• Here’s two more never before web-ified articles from last month’s View Askew Variety Special Edition for your enjoyment.

The first article covers View Askew’s history, with a very nifty little box office bar chart, interesting stuff. The article talks a bit about all the projects, but spends time on “Jersey Girl” and “Green Hornet” in particular. Of interest, Kevin confirms that Miramax will have “more say during production than they ever have”, as Green Hornet is their “tentpole”. Very interesting reading.

The second focuses on the film of the moment, “Jersey Girl”, which of course was hitting theaters right at the time this issue was published. Not too much new to report there, but it’s a well-written piece with a lot of quotes from the always insightful Scott Mosier, producer extraordinaire.

More soon!

• Wanna read Kevin’s entry in the Encyclopedia of New Jersey (as we reported last update)? Here ya go! The entry was done by Marilyn
  Campbell:

• TV Guide Online’s “Flickchick” dedicated her weekly Q&A to “Green Hornet”. Here’s what she had to say when asked about the film:

Kevin & Jake’s photos also appear at the site which you can check out HERE.

• And finally today, fan Pete thought his dog reminded him of the infamous “Bear Who Drive Car”, so he gave the little guy a shirt. Funny
  stuff. Catch ya next time!

• So how ya doin’, folks? Good? Thanks for stopping in today. We’re sort of basking in the aftermath of all the undercover work that we
  did earlier this year to get the new look up and running for ya’ll. Seems like we’ve got the majority of the bugs worked out right now. We were forced
  to go back to the old method of displaying images due to some issues with the Macintosh web browser users out there. Once we have a universal solution,
  we’ll hopefully be able to present a more convenient way to view images. But until then, at least it’s working for all now.

We urge you to take part in the community at the website, including the talkbacks and the News Askew forums. They’re both great places to meet fellow fans,
discuss the Askewniverse and anything else that’s on your mind. A lot of account were opened, so we assume many of you just prefer to lurk and read, and
that’s fine as well. We love to see the participation. Later this month, we hope to re-open News Askew chat, which will feature live, in person chats
through your web browser or IRC client. We’ll be scheduling set events in the chatroom to allow you immediate interaction with us and some of the celebs
of the View Askew world. Watch for that soon, and lots more as well, as we continue to expand the new News Askew.

Also today, I (Brad) want to thank everyone who sent me Vegas information over the past few weeks. My trip’s just one week away and I’m stoked, ready to
leave NOW! All the info you sent on bars, clubs, gambling, food, and the like has been very useful and is very much appreciated. If anyone’s gonna be in
town or lives and works in town (especially those of you who like to buy beer), let me know! And now, today’s update…

• We continue our special feature on the View Askew issue of Variety today, with two more scanned articles from the magazine, available online here for the first time. First off, “The News on Mewes” catches up with Jay and asks him about what he’s been up to recently.

Next, we’ve got a really nice little clipping where Kevin gives a few sentences on each of his films so far, with some personal feelings on where the company was before and after each film. A very concise, well-spoken piece which covers Kevin’s film history quite nicely. Mandatory reading.

We’ll have more View Askew Variety for you soon!

• Wanna know everything about New Jersey in one book? The New Jersey Encyclopedia is the place! The entries
  page of the website lists a “Smith, Kevin” so we can only assume than the man himself scores an entry. If anyone’s got it, pass it on! Read more about
  the new book HERE.
• Jersey Girl scores a small mention in this New York Times article, “Bringing Up Baby, but Not Giving Up Movies”,
  which focuses on films that some mothers have been seen taking infants into theaters lately:

• And finally today, could a fellow Askew vet be giving Affleck a run for the money at
  the poker tables? Check out who finished 13th in the qualifying series round. Verrry interesting. By the way, Ben, let’s play some cards in Vegas next
  week!

• Due to popular demand, we’re proud to present a new feature here at News Askew tonight: Our UPCOMING EVENTS page tracks all those cool
  upcoming appearances, shows, screenings, and other stuff we thought you might be interested in. It’s a one-page quick snapshot view of all that stuff
  that you see in the ticker on your right. Get there anytime by clicking the “Upcoming Events” header in the ticker or on the new link in the left
  sidebar. Oh, and of course the page also debuts another brilliant work from artist Matt Sullivan! Enjoy.

• Sounds like our beloved Flyers goalie Robert Esche has earned himself a new nickname in the media : “Silent Bob”. GO FLYERS!!!!
• The “Quirky Trailer” for the new film “Burning Annie”, a humorous new indie about a college guy obsessed with the film “Annie Hall”, features quite a few references to the View Askew realm as 2 of the actors play video hockey throughout. Check it out.

• Mick sent us what we’ll make the last two pics from the Clerks Arclight show — Another look at how Kev & Jay appeared during the evening.
• Congrats to George Carlin, who has been named Comedy Central’s #2 stand-up comedian of all time!
• A View Askew reference shows up again in a web comic, this one’s from the “Action Datsun” folks over at the ‘Shoot. In their other comic, “Combustible Orange”, they had originally put a Chinese finger trap on a guy. It was changed to a Brodie inaction figure in the guys hands after they realized they used the previous device too much. Check it out HERE.

• From the latest Previews comes this blurb (and what looks to be the jacket photo) of Kevin’s new book, due this summer from Miramax Books.
• The Premiere Oaks 10 Theatre in Melbourne, Florida will be playing Clerks as the featured “Midnight Movie”, next Friday and Saturday night,
  4/30 and 5/1. This theatre is brand new and probably the nicest in Central Florida. See their site for more info.
• Today’s issue of web comic “Hayt -n- Auggie” makes a direct Mallrats reference. Check it out HERE.
• And finally today, it’s gotta be the ickiest job in the world, but this vocation,
  brought up in Clerks, seems to be alive and well in America. *Shudder*

• The always entertaining, never outspoken Michael Dequina attended the Clerks Q&A/reunion, and filed his own report (including some nice new photos) over at our own Movie Poop Shoot. Here’s a snippet:

Of course, you wanna head right over and read the whole shebang right HERE (just below the Hellboy report). Alright, read these newsbites first. Then go.