• There’s a special section in today’s HOLLYWOOD REPORTER devoted to Miramax’s silver anniversary, and there are lots of congratulatory ads from directors, stars, agencies, etc. Kevin’s features a picture of him and Mewes and Harvey Weinstein in tuxes, and one of Kevin and Bob Weinstein on the set of J&SBSB, with stills from all his Miramax projects running through the middle. Wanna see it full size? Sure ya do! Click the pic on your right.

Also, from an article about how Harvey’s personal tastes have steered the company:

Miramax then found another outsider artist in Kevin Smith, whose raucous 1994 debut “Clerks” might be the only feature shot for $27,000 that looks like it cost considerably less to make. But Weinstein possessed the instincts to transform Smith’s underdog-made-good story into an unlikely career.

With Tarantino and Smith, Weinstein has accomplished what had gone out of fashion after the maverick films of the 1970s: He has made the director the star, stoking the surrounding cult of personality. If that has meant absorbing occasional failures and indulgences, such as Tarantino’s 1995 dramedy “Four Rooms” (he was one of four directors on the project) or Smith’s 2001 comedy “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” then so be it — the brand names continue to pay dividends.

We wish Bob, Harvey, and Miramax the best of luck as they move into the next phase. Onward and upward!