Archive for December 10th, 2002

Kevin On KROQ Tomorrow, “Tonight” Friday…

December 10th @ 9:05 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • As we’d heard rumors of last week, it’s now confirmed! Kevin will be on the radio program “Kevin and Bean” TOMORROW (Wednesday, 12/11), on the air LIVE around 8:00 AM PST. KROQ in Los Angeles is the station to find them on. We’re not sure what he’s promoting, but as always, we’re sure it’ll be a great appearance.

And since you folks ALWAYS seem to forget, we’re officially reminding you now — Kevin’s next “Roadside Attractions” appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this Friday night, December 13th!

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December 10th @ 9:04 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Starlite, Honest Abe, Brian, Matt Booker

  • Want to benefit a good cause AND own come cool stuff? The People for the American Way are currently running an auction to benefit their organization. Lots of cool stuff up, including a Kevin Smith autographed “Chasing Amy” script, and an Alanis-signed harmonica! It’s happening NOW at ebay.
  • Kevin was featured in the Jennifer Lopez “Intimate Portrait” last night on the Lifetime network. He talked about how well Ben & Jen work together and how crazy they are about each other. Also, he mentioned how professional Jennifer was during filming. The special may rerun later this week/month, check your local listings.
  • That POWDER video featuring Jason Mewes is currently airing on MTV2’s “120 MINUTES”(Sundays, 1am EST) and MUCHMUSIC’s “OVEN FRESH.”(M-F, 7:30pm EST) Fans of the video can help in getting more airplay for the video. To do this, simply go to the MuchMusic web site and click on “OVEN FRESH.” From there, you’ll see a graphic with the video (POWDER-UP HERE.) Click on the VOTE icon and give them a THUMBS UP!
  • New swag alert! Diamond have announced a Black Cat statue will be sculpted by artist Clayburn Moore:
Black Cat: Felicia Hardy has enjoyed a tremendous resurgence in Spider-Man’s universe thanks to writer Kevin Smith and artist Terry Moore and the smash hit, Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do. Smith has promised to make the cat burglar a recurring character in his run on Amazing Spider-Man as Peter Parker continues to struggle with his separation from Mary Jane.
  • Click HERE to check out the trailer for “Gerry”, directed by Good Will Hunting alum Gus Van Sant, featuring Matt Damon & Casey Affleck.

New Starr/Root Interview Up At The Shoot!

December 10th @ 1:17 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Antony Teofilo

  • Yet again, another edition of “Renaissance Man” brings us new interviews and photos from the set of Jersey Girl! This time, Antony chats with Stephen Root (Greenie) and Mike Starr (Block). Check out a new shot of each in character from the film, and of course, the Q&A. Here’s a preview:
AT: How did the two of you get involved in JERSEY GIRL?

SR: We were kind of lucky. Kevin [Smith] saw Mike and I as a duo in his mind. Basically, this was the casting that he wanted. We went through all the machinations, and he ended up with the three guys that he wanted: George [Carlin], Mike, and myself. [We comprise] a little Greek chorus, as it were. But I also knew Kevin because I’m a big comic [book] guy.

MS: I had met Kevin before when he was doing these Coke commercials. I remember taking the subway down [to the audition], and I was sick as a dog. They said I had a nice ‘understated’ look. What they didn’t know was that I looked that way because I was really dehydrated and had a hundred and two degree temperature. [Laughs] So we wound up working on those [commercials], and had a great time working in Red Bank for a few days.

Read the entire piece right HERE Also, a NEW Jersey Girl diary entry will be up from Kevin this Wednesday, December 11th! Watch for it.

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December 10th @ 1:16 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Dave, Rob Smith, Rich, Trevor Emmitt

  • The Now You Know premiere in NYC last week was a HUGE success! This Friday, Jeff Anderson will be at both showings of the film at the same location. If you can make it, stop by, meet Jeff, and check out a funny flick. We’ll have photos from the premiere here at the site soon.
  • The Weinsteins have just revealed the flicks that Scary Movie 3 (which Kevin is now co-writing) will spoof: Don’t Say a Word, Ghost Ship, Halloween Resurrection, Harry Potter, Panic Room, Signs, Spy Kids, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, The Others, The Ring, and Thirteen Ghosts.

  • Now THIS is a cool item up for auction over at ebay — How’d you like to own the ORIGINAL COVER ART from Kevin’s Daredevil run, issue #4? Signed, framed and all. WOW. NICE. Expensive though. Good luck to all who bid, it’s likely to fetch a pretty penny.
  • The New York Times mentioned the Jen Saves Ben video game today in a lead story on J.Lo in the Business section (no metion of Kevin though):
…”So continue to expect Ms. Lopez everywhere. Sony is negotiating a deal to run a Jennifer Lopez prime time television special on Feb. 12, Mr. Mottola said. In addition, a new video game, “Jen Saves Ben,” features Ms. Lopez rescuing Mr. Affleck from kidnappers.”…
  • National morning radio show “Bob & Sheri: mentioned the dashboard Buddy Christ as an funny, yet inappropriate religious gift for the holidays today.