• If you missed Kevin’s Roadside Attractions on the site last week (our capturing equipment is just plain bad, thus we haven’t gotten a copy up here either) — Many local affiliates rerun Tonight Show episodes 1 week later at 2 AM. So, if that’s the pattern, that would mean that at 2 AM tonight, some affiliates will show that very episode. Check your listings!
• Kevin and ViewAskew.com get mentions in this SF Gate article which discusses stars who are very vocal on their web sites.
• Congratulations to “Drop Dead Roses” (starring Brian O’Halloran), which took home its first award yesterday — The award for “Best Foreign Film” (it’s Canadian-made) at the Long Island film expo! Congrats to all cast and crew.

• The new UK Askew website is coming, with all your UK-related info surrounding the Askewniverse, with new webmaster Chris Harrison and new artwork from Brian Harley (see above). The site’s due to launch on September 1st.
• This Rueters article cites Jay & Silent Bob’s strong opening $11 million opening weekend last summer, which proved to be one of best last summer during a rather light year at the box office.
• After you’ve read our Vulgar review, check out another take on the film HERE. A quite positive one at that!
• IGN.com has a section in there DVD area called “Spot the Glitch”. DVD watchers can send in clips from movies that contain discrepancy or errors. Today Mallrats was mentioned. Check it out HERE.

• Dark Horizons reports today that Jersey Girl will film in Logan’s Square THIS MONDAY in Philadelphia. We’ll have a lot more news on shooting locations for the film later, so stop back!

• Probably the most scoopage we’ve ever received on a single story — So many that we couldn’t even run all your names, only the first who sent it in. The immensely popular online humor newspaper “The Onion” ribbed Kevin in one of The Onion’s “infographics” about Celebrity fashions. We’ve got that graphic above for the three of you who haven’t seen it yet. Enjoy! Check out the story at their site HERE as well.

• Spidey/Black Cat #2 should be in comic stores TODAY according to Diamond Distributors! The series will now run 5 issues instead of the originally planned 4. Get it NOW!
• Affleck and Damon’s Project Greenlight 2 kicks off on September 19th, and unlike the first Project Greenlight, this one is open to both screenwriters and directors. (They can apply online at www.projectgreenlight.com.) USA Today ran an article on this with lots of quotes from Affleck and Damon. Check that out right HERE. E! Online is also running new clips today with Affleck and Damon regarding the project. They’ve also got a new Jason Lee clip, by the way…
• And finally in this short update today, Jay & Bob appear in what looks like it might be an ongoing arc in the net comic “Bob ‘N’ Ed” today. Later!

• Entertainment Tonight ran a brief segment with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Among other things (such as sequels to Bourne Identity and Sum of All Fears for them respectively), Damon revealed he will appear in a small cameo/walk-on in Jersey Girl! Let’s hope that cameo list continues to grow, it’s certainly starting out with some big stars.
• 107.7, a Seattle radio station, is having an online poll to determine the top 107 albums of the station’s history. The Clerks and Mallrats soundtracks are on the list.
• Diamond News spotlighted the Jay & Bob statues in their recent news.
• The CHUD site conducted this new interview with Jason Lee regarding “Dreamcatcher”. Fletch is briefly mentioned towards the end as well.

• That Spidey DVD box set with the Stan Lee/Kevin Smith DVD included is getting more press here in the States now. Check out a new ad above.
• Finally today, Jay & Bob come up in yet another Photoshop creation – The Worth1000 site asked users to change the race of celebrity photos, and sure enough, the duo show up HERE.

• Hey folks, sorry the update was so late yesterday, we had some technical difficulties. We’re back on track now and plan to catch up on everything we missed, though things are pretty well in order here now. We’re putting the finishing touches on the Vulgar Unrated DVD review this week, and have a few other surprises in the works as well.

ALSO — If you’re interested and in the Central to eastern Pennsylvania area — I’m selling my television. And if you’re looking for a big TV, you may wanna buy it. It’s a Pioneer 57″ widescreen anamorphic television, rear projection. Pioneer makes one of the best RPTVs in the biz. If you want more info, let me know. Serious inquiries only please. I paid $4,000 for it, selling it for much less than half that. And it’s in outstanding perfect shape. Drop me a line if you’re interested.

More news later.

• Yet again, you can take some of the most valuable, unique merchandise from the Askewniverse offices and display them proudly in your home, office, car, or anywhere you want to show off. This week, nab yourself a signed Chasing Amy Sundance poster, Variety ad, an uncut sheet of Mallrats trading cards, or, our personal two faves this week – A screen-used “Banky Edwards” banner from Chasing Amy, and a way cool “Brodie Bolts” color article (a large version appeared in the Secret Stash towards the beginning of Jay & Bob). You gotta love this stuff. Get over there and get in on the fun!

• Kevin Smith’s hetero-lifemates are available in 3-D form in the new Jay and Silent Bob Cold-Cast Statues. Sculpted by Clete Shields, these are the first two in what will be an ongoing series featuring the colorful characters from Smith’s View Askewniverse. Based on scultps originally commissioned by Smith, these incredibly detailed caricatures each stand roughly 11″ tall and are painted with a faux-bronze finish. Jay and Silent Bob have never looked better! Future statues will include Rufus, Brodie, Loki & Bartleby and other characters from Kevin’s flicks. You’ll want to collect them ALL! Each statue is limited to an edition of 1000 each and are packaged in a full color protective box. This is a PRE-ORDER ITEM – Scheduled to ship in November 2002 BUY NOW and it SHIPS FREE. That’s right – FREE SHIPPING on this item! And they’re heavy, too. So buy them both from the Stash and save big! PREORDER NOW!

• Well, perhaps Jay & Bob don’t take home the F-word prize, according to the IMDB and Screenit:

The IMDB counts “267” for the big F — Which does beat the 227 Jay & Bob are supposed to have. Who the hell has time to count all this stuff anyway? One…

• Davis DVD ran a few screencaps from the Dogma documentary on the Vulgar DVD (check our archives for our screencaps and a review of the documentary when it was first made) — Also, the R-rated Vulgar disc is reviewed at DVD Angle. Our full-blown unrated edition review is coming this week!
• Drawing The Line dug the influx of hits we sent them after mentioning their web comic next week – So, they’ve got ANOTHER View Askew reference in their latest edition. Check it out HERE.

• Not everyone in the UK is an Askew fan we suppose — SFX magazine ran a so-so review of Spidey/Black Cat, which you can check out on the left above. On the right, they totally slam Affleck’s Sum of All Fears. Hey, can’t win ’em all.
• Alright, here’s a different spin on those quizzes – What Kevin Smith MOVIE are you? Find out HERE.

• The good folks at Lions Gate were kind enough to hook us up with an advanced copy of the unrated Vulgar DVD! Yet again, this disc does NOT disappoint, with the best transfer of Vulgar we’ve ever seen, a greatnew commentary track, the long-awaited Dogma documentary, and more. Check out some exclusive shots from the movie, documentary, and menus above! We’ll have a full review of this disc right here very soon.