- We originally had announce dthat the episode of “Dinner for 5″ hosted by Kevin would air this past Friday, May 27th. It didn’t. According to the IFC website, the Favreau-free episode with ?Lost? creator J.J. Abrams, Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Stan Lee and Mark Hamill won?t be cablecast until the show gets back from a three-week hiatus on June 17th. Thanks also to Aint It Cool for the alert. Now that the major series have all wrapped for the season, this is a gem to look forward to in an otherwise TV-wasteland.
And hey, not only is Kevin doing special hosting gigs for IFC, but it seems he’s been given the honor to be one of the advisers for their new cinema center. AP reports:
Steven Soderbergh (â€sex, lies, and videotape,†“Ocean’s Twelveâ€), KEVIN SMITH (â€Clerks,†“Jersey Girlâ€) and Richard Linklater (â€Slacker,†“The School of Rockâ€) will each lend their thoughts to the IFC Center, to open June 17 in New York.
Also on the board will be filmmakers Alfonso Cuaron, Errol Morris, John Sayles, Rebecca Miller and Gary Winick, IFC announced Thursday.
The center will house three theaters and be the new home for the cable channel. It hopes to serve as a focal point for the independent film community.
The monthly TV series on new independent films, “At the Angelika,†will now be hosted at the IFC Center rather than the Angelika Film Center, long an indie bastion.
This certainly sounds like a neat honor, and we’re excited to see Kevin will be involved. Of course, we’ll let you know if he’s attending any public events there, and hope this leads to more east coast screenings and events in the Big Apple.
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