• It’s arrived! The anticipated episode ONE of Kevin’s new web-based series, “Sucks Less With Kevin Smith”, is now available for immediate streaming at the MTVu website. And what a fun show this is, too! The class filmed intros and outtros to 3 mini-segments at the Westwood Stash, with a bit of fun dialogue exchange. Students produced and filmed the segments themselves, which this week, take us to a haunted house, a roller derby, and a nerdcore rap concert. The show moves quick, doesn’t bore, and Kevin makes for a fun host to pull it all together. We’ll be looking forward to these each Thursday, and we’re sure you will as well.

Not only is the episode there, but they’ve also posted a neat Behind The Scenes video, as well as an option to e-mail Kevin and the team your ideas of what to do this weekend.

New episodes premiere every Thursday on mtvU, on mtvU.com, and on amp’d mobile phones. We’ll of course let ya know when they’re up, too.

• Here’s a report on an item that we haven’t heard much on in quite some time — That Degrassi feature film project that Kevin was attached to at one point. We’ll let our scooper take over in his own words:

• The new Mortal Kombat Armageddon console game allows players to create their own characters, with a variety of tweaks. So much, in fact, that one player’s made his own Silent Bob character to duke it out and bust some heads. Check out Bob, and his other creations, at the Gaming Target website.
• A new film opening on Friday called “Color of the Cross” is claiming to be the first to portray a Jesus of color. Have they ever heard of a little flick called “Dogma”?
• The answer to one of today’s IMDb trivia questions is based on one of the short film entries from our own Movies Askew contest:

The answer? Sam Rockwell. Robin was played by Justin Long, by the way.

• Looks like it’ll be Nip/Tuck’s SEVENTH episode (airing this Tuesday) with Alanis in a featured role. Looks like it’ll be a little crazy, too. Tune on in.
• And last, but not least, congratulations to Ben Affleck, who took home more honors at the Hollywood Awards earlier this week. Affleck claimed the Best Supporting Actor prize for playing TV Superman George Reeves in Hollywoodland. He took time to heap praise on his actress wife Jennifer Garner, who had to leave the event early to take care of the couple’s baby daughter, during his acceptance speech. He said, “The woman who is babysitting my daughter tonight, she’s the reason I was able to be here. She’s, in fact, the reason most of the good things have happened to me in my life. She is spectacular.” Congrats Ben!