Hey folks. We realize that things have been sorta quiet ’round these parts lately. There’s not been much to say and we’ve been kinda busy anyway. I took the time to do some landscaping on the house finally, owning a house takes up a lot of spare time, that’s for sure.

The Flyers didn’t do too well today. We’ll get ’em the next time. We were just chatting about other stuff on TV with all the renewals due by tomorrow. Friends will be back for another 2 years. Buffy & Angel will both be back. That’s good. But probably the big news is the trend with summer TV shows. Clerks is debuting on May 31st, along with Survivor, a new CBS reality show (we dunno if ABC and CBS are pitting the shows against one another). CBS also has that show with 10 people locked in a house and watched by cameras 24-7 until they all crack or get booted out. Sounds intriguing. Then there’s always the HBO shows which remain some of the best on TV ever.

On the film front, we tried “Battlefield Earth” for the hell of it last night. We KNEW the reviews were bad but just figured the critics were overreacting and that it would be bad, but still fun. Oh, how we were wrong. This flick makes “Waterworld” look like “Saving Private Ryan”. It’s that bad. No fun AT ALL. Stay away. With only about a 12 million dollar take this weekend, though, it should rank up there as one of the bigger cimematic bombs in history. Thank goodness.

On the Askew front, we’re just gonna stick with NewsBites again today. Hopefully we’re not letting you down by so many of these lately. Basically, when we’ve got stories but only a line or two to write about each, that’s when they become newsbites. If a bigger story breaks, it’ll get its own headline, but with the lack of big news going around, aside from some small references or articles here or there, we feel this is the best way to keep it easy.

Hopefully all of you are adjusting to the new site. We should have some small fixes and enhancements for you soon, it’s just that we wanted to take a break after working six months straight on the new design. Hope ya understand!

A new poll topic is finally here today, as well. Vote and be heard. Let’s see what else is going on today:

A new interview with Kevin appears on Aint It Cool News that’s so darned long we haven’t even read it all just yet. It’s just been posted, and looks to cover a TON of material. Surf over to AICN and give it a read, we’re sure there’s gotta be SOME new revelations there. We just wanted to let you folks know as soon as it was posted.

Of the immediate first bits of big news we see in the interview is that Kev’s currently writing an outline for the Clerks animated movie, which will be made if the show clicks with viewers when it starts at the end of this month. So there’s a reason to get all your friends & family to check it out right there! Also, he mentions the series will certainly hit DVD and tape. We’re sure there’s LOTS more going on in the interview, so be sure and read it from start to finish over at the site. Perhaps we’ll summarize some highlights tomorrow, or feel free to use the talkbacks section here if you’d like to chat about it (though we’re sure Harry’s TB section will also be buzzing)…

• A new interview, mostly regarding the entire Superman fiasco (It won’t die!!!) appears at the very cool Fandom.Com website. Those of you that have seen Kevin speak have likely heard a lot of this story, but this is by FAR the most in print over the entire incident. Check out the article HERE.
• Mallrats beauty Claire Forlani is the subject of three page spread of her wearing various fashions in the latest Glamour (Any Seinfeld Fans Out There? “Glamour?!?!?”) magazine. Run out and buy a copy or sneak a peek at your girlfriend’s copy, fellas.
• Dogma has been doing well on the rental and sales charts, as we mentioned earlier this week. Some new stats: It’s the number five renter in the USA (earing $5.2 million in 5 days), and the highest ranked newcomer on the chart. In Canada, the flick is the number two renter.
• The stock market drama-thriller “Boiler Room”, which features a couple cameo scenes from Ben Affleck, is slated to hit video shelves on July 18th.
• Couple of Askew website related plugs to throw out there today: The Unofficial Online Jason Lee Fanclub Site and a site called “The Bob” that’s a Kev fan site. They borrow a lot of News Askew news and stuff but always plug us well.

• Finally today, a couple pics from the latest Movieline of a few Askew couples – Jason & Carmen Lee, & Chris and Malaak Compton-Rock.