• Want a chance to interview Kevin Smith or another famous indie celebrity? This could be your chance. The Sundance Channel is holding an open call for panelists for their new series. Check it out:

• Remember how we brought up the possibility of Affleck hosting Saturday Night Live sometime this year? Sources now tellus that he has indeed signed on to do just that…Perhaps he’ll get on board around November 12th for an extra Dogma push?

Oh, and speaking of Affleck, he’s scheduled as the big interview for next month’s issue of Playboy Magazine. Oh gosh, shucks, darn, guess we’ll just HAVE to go out and buy that now. Twist my arm.

• We hear that Entertainment Tonight will run a piece on the Dogma premiere tonight, so get those remotes ready.
• An interesting post gathered from the Kevin Smith newsgroup allegedly from someone “in the know” states that Alliancemay have actually had rights to distribute those Amy DVDs with the extras intact, after all. No idea if this guy knows what he’s talking about, but we thought we’d run it just out of interest, not that it does any good since Alliance hasagreed to release concurrently with the U.S. version of the flick now:

• ZENtertainment reports the good news that the Dogma soundtrack will be hitting the presses and ready for an in store date of November the 2nd, less than a month away:

And an excerpt from the Alanis piece over at RC states:

No word on what other vocal tracks may be included, though possibilities seem to be the Mooby tunes or maybe even that classic 80’s track that blares during Salma’s opening scene. It’ll be nice to have Shore’s score on a disc though, it sounded great in the flick last night.

• It seems that some of you were a bit confused about how the whole Dogma benefit tickets thing was working, and we apologize for that, but most got the picture fairly quickly, since they sold in record time yesterday. We spoke with Kim and Vincent about the craziness yesterday. When the e-mail address to send to for tickets was posted, it got SO overwhelmed that, even though Kim had checked with the server company ahead of time to make sure it could handle it, some mail got bounced back. Rest assured though that the problem was quickly corrected, and that all mail was received. Kim will now start to sort through the mess, and get the ticket order forms out to you on a first-come, first-serve basis. Due to the overwhelming demand, everyone’s not gonna be lucky enough to make this screening, but thanks in advance to all who tried. We appreciate the support. Please be patient as Kim and the gang have time to get back to all of you.

• We’ve gotten lots of scoops featuring Dogma in the press yesterday, namely that wonderful New York Times review, as well as Yahoo’s article on the Dogma protests going on at the premiere (funny how those that were protesting were still crying foul on Disney and Miramax, who really have nothing to do with the flick anymore). There’s also a couple more reviews and a new piece on Alanis and the music in the film. Surf over to Dogma RC’s press page for all the latest, as always.

• We’re back from the big city!!! In fact, I’m writing this update after a mere three hours of sleep, so please excuse any strange flubs or spelling errors, it’s a struggle just keeping my head up to write it! New York City and the Dogma screening were fantastic, we didn’t want to leave…Alas, we had to get back to our normal, everyday lives today after that way cool evening. We’ll have a full rundown of the day’s events soon, but as you know, these things usually take me a day or two to put together due to the detail (and the need for extra sleep afterwards). Thanks again to Kevin, Scott, and all the cast, crew, and friends we met last night for the invitation and a spectacular time.

On the View Askew news front, things EXPLODED yesterday, with news on the Dogma premiere of course, a release date for the soundtrack, and more. Affleck’s in the news with some nifty gigs on the horizon, too. Be sure and check in with Dogma Rumor Control for some new reviews and articles today, they’re all over there exclusively. Alright, I’d better stop with the introduction here, or I’ll run out of juice before the update’s even done! Let’s roll: