• UK Fans, take note: Channel Five are repeating Kevin’s ‘Law and Order’ episode, ‘Black, White and Blue’ on Monday 22nd August at 2.30pm. In the US, the show re-airs on TNT, August 29th at 10 PM and August 30th at 4:00 PM. Kevin appears as a potential witness who gets questioned (as a L&O fan, a part he was thrilled to play).
• Jason Lee appears in a small role in “The Ballad of Jack and Rose”, now available on DVD. Lee continues to get acclaim and big press for “My Name Is Earl”, starting on NBC this Fall.

• Universal tells us our review disc should arrive early next week, so stay tuned for a FULL REVIEW of all the glory that is the Mallrats 10th Anniversary DVD edition. We’re stoked to check out all the new stuff on board. In the meantime, thanks to DVD Answers and Davis DVD for providing us with these exclusive menu shots from the disc. Clickity-click and enjoy. In case you still dunno the date, it’ll be everywhere on September 20th, as as you read above, we’ll be celebrating with signings and more.

• The great Mattt Potter once again edits together a memorable video, this time to promote the big Mallrats X DVD signing, which is set to take place at Stash Westwood on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th. More details soon, as the video says, we’ve got no idea who the special guests may be, but our early estimate is that this will be the BIGGEST and BEST Stash Westwood event yet — So clear the date, and get some comfy shoes, as we imagine lines up and down the block in Westwood for this one. More details as they arrive on the news desk.

• Such memories for us, as well — This trailer actually leaked out to us while Jersey Girl was in production way back when. We always dug the way this trailer showcased the film, without giving away the “major” plot twist that was to happen later. Here’s Kevin to introduce it:

There IS another trailer out there, the international one, that we have filed away somewhere. We’ll look to bring that out in a future edition of Retro for you. It’s got some other scenes in there as well. Trust us, the extended cut of Jersey Girl is worth the wait. So much of what you see in the film today resonates so differently and more meaningfully when you see all of the Ben/Jen stuff. We hope those of you who missed the chance to see this amazing cut at Vulgarthon will get to watch it for yourselves someday.

• Kevin’s keeping up with the diary more regularly now that “Catch” has wrapped up, and he’s given us another week of honest, candid entries for your enjoyment. As always, we highly recommend you check them out yourself at the blog site, as our summaries can never do it justice. Here though, is a brief summary of the events covering August 8th through August 14th:

• Kevin’s thoughts on the “Reel Paradise” NYC premiere, and the amazing amount of “Clerks” deal-makers that showed up for the event.
• A mystery surrounding a would-be Clerks 2 producer who now no longer is.
• Kevin shoots his Veronica Mars guest spot (and confirms his scene is with Kristen Bell, Veronica herself).
• The man’s lost an astouding 17 pounds in just one week on the new diet.

Keep in mind the diary is still around a week behind. Note that Kevin does cite not having a location or female lead for Clerks 2 locked at the point of writing, but that late last week, he did confirm an actress was about to be signed, and that a location wasn’t far off. Stay tuned, as we’ll certainly follow that story and anything else breaking right away.