• Congrats to Kevin on being named #83 on Pop Candy’s list of “Top 100 People of 2006″ by Whitney Matheson. The blurb reads:

• John Campea of TheMovieBlog.com is holding “Films For Food Festival” and one of the three films that will be screening there is Clerks II. It was voted by the public into the top 2 films they would like to see, along with the hilarious ‘Shaun of the Dead’.

The guys who do the Audio Edition are also big fans of Kevin. The event’s taking place on Saturday, January 20th, 2007 in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada). ALL proceeds from the festial go right to helping struggling families. The Good Shepherd Centre in Hamilton not only runs a busy food bank, but also an emergency family shelter. Every dollar raised does something good! Three great flicks, and for a great cause. If you’re in the area, it sure sounds like a great way to spend what’s likely to be a cold Saturday indoors!

• Could this be a NEW Jeff Anderson fansite? The webmaster’s got video of the Clerks II DVD signing, photos, links, and more — It’s just getting started, but looks like a good groundwork is set for a nice spot to get your latest Anderson updates.
• Bloody-Disgusting reports that none other than “Dogma”’s Alan Rickman has joined the cast of Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd, playing the role of Judge Turpin. Yet another strange connection with Jersey Girl’s main theme coming to movie form just a year or two after its release.
• Dark Horizons reports: “Donnie Darko” helmer Richard Kelly has posted in his MySpace blog that they have finally locked picture on “Southland Tales”.

Set in a near-future post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, the film follows the criss-crossed destinies of an action film actor (The Rock) stricken with amnesia, an ex-porn star (Sarah Michelle Gellar) in the midst of reconverting, and twin brothers (Seann William Scott) whose destinies becomes confused with that of all mankind.

The current runtime on ‘Tales’ now stands at 137 mins, a full 27 minutes shorter than the “work-in-progress” version shown at Cannes. No word on how this affects Kevin’s role.