Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 118th installment of Saturday Hot Links!
Today: The Orchestra Flash Mob Edition.
Everything that happened in 2013 in one drawing.
2013: The year in charts.
Ted Hope: 10 must read or watch film biz articles from 2013.
Spain’s B.O drops 15% in 2013.
The 13 best movies of 2013 that no one is talking about.
From The Canyons to The Square: A Kickstarter year in review for 2013.
Thompson On Hollywood remembers the writers the film community lost in 2013.
The 6 most disturbing movie scenes from 2013.
New Yorker’s 13 most-read blog posts from 2013.
The 13 best horror movies of 2013.
THR’s year in review: The 13 biggest moments in 2o13.
The year in blockbusters: 2013 spoke the international language of BOOM!
How to find the best movies of 2013 on Netflix, Amazon and iTunes.
Chaz Ebert: Which 2013 movies would Roger choose.
More Chaz: Her observations on Ebert’s final moments [think The Matrix].
Find your writer’s voice in 2014.
50 films to look forward to in 2014.
11 favorite classic holiday TV commercials.
The first Christmas movie ever made in 1898 [video].
Amazon sold 426 items per second in run-up to Christmas.
Holiday movies with strong female characters.
Is this the real story of Christmas.
Why gold would be useless in an economic collapse.
Leondardo DiCaprio sells Malibu spread for $17.35M.
Twitter shares down 13% after analyst downgrade.
7 bizarre ways kids entertained themselves before video games.
Is this a new golden age of content.
Movie studios spend $4B per year on marketing their films.
The 40 best beer bars in America.
Disney undermines a heroine in 4 easy steps.
Men are more likely to make ethical compromises to get ahead.
Bollywood movie Dhoom 3 grosses $58M in its first week.
11 discontinued beverages from your youth.
Lionsgate vows to recall Italian 12 Years a Slave poster focusing on Brad Pitt.
12 Years a Slave star backs out of Italian premiere following poster controversy.
7 common words with little-known relatives.
18 academic papers about 90s TV shows.
10 hotel secrets from behind the front desk.
We are very near the end of civilization as we know it.
11 hit songs originally intended for other artists.
The faces behind 31 Disney villains.
Washington City to celebrate Nirvana Day in April.
25 documentary filmmakers to follow on Twitter.
What the Internet looked like in 1995.
30 best movie slobs.
9 little translation mistakes that caused big problems.
Hollywood is losing the race of ethnic and gender inclusion.
What is Boxing Day.
Matt Smith’s 11 greatest moments as Dr. Who.
11 obscure references in classic songs explained.
20 fun facts about The Exorcist on its 40th birthday.
What 1967 thought 2001 would look like.
Terry Gilliam’s darkly humorous animated Christmas cards.
Is this self-cleaning plate the future of eating.
Frank Capra on the set of It’s a Wonderful Life.
From the files: It’s a Wonderful Life was Communist propaganda?
7 great sports moments recreated in Legos.
30 most awkward movie dinner scenes.
1911 guide on how to kiss a girl.
How to make a movie in 48 hours with a group of strangers.
The greatest literary catchphrases.
Saving Mr. Banks screenwriter Kelly Marcel finds purpose in the tale.
Chicago woman has been arrested 397 times [video].
5 scientific inaccuracies in Gravity that bother this dude.
37 things you’ll regret when you’re old.
20 brilliant filmmakers on why they make movies.
14 things successful people do on weekends.
Just how easy is it to become a Jedi knight.
Who wants to see Star Wars from Princess Leia’s perspective.
Turns out you can die from laughing too hard.
Watch Adam McKay’s first films with Will Ferrell [video].
9 Academy Nicholl Fellowship winning scripts.
Finally: Mother of three teenage sons posts Amazon review of Kleenex. Hysterical!
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