• Need a good laugh? Here’s a very amusing e-mail recently sent to The Tonight Show demanding that Kevin be banned from doing his ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS segments:

• Kevin will be appearing in the next “20 Questions” column of Playboy Magazine. Now you’ll be able to say you really buy the magazine for the articles…

• And finally, here’s a little sidebar from the current issue of Entertainment Weekly (#753) comparing JERESEY GIRL to the state of New Jersey.

• For those that play on the Hollywood Stock Exchange, The Green Hornet stock is very low now. Currently at $10.13 per share, this is a steal as this stock is sure to go very high, especially as production and the release dates get closer. With the announcement all over the media, the stock has gained 39% since Wednesday and is climbing very fast.
• Here’s a story about Green Hornet with some creative casting options listed at the end.
• Zap2it.com ran this little story about Kevin’s upcoming appearance on the CBS sitcom “Yes, Dear”:

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) – Oh, those crazy “Yes, Dear” guys. Wherever Greg (Anthony Clark) and Jimmy (Mike O’Malley) go, they just seem to run into celebrities. At the beginning of March, a visit to a Lakers’ game leads to a run-in with former Governor Gray Davis and later in the month, on Monday, March 22, writer-director-Silent Bob Kevin Smith will play himself.

When Greg skips his studio’s big movie premiere, Jimmy steals his credentials and hits the red carpet. There, he runs afoul of Smith, the film’s director. Confirming the long-held theory that “Yes, Dear” exists in an alternate universe, Jimmy gets in trouble by insulting Smith’s recent inspirational war movie.

While Smith may not actually have an inspirational war movie on his resume, he does have a movie coming out in March. “Jersey Girl,” starring publicity-shy former couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, was scheduled to hit theatres on Friday, March 19, but has been pushed back a week.

• AICN’s Harry Knowles chimes in of the whole Green Hornet deal right here.

• And finally today, this little item was recently spotted in the Space Mountain gift shop as Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I guess she wasn’t so innocent after all…

• We’ve just learned that a new Kevin appearance has been added at EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY in GREENVILLE, NC on April the 5th. We’ve got details on the way, but mark those calendars now.

  And speaking of Q&A, full information, including ticket prices, is now avaialble at the Roy Thompson Hall website regarding the Toronto Q&A. We assume that the prices are in them there Canadian dollars, though that means it’ll be cheaper in US. Always a big win. Looks like you can get ‘em right at the site, too. Hurry before they’re history.

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• In the latest issue of Game Informer, (#131) there’s a description of a game called “Killer 7”. This game features a man with split personalities. One of these personalities just so happens to be named Kevin Smith. The description reads:

• Kevin shows up in a little snippet in this month’s Premiere Magazine (March 2004). Click the snippet to read it. We’re not TOTALLY sure that the project sequence is still staying that way, though last we heard officially, it was. Although, with this BIG NEWS on the horizon, anything can happen…

  

• Those of you fine folks in Europe will be pleased to read this update from Previews on the R2 release of the “Evening With…” DVD:

• Riley’s one of the coolest chicks we know, because she likes to rent out an entire movie theater on her birthday and watch a View Askew film on the big screen! If you’re in or near Brunswick, Maine, and want to join her for the always enjoyable MALLRATS on February 22nd, send her an email. Last year, she did Clerks and it was a blast. This is a private party, so admission is TOTALLY FREE, you just gotta email her to get on the list! Ah, the benefits of reading News Askew, ‘eh?
• And finally today, not related in any way, but it’s brought us so much joy that we had to share. Check out this Nutrigrain bars ad from Turnpike Films. I had a nutrigrain bar today, and man, I feel GREAT!

• The Kenny Gordon Foundation website has set up a page dedicated to the Jersey Girl screening, taking place in New York City, Thursday, March 4th at 6:30pm, to benefit the foundation. Attendees will get to see the film a coool 15 days early, AND attend an exclusive after-party with Kevin and the film’s stars. Ticket prices have yet to be announced, though we’re sure at any price, they’ll go fast. Here’s the details:

You’ll love Jersey Girl anywhere you see it this year, but if you want to attend the cream of the crop of screenings, this is the one to see. We’ll have more details here soon. Note: The corporate sponsorship links do get you seats into the show, so talk to your companies about making a donation AND get yourself a seat.

• Here’s a shot of Affleck (courtesy Yahoo!) getting warmed up for his duties as grand marshal of today’s Daytona 500!
• This week’s Best Buy flyer has a “2 for $25” deal on select Miramax DVDs. Titles include “Clerks,” “Chasing Amy,” and “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.” We assume you already bought copies of this stuff, but they make great gifts (though we still say getting signed ones from the Stash is the first order of business, it never hurts to have a spare).

• Pretty much anyone in North America’s within reasonable travel distance from a live Kevin appearance in the coming months, so you’ve got no excuses! Here’s details on the March 31st Q&A session happening in Berkeley:

Plenty of tickets are still available, but get them now — Stuff usually goes fast once we get the details up at the site here.

• Kevin now definitely says the BIG NEWS will arrive next week on Wednesday, so he’ll try to get it to us very late Tuesday night, or first thing Wednesday morning. We’ll have it up here ASAP, but if it comes during east coast sleepy time, you may hafta wait until the AM to see it in print here. We’ll do our bestest for ya.
• That Star tabloid story (it’s a short Q&A with Kevin) on Jersey Girl and the Ben/Jen factor is now available for viewing online HERE. Spoiler warning!
• In Charlotte, North Carolina newspaper “The Observer” their film columnist praised Chasing Amy (as well as Good Will Hunting) recently in an article about great on-screen chemistries that ‘don’t fit conventional molds,’:

The article also goes on to mention Art Carney’s Oscar-winning turn in “Harry and Tonto,” and the Cruise/Hoffman chemistry in “Rain Man”. That does it for us for now, so get out there and party! It’s Friday! Enjoy your weekend.

• We’ve got the complete details for ya on the date/place/time of Kevin’s rare appearance in Toronto, Ontario next month. We are fairly certain that the ticket price are being quoted in Canadian dollars (thus U.S. prices will be a bit lower), so be sure to ask the cost before you buy. Keep in mind prices are set by the venue, and not us. We do expect this show to sell out very quickly, so if you’re not in one of the schools listed below, we suggest that you get your tickets ASAP next Thursday. Or if you ARE in one of these schools, hurry up, as we hear they’re going like hotcakes. Here’s details:

• Kevin shows up in a few places in the March 2004 issue (Carmen Electra’s on the cover), now on newsstands everywhere. Not only do they have the full page article on Page 60, titled “A Guy and His Stuff”, AND a Jersey Girl review…but the inside back cover of the issue features your very own Kevin Smith finger puppet! Definitely an issue that you collectors will want to pick up. Enjoy, but please don’t let us know what you decide to use that finger puppet for. Scans of it all are above, and here’s a couple of the smaller tidbits:

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• [Pg 58 under Hype Movies] Jersey Girl-The Pitch: A successful music promoter with great hair (Affleck) meet a book editor (Lopez) at a party, and the two fall in love and have a daughter. They agree to raise her Catholic and to never, ever mention Gigli. You can’t be to careful.
• [Same page under On Set] Jersey Girl-Our nerdy roommate Travis gives you an exclusive report from the set of Kevin Smith’s latest movie. A few months after being an extra in Jersey Girl, a picture of my scene popped up on Smith’s web site. But as luck would have it, Jason Biggs was blocking me. Now I have to see the movie and hope that the pie-fucker moves so I can get my face onscreen.

If you click any of that stuff above, don’t miss the Q&A page, it’s one of the best and funniest we’ve read in a while.

• JoBlo’s got a bunch of new Jersey Girl stills up, so we’ve added them to our ever-growing collection over at Exit 37. Haven’t been there lately? JoBlo’s got them all up on this page at his site if you just wanna see what’s new. So pick a spot, and go check ‘em out!
• Be sure and check out “Euro Trip” next weekend, in theaters February 20th. Two View Askew alumni are involved with this one: Some of the film’s writing/directing was done by Dave “Thanks For Watching!” Mandel, he of Clerks: TAS and Seinfeld fame — So ya know it’s gotta be hilarious — And Jersey Girl / J&SBSB / Clerks: TAS composer Jim Venable does the score for the flick. Not to mention, Buffy fans get to check out her younger sister (from the show) in various states of undress. Enjoy.
• Apparently, there’s a page-long interview with Kevin in this week’s Star tabloid. Nothing really new covered, they take the Ben/Jen angle, but it’s a lot of nice Jersey Girl publicity. If anyone’s got a scan or has it keyed in, please pass it on so we can share. We’re strictly “Weekly World News” readers here.