Saturday Hot Links
Time for another installment of Saturday Hot Links!
Today: The Authors @Google Edition!
2013 Golden Globes nominations here.
First Golden Globes promo featuring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler [video].
Golden Globes nominations analysis: Flavorwire.
Golden Globes nominations analysis: Hollywood Reporter.
Golden Globes nominations analysis: Los Angeles Times.
Golden Globes nominations analysis: TheWrap.
Inside the making of Zero Dark Thirty.
Great backgrounder on Christopher Nolan from Film Comment.
Christopher Nolan talks Batman and beyond.
Could the ‘zombie apocalypse’ actually happen [video]?
The most overlooked films of 2012.
10 movie wide releases in 2012 that exceeded expectations.
The 10 worst-reviewed movies of 2012.
The top 10 trends in children’s books in 2012.
The 10 best debut novels of 2012.
The year in culture: 2012 in viral videos.
David Geffen donates $100M to UCLA medical scholarship.
Previously unknown Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale about suicidal candlestick discovered.
How Jerry Bruckheimer wins his way with screenwriters.
The five most disruptive technologies in 2012.
University of Chicago receives a package addressed to Professor Indiana Jones.
12 letters that didn’t make the English alphabet.
Martin Scorcese on the importance of visual literacy [video].
The top 10 best grumpy cat Christmas memes.
Brave director Mark Andrews has some suggestions for how Pixar makes movies.
Here’s what $315,000,000,000 in gold bars looks like.
Steven Spielberg reveals drama behind decade long quest to make Lincoln.
Google maps return to the iPhone.
Google stock jumps above $700 after maps return to iOS.
Google grants $1.2M to help analyze female roles in film, TV.
10 most Googled search terms in 2012.
Yahoo strikes a deal with NBC Sports.
Sean Penn rips fellow actors for making “monkey fuck-rat” movies.
The best Twinkee references in movies and TV.
KCRW to curate the evening music program at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
You can buy a coffin with a sound system.
Seth Rogen, Jack Black and Rainn Wilson did a live stage reading of Ghostbusters this week.
12 toys from the 1980s that didn’t take off.
Al Gore urges Hollywood to recommit to fighting climate change.
Loud-ass TV commercials outlawed.
12 Star Trek gadgets that now exist.
Star Wars female fighter pilots cut from final films.
TV’s unfunny fall: Why are all the comedies flopping.
Speaking of funny TV: There will be more episodes of “Arrested Development”.
12 proposed Disney attractions that were never built.
Extensive film glossary.
How much would a hobbit’s house cost?
Seriously: Samuel Beckett used to drive Andre the Giant to school.
Good Will Hunting is 15 years old and Matt Damon talks about it.
83% of centenarians are women.
The stories behind 10 famous movie product placements.
Are you a fan of “The Wire”? You’ll want to check out this.
Rotten Tomatoes: Best fantasy films.
Awesome: Stephen Colbert interviews Jon Stewart.
The best movie music moments of 2012.
Creativity Post: 8 ways entrepreneurs can master the creative mind.
Six scientists tell us about the most accurate science fiction in their fields.
8 pro sports teams that changed their name.
The future of film festivals [video].
Here’s a shock: Reality TV is rigged?!?!
That horrible Star Wars holiday special [video].
Michael C. Hall says Dexter will get caught.
Christmas movie kids: Where are they now?
8 beliefs that will make you more resilient.
50 darkest Christmas movie moments.
There could be lasers on drones in 5 years. Sharks next?
Joe Queenan interview screenwriter William Goldman.
All of Lionel Messi’s 86 goals in calendar year 2012 [video].
Vladimir Nabokov pitches two movie ideas to Alfred Hitchcock.
Now you can buy all 721 Super Nintendo games.
The 15 best new filmmakers of 2012.
The accidental birth of wrapping paper.
Falling in love with a bot.
8 of the weirdest predictions for the end of the world.
Who was John Heisman and why does he get a trophy?
The 2012 gift guide: What to get creatives.
Finally Hollywood blacklist victims’ children blast apology from THR founder’s son.
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Happy Holidays and I look forward to the opportunity to work with you in 2013!