• Updates continue over at Kevin’s popular blog, Silent Bob Speaks (CNN Showbiz even picked up the Entertainment Weekly mention ). Visit the site today to read more about Kevin’s recent casino exploits, and to find out just how many times one person can watch “Glengarry Glen Ross”.
• And speaking of gambling, according to this online diary at ESPN, J&SBSB’s Shannon Elizabeth played in the World Series of Poker this year.
• “Reel Paradise”, the View Askew-produced flick about John Pierson’s quest to open a first-run theater in Fiji, screens at the Maine International Film Festival on Saturday. John is doing a live, in-person Q&A afterwards.See River City Cinema for details.
• We’re getting reports that the Women’s Entertainment Channel, of all channels, is playing the famous TV edit of “Mallrats” pretty regularly. Check your local listings if you got it on your system.
• In the wake of the London bombings, some folks have put together a anti-terriorist site called “We Are Not Afraid”. It encourages people to send in photos following that very theme. A few fans noticed a familiar face in one of the photos at the site.
• And finally today, silly as it is — Buddy Christ shows up in an odd place…“The Virgin Test” when you click yes. You’ll see…

• Yes, UK readers, though we realize you often feel as if you are in the minority around here…Your day has come. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. has been kind enough to provide us with FIVE (5) copies of the Clerks X DVD, coming to UK region 2 DVD on July 18th…Yes, this Monday! Please note this contest is ONLY open to UK readers. You must reside and have a shipping address in the UK to receive a copy.

Winning is simple, really. Well maybe not AS simple as we could have made it, but hey, you gotta work for your supper a LITTLE bit, right? So, here’s what you gotta do. Using our ARCHIVE SEARCH box, answer the following FIVE (5) questions. Be creative and use search terms that make sense, or simply visit our archives and attempt to track down the day that way, month by month. The answers are the DATES, Month, Day, and Year, when the following five events took place:

• The first Vulgarthon, Vulgarthon ‘98, took place in Red Bank, New Jersey on this day.
• The Clerks cartoon premiere episode aired for the first time on ABC television.
• We relaunched News Askew under its new name (previously, the site was known as “Drinks Askew”).
• MTV aired, for the first time, “Jay and SIlent Bob’s Video Stash”.
• The ‘Flying Car’ short made its debut on “The Tonight Show”.

Send your answers, in order, in an email to scoops@newsaskew.com. Include your name, first and last, and a valid e-mail address where we can get in touch with you. CONTEST ENDS MIDNIGHT, JULY 19TH, 2005, EST. You have from now until the end of Monday to get your entries to us.

Remember, ALL these answers can be found in the News Askew archives — But you might have to dig a little or use some brains to figure them all out. We’ll be selecting 5 entries, at random, from entrants who get all 5 dates correct. If no one does, or less than 5 do, we’ll go to 4 correct entires, and so on. ONE ENTRY PER PERSON IS ALLOWED. UK RESIDENTS ONLY. Multiple entries will get you thrown out of the contest. No, if you have 2 different e-mail addresses, you can’t enter from each one. Let’s keep it fair.

So good luck, and thanks again to Buena Vista for supplying us with the goodies! Good luck, UK readers! And for those of you who don’t win, you can own your very own Region 2 copy of Clerks X starting July 18th. Any View Askew fan will tell you, it’s more than worth the cash.