Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 154th installment of Saturday Hot Links!
Today: The Kids React To The Beatles Edition!
Rotten Tomatoes top 40 movies starring SNL alumni.
22 brilliant thinkers everyone should follow on Twitter.
David Fincher to direct entire season of HBO’s “Utopia” in 2015.
Related: From A-Z: A guide to the lost and unmade films of David Fincher.
16 of Truman Capote’s insults.
Hey, Hollywood. Tetris… a movie. Seriously?
The 11 best new songs of the week.
Three new sci-fi epics with female protagonists.
French fries from around the world.
This has been an incredible year for animated movies — you just haven’t realized it yet.
World’s first underground hot air balloon flight completed in Croatia.
The Wrap’s Innovators 2014: 11 leaders who are changing Hollywood.
5 legitimate scientific controversies.
Netflix attracts over 100K subscribers in France in 2 weeks.
Relate: What Netflix’s deals with Adam Sandler, “Crouching Tiger” are really about.
10 things you don’t know about koalas.
Watch Matthew McConaughey’s inspirational speech to a Texas football team [video].
12 strange and different Twitter feeds.
A Hollywood screenwriter experiences the real Gaza war.
6 common money fears and how to banish them forever.
The rise and fall of the interactive movie.
4 scientific theories for actual time travel.
6 filmmaking tips from David Lynch.
You’re reheating pizza wrong.
TV Academy’s Ed Sullivan statue recovered.
The Psychology of Cryptomnesia: How we unconsciously plagiarize existing ideas.
Universal Pictures brings back emerging writers fellowship screenwriting program.
After 40 years, half the world’s wildlife is gone.
Here’s why we need more women and minority filmmakers.
All female sports talk show debuts.
Waiters no more: Unemployed actors now drive Ubers.
15 year-old’s letter to Emma Watson about her U.N. speech goes viral.
13 frequently used Hollywood phrases that make you look like a Hollywood rookie.
29 fantastic writing conferences.
10 TV events to look out for in October.
Dreamworks Animation in talks to sell to Japan’s SoftBank… or not.
The 25 best horror movies since The Shining.
Chinese box office surges 32% in first 9 months of 2014.
Legendary and Derek Jeter start digital media start-up.
Lost Sherlock Holmes film found after nearly a century.
The 11 indie films you must see this October.
11 Hispanic filmmakers who are seriously killing it.
Steve Martin to get AFI Life Achievement Award.
Finally: A love letter to Fantastic Fest.
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