Saturday Hot Links
Time for another installment of Saturday Hot Links!
Today: The Rock and Roll Looooong Jam Session Edition!
WGA announced its TV nominations this week.
National Board of Review Awards announced.
The complete 2013 Sundance Film Festival lineup.
19 films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival were Kickstarter projects.
The 2013 Slamdance Film Festival announces its competition slate.
Defeating rigid habits to spark creativity.
Screenwriter-director Michael Cimino joined Twitter this week: Interesting observations ensue.
Creativity Post: Creativity happens when you least expect it.
Why more Chinese movie theaters could be bad news for Hollywood.
Want to read Lena Dunham’s $3.7M book proposal? Go here.
Meet a dude who runs his own Beetlejuice museum.
What to do with a 20-ton whale carcass rotting on a Malibu beach?
Another reason they shouldn’t have made Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Lawsuit!
Why are blue and white the definitive hanukkah colors.
On The Slate with Michael De Luca.
PSY’s anti-U.S. past surfaces: “Kill Those F — -ing Yankees.”
Go here to see the definitive Bill Murray role matrix.
10 ways to treat a hangover.
Pan’s Labyrinth heading to the stage.
Botched restoration of Ecco Homo fresco shocks Spain.
Camille Paglia: Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Hollywood are ruining women.
5 things really smart people do.
The 7 indie films you must see this December.
What the Instagram fight says about Twitter as a media platform.
How a Reddit horror story hit Hollywood.
The site “Damn You Auto Correct” unveils 11 funniest texts of 2012.
The U.S. Senate invites Spielberg to screen Lincoln.
What James Cameron found at the deepest known point in the ocean.
Could boredom be curable?
He killed Laura Palmer: A talk with “Twin Peaks” co-creator Mark Frost.
The neuroscience of creativity [video].
If women ran Hollywood…
Dogs learn to drive cars in New Zealand.
Vanity Fair’s first-ever comedy issue guest edited by Judd Apatow.
The Earth at night like you’ve never seen it before.
TotalFilm: 50 creepiest movie psychopaths.
Artist takes every drug known to man… draws self-portrait after every use.
DreamWorks Animation to lose $50M on Rise of the Guardians.
Jeffrey Katzenberg assesses the future of DreamWorks Animation.
5 things you might now know about Dave Brubeck [RIP].
Disney movies back on Netflix.
11 sounds your kids have probably never heard.
Netflix’s Disney deal: What it could mean for Starz.
What the condom of the future might look like.
Per Forbes: Eddie Murphy is Hollywood’s most overpaid actor.
Cheap, sustainable bricks made from cow’s blood.
2012 was Broadway’s best year ever.
Why do we call it Xmas?
10 holiday gifts writers will actually use.
11 ridiculous White House petitions.
Pinokio: The real life Pixar lamp.
If Kate has twins, which one assumes the throne?
What causes morning sickness?
Optimism at the Future of Film Summit.
The best books of 2012 according to Goodreads.
Notable children’s books per the NYT.
Dear Hollywood, these are the best cities for a car chase.
Whiskey restores eyesight of man.
The case for drinking as much coffee as you like.
Megan and David Ellison in for Terminator reboot.
The science of storytelling: Why telling a story is the most powerful way to activate our brains.
How does Silver Linings Playbook handle mental illness.
Amy Winehouse’s former London home sells for $3.2M.
Storyboards from 15 beloved films.
Supreme Court to rule on the patentability of human genes.
12 questions for the future of film festivals.
17 offbeat holidays to celebrate in December.
Film critic Hulk: The myth of 3-act structure.
7 ways meditation increases creativity.
THR reveals this year’s top 10 power women in entertainment.
Finally cancer cured in Canada, but Big Pharma has no interest.
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the week: If you are curious about what it is Tom and I offer at SMC, be sure to check out GITS each day this week because I’m going to lay it all out for you including some new, exciting classes in 2013.
We look forward to the opportunity to work with you!
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