• We absolutely LOVE the campaign taken to promote “Southland Tales” so far. We can only hope that spoilers stay away, and that the secrecy and curiosity surrounding the flick remains. Today, two new bits of interesting stuff on the web for the flick. First up, a website (fake, of course) has been brought online for Sarah Gellar’s porn actress character Krysta Now. A variation of the T.S. Eliot poem that Kelly mentioned during his San Diego stint is featured on the opening page. Looks like there is more on the way. We can’t wait.

Oh, and hey, how’d you like to see that storyboard (complete with sound effects) that Kelly shows during Kev’s panel? The one with the bizarre car commercial? You got it. It’s now up at treer-products.com. Enjoy it!

• Degrassi: The Next Generation has been named “Outstanding Childen’s Program” by the Television Critic’s Association. It joins such good company as “Lost”, “House”, “Arrested Development”, and “The Daily Show”, all fellow winners in their awards this year. Good on ya, Degrassi!
• The blog of Lions Gate director Rob McKittrick mentions being a Kevin fan and giving a script TO “Kevin Smith fans” in a recent entry — Good stuff. And of course, don’t forget Kevin’s OWN director’s blog at www.silentbobspeaks.com.
• Odd Request: I need an AMD 486 style 66 Mhz processor (standard square) if anyone’s got one laying around they’re not using. There’s a project I’m working on that I’d like to have done by the weekend so I’m trying to grab one as soon as I can, instead of trolling ebay auctions. If you’ve got one, drop me a line. They were used in a lot of the old Dell and Compaq 486-based machines years back. Thanks!

• Ah yes, with only a couple months between us and “My Name Is Earl”, we’re thrilled to see the positive buzz and press surrounding Lee and the show. We’re gonna do our best to keep on top of as much as we can here. Ads have started popping up regularly for the program on NBC and its sister stations, so watch for those (or check our archives, we’ve got footage there, too). So, in the press:

USA Today has a blurb on Lee’s hairstyle for the show:

In this bit from From Entertainment Weekly’s site, the “he” is NBC Entertainment Pres. Kevin Reilly:

And finally, much praise from the Boston Globe:

Congrats, Lee. It’s the only sitcom, aside from the brilliant Arrested Development, we think’s gonna be worth watching this Fall.

• Two nice scans to kick off the ‘ol update for ya today. First up, this full page ad comes to us from Video Business Magazine. No news here, as you know Kevin has already given us the full details and the cover, but we figured you’d dig seeing the ad all the same.

Also, TVShowsOnDVD broke a nice story late today — The cover art and full specs of the “Jay & Silent Bob Do Degrassi” DVD, which is apparently coming in TWO VERSIONS, including an UNCENSORED ONE! COOOOOOL. Check out that cover, with the thumbs-up from Kevin reading “Contains coarse and explicit language. In other words, everything you’d expect from a Kevin Smith DVD”. Gotta love it!

Obviously, the ONLY one to get is the Unrated, as it costs 5 bucks more, but has a bunch more goodies (deleted scenes, commentary, and the unrated interview). Here’s the full specs of this one:

– Kevin Smith Exclusive Interview – Commentary by Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Stacie Mistysyn, associate producer Jim Jackman and writer Aaron Martin – Five Minutes of Integrated Footage, Not Seen Anywhere – Reel Footage: The Canadian Ninja Scene – Bloopers – Extended/Deleted Scenes – Jay and Silent Bob Photo Album – Degrassi Photo Album – Actor Bios – Character Profiles

Watch the epsiodes on The N this summer (August 12th, 19th, and 26th), and buy the DVDs, both of them, on November the 9th. We’ll let you know when Stash preoders are ready, of course, so you can get ‘em signed and direct (we have a feeling there’s gonna be some public events surrounding these bad boys, too). Stick around.