• Those of you following the Miramax/Disney saga or intrigued by the man that’s helped make View Askew’s films all possible, Harvey Weinstein, will find an excellent read in this new piece, “How Harvey Weinstein Survived His Midlife Crisis (For Now)” from New York Metro. This is by far the most we’ve seen on the man, and a very interesting, informative, and well-written piece on one of the great supporters of independent filmmakers today. Recommended reading!

• The ‘Shoot’s got a TON of new material up that we think will be relevant to all News Askew readers — First up, check out that wonderful Halloween rendition of Jay and Bob on the front gateway page to the site. Nifty, eh?

Michael Dequina also treats us to a ton of new photos in his “A Night Out” column where he chronicles both the Stash Westwood opening ceremonies and that way cool Buena Vista DVD party from a few weeks back. Scroll on down for bunches of photos and new commentary.

• Popular View Askew composer JAMES L. VENABLE is performing at THE SUNSET ROOM on October 9th – that’s THIS SATURDAY at 8:30pm. For those of you in the L.A. area that would like to attend, go to www.screamingfan.com (”news” on the home page) and RSVP to get on the DISCOUNT list… only $7.00 cover gets you in for the whole night at this very cool club. Tell Jim we sent ya!
• Drew Struzan, who’s known for his original art that is the wonderful Mallrats poster (among many, many other amazingly photorealistic film posters) has a new book coming out, showcasing these works. He’ll be at LA Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention on December 12th. Sadly, it seems Drew can only sign copies of the book there, though perhaps you can catch him in a generous moment pre or post-signing and get a Mallrats poster signed or something. At any rate, the book’s bound to be full of coolness, and it’s a great chance to meet this legend.