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  • Dogma’s DVD release, even WITHOUT being a special edition, is doing quite well as far as sales go. Reel.com has the disc listed as its #1 seller for the week, and DVD Insider reports that Dogma was the second highest all around selling DVD for last week. Not bad at all! Wonder how well October’s SE will do?
  • The net is buzzing with rumors on the upcoming “Preacher” film. Today, IGN Movies runs this piece on the project, and Dark Horizons mentions Kevin as an executive producer on the flick. We’ll keep you posted as we hear more.
  • Jason Lee gets a small blurb in this month’s issue of Stuff Magazine, asking him a few questions regarding things that he regards as “cool”:
5 Rules of Cool
Jason Lee
The former world skateboarding champion and star of Cameron Crowe’s next flick weighs in on all things dope

Coolest thing you own: A jumbo-body, 12-string guitar. When I’m not acting, all I do is make music.
Coolest thing you wear: Clarks shoes and sesert boots. I buy at least one new pair every year.
Coolest thing you’d like to own: A Porsche 550 Spyder. It’s, like 500 grand, but wow-that’s a car.
Coolest Beverage: Water. Nothing beats it…except for the occasional Guinness Stout, and then nothing beats that.
Coolest thing you know: Everybody thinks I invented the 360-degree kik flip. I didn’t. I saw this other guy, Rodney Mullen, do it and copied it.

  • More View Askew references, this time in one of the industry’s best selling books — Spawn (Issue #95). On the 9th page of the comic book two of the characters are conversing and the convo goes like this, and might just be a reference to a slightly-differently spelled security guard from Mallrats…
“Wait a minute. You didn’t see LeFors out there, did you?”
“Huh? Lefors? What are you babbling about?”
“Good. For a minute there I thought we were in trouble.”
“What? Why are you talking like that?”
“I don’t know… I think maybe my guy watched a lot of movies.”

The second reference is on page 21, where a cigarette is drawn hitting the ground and one of the guys says “I said, KNOCK IT OFF!”, which is a vague (but seemingly apparent) reference to Jay scolding Silent Bob when he’s attempting the Jedi Mind Trick on a cigarette towards the start of ‘Rats.

  • It’s been confirmed: Jason Mewes IS scheduled to appear at DragonCon this year! Those of you that are going may want to bring your Jay action figures or your Jay & Silent Bob books for a chance at an autograph. The con starts on June 29 and runs until July 2.
  • This salon.com article on eroticism in film compares and contrasts “Chasing Amy” and “Basic Instict.”
  • The Mr. Showbiz site ran a report on Affleck & Damon’s appearance at a Harvard rally last weekend, in support of higher wages for the school’s custodial staff. You may have to check back in yesterday’s news for it, but it’s there.
  • Finally today, don’t forget, Kevin’s 30 minute appearance on the Sundance Channel‘s “Conversations in World Cinema” premieres night at 9 pm EST! It’s a good (albeit short) show, and we realize that a lot of you may not get the channel, so find a friend and have ‘em tape it! Check back in our archives (or use our new search feature) for our review of the show.

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