Saturday Hot Links
Time for another installment of Saturday Hot Links.
Today: The Cute Kids Singing Edition!
Sundance and Indiewire announced Roger Ebert scholarship for film criticism.
10 TV writers and showrunners on their most controversial episodes.
15 surprising celebrity Marines… including Bea Arthur!
17 favorite words from “Game of Thrones”.
Extreme Legos with this planned Lego house [video].
Chuck Wendig: 10 stupid writer tricks (that might actually work).
A brief history of rum — and 10 you should be drinking.
“Walking Dead” actress arrested in relation to ricin letters to political figures.
The legend of the lost Atari E.T. games.
A “Game of Thrones” / “Princess Bride” mashup [video].
18 radically successful people who lived with their parents.
17 extreme donuts that look like they could kill you.
Google unveils model to predict box office success.
BoingBoing: Horrifying clown statue deep in the woods.
Famous authors’ funniest book inscriptions.
Amy Poehler and Adam Scott recreate opening credits to “Hart to Hart” [video].
A top agent explains why A-list actors do theater.
How much consciousness does an iPhone have.
Creating a powerhouse contact list.
Hey, animators. Pixar is looking for you!
Speaking of which… Neuroscience in Fiction: Proust and Pixar.
How four teenage moguls are changing the world.
Top performing low-budget films with budgets under $500K.
This is your brain on coffee.
Ted Hope: Why is the film business SOOOOOO slow to change.
97% of male birds do not have a penis. That certainly explains Hitchcocks The Birds.
Producer Lynda Obst spills the beans in her new book “Sleepless in Hollywood.”
Map: What is your generic term for a sweet carbonated beverage.
John August and Craig Mazin are doing two live recordings of their ScriptNotes podcast this summer.
Helicopter controlled entirely by the human brain [video].
David Chase would rather drink than watch TV.
8 endangered languages that could soon disappear.
12 great and not-so-great debuts of screenwriters-turned-directors.
This is what Antarctica looks like without ice.
Joss Whedon says “no” to Kickstarter [video].
Joss Whedon “pissed off” about lack of female superheroes in film.
15 details from the In Cold Blood case files.
TotalFilm: 50 greatest movie montages.
How many spiders do you really swallow in your sleep.
What your favorite Shakespeare play says about you.
Why do smart kids grow up to be heavier drinkers.
The John Huston and Gladys Hill screenplay adaptation of The Man Who Would Be King.
4 diseases caused by lack of essential vitamins and minerals.
Man of Steel nabs a super-sized $170M in promotional dollars.
Uh, right. Lollipops that taste like breast milk.
Why Hollywood’s biggest films are leaving L.A. for London.
Do dogs mourn their dead owners.
Emily Blake: “Screw the odds.”
Why do music students have higher SAT scores.
50 great mid-film twists.
Global spending for media and entertainment to rise steadily.
The surprising psychology of how names shape our thoughts.
The most awkward TV news moments ever.
Famous science fiction and fantasy authors in their workspaces.
J.J. Abrams adapting Rod Serling’s final screenplay for a miniseries.
Our early human ancestors thought grass was delicious.
10 beloved summer blockbusters the critics got dead wrong.
Nudity on the rise on primetime TV.
The gut-wrenching science of the world’s hottest peppers.
Can you guess which curse word stops Samuel L. Jackson’s stutter.
Fan creates chronological edit of “Arrested Development” season 4.
50 unreliable movie narrators.
Finally man sets up video camera to catch ghosts, films girlfriend and 16 year-old son having sex.
How Zynga became the master — and victim — of the disposable game.
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the week: Check out the previous post on Tom Benedek’s newest class “Advanced Writing Tools the Pixar Way.”
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