• Ending soon is the Launchpad raffle of an original piece of art by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti, plus another piece of art by up and comer Khalid Robertson (which just happens to feature two quite familiar characters). Proceeds from the raffle go towards the printing costs of The Launchpad.
• We’ve added a new article to Dogma: Rumor Control from the London Independent, as well as caught up on all fan reviews, so stop over and make sure you’ve seen it all! Bear in mind, this new article and some of the reviews DO contain Dogma spoilers!

• We’ll spare you the long, detailed Star Wars: TPM review that so many siteops are throwing out there and just say this: The movie was fantastic, and totally worth the wait. Critics be damned. The flick delivered what was expected of it, and was a lot of fun to boot. ‘Nuff said. Now, on with the show:

• Yet another Dogma review rolls in courtesy of AICN. This is actually a bit different due to it being from a female perspective, which we believe is the first. There’s definitely a mixed perspective here, though overall she definitely seemed to enjoy the film.

Dogma NYC Screening Review  
(Mixed/Positive, Spoilers)

• Earlier today, Joey Q got back to us with word on DD#7’s status, so we wanted to update you ASAP. The book will NOT be out tomorrow, as we feared. He also stated that It will be leaving Marvel the week of June 4th or June 10th, but that this means nothing since issue 6 took six weeks to be printed from the time it left Marvel! Yikes! Anyway, we’ll keep ya posted on when to expect the next book, but it’s gonna be a while. Many of you also wrote in to confirm this, so thanks!

• Wanna save a TON on the Clerks DVD? We can’t cuz we already pre-ordered from Ken Crane’s, but Reel.Com has a mistake in their pricing procedure right now, which apparently rings the Clerks DVD up at a mere $17.99 if you order it! Hurry!
• We added a few pics of Salma to yesterday’s story about here, hot from Cannes. Scroll down and check it out if you like! By the way, in addition to the pics, E! Online says:

• Could this be Affleck‘s next? This just in:

• And finally today, in case anyone wants to check out Chris Rock‘s hilarious live show, here’s some dates for ya:

• We’re going to TRY and rush through today’s update, since we’re lucky enough to have the Star Wars Trilogy on the new 5.1 Dolby Digital laserdiscs and are planning to spend the rest of today watching them, in turn, on the home theater…So let’s get started:

• We’ll be honest. We’re kinda worried. The countdowns at the top of this page show Oni Double #12 AND DareDevil #7 hitting shelves tomorrow, but we’ve yet to hear a peep from Joe & Jimmy at Marvel on DD. Joe Nozemack from Oni HAS confirmed, though, that Oni Double #12 WILL be out there as scheduled. Great news!

As a rule of thumb, keep in mind that the release dates we’ve got DO reflect the last we were told, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the books are on track. The lack of advanced buzz on the preview copies also seems to suggest that DD#7 may NOT see a release tomorrow. At any rate, hopefully we’re wrong, but if not, don’t shoot the messenger!

We’re gonna drop some e-mails out there and try to get confirmation on DareDevil. Hopefully we can at least have a new release date if it’s delayed.

• As we mentioned, Kevin & crew hopped the flight to France yesterday, where they’ll give Dogma its official debut at the prestigious Cannes film festival this Friday night. His parting words:

Hmmm…Who could that mysterious front-runner for release be? We’ll know soon enough, we guess. Anyone got the inside track?

• We usually don’t devote a full story to a mere Clerks screening, but this one really sounds like it was a good time! Not only did the theater draw a nice crowd, but the sucker had a full bar AND a table of folks playing our Clerks Drinking Game! We hear lots of rowdiness ensued, and there was the obligatory line reciting, but still, a fine time was had by all:

• Lots of small Dogma mentions floating around the news today. First of all, Roger Ebert gives a shout out to Dogma in his web column today:

You can read the full piece HERE.

• Next, we’ve got gossip guru Liz Smith chatting about Salma Hayek’s popularity at the festival:

• Seems that Kevin took the time to stop by the Phantom Menace line outside the Ziegfield Theatre in NY and gave a quick interview. Turns out the theater has quite a page devoted to their Star Wars frenzy, complete with live webcams of the line, fan profiles, and lots more! The interview hasn’t been posted yet, but you should be able to find it at the above page. For now, here’s a snippet:

• Desert Blue‘s trailer aired on today’s edition of Coming Attractions on the E! Channel. Askewer Ethan Suplee is featured in the flick and in many parts of the trailer, but doesn’t get billing at the end (though Casey Affleck‘s does).
• Finally today, Kevin gets a mention, alongside a TON of other great directors, as one of the “Young Turks” at Cannes in a New York Times article by Janet Maslin. You can read the full article (or subscribe to the Times online FREE) HERE.

Time for the Star Wars Trilogy! Catch you folks later…And try to ignore the reviews and the hype and judge TPM by yourself if you see it tonight or tomorrow. That’s what we’re gonna do.