Heavyweight filmmaker Kevin Smith was plunged into a deep depression after he was thrown off a plane because he was too fat.

The Clerks director was left fuming after he was ordered to evacuate a Southwest Airlines flight in February 2010 after staff deemed him too portly to fly.

He went on a Twitter.com rampage against Southwest executives, who promptly apologized for the incident, but Smith admits he endured "the three worst days" of his life when the story headlines around the globe.

In his new book, Tough Sh*t: Life Advice From A Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good, he writes, "Almost eve...

Clerks director Kevin Smith has dropped 65 pounds since he was asked to leave a plane because he was too fat.

The filmmaker was left fuming after he was ordered to evacuate his seat on a Southwest Airlines flight last February when he was deemed too big to fly. A year after the incident, Smith admits he has slimmed down after the humiliating experience prompted him to embark on a healthier lifestyle.

However, he refuses to trade his loose-fitting hockey jerseys for tighter clothing - because he's convinced he'll never have a slender build.

He tells TV host Joy Behar, "I sympathize far...

Kevin Smith is to follow in the footsteps of directors John Waters and Guy Maddin - he will be handed the prestigious Filmmaker on the Edge Award at this year's Provincetown Film Festival.

Smith will accept the honor - handed out since 1999 for a boundary-pushing body of work - during the event, which runs June 16th-20th in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

The Clerks filmmaker isn't the only A-list name to be honored at the festival - actress Tilda Swinton will receive an accolade for excellence in acting, and directing duo Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will be given the Faith Hubley Mem...

Friday I caught Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese's latest collaboration "Shutter Island." I was not blown away by it, but I did not think it was a terrible movie either. Since I have not read the novel on which it is based, I'm at a bit of a disadvantage to comment on whether it was a faithful adaptation; however as a thriller it kept me guessing for most of the film.

It does a good job of planting the seeds of doubt and conspiracy with you, as you start to piece together a series of bizarre dreams DiCaprio's character experiences. The most annoying aspect of the movie I thought ...

Filmmaker Kevin Smith is still in shock over a superfan who stripped down to his underwear and asked him for an autograph - so he could have the director's signature tattooed on his bum.

The Clerks director was stunned when the devotee dashed up to him at an event and asked him to sign his arm, so he could have the scribble tattooed.

Smith's refusal only made the fan more desperate and so the moviemaker had to sign his backside.

The director remembers, "The guy in the audience was like, 'Will you sign my arm? I'm going to have it (your name) tattooed there.' (I said) 'Don't put my ...

Moviemaker Kevin Smith is planning to spend Labor Day 'tweeting' fans. The cult Clerks and Jersey Girl director admits he's been training for a marathon Twitter.com session for weeks - and fans can ask him anything on Monday.

A statement from Smith, who boasts over one million Twitter.com followers, reads, "I wanna see if I can do it. I've been training for this my whole life, simply by being a lazy fat ass who'd rather stare at a screen than better himself with a brisk constitutional. Someone asked what my training regiment is gonna be, and I told them I've already stockpiled lots of C...

Most people can empathize with a movie character who's stuck in a horrible, dead end job. We've all had that one job where we'd rather stab ourselves in the eye then go into the office for eight hours of pure torture. Whether it's a boring office job, a customer service-related job, or working at a run down amusement park for the summer like in Adventureland, some jobs are excruciating!

As a tribute to Adventureland, which opens today, we're spotlighting the worst jobs portrayed on film.

In The Pineapple Express, Seth Rogen plays a process server who serves people subpoenas to ap...

Heavyweight movie maker Kevin Smith is determined to shed the pounds after breaking a toilet.

The Clerks director was playing poker at a friend's Los Angeles DVD and comic book store when he was taken short and excused himself. But when he saw the toilet bowl, which jutted out from a wall, he feared the worst - and the worst happened.

Red-faced Smith recalls, "That kind of toilet, with no base, is no friend to a fat man." And when he sat on the lavatory, it groaned and creaked and then came away from the wall. "The contents of the bowl was dangerously (rocking in the bowl). I'm ...

It will be one "dark knight" this October as Spike TV presents the third annual "SCREAM," a celebration of the best in horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic genres.

Taping on Saturday, October 18 from The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, CA, "SCREAM 2008" will premiere on Spike TV Tuesday, October 21 (9:00- 11:00 PM, ET/PT). Show host, presenters and musical performers to be announced shortly.

"We're incredibly honored to have the support of such luminaries in the creative community to help determine the nominees for 'SCREAM 2008,'" says Casey Patterson, senior vice president, event prod...

Over the years many classic movies have been remade. Don't get me wrong, some of those remakes have been really good. But the majority of the movies have been really bad.

These days, special effects are being taken to a whole new level, but that's not always a good thing. One of the main reasons these films are classics is because CGI was in the distant future. People loved the original "Godzilla" because you can see the man in the Godzilla costume crushing a cardboard box, also known as Tokyo.

There are few movies that have scared me, and one of those films was the 1978 movie "Ha...

Prepare for a killer trip! It's the dawning of the age of bloodshed as a homicidal maniac with an obsession for Ronald Reagan wreaks havoc upon a group of bohemians in the horror satire The Tripper, debuting as The "Impeachable" Unrated Version DVD October 23rd from Fox Home Entertainment. Directed, produced and co-written by David Arquette (Scream trilogy, Eight Legged Freaks), the film is a nostalgic homage to the exploitation films of Wes Craven and Tobe Hooper that follows a group of free-loving hippies who escape to a modern- day Woodstock for a weekend of debauchery, only...

Director Kevin Smith doesn't mind if critics insult him when he appears in movies - just as long as they are funny. The Clerks director was slated by some critics for his small part in the new Die Hard movie but admits it doesn't bother him because the comments make him laugh.

Smith was branded "increasingly, an indie-cred Muppet for studio movies" by a Boston based critic after appearing in the Bruce Willis picture. However the film maker responded to the taunt in good humor, positing a message on his website saying: "Any outrage I might've mustered evaporated after reading 'indie-c...

Filmmaker Kevin Smith was amazed when Bruce Willis threatened to quit the upcoming Die Hard sequel if a studio executive didn't allow him to use his own dialogue. Clerks director Smith has a small role in Live Free Or Die Hard and re-wrote his lines for the part.

But when Willis, who returns as police officer John McClane for a fourth time in the movie, found out studio bosses weren't happy with the changes, he gave them an ultimatum.

Smith says, "Bruce just sat there on the phone going, 'Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh,' and then, 'Let me ask you a question - who's your second choice to...

When the fiancé of a quirky young girl (played by Jennifer Garner) dies in a tragic accident during his bachelor party, and an equally quirky assortment of friends (including Timothy Olyphant in his first movie role since "Deadwood," and Clerks' Kevin Smith) step into the picture to take up her slack, the result is Catch And Release from Sony Pictures, one of the most buzzed-about films of 2007.

Catch And Release: Music From The Motion Picture does justice to this bittersweet romantic comedy in a way that has already been compared to Garden State, whose every song was carefully woven ...

Director Kevin Smith has signed up to star in the US remake of hit British TV show Manchild because he wants to become a better actor. Smith has written, directed and starred in Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma and Jay And Silent Bob Strikes Back - and now wants to turn his attention solely to portraying a cynical divorcee in the Showtime comedy.

He tells MTV, "It should be an interesting exercise that, if the show works as well as the script, will turn into a sweet side gig for me. At the very least, I'll learn a thing or two about acting; at the most, I'll have something to do four months ou...

Director Kevin Smith was left red-faced after a female fan asked him to sign her butt. The filmmaker, whose movies include Dogma and flop Jersey Girl, was attending a special screening of his cult film Clerks, in his hometown of New Jersey when he was asked to put pen to cheek.

During a question-and-answer session with fans an attractive young woman approached Smith and said: “I need you to sign my ass”, explaining it was so she could get it tattooed later.

However, embarrassed Smith declined her unusual request, saying: “I don’t sign body parts ma’am.”

The director, who was ...

Director Kevin Smith is delighted by the mediocre reviews for his new movie Clerks II because they remind him of the feedback he has received from lovers. The maverick filmmaker is happily settled down with wife Jennifer Schwalbach, but he admits he was never showered with glowing superlatives from previous conquests.

And the reviews for his sequel to his 1994 breakthrough movie perfectly reflect his ability as a lover, so he is more than pleased.

He says, "'Respectable', 'Good', 'Passable', 'Lukewarm', not exactly enthusiastic buzzwords - more like the way any woman who's ever ...

Cult movie maker Kevin Smith has promised to revisit his Jay And Silent Bob franchise if the film's star, Jason Mewes, stays away from drugs. Mewes, who pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and a hypodermic needle in 2001, has appeared in many of Smith's films and the director admits the much-anticipated Clerks sequel was inspired by his friend's sobriety.

Smith explains, "He was knee-deep in OxyContin and heroin, and I had told him if he ever cleaned up, I would put him in another movie. When he was six months clean, he asked me if we would be doing another Jay And Silent Bob movie...

Kevin Smith insists the forthcoming sequel to his 1994 cult comedy Clerks is the best movie he has ever made. After a mixed response to his last film, 2004 romantic comedy Jersey Girl, Smith has returned to the low budget film that launched his career - the tale of two clerks working in a convenience store and the video shop next door.

Now Smith is confident Clerks II - which reunites most of the cast of the original film - will be a hit. He tells Empire magazine, "I love it. I think hands down it's the best film we've ever made. You never say never, and to not do Clerks II because at...