Stanley Kubrick
1928-1999

• We here at News Askew would like to acknowledge the passing of the great director, Stanley Kubrick, who died today at the age of 70. Our condolences to his family and friends. He was indeed one of the greatest filmmakers to ever walk this Earth. His genius will be missed. Film-411 has put up an outstanding tribute to the man. May he rest in peace.

• Terrible news for some of you folks…The Kansas State student union ticket office says that Kevin’s office called this morning and cancelled. There has not been a reschedule yet. We’re sorry to be the bearers of bad tidings here, but we wanted to get this news to you ASAP to save some of you the trip if we could. We’ll keep on top of this one to see if there’s going to be a reschedule. We haven’t been informed of the reason is for the cancellation, but we’re sure it’s justifiable.

UPDATE: The official word from the View Askew camp is that Kevin threw out his back doing a reshoot last evening. We hope he’s feeling better, and will keep our eyes and ears out for a reschedule of this event. Hope we got the word to you all soon enough that it wasn’t a wasted trip!

• Man, what a bummer it was going back to work today after spending such a fantastic weekend in Red Bank! Thanks again to all of you who came up to us just to say hi or chat about the site and such…It was by far the highlight of the weekend for us! Nice hanging out with ya! Let’s do it again sometime, for sure.

We’ve just added the first of the fan testimonials to our Stash Gala Wrap-Up today, along with some shots of the event itself. More to come!

By the way, thanks to BoredAsMe for the week’s poll topic. And now, back to business: