Saturday Hot Links
Another installment of Saturday Hot Links! This week vegan style!
We start with Ricky Gervais acting as host of this year’s Golden Globe Awards and he just eviscerates Hollywood:
Here are the top 10 Ricky Gervais zingers of the night.
And if that’s not enough, here are 13 vid clips of Gervais at his worst… uh, best?
Speaking of the Golden Globes, did you catch this news item: Christina Hendricks loses $850,000 bracelet. Don’t worry. It’s been found.
From JoBlo: Is Darren Aronofsky going to relaunch his Batman script as a comic book?
For you music lovers: Jurassic Park theme song slowed down to create an hour long symphony.
Because writers tend to be a bit anal: 5 fonts we never want to read again.
In another installment of They [Studio / TV Execs] Don’t Think Like You: NBC fires exec because of $200,000 bathroom.
All hail old actors.
Interesting article in the NYT on Fritz Lang.
TotalFilm: 30 lessons from action movies.
Jeff Zucker’s farewell memo to NBC employees.
Per Seth Rogen, evidently George Lucas believes the Apocalypse is happening in 2012 Not!
MakingOf: 25 minutes with screenwriter John August.
Roger Ebert puts hiw new chin forward.
40 Twitter hashtags for writers.
More screenwriters: WGA gives Laurel Award to Steve Zaillian.
Jerry Seinfeld’s key to creativity and writing: Don’t break the chain. [Thanks to David A for the link]
David Lynch is 65 years old?!?! In that case, here are 65 things about him you probably don’t know.
What does the title “Prometheus” of Ridley Scott’s new movie mean?
Apropos of nothing — except the cool factor — here is the alphabet of Twitter. You know, which user is @a, @b, @c, etc.
An interesting bid item on eBay: The identity of Banksy (Exit Through the Gift Shop). Wait. The story gets weirder.
Here are 10 movies way better than the books they’re based on.
Want to make a short film, but have zero dollars? Kid In The Front Row has some advice.
Ben Affleck’s 11 favorite heist movies.
And by the way, has 11 become the new 10? See it more and more in lists. [Insert This Is Spinal Tap references here].
Recent letter uncovered: Francis Ford Coppola writes Marlon Brando about Apocalypse Now.
Sundance is just around the corner. Here is TotalFilm’s 20 Sundance films they are excited to see.
And we end with this video from the 1950s, where some sweet young housewife downs some LSD and recounts what her experience is like — all for scientific research.
Enjoy your Saturday Hot Links!