Archive for December 14th, 1998

Affleck Stories…

December 14th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by The Dingles & Aug

  • Courtesy of E! Online, Mr. Affleck’s back in the headlines here at News Askew. First…
      Ben Affleck, winner of `Male Trendsetter of the Year’ Golden Hanger, told Melissa: “The OscarĀ® was nice, but this (Golden Hanger Award) is what I’ve waited for.” Of the suit Affleck wore for the Academy Award ceremonies, he said: “I was thinking maybe the candy striped blazer, but the (designers) told me to go another way. And they put on a different suit.”
  • Also, this one comes to us courtesy of the great (and quite addicting)CORONA COMING ATTRACTIONS
      This week’s Corona Coming Attractions has a breaking rumor on the Preacher movie. According CCA the movie’s producers have fielded offers to five actors for the movie. These actors are Ben Affleck (Jesse); Cameron Diaz (Tulip); Robert Carlysle (Cassidy); and Samuel L. Jackson. CCA cautions that these are by no means final casting decisions but rather the beginning of negotiations for casting.

      They also report that financing has been secured by producers Rupert Harvey and Michael Heuser. This could mean more rapid movement on the project. No word is given as to the source of this information.

    Now, keep in mind this Ben casting rumor is nothing new for us here at NA, and it’s just that, but we’d like to let you know we’re not the only ones talking about it…

  • Commentary

    December 14th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Hi all. Doesn’t seem like Christmas is just 11 days away, does it? Time flies. By the way, yesterday’s new poll hits us courtesy of ZombieFann (Chris Cooper). Thanks! And by the way, many of you are asking: No, we do not have ANY idea on the release of ANY of those films to the general public, but NA will let you know as soon as we know otherwise! Now, for the good stuff:
  • View Askew NewsBites™

    December 14th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Johnny, Michael Daly, Danny Lame & Dino

  • While watching MTV‘s Most Expensive Videos 2, this weekend, astute scoopers noticed that right after #7 they played the famous “Can’t Even Tell” video, or at least a bit of it. Nice to see the guys getting a bit of airplay again.
  • Toyfare has awarded the Jay & Silent Bob action figures as having the best accesories of 1998 (See Toyfare #18, page 30)! And the Jay & Silent Bob (San Diego Comicon Edition) figures were also #10 in this months Top 10 figures (pg.55). Congrats to all involved on these excellent figures, and the all the recognition that’s coming along with them! NOTE: We have NO IDEA at this point when the new versions of the figures will be shipping, but we’ll keep ya posted! Graphitti Guys: Drop us a line if you’ve got more information so we can let the readers know!
  • The Kevin Shrine has a completely new look and can be found HERE. This has always been one of the original Kev sites on the net, so be sure and give it a looksee.
  • Mallrats will be airing on HBO Asia on Wednesday at 1:30am (Hong Kong date and time). It’s cut REALLY badly from what we hear.