Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 151st installment of Saturday Hot Links.
Today: The I Thought Of Douglas Adams The Other Day So Here Are Some Videos I Found Edition.
Playlist: 2014 TIFF movie reviews.
Indiewire: 2014 TIFF coverage.
2014 TIFF: Indiewire critics Anne Thompson and Eric Kohn podcast discussing fest’s hits, misses, Oscar contenders [listen].
Related: Interview with The Keeping Room screenwriter Julia Hart and director Daniel Barber.
The best and worst of the 2014 Venice Film Festival.
2014 Man Booker Prize shortlist announced.
Rumor: Warner Bros. developing DC’s ‘Legion of Super-Heroes’.
How constraints can build creative inspiration.
First Trailer for HBO miniseries ‘Olive Kitteridge’ with Frances McDormand & Bill Murray [video].
Storytelling as an essential life-skill.
18 new TV shows to watch this fall.
Who gets the royalties for “Mein Kampf”.
Feature on Brit Marling and her new movie The Keeping Room featuring three female leads.
Related: Quick TIFF interview with The Keeping Room screenwriter Julia Hart [video].
26 Beatnik slang words and phrases we should all start using.
Bill Murray’s dream all-female Ghostbuster’s cast.
Amazon bought amazonsucks.com so you can’t
A look back at the rise of the Hollywood Mega Franchise.
After 72 years together, two Iowa women are finally getting married.
Previously unreleased 2006 interview with Robin Williams.
55 awesome Halloween costume ideas.
An overview of critic reactions to the HBO series “The Leftovers”.
Related: Director Mimi Leder interview about “The Leftovers”.
Hollywood’s top doctors revealed.
Related: L.A.’s emergency rooms rated.
Franklin Leonard makes The Root Top 100.
Paramount buys distribution rights to new Chris Rock movie Top Five for $12.5M.
Some news about this disturbing Enterovirus 68 [video].
The three rules of transmedia storytelling.
How did sleepy Calabasas become reality TV’s Hollywood.
Everything you need to know about the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch.
What DreamWorks’ Stacey Snider means for Fox.
If you use iTunes, you already have U2’s new album free of charge.
Young Frankenstein has new life on its 40th anniversary.
21 memes about living in Los Angeles that every Angeleno knows to be true.
Screenwriter Bob Saenz’s latest blog: Expectations & Reality.
Why baseball seasons are 162 games long.
Orion label returns for the first time in 15 years.
Incredible discovery made at Stonehenge.
A “Married With Children” spinoff is in the works.
8 strange moments from James Franco’s new book.
U.S. not the only country with box office trouble.
36 things you might not know about cats [video].
The 99%: Rotten Tomatoes’ highest rated movies every guy should see.
Teen demands cats and lasers be part of his yearbook photo [photo].
Jeff Goldblum hosts a sing-a-long to the Jurassic Park theme [video].
27 writers on whether to get an MFA.
Watch Star Trek Into Darkness gag reel [video].
11 successful products originally invented for something else.
Cutting the cord to cable and satellite companies continues to rise.
Everything you wanted to know about net neutrality, but were afraid to ask.
George Clooney to appear in “Downtown Abbey” charity film.
Couple arrested for having sex on top of a Chipotle.
The 7 largest and most innovative studio soundstages in the world.
Colossus roller coaster at Magic Mountain catches fire.
Michael Moore’s 13 rules for making documentary films.
Someone has finally figured out the identity of Jack the Ripper.
7 failed TV shows based on movies.
Who invented the hot dog.
22 frustrating things film students are sick of hearing.
We are very near the end of civilization as we know it.
11 Eat-It-All-And-It’s-Free road trip gems.
Jon Stewart’s 5 tips for first-time filmmakers.
Apple spent at least $100M on that free U2 album.
The 50 weirdest movies ever made.
10 stories behind Johnny Cash songs.
Fresh off the magnificent movie Boyhood, writer-director Richard Linklater’s next project is about baseball.
Scientists capture the sound of a single atom… and apparently it’s a D-note.
@LaFamiliaFilm, who hosts Cinephilia & Beyond, just unveiled a beautiful new site.
Watch Billy Eichner and David Letterman scream at each other… and enjoy it [video].
Guess who made SSN’s top 10 most influential screenwriting blogs.
James Bond adversary Richard Kiel dead at the age of 74.
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the Week: There are four Core classes remaining in 2014. Here is that schedule:
September 15 — Core V: Dialogue (Scott Myers)
November 10 — Core VI: Scene (Scott Myers)
November 17 — Core VII: Theme (Scott Myers)
December 2 — Core VIII: Time (Scott Myers)
Each class features 6 lectures — written by me — teleconferences, logline workshops, and great group message board discussions. You can do almost everything on your own time and any of these courses is a great way to delve into what I call Character Based Screenwriting, and advance your understanding of screenwriting theory.
If you’ve ever considered taking a class with me, why not now?
I look forward to the opportunity to work with you!
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