• Seems a new era is upon us – User-modifed inaction figures, anyone? Seems one Buffy fan has taken a couple of C.L.I.T. members and turned them into two famous slayers.

• A small mention of Clerks II heads up this review for the new “Employee of the Month” flick hitting theaters this week. Scan is above.
• And finally today, congrats to “My Name Is Earl” star Jaime Pressly. Jason Lee today seemed to confirm her alleged pregnancy in a story posted over at the IMDB. Pressly hosts a brand new Saturday Night Live this weekend.

• It’s an exciting time for us here at News Askew — We’re nearing our 10 year anniversary of the site (coming this May, we celebreate a whopping TEN YEARS bringing you the latest news from the world of Kevin Smith and the View Askewniverse), and we’re also amazingly close to another huge milestone – Our 20 millionth hit to the website. That means that, on average, we’ve had 2 million visits per year here at News Askew. Not too shabby for a website that started with just a few silly drinking games back in 1997, when the View Askew canon consisted of only 3 films. My, how time flies and how things change.

So, what could we do to celebrate 20 million? Well, a couple of things, really. But more on that later. First up, what can we do for YOU? Tell ya what — How about a prize? Yep, that’s right, the hitter who e-mails us at 20 million or closest to that number AFTER the 20 million turns will get a prize from Mr. Kevin Smith himself — A signed pair of his worn Vans shoes! Will this be a pair that’s been seen on the red carpet? The Tonight Show? Perhaps even during one of the famous “Evening With” segments? You never know. But what we do know is that Kevin generously offered to donate a pair once he heard of the big milestone. And we’re looking forward to giving them to one of our lucky readers.

The contest is simple — Just capture us a screenshot of your hit and email it to us. Use your PRINT SCREEN key and then cut and paste it into a photo program, word, anything you can do to get it to us. The screen will display a special message if you’re the winner, so there will be no faking this one (or we’ll know if you did) so don’t bother trying using any Photoshop jobs to pull one over on us.

So good luck, thanks for visiting, and we’ll be back with more exciting anniversary news soon. For now, let’s hit that 20 million and work on the next milestone. Thanks to all of you who continue to make News Askew a success. We wouldn’t be here without you.

• After quite a bit of speculation, and a few runs at recent Vulgarthons, we’re happy to announce that you will soon be able to watch Jeff Anderson’s directorial debut, “Now You Know”, in your own home! Kevin’s put his own name on the flick, with a “Kevin Smith Presents” before the title, a nice tie-in to the November 28th release date. Sound familiar? It should! That’s the same date you can pick up Clerks II and Evening Harder on DVD. Yep, that’s right, it’s a View Askew DVD trifecta! The biggest release date in View Askew DVD history is now less than 2 months away.

Technical specs aren’t out yet, but DVDActive has the cover art. And yes, for those of you who loved Elias in Clerks II, this flick is the one that got Trevor Fehrman hired for the gig, and his feature film debut. Folks who have checked this one out at Vulgarthons have loved it — It’s a fast-paced romantic comedy with some excellent buddy chemistry between Anderson and Fehrman, and a worthy addition to your View Askew DVD library. Save up those pennies for November 28th, folks! We’re sensing some BIG signing events happening at one or both Secret Stash stores around that time…

• Kevin corrects that story we had earlier this week about him hosting two back-to-back weeks of “At The Movies”. A Q&A in Orlando, FL prevented him from seeing all ten of the films he would have had to screen to participate in both programs. We’ll have clippage of this week’s show for you soon.
• The lovely Salma Hayek takes the number 4 spot on movies.com’s list of “8 Great Stripteases”:

• Seems that Jay & Bob are featured at a Halloween haunt again this year, this time just down the street from the site of the Clerks II Mooby’s (pre-demolition), Knott’s Berry Farm. Our scooper reports:

• And finally today, Eliza “Duckshoot” Dushku fans take note: She’s taken on a role in a new horror flick called “Mamba”. “I Know What You Did Last Summer” meets “Final Destination,” “Mamba” turns on a group of surfer students who discover an old satanic board game called Mamba. Every time one person loses in the game, they suffer dire death. Later folks!