• Amidst all the craziness that is the Christmas holiday shopping/tree shopping blitz, this post from Kevin got accidentally forgotten. Some information here that you’ll certainly love to read, including Kev’s thoughts on the American Way award we mentioned a few days back, and some BIG news concerning an upcoming stint for Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show”:

You can get full directions to the location for driving HERE at the bottom of Kevin’s post. Sorry for the late notice on this, but the Tonight Show stuff should be fantastic! If you show for the driving duty this Thursday, be sure to send in a report to us on what ya see!

• An event that originally seemed like it was going to be closed to the public and taken a BIG turnaround – Kevin’s Q&A appearance this Saturday at Villanova is happening at the Pavillion, which we hear is a gymnasium-like setup, so we’ll likely be on bleachers of some sort. The GOOD news is that there’s a TON of room in there, so the event likely won’t even sell out, only due to the immense amount of folks that can be seated inside. So, call 610-519-7211 for more information.Tix will run you $15 with ANY student ID or $18 if not. We hear that there’s so many seats, you can just show up and buy your tickets the day of the show. Hope to see you there!

• According to E! Online, Kevin is appearing on Howard Stern’s E! show this Thursday @ 11, with Bob Saget. In this episode, Kevin reveals that Bob was actually his first choice for Brodie in Mallrats. The program is a televised version of Stern’s radio show.
• Recent decisions at the BBFC include a massive list of extras for a REGION 2 DVD release of Chasing Amy, WITH EXTRAS! The title is set for a February 4th release and is to be an HMV exclusive. Most of the extras seem to be an exact copy of the R1 Criterion release. Check out more info on this exciting development HERE.
• On the new (and highly recommended) Almost Famous DVD (The Bootleg Cut, a section appears with screen tests and rehearsals. In one of Jason Lee’s scenes, he wears a “Clerks” t-shirt.
• And speaking of Lee, his flick “Big Trouble” is now slated to open nationwide on April 5, 2002.
• Thanks to everyone who wrote in on the Nokia Operating Logos, we got tons of mail on them. Apparently, the link posted yesterday is only for subscribers of the service in Australia, and are graphics that can appear on phone displays when they ring (much like the customized rings you can download). Speaking of that, there’s a site HERE that offers picture messages with a few Kevin Smith movie logos. These picture messages can be used as “screensavers” for the Nokia 3300 series.
• News Askew Retro: A scoop found this small newsbite from a 1994 issue of Rolling Stone, given by reviewer Pete Travers:

Funny, considering the flick found a HUGE audience on video, much larger than it ever did in theaters!

• J&SBSB entered the UK box office charts at the not-too-shabby 6th place, considering it’s up against a TON of other stuff including Harry Potter. The weekend takings were 381,940, again not too bad considering the fierce competition. Reports are indicating that theaters are quite full for the flick, and it’s playing quite well overseas with all those who catch it.
• Entertainemnt Weekly star Brian Lynch (who will soon be too famous to read this website, we’re sure) has a new episode of his excellent Angry Naked Pat animated cartoon up over at www.angrynakedpat.com and www.campchaos.com. Bob Cesca and the folks at Camp Chaos have done another outstanding job, putting together a product that’s funnier than pretty much everything on network TV (watch out, South Park). Surf over and take a look now that you’re finished for the day here.