• Naturally the election here in the US still remains big news with the race so close that an official recount isn’t scheduled to finish until sometime tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s a few exclusive shots of Ben Affleck out on Al Gore’s campaign trail in the wee hours of the morning before yesterday’s polls opened. Our scooper (who also provided the photos) says:

His speech was very lucid, and he referred to George W. Bush as George II (aclear reference to George III, the king of England in power when Americadeclared its independence. Reading Howard Zinn again?)

He also delivered a speech from an absent Cameron Diaz.

Appearing on stage with Ben were Glenn Close, Billy Dee Williams, RobertDeNiro (who said he was sent by Harvey Weinstein himself), Stevie Wonder,Jon Bon Jovi, and of course, Al Gore.

• We have now confirmed the Dogma DVD for JANUARY 23, 2001. It’s official, folks! Yeah! Just a little over 2 months away. The date that the discount sites on the web have, 1 week sooner, is the shipment date, but NOT the street date of the disc.
• Mallrats will be airing on the FX network this Thursday, Nov. 9, at 12:00 noon. No idea if this will be the very funny and censored ABC version, but if it is, it’s worth watching alone just to hear the voice they dubbed Jay’s profanities over with.
• Speaking of TV airings, “Dogma” will be shown on Starz! at the following times:

In addition, the premiere on 11/11 will be followed by the Matt Damon film “Rounders” (a decent flick) at 10:15. The airing on 12/8 will be preceded by “Chasing Amy” at 10:05. In January, “Dogma” is likely to begin airing on the sister channel of Starz!, Encore.

• Finally today, want some details on Jason Lee‘s upcoming starring role alongside Tom Cruise? Page Six recently leaked a story on the flick, which has been shrouded in secrecy as all Cameron Crowe films have, and it sounds fairly interesting. Here’s the story, yet we warn it may contain a few spoilers. “Vanilla Sky” is rumored to be a remake of a Spanish film called “Open Your Eyes”, and even sounds like it’s got a few elements of that flick “Shattered” from about 10 years ago (remember that one?).