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February 13th @ 9:28 pm | | Scooped by Cole R, Timothy Kahn, Nick Francone, Phillip Bach, Buzz, Tricia Bird

  • HEADS-UP: Kevin’s Bergan County Q&A date is going to be changing. We don’t have a new date to announce at this point, but we DO want to let you know it’s coming soon, this week. The appearance is not being cancelled, just moved.

  • It’s a small mention, so we’re not running a scan, but writer Diablo Cody (”Juno”) makes reference to a hilarious Affleck line from the great “Mallrats” in her back page column for the mid-month issue of “Entertainment Weekly”, while discussing a rumored “New Kids on the Block” reunion:


      “In the movie Mallrats, Ben Affleck famously (rhetorically?) asks, ‘Who’s your favorite New Kid?’ while atop a schoolgirl. This surprisingly profound question begs the inevitable Beatles analogy.”

  • More love from the folks at Film-411 today: Jay & Silent Bob show up as #32 in their list of all-time greatest movie characters, along with a detailed write-up and a clip.

  • As promised, here’s a German-to-English translation of that Jersey Girl scan from the last edition of NewsBites, for the curious:



      NEW: Jersey Girl
      Arrogant Yuppie finds his way back into the simple, real life.
      Charming, tragic comedy with Ben Affleck

      Critics bashed this Kevin Smith movie really hard, although it is a pleasant watch until the happy end.

      PICK OF THE DAY: Charmingly sympathetic

      The Ben Affleck Info-Box says:

      Arrogant and rude

      A Producer denied Affleck the leading role in Smiths Mallrats. The director gave his friend a supporting role, and after Ben’s Oscar win for “Good Will Hunting”, even leading roles. (Chasing Amy, Dogma) In 2007, Affleck made a critically acclaimed directorial debut with “Gone Baby Gone”. Right now he is filming with Russell Crowe the Remake of the BBC Movie “State of Play”.

  • Seems that Netflix is recommending the recent film “F*ck” to folks who love Kevin Smith movies, according to this scan from their site. Check it out.

  • And finally today, we can’t go by this update without mentioning our sadness on the passing of actor Roy Scheider, best known for his work in “Jaws”, a favorite film of Kevin’s where his character’s name (Chief Brody) was inspiration for our favorite dude in “Mallrats”. Our condolences to all his friends and family.

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Here's What You Said: (2 Comments)

  1. phoenix007
    February 14, 2008 at 09:59

    the new date is may 2nd

  2. Chris
    February 14, 2008 at 10:50

    Thanks for the update!

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