• J&SBSB was holding fast to #5 for Thursday’s boxoffice for a total of $23,296,196. Keep spreading the word so we can get this flick up and over $30,000,000!

• The saga finally ended today. The Phantom Editor finally revealed himself today to The Washington Post. His name is Mike J. Nichols, a freelance film editor from Santa Clarita, California. You can read the whole article about this story right HERE.
• Here’s one fans rebuttal website to the now infamous Jay & Silent Bob.com fansite. Do you think we should let him in on the joke?
• A new site run by the same group who ran the now defunct Psycomic.com has posted their review of J&SBSB. You can check it out on PopCultureShock.com.
• Birthday-girl Shannon Elizabeth shares some kind words for her J&SBSB director on Empire Online. You can read it all right HERE.
• IGN FilmForce has a new article about Tracy Morgan’s upcoming film “Number 1 With A Bullet”.
• Here’s one for all the Linux geeks out there… Linux Today posted THIS story about the news Linux desktop that just released today and how it relates to Jay & Silent Bob.
• An astute fan noticed today that Afroman has made the playlist for Radio 1, the UK’s most listened to radio station. It is also mid-morning presenter, Jo Whiley’s featured track this week, getting a play every day. Obviously it has been edited slightly, though probably not as much as much as you may think.
• It looks like Joey Lauren Adams’ new flick “The Dress Code”, formally know as “Bruno”, will be heading straight to video. Here’s a description:

• Finally today, here’s a fan-tweaked version of the J&SBSB poster featuring George W. from the SomethingAwful Forums. Catch you later!

• Hey folks, this site’s normally a team effort, but in this case Chris is going to take over full duty for a bit while I head off – I happen to be getting married this weekend and then going on the honeymoon. So, please don’t send any scoops to the brad@newsaskew.com address starting tomorrow (Friday) and throughout next week if you’ve been doing so, send them directly to the scoops@newsaskew.com address to get them in. See you all in a week and a half, and take it easy on Chris!

• In a record-setting pace for us, we logged our last one million hits in just over TWO MONTHS! Incredible really. And so, another milestone is hit, SEVEN MILLION HITS. Thanks again to all of you for the visits, the referrals, and for sticking with us over the years. Seeing the counter soar like that is inspiration to keep things going and make News Askew a fun and interesting place to come back to day after day. Mark was kind enough to send us this screenshot of the number BEFORE the big number, though we never heard from the 7 millionth person (they likely were a regular visitor and just missed it). With hits coming in at this rate, we’d better start planning for something big when we hit 10 million! Again, thanks to all of you for making this our most exciting summer at News Askew yet. Let’s get on our way to that next million now!

• The box office numbers changed considerably after the weekend, and it’s great to see that J&SBSB jumped up to #5 on Tuesday, ahead of the recently released “O” and the other films “Rat Race”, “The Princess Diaries”, “Summer Catch” and”Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”. As of Tuesday, the film grossed $553,706 the day, with a 12-day total of at $22,531,505.

• AICN has posted a new interview with Kevin that focuses mostly on his comic projects and a bit about the animated series and film. Here’s a nice snippet from the piece:

• All of the editors and contributing writers at The Amazing Colossal Website have compiled their own personal list of the 19 best films of the 1990’s. Chasing Amy and Dogma show up on two of the lists and one of their writers speaks highly of all 3 of Kevin Smith’s first films. Check it out HERE.
• Update: The missing Mystery Machine in the J&SBSB prints is not necessarily only with Grand cinemas. Other theaters have also reported the problem.
• WizardWorld.com is selling 1000 copies of the Wizard mag as seen in J&SBSB. It’s currently going at $15. Get one (or two) before those puppies are gone!
• Jason Lee continues to keep his slate full, with what sounds like a starring role in this new picture with Julia Stiles. Check out the details from Variety:

• Finally today, a last minute addition – This Kevin Smith interview appears at Green Haven Magzine. Enjoy!

• Hey everyone. I just wanted to drop in and let everyone know about a very funny Flash animation that we wrote about yesterday just in case you missed it. It’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while. Just click the thumbnail above to watch this clever homage to “Dumbo”.

• We’re proud to announce the winners of our month-long Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back review contest. We asked all of you to post, though our News Askew Forums, any reviews you could find on the web, including fan and critic reviews. At presstime, we’ve got a whopping 258 reviews in the database. Here’s the top three contributors:

Our first place finiher gets a full Jay & Bob prize pack, including uncut Stroke 9 and Afroman videos, a soundtrack CD, limited edition Stroke 9 Single, and some more goodies! Our second place runner-up will also receive a soundtrack CD, and some more goodies from the News Askew prize closet. Thanks to everyone who posted reviews, and congratulations to our winners!

• News website Ananova has announced that Jay & Bob will make their big UK debut earlier than expected, at the Leeds International Film Festival on October 4th! Here’s their story: