Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 158th installment of Saturday Hot Links!
Today: The Elvira Mistress of the Dark Edition!
Marvel’s Phase 3 event: The big takeaways.
The movies coming to Netflix in November.
11 patron saints for your modern day calamities.
12 tips from top women executives on climbing the entertainment industry ladder.
Everything you’ll need to know about Taylor Swift… in infographics.
December 18, 2014: The official end of “The Colbert Report”.
Sorry, we will not all be having sex with robots in the future.
The Avengers: Age of Ultron movie trailer gets the Pee-Wee Herman treatment [video].
How a single mom created a plastic food storage empire.
Moviegoers more likely to vote in midterm elections.
7 strange historical fashion trends.
Has independent film jumped the shark.
What happens to the losing team’s champion shirts.
Screenwriter Brad Riddell’s latest column: Empathy and LIFE ITSELF.
How John Hughes influenced a new wave of genre directors.
Why it took 23 years to link Amelia Earhart’s disappearance to this scrap of metal.
Alfred Hitchcock discusses screenwriting.
The mysterious origins of the Jersey Devil.
25 must-see movies about the media.
College students can now waste time online for credit.
Jennifer Lawrence and what it means to be Hollywood’s top female star.
Is it possible to ride the entire New York subway system in a single day.
Notes on the death of the American network sitcom.
Will we ever control the weather.
Here is Gone Girl reenacted by kittens [video].
History network to launch online course for college credit.
Darren Aronofsky on how storytelling is changing.
Where on earth is the Berlin Wall.
Hulu orders Jason Reitman’s “Casual” straight to series.
The innovative and creative power of ADHD.
Neil Gaimon wants to write another episode of “Dr. Who”.
10 things you might not know about J.R.R. Tolkien.
Talk like The Dude: 10 big words from The Big Lebowski.
Guess which tech giant spends more money than any other to influence Congress.
Watch Spike Lee’s Little League sensation doc “I Throw Like a Girl” [video].
Daniel Radcliffe raps “Alphabet Aerobics” on The Tonight Show [video].
9 horror films in under 9 minutes [video].
Related: 13 classic scenes that explain how horror movies work.
Related: 7 movies with undeniably evil children.
Related: The 25 best horror movies since The Shining.
6 surprising things that can influence your dreams.
Chris Columbus partners with Haim Saban to launch animation studio.
The dishes 16 writers would bring to a literary potluck.
9 ways Veronica Mars was feminist as hell.
Irony Report: The creator of the game “Operation” now needs help paying for his surgery.
MTV orders Scream adaptation to series.
Chuck Wendig’s latest blog post: Digging Ditches or Casting Spells: On Magic in Writing.
Lost Orson Welles’ film could be released next year.
The 50 best documentaries of all time.
8 very short-lived TV channels.
CNN open to airing scripted movies.
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the week: Want to learn how to write an original TV pilot? Tom Benedek has a great workshop starting Monday. For more information, go here.