Archive for February 7th, 2003

More On Green Arrow & YALSA…

February 7th @ 6:35 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Sean Boyle

  • This really is some way cool news, and a great honor for everyone who worked on the Green Arrow book. As we announced earlier this week, Kevin’s “Quiver” arc with Green Arrow has been recognized by the 2003 Best Books for Young Adults Committee:
From a conference room in Philadelphia, just blocks from the Liberty Bell, seventy-two books that honor the past, celebrate our freedom, and look to the future have been selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 2003 Best Books for Young Adults list.

The fifteen member committee narrowed the list from over 900 submissions to 203 official nominations meeting the criteria of both good literary quality and popular reading appeal for teens, ages 12-18. Over ninety teens attended a special session to share their opinions with the committee. The winning titles include many multicultural books, adult books, and books from small and foreign presses. Two titles with graphic novel components and a fiction title with significant color artwork add visual appeal to the list.

You can read the entire article and see the full list of those who made it in HERE. Green Arrow is listed alphabetically under “Smith”. Be sure to stop by your local library soon, we expect many of them should be stocking copies of “Quiver” due to this honor.

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Jersey Girl Test Screenings Starting?

February 7th @ 6:34 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Don

  • We’re starting to hear that Jersey Girl has been screened for some small test audiences, most likely they’re trying to flesh out some edits and the like, and tighten up the running time just a bit more. One reviewer supposedly says that the first 15 minutes weren’t that good, but after that it picks up and gets outstanding. We haven’t seen a frame of this flick yet, so we really can’t comment on anything for ourselves, but we can tell you that the advanced word from those that have seen it so far as been very, very positive. We’ll let you know if we hear more of this, chances are that these test screenings are very private, and very secretive, but if that changes, or if anyone’s lucky enough to catch one, be sure and let us know how you liked the film.

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February 7th @ 6:33 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Steve Keyes, Jon Darren, OiGetAwf, John B. Watt, TV's Grady, Louis Harris, Jakob, Dominic Yates, Karla, James White

  • On his official site today, Moby mentioned the fact that a mistype of his name (an extra “o”) takes you to the official Dogma site, due to the Mooby reference from the film. He’s got some nice things to say about Kevin and his films:
The choice Is Yours
2/6/2003 – New York City

so apparently if you type wwwmoby.com it takes you to a very conservative christian website and if you type www.mooby.com, it takes you to kevin smiths ‘dogma’ website. that is odd. conservative christians make me nervous, what with their temporal and contextually specific interpretations of biblical text. kevin smith doesn’t make me nervous, but i love his movies. i thought that ‘dogma’ and ‘jay and silent bob strike back’ were terriffic. so, www.moby.com or www.mooby.com, the choice is yours. i would honestly be more inclined to go for the kevin smith site. religious fundamentalists make me nervous. moby

  • Brian O’Halloran is featured in an article in today’s Asbury Park Press regarding a recent appearance he made. Here’s a snippet:
“I was amazed at the turnout,” said O’Halloran, who has acted on numerous community and professional stages in addition to appearing in films such as Kevin Smith’s “Clerks” and “Chasing Amy.” “There were quite a number of people from all walks of entertainment.”

O’Halloran said he supports Taglianetti’s vision to create “a kind of Hollywood East that will bring talent together in this state, young and old, and provide directions for their careers.”

“I think something like this is a necessity,” said O’Halloran. “Sometimes New Jersey is looked upon as the red-headed stepchild of New York.”

You can read the entire article and see a nice new photo of Brian at the event at the APP’s site.

  • The historic Byrd Theatre in Richmond, Virginia will be showing Mallrats on the big screen at midnight this coming Saturday, February 8. Surf HERE for details.
  • ESPN.COM ran a fictional humor piece that creates a mock conversation between Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez on Superbowl Sunday. Hopefully they’ve both got a good sense of humor.
  • We got a lot of mail regarding the HMV deal on Jay & Bob we ran last update. Anyway, we’re not really up on what UK prices should be on DVDs, so we’re sorry if that wasn’t a good deal after all. We actually got it wrong, though, the deal was for Jay & Bob and another DVD for that price. So around £10 for Jay & Bob, the same place the rest of the online vendors sell it for. Thanks for all the concern.
  • Affleck takes his first superhero turn as Daredevil just one week from today in theaters. Advanced buzz on the film has been HIGHLY positive, which will hopefully translate to some big box office. Word has it that Affleck puts in quite a convincing, reserved performance as the dude in red. Good stuff. Check out a new DD featurette and 4 new DD commercials at the Apple website.

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