“LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Filmmaker Kevin Smith is set to direct his own screenplay of “The Passion of the Clerks,” a sequel to his first film, 1994’s “Clerks.”
 
The sequel was written for the stars of the original film, Brian O’Halloran and Jeff Anderson. Smith also will make an appearance with longtime sidekick Jason Mewes. The story follows the Quik Stop convenience store employees of the original “Clerks” 10 years later. Principal photography is set to begin in January. Miramax Films will distribute.

“After working on the ‘Clerks’ 10th-anniversary DVD for the better part of the last year, I fell in love with the characters all over again,” Smith said. “The whole process reminded me why I got into the film business in the first place: to make talky, low-budget comedies. So I wrote this script about the older and not-so wiser Dante and Randal, as they try to deal with a decade of further disillusionment, even less sex and eroding pop culture.”

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Dave Matthews lets fans know what he really thinks of them:

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This will either make Denny happy, or piss him off, because its further proof that Scarlet Johansson is a big whore.

“Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has given hope to her many grey-haired older male fans. 

The 19-year-old star has admitted she would quite happily have a fling with an older man, according to the Daily Express.

“A guy who’s 40, 50 or 60 years old … why not?” said Scarlett. 

“I don’t think that you can control who you fall in love with.”

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We’re on the road to Ohio. …Right now, as i’m writing this. I found some instructions online to hook my Sprint phone up to the Powerbook, using a $20 USB cable from Radio Shack. OSX already has all the built in software needed to use my Cell as a wireless modem. Now, it ain’t the fastest thing in the world, but I’m able to check email, chat, and blog this to you (while the wife is driving). It doesn’t get much more mobile than this!

As Tony “FTB” would say: “THATS TECHNOLOGY!”

Snootchy Bootchies! Mark your calenders folks, SEPT. 7th, marks the date that Jersey Girl and something called Clerks X are released.

Visit View Askew to order.

Clerks X is the 10 Year Anniversary edition of Clerks. A MUST HAVE for any View Askew Fan. Check out the features on this three disc exclusive:

• The 93 minute “Clerks” Theatrical cut- All new HiDef transfer from 16mm IP supervised by Dave Klein with all-new 5.1 Skywalker Sound remix supervised by Scott Mosier, includes original commentary track from laser disc/initial DVD release (Disc One)

• The 103 minute “Clerks” IFFM First Cut, includes all-new audio/video commentary track with Kevin, Scott, Jeff Anderson, Brian O’Halloran and Jason Mewes. (Disc Two)

• The 95 minute “The Snowball Effect: The Story of Clerks” Brand Spanking New Documentary that inteviews almost everybody who ever had something to do with “Clerks” (Disc Three)

• The MTV Jay and Silent Bob shorts that everyone’s been crying for us to put on a DVD for years now

• The Arclight 10th Anniversary Q&A with Brian, Jeff, Marilyn, Scott, Dave, Mewes, and me

• Lots of new video intros.

• “The Flying Car” short from the Tonight Show (re-telecined in HiDef).

• The Original theatrical trailer

• “Can’t Even Tell” Music Video

• The original Jeff, Brian, and Marilyn and Ernie O’Donnell audition tapes

• The brand new, seven minute animated “Lost Scene” short

• Expansive Still Photo Gallery

• ‘Clerks’ Trivia track

• Original 168-page original first draft screenplay

• Kevin’s ‘Clerks’ Journal

• Kevin’s ‘Sundance’ Journal

• Peter Broderick’s 1992 article “The ABC’s of No-Budget Filmmaking” that
inspired the budget for ‘Clerks’

• Peter Broderick’s followup article “Learning from Low-Budgets” a year later that does the same treatment on ‘Clerks’

• Amy Taubin’s Village Voice article on the 1991 IFFM and ‘Slacker’ that inspired Kevin to take ‘Clerks’ to the IFFM

• Amy Taubin’s Village Voice article on the 1993 IFFM about ‘Clerks’ being the gem of the festival.

• Janet Maslin’s 1994 New York Times review of ‘Clerks’ entitled “At a Convenience Store, Coolness To Go”

• The entire John Pierson ‘The Odd Couple: Sundance 1994″ Chapter from ‘Spike Mike Reloaded’ book

• The original Kevin-penned IFFM program note

• The original Bob Hawk-penned 1994 Sundance Film Festival program note.

• “Mae Day” - Kevin and Scott’s Vancouver Film School documentary short.

•Booklet.

• SIGNED BY KEVIN SMITH

Back when I created CLEAVAGE! on Text America, there was nothing like it. Sure, a few cutie girl sites, a thong site, and a belly site. But now, its seems, there are a hell of a lot more breast-oriented sites popping up. Seems “TA” isn’t just for “Text America” anymore.

BRAS
Life and Times of Grandini
Laura’s Body
Lov2Party
The Space Between (a little T and a little A)
Nothing To See Here (lots to see, T and A)

Found a few more links to the only reason to pay attention to the Summer Olympics.

Kathrine Maaseide

Yahoo! Sports - Women’s Beach Volleyball

Getty Images - Women’s Beach Volleyball

I’ll take two.

Add a little life to your bathroom with this live aquarium, Aquariass by Oliver Beckert. The fully functioning tank fits American Standard bowls. Custom bowl installation is available.

Order yours here.

Not only did I discover Sarah Cam is back today, I also got the Powerbook back from the shop. Thanks to Mom and Heidi for helping me bring the PB back to life after its untimely demise, over a month ago.

Good news everybody! Sarah Cam is back! Brand new work environment, same ol’ Sarah. This also means what. sarah. wore. is back to getting daily updates!

I don’t care much for the Olympics. Especially the summer olympics. With sports like ping pong, speed walking and badminton, who gives a flying shit? I watched ping pong the other day (by accident) and there was at LEAST three, but not MORE THAN, six people in the crowd. What a waste.

There is always Women’s Beach Volleyball, but it is not on nearly enough. So to keep you busy ’til they show more WBV, here’s a few quality Summer Olympics Links.

Wannahaves: 2004 Olympic Girls

FHM’s U.S. Olympic Girls

Naked Gymnastics

Plan-B Toys will be releasing action figures for the upcoming film Ladder 49, in Sept. So be sure to run out and get your Joaquin Phoenix doll. Maybe someone will do figures for Walk the Line. Personally, I’d like to see a “Pill Popping Johnny Cash / Mat with Hand Washing Action” two pack!

I think I’m going to have to buy this shirt for Stephen Baldwin.

“Movie actress Scarlett Johansson has confessed to having had sex with actor Benicio Del Toro inside a hotel lift.

Scarlett, 19, was spotted rushing off with the Puerto Rican tough guy after a party.

The teenage beauty had invited Benicio, 37, up to her room after smooching him in front of stunned onlookers at the Chateau Marmont hotel before the Oscars ceremony in February.

Scarlett, however, admitted that they never made it out of the lift before lust took over. “We were making out or having sex or something, which I think is very unsanitary,” said she.”

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Live in NYC? Don’t want republicans fuckin’ up yer hood?

Go here and get your protest posters.

“They’re two Hollywood hotshots, but Reese Witherspoon and husband Ryan Phillippe, partied like locals when he visited the Memphis set of her film Walk the Line. On July 27, they munched late-night cheeseburgers with the crew at a local beer joint. And four days later, during a cast party at the club Stop 345, the couple really cut loose. “Reese drank margaritas and tipped $20 on every drink,” says one partygoer, who adds that Orlando Bloom - in Memphis filming Elizabethtown - stopped by to say hi. Reese Witherspoon (a Louisiana native) and Ryan left at 2 a.m., but not before making a great impression. “She sure never lost that southern hospitality!”

From Us Weekly, Kate Hudson cover, Page 52

I got a call last night from Walk the Line casting office, asking if I was available for a shoot today at 11am at the Casino. I said “sure”. Then they asked if I’d been through wardrobe. When I said “No”, they changed their minds. No deal. They wanted someone who’d already been measured and all that jazz. After some thought, I figured, “what do i have to lose? I’ll see if my neighbor Robert wants to go, and we’ll just go see what happens.”

Robert agreed, and we shipped out for Tunica, about a 45 min drive.

The check-in guy wondered why we weren’t on his list, but let us in anyhow. We went through wardrobe, and got our sweet 60s outfits.

Robert in his short sleeve sweater

I got a respectable jacket, but had to lose the Goat.

Robert got fitted for the “young fan” scene, and I got a sweet sharkskin suit and killer tie. The tie got a crapload of compliments throughout the day. I wanted to take it home.

The Tie.

After the fitting was of course, hair and makeup. This time the makeup lady was waiting for me w/ clippers in hand. I allowed her to cut the Goat. It made her day.

Hair and Makeup trailer

While siitting in the makeup chair, I overheard some girl behind me rambling on about how she read the “Mean Girls” script but turned it down, however she ended up liking the movie. I strained to see who this person was, but I sure as shit didn’t recognize her.

After hair and makeup..yes, you guessed it, sitting around and waiting. We helped ourselves to the breakfast buffet before it was quickly snatched away. I think it was probably left overs from the Crew. Extras get shit.

Holy Christ! Who knew 60s chix were so hot??

We spent a good part of the “sitting around” also “looking around”. There was a handful of girls decked out in their 60s garb, and it was oddly really attractive. The guy next to me agreed.

At this point, Robert and I got separated. As he was chosen for the “Teenie-Bopper” scene (Johnny Cash had Teenie-Bopper fans? I dunno) I was picked to go to the airport scene, which was to be the first shot of the day. The escalator had other plans.

Would hate to be this guy.

What should have taken 45 min’s to shoot, ended up taking all day and actually bumping the whole Teenie-Bopper scene. The escalator just refused to work. It took three hours before it started to run, and then died again, midshoot. While the guy was working on it, they shot a few other short scenes.

Shooting a quickie while waiting for the escalator.

One quick scene invovled yours truely, and some other guy in the bathroom w/ Joaquin. (get yoru mind out of the gutter!) I walk up and wash my hands just as Johnny finishes up poppin’ some pills. However, I almost didn’t get to wash my hands, because they originally wanted me and another guy to just walk out. We joked that now we’d be “those guys” who don’t wash. After two takes, Joaquin looked at me and said “Shouldn’t one of you wash?” and I replied “Thats what I’m saying!” So he discussed it w/ the director and I was allowed to wash before exiting. If the scene doesn’t get cut, you should see my mug rather clearly.

Long story short, the escalator finally decided to work, we got the airport shot, ditched the “Teenie-Bopper” shot, and went home. Poor Robert sat around all day doing absolutely nothing, meanwhile, I got lucky.

Johnny gettin’ busted in El Paso

Oh, two side notes: The girl in the trailer talking about “Mean Girls” was Ginnifer Goodwin. And after today, me and the “Asswrench AD” are now on a first name basis. He’s ok after all. His name is Paul.

Here’s a shot of Pam Anderson, taken when Howard Stern and company raided her hotel room first thing in the morning. Some ppl just aren’t that sexy when they wake up (or stay up).

I’m sure our administration has been investigating this threat.

“Extremist Muslim scientists are developing a bomb that turns anyone within a 30-mile radius of its blast into a homosexual, say U.S. Intelligence insiders.

It’s all a part of the Al Qaeda master plan to pull our country apart and kill the patriotism that makes us strong. ”

They believe that making more Americans gay will start civil war between gays and ultraconservatives,” says one highly placed intelligence officer. “They also figure it will lead to a decrease in the U.S. population.” “

Perhaps this is the civil war John Titor spoke of?

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