Kevin dropped by and made a long post last night…Then lost it. But instead, he summed up some key points of the latest goings-on:

We gotta say, if the deal goes through with the “mystery composer”, you won’t be sorry!

• I was out trotting around the Philly area yesterday, so I missed South Park…Apparently, the first of the new Nike commercials, directed by Kevin, starring Jason Mewes, aired with that show (and other places as well!). Many of you caught this. Apparently, in this first ad, Jay is sitting on a bridge and talking about how comfy the shoes are…He tells folks to spread the word. We’ll have more details on the ads as we hear/see them, and maybe someone’ll even chuck them online soon…

• We’ve got the skinny on another RARE item from Mallrats up for auction over at E-Bay! This Mallrats Crew Shirt is a VERY rare item, only available to the folks that worked on the flick…If you’re a collector of Askew merchandise, this is definitely something you want to own. Happy bidding, folks. Good luck. We’re out of this one. Too rich for our blood, we bet!