• The full rundown of Kevin’s appearance on “At The Movies” is now available on the official Ebert & Roeper site :

• Spoiler alert! Check out a photo of Mewes from the horror gorefest “Feast” in this Entertainment Weekly clip from the flick above.
• The new “DJ Yoda” titled ‘The Amazing Adventures of DJ Yoda’ arrives in the UK on October 2nd and features several samples from Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. You can listen now at Myspace.
• Horror fansite Bloody Digusting reports that Rosario Dawson will star in a flick based on her own comic book “O.C.T.: Occult Crimes Taskforce”. She recently completed “Killshot” for Dimension, and is currently starring in the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez pic “Grindhouse” and will reprise her role in the “Sin City” sequel. Busy gal, great flicks!

• Obviously a favorite for his honesty and likability, Kevin will return to co-host the popular “At The Movies” with Richard Roeper for the next TWO weekend editions of the program (starting with the weekend of Saturday, September 30th). The news first broke when Roeper ran down the list of next week’s films on the program this weekend, and mentioned that Kevin would be in to help review them. The flicks: “The Guardian”, “School for Scoundrels”, “The Queen” and “Open Season”. No word yet on the flicks for week two, though looking ahead, you can probably guess.

WSCH confirms the dates and for the more official, TV Guide also has the story. We’ll work on getting information, clips, and more up right here for ya following each episode, too. Check your local listings for date and time.

• Some new scannage for ya from the UK today — This from NME magazine, promoting Clerks II in a two-page spread we’ve pieced together for ya. Tons of new quotes from Jay in the various inserts, as well. Enjoy!
• Check out Mewes in the horrofest “Feast” – Now showing in theaters for midnight screenings, and on DVD October 17th! We’ve been waiting for this one.
• Ben Affleck talks “Hollywoodland” in this new NPR interview. You can check it out in Windows Media and Real Audio formats. He remains highly talked-about for his excellent portrayal of George Reeves in the film.

• Clerks II hits UK theaters this weekend, after a long wait from fans — We hope you’re all enjoying the film up on the big screen with an audience full of fans! The Thursday podcast of BBC program “Front Row” features a review of the film, if you care to listen to a British reviewer’s take.

In other UK Press, Kevin conducts a new interview with “Digital Spy” which features a mix of familiar and original questions. Here’s a sample:

UK’s “The Guardian” website posts a story on Kev and CLerks II titled “It’s Just Dudes Talking About Sex and Star Wars”, featuring new interview quotes. A snip from this one:

And finally, FemaleFirst, another UK-based site, runs a blurb on Kevin’s jokes regarding daughter Harley’s language:

If you’re in the UK — Get your butt into a theater and see Clerks II this weekend!

• Here’s a cool piece of news — Kevin has come on board to co-teach a UCLA film class, who will produce a new mobisode series called “Sucks Less, with Kevin Smith”. Seems that students will be instructed by Kevin from the Stash in Westwood, where he’ll fill the students in on upcoming weekend events. The class will then write, shoot, and produce the entire series, which you can watch on mobile phones and mtvU.com. Kevin is on board to exec produce and mentor the students, but they’ll be doing all of the actual work to put the show together.

The full press release, courtesy of Reality TV Website:

It’s a fun experiment, and one we’ll be sure to follow up with you on.

• In an interesting tidbit taken from a recent interview with Bang Showbiz, Kevin reveals his desire to make the horror flick he’s planning very “gritty”:

• The great Thaahum and Mattt Potter have teamed up again — This time it’s a video for his new View Askew song, this time playing off of the Joel Siegel / Kevin Smith battle over Clerks II this summer. As always, the song’s got a catchy beat and lyric, and Pottter cuts together another brilliant video, complete with an intro movie and everything. Check it out at these places: YouTube, MySpace, and Quicktime (Small).

Also, don’t miss Taahum’s new column, Keneteph’s Korner, over at our own QuickStopEntertainment.com! Nice work, guys.

• Due to losing that lawsuit from the band “Supernova”, who appeared on the Clerks soundtrack, Tommy Lee’s new reality show band now has to record and tour under the way dumb name “Rock Star Supernova”. How silly.
• Anyone catch Affleck on “The Daily Show” the other night? We hear someone yelled “Affleck was the BOMB In Phantoms!” after the initial applause died down when he came onstage. Gotta love it!
• Slight countdown correction – The HD-DVD version of Clerks II will street the same day as the standard DVD release – November 28th, not December 11th as previously reported.

• Some neat new swag spotted via the Diamond Previews page — A black “I’m Eating It” Clerks II shirt variant. As always we’ll let you know when stuff like this pops up for online Stash ordering, as well. If you haven’t been over there in a while, it’s worth skimming around just to see the amazing amount of coolness you can pick up for yourself or the View Askew fan in your life. Some great deals, too.

• And finally today…When In Rome (Italy)…Go see CLERKS II, this September 29th! This billboard pic passed onto us via James Plumtree, who was on vacation there last week. Have a fantastic weekend, folks.

• Tickets went on sale on Monday for the two amazing events in Hollywood to celebrate the arrival of Clerks II and Evening Harder on DVD — These events are at the awesome Cinespace, where you can eat, drink, and hang out with a bunch of fans — Oh, and did we mention Kevin Smith will be there, in person, as well? This is a much smaller, intimate event than a Thon, so we’re highly recommending you check it out. You’ll have lots more personal time to hang out with fellow fans and the man himself. Get your tickets NOW for both nights! Details are available there as well, or check our previous news for some FAQ. Both shows come with a free DVD (delivered after street date) and a night of fun with fans — And of course bragging rights to say you saw all these great extras well before the rest of the Askewniverse!

• The original “Clerks” will be screened tomorrow (Thursday) in Sacramento, California at the UA Arden Fair as part of their “Flashback Films” series. Tickets are only $5. It screens at 10:00pm. Hope some fans can make it out to see this classic as originally intended — In a dark theater with a fun crowd!

• Thanks to our loyal users, we’re very pleased to have the complete scans from the MAD Magazine “My Name Is Earl” parody. Click the cover and pages above to check out all the fun.
• Jason Lee’s “My Name Is Earl” season one DVDs are now on the streets, and enjoying outstanding reviews. Check out DVD Talk as well as Newsday for examples of this, screenshots, and more. It’s not View Askew, but it’s Jason Lee and we’re calling that a must-own. And did View Askew’s own Bryan Johnson really do the documentary for this set? Hmmm! Need more incentive? Check out a clip from the “Lost Pilot” extra at Amazon!
• A finalist from the AOL Gold Rush game states that he’d most like to hang with Kevin of all the celebs out there:

• And finally today, word has it that Kevin’s cameo in “Bottoms Up” is extended and runs in snippets from start to finish. We also hear Mewes holds his own as a leading man, though the flick itself suffers from Paris Hilton’s wooden acting and some bad editing. Check it out now for yourselves on DVD.
• And don’t forget! Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back is NOW OUT ON BLURAY. May be of interest for those of you with the latest expensive toys. And we’ll catch ya next time! Thanks for dropping by.

• Check out this lovely trade ad for the upcoming Clerks II DVD. It streets (along with “Evening Harder”) on the 28th of November — A very happy day for View Askew fans everywhere. If you look closely, you’ll see the full official specs of the disc. We’re stoked about the “Back to the Well” documentary after the brillaint doc on the Clerks X disc. We’re sure it’ll be worth the price of the disc alone. Oh, and you get a fantastic movie, too.
• Kevin’s “Bottoms Up” cameo is confirmed and showing in television ads for the DVD. In the ad, he can be seen pushing photogs out of the way as Hilton and Mewes enter a glitzy event. The disc was released on September 12th.
• Wanna meet Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, and Jamie Pressly and get your Earl season one DVD signed? Meet all three of them TODAY at Best Buy, New York City (5th and 44th) from 7-9 PM for the signing. Or, try the NBC Experience Store in NYC this Wednesday from 3-5 PM!
• Jason Lee (kind of) graces the cover of the latest MAD Magazine in their spoof “My Name is Earlfred”. Hook us up with scans if anyone nabs the issue!
• And finally today, showing what a good sport he is, Matt Damon appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live , playing along with the running joke that has him gettimg mysteriously “bumped” from every episode. Enjoy, and we’ll see ya next time!

• Those of you on the fence regarding a trip to Los Angeles may have just had your decisions made for you — There will now be back-to-back events at Cinespace to celebrate the DVD releases of Clerks II AND Evening Harder. Clerks II’s event has just been announced, and will take place Sunday, November 5th from 6 PM until Midnight. $55.37 gets you into that one. And then, the previously-announced “Evening Harder” watching party happening Monday, November 6th from 6 to midnight for $55.00 as well. Much like the Evening Harder event, attendees will receive a free signed Clerks II DVD with their purchase. Please note: You MUST buy tickets separately for each event. They will go on sale MONDAY exclusively for board members and readers of this website. We’re expecting a quick sell-out to both events (the free signed discs make the deal even sweeter). Kevin will be on-hand to host both events, perform Q&A, talk about the segments, and the like. Best of all, you’ll be seeing the stuff on these discs WEEKS before everyone else does. And of course, both events take place at the awesome Cinespace, so you can eat and drink all night long while the discs premiere.

Kevin posted full details as well as some FAQ on the shows, which we’ve got for ya right here:

1) There are 250 slots per night. Tix go on sale on Monday (offering ‘em up here first, to VA Boardies; after one week, any unsold tix get offered to the MySpace crew).

2) Entry fee to each event gets you a signed DVD, though not at the actual event itself. Once “Evening Harder” and “Clerks II” street, then you get your DVD (or DVD’s if you’re going to both events), which you can either pick up at the Stash, or have sent to you on street date..

3) If you’ve already ordered “Evening Harder” from the online Stash, you can’t cancel it to go to this (you’d be creating a nightmare for the online Stash folks). If you’ve already ordered “Evening Harder” from the Stash, AND you want to attend this, you’re gonna have two copies of “Evening Harder” (though, with Christmas coming, I imagine you can unload the second copy)..

4) No bitching about #3..

5) Cinespace also runs a bar and grill, so you can eat and drink while you watch four hours of “Evening Harder” (food and drink not included in entry fee)..

6) These events are gonna be pretty fucking cool/fun, and worth the trip for out-of-staters (I’m talking to you, East Coasters).

MINI-FAQ ANSWERS

Non board-members should hurry and sign up for the board this weekend, if you intend to bring them with you. All View Askew board members, old and new, take priority with ticket sales.

Two tickets per person is the maximum allowed purchase on Monday.

A poker game may be held for interested fans, with Kevin, on the Saturday before the Sun-Mon events.

Tickets will be sold exclusively through the online Stash.

The events are not over a weekend due to the impossibility to reserve a theater on popular attendance days. So these days were picked to make it as close to a weekend as possible.

These events will not likely be repeated on the east coast.

No other celebs are planned to be in attendance for the shows.

Tickets go on sale 10 AM EST this Monday.

We love this idea — Seeing all the stuff this early on a big screen, with Kevin and a room of fellow fans in attendance. It doesn’t get much better than that. We’ll have links and further information when these 2 shows go on sale this Monday. Don’t miss what’s set to be two of the best events yet. Wahoo!