• Now that many of you have received your DVDs and have finally had the chance to watch this excellent film…What do you think? Talk back about Vincent Pereira’s “A Better Place” DVD.

Still undecided on buying the flick? Yet ANOTHER in a long line of positive reviews of this kick ass disc and flick can be found right HERE. Don’t miss it.

• Now THIS is cool. Moviefone’s put their “Guide To The Askewniverse” online. This one’s so good, we might hafta ask to steal it for the News Askew archives. Send anyone who’s planning to see the film this weekend without seeing the other flicks first to check this out for sure. You’ll dig it, too. Check it out HERE!
• Kevin called in to the nationally syndicated Opie & Anthony radio show yesterday around 5:15 PM. He called from his residence in LA and mentioned last night’s Leno gig. He really just called to plug the movie but he also joked around with O&A and Jerry “The King” Lawler (who also called in before Kevin). It was a short call but he got his message out and O&A were behind him 100%. They said he didn’t need to plug the movie because they know it’s going to be a huge opening and everybody is already going. A good sign for sure. Due to Lawler’s involvement, wrestling websites such as this one are also picking up the story.
• We told ya we’d keep track for ya, and the news is good: The Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Soundtrack is the ‘Pacesetter’ for the week, moving up to #55 from #92. Next stop, the top 25!
• Another appearance we missed: Shannon’s appearance on Craig Kilborn Tuesday night. She promoted the film quite well, as they chatted about the film, her jewel thief character, and Kilborn did his “5 questions” with her. She was on there quite a bit, and they mentioned the flick a number of times. A good appearance.
• Starz News: STARZ CINEMA spotlights Kevin Smith’s two films prior to JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK tomorrow night – DOGMA & CHASING AMY – at 8 and 10:15pm, respectively. Thanks to ZENtertainment for the news. Also, at 7:30 PM, before the flicks start, watch Starz! Movie News for footage from the premiere and…A NewsAskew plug! Exactly one week later, they’ll have a 6 minute Kevin Smith Profile, which will cover his career and how writing comics has effected his film work.More information right HERE.
• In this press release, Kevin is cited as one of the reasons for the incredible jump in attendance at this year’s San Diego Comic Con.
• This week’s “You’ll All Be Sorry” column has a joke about Kevin’s upcoming run on “The Brave and the Bold.”

• Reviews of Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back continue to be overwhelmingly positive, with some of the latest being a glowing piece from Peter Travers at Rolling Stone. You can check that one out HERE. A reviewer over at Guerilla Film gives Jay and Silent Bob an “A” and declares it “The Best Film I’ve Seen All Year.”

The good news continues as reviews for Bubble Boy are starting to trickle in around the web and they are generally horrible. Check out Dark Horizons for a couple of those today. Jay & Bob is clearly the film to see this weekend, and hopefully the moviegoing public will recognize that.

You can read and contribute to our huge J&SBSB Review database over at the News Askew Forums!

• Yep, you guessed it…More press for Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back today! We’re not really checking these things for spoilers, repeat content, and the like…There’s just no time. So read at your own risk, and don’t be surprised if there’s not a lot of new information in them. The word sure is getting spread around, though, today’s group features a couple pieces from Canada as well as the usual U.S. outlets:

• Rumor has it that the story for the Bluntman & Chronic comic story script is not quite complete, thus, the book will not be out this month. This is unsubstantiated, but also possible due to Kevin’s busy schedule these past couple of months. We’ll try and learn more, as the book was originally set to arrive right before the J&SBSB film, and obviously won’t be on shelves in time for that. The book was set to tie directly into the film itself.
• We’d like to thank Access Hollywood for featuring shots of the News Askew site on a story regarding Kevin and the GLADD stuff in last night’s program. It was nice to see an objective piece as well as the site during primetime TV. Good stuff. We’ll have the clip online soon.
• According to this Fox News story, Afroman’s “Because I Got High” will now air on MTV, with direct references to pot smoking censored out.
• Hollywood.Com has a Jay & Silent Bob page dedicated to the new film now, which you can find HERE.
• Check out Entertainment Tonight this evening, as they have promised a piece on Afroman and his involvement with J&SBSB.
• There’s a piece with Carrie Fisher and James Van der Beek in the latest issue of Interview magazine. If anyone has a transcript, send it in, otherwise, check it out at your local newsstand.
• More online polls: www.boxofficereport.com is running a poll on which film will open at #1 next week. Jay and Bob have the lead easily at presstime. You can place your vote HERE. AOLers should check out Keyword: Movie Meter to vote in the “This Weekend’s Hottest Movie” poll.
• Jay & Silent Bob appear in cartoon form at the Celebritoons website HERE.
• Here’s a new interview over from Sequential Tart with artist Duncan Fegredo: His work on the Jay & Silent Bob comics comes up a new times. Check it out HERE.
• Apparently Mewes gets a mention on this strange Pokemon-like “adopt a character” site HERE.
• Sounds like she’s doing a little press for the film after all – Shannon Elizabeth had an interview with the morning radio show (98 ROCK) in Baltimore, MD this morning. She spoke well of working with Kevin and the crew.

• The first in the series, we’ve got a new skin for PC video game “The Sims” – This one allows you to have Banky move into your home. Check it out at Files Askew or click HERE to grab it now.

• In case you missed the announcement at their site, the CNN chat has been moved to Thursday, August 23rd. Same time, 12 noon EST. This is likely due to all the last minute changes revolving around the Tonight Show Appearance tonight.

The FX show “The Test” (which aired last night when Jay & Bob took over the network) is being rerun today (in a few hours…sorry it’s late) at 2PM EST on FX. Chances are they’ll run it a few more times, too. Check your listings.

• A few last minute appearance changes, and yes, the MTV TRL appearance will hafta be postponed today due to Kevin’s surprise appearance coming tonight on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The MTV TRL stuff will happen on Thursday or Friday of this week, and we’ll post that info here as soon as we know. In the meantime, Kevin’s busy speeding back to the west coast (he’s playing ping pong with the coastlines this week) after his early morning appearance on Howard Stern (which we’ll have audio for right here, soon). That being said, don’t miss Kevin on The Tonight Show this evening.

Coming up after tonight, appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tomorrow, and with Brian Gumbel on CBS’s Morning Show this Friday morning. Let the press onslaught continue! More updates later this evening.

• Will does it again, this time with high quality clips of Kevin’s appearance on Politically Incorrect last night. Yet again, you’ll need the RealPlayer to view these things, and have the choice of noth 56k and 150k. Look for stuff from the FX network stuff soon, as well as tomorrow’s Howard Stern, Daily Show, and TRL tomorrow! As always, News Askew is proud to be your web source for all the latest media appearances for Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back!

Aside: Will Ferrell’s appearance on The Late Show last night turned out to be a pretty poor plug for the flick, as it was mentioned only in passing and without a clip, sadly. Therefore, it’s not online. Believe us, you’re not missing anything. Will was funny as always, just not much of a promotion.

Finally, if you’d like to read along (or just read) a transcript of the PI appearance, you can access that online right HERE.

• Don’t forget to check out WizardWorld 2001 coverage page. We’ve added tons more coverage and a LOT of exclusive photos over the past few days. It’s the biggest collection of View Askew related con photos anywhere. Be sure to surf over for the latest, and check back as we might even add some more content this week.

• For those of you who have been following the saga over the years, Film Threat writer Ron Wells continues to drag on the whole Kevin vs. Film Threat issue with his latest piece at Film Threat, which attempts to review the film but gets off on so many tangents we can’t even figure out which way he’s going with things. When he finally reviews the film, he seems to enjoy it and give it a begrudgingly good score. Go try and make heads or tails of the whole tirade HERE.

Wells seems to think that J&SBSB came out of his experiences and reviews of Kevin’s past stuff, and seems to completely miss the point that, if ANY similarity at all, the film is taking shots at the anonymous fans who post in areas like AICN’s Talkback section…They KEY word being ANONYMOUS. The flick doesn’t so much skewer the reviewers who put their names on their opinions, rather, the folks who hide behind surnames as they bash peoplke. So honestly, where exactly did Wells get the notion that the film came out of HIS particular reviews and comments? We’re not sure. Check out the piece and judge for yourself.