• Kevin and Trevor appeared on Detroit radio as part of the ongoing Clerks II promotion. This time, it was WKRK, where the BIG NEWS slipped: Clerks II AND Now You Know will share a DVD release date: December 5th, 2006. This is of course, subject to change, but at presstime, that’s what we’ve got. Way cool, eh? There’s a complete podcast (in two parts) of the appearance under the “Deminski and Doyle” banner on the left. The links are there, but we hear they won’t actually start working until sometime this weekend.

Another area station, WRIF has also posted a short summary and a couple of pics from Kevin and Trevors appearance at their place. We believe Trevor will now be joining Kevin for further dates on his radio tour, as he mentioned he’d be travelling with Kevin for the upcoming Boston gigs this weekend as well.

• Exciting news! TwinCities.com reports that Kevin will return to Minnesota to film his next flick, a non-Askewniverse production. He also reveals it is indeed a romantic comedy, he’s hoping for snow (required in some scenes), and writing a part for Rosario Dawson:

We’ll keep you posted as we learn more about this mystery movie!

• Quick Stop Entertainment, View Askew’s new web portal for all the entertainment stuff you love (comics, movies, music, tv, and more) is now running in full force, with oodles of original columns, features, reviews, and more. Columns range from “Trailer Park”, checking out the latest movie trailers and commenting on them, “Toy Box”, looking at the latest must-have collectibles, and yes, even “Monkey Talk” – An interview show starring Paul Dini and a talking monkey doll. You read it right. Get over to Quick Stop Entertainment today. We’re just breaking ground on what’s going to become one of the largest sites on the web for original entertainment and news.

• Philly.com will sponsor an online chat with Kevin at 2 PM on Monday, June 26th (yes, THIS Monday, folks). They’re offering up an e-mail address to send your questions in, so we’re not sure if the chat will be open to all to participate in, or just to watch. If you wanna know something, it wouldn’t hurt to send it in ahead of time. Get some good questions brewing!
• Wanna see Clerks II early? Sure ya do! MovieContests.com and Alliance Atlantis are giving away double passes to the advance screening of the flick, which will take place on Thursday, July 20th. The screening will take place in Vancouver. Entering is as easy as filling out a form at their website and, as is with all Canadian contests, answering a SKILL question. Oooooo. Good luck, and win it, News Askew readers!
• The official clerks trailer that you’ve seen at the official site is now also available via the widely surfed Apple Quicktime site. An ipod-sized version is also there.
• Kevin’s Superman script gets a mention in this review of the new flick from Comic Book Resources. As always, watch for spoilers — We’re waiting to see this one before reading up on all the reviews.
• More glowing press for “My Name Is Earl”, this time from Australian publication “The Age”. Enjoy your weekend, folks! Thanks for stopping in and we’ll see you again real soon — Less than a month until Clerks II!!!