• The long-awaited, Canadian home video release of Chasing Amy is TOMORROW!
• Salma Hayek (Serendipity) fans take note: She’s the “babe of the week” over at PC Accelerator. Each day this week, you’ll see a handful of pics of the lovely lady…And judging by this sample, it’s certainly worth a visit!
• Here’s a nice bite from the new CMJ Music Monthly (December):

• Another fan site’s popped up: This one presents a View Askew character guide. Take a look HERE.

• Howdy ho, folks…Welcome to a new month and a new update…We realize that updates have been scarce lately, but we’ve been a bit busy with the big Halloween weekend and all. Now that it’s all over, it’s time to catch up. A few Askew articles to discuss today…Plus Kevin’s been hitting the boards early in the morning lately, so if you want to keep up with the latest Q&A, stop by and read it. If it were something major, we’d surely report it, but it’s just been your basic stuff lately over there…

• A large Kevin Smith article appears in the December issue of Playboy Magazine…We’re working on gathering up a local copy of the text and/or scans of the piece, which is very good…So stay tuned. Not much in the way of new information appears in the article, but it’s some great publicity none the less.

• Naturally, with the new Alanis album arriving this Tuesday, she’s EVERYWHERE in the press. Entertainment Weekly has a nice piece on her, which keys in a bit on her Dogma role and working with Kevin. We’ll have the full story tomorrow.

By the way, this week’s issue also features a quote from Christina Ricci:

• In addition to the fantastic story and artwork, Daredevil’s 3rd issue contains even more of the fun Jay & Silent Bob search…On page 30, panel 5, two mysterious artists named “Jay” and “Bob” spray-painted their names onto a window sill. Also, on page 16’s second panel, a couple is leaving a theater where DOGMA is playing! Wishful thinking, eh?

• In the latest Adam Warren (Dirty Pair, Bubble Gum Crisis) Gen13 Comic, “Magical Drama Queen Roxy” mentions allthree movies (Chasing Amy, Clerks, and Mallrats). One of the characters in the comic book even says “I prefer’Mallrats’ personally”, “No really!, I feel that it is a terribly underrated little gem of a film!”, “‘Mallrats” has acertain ineffable verve and insouciance, a certain Je Ne Sais Quio, that makes the true, if tragicallyoverlooked, Crown Jewel in Kevin Smith’s cinematic oeuvre. Indeed, I’d say…”. At that point he gets blasted by the”Bad Person”. Funny stuff, there!
• The latest issue of GQ features Chris Rock, George Clooney and Harrison Ford on the cover as “Men of the Year”.Inside, readers have voted Rock the television comic of the year.
• As we’ve mentioned lately, another Askew figure from the past, Claire Forlani is getting some notice due to herrole in the upcoming “Meet Joe Black”. Maxim Magazine (which we’ve recently come to enjoy reading) mentions her in anarticle about breakout actresses for 1999:

• Another “Clerks” screening opportunity! This one’s In Ft. Collins, Colorado. The Aggie theatre is showing the flickon Nov. 27 at 10pm and midnight, as a part of their “brew and view” series.

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• Vincent checked in with the FULL details on all his upcoming screenings of “A Better Place”. Check it out:

• Mylars from the Jersey Trilogy are now available for sale…They’re quite the collector’s items. If you think you may be interested, stop by this SITE and check ’em out.
• Today’s DVD File (www.dvdfile.com) update had thed editor saying that he got confirmation from Miramax that Chasing Amy s being released as a special edition DVD in the first quarter of 99.
• Sources tell us that there are few refrences to Kevin’s flicks in the new Adam Warren “Roxy Dream” book that came out on Wednesday.

• Again, things have been moderately quite ’round these parts lately, so updates have been fewer and less bulky, but that doesn’t mean we’re not paying attention. Kevin was on the board this morning answering quite a few questions, so if you’re the sort who likes to keep up with Kev’s appearances, be sure and stop over to check it out. As for OTHER news, read on: