Saturday Hot Links
Time for another installment of Saturday Hot Links!
Today: The Doc Watson Memorial Edition
Disney names Alan Horn as its new studio head.
“Hatfields & McCoys” draws a record 13.9M viewers for History.
This is unbelievable. Amanda Palmer’s Kickstarter album project is over $1,000,000.
15 of the most famous final lines in films.
How does bullying make a child feel?
What was the best summer for movies? You could make a strong case for 1982.
Why your body jerks before you fall asleep.
Since when did David Lynch start doing 15 second pregnancy test commercials?
Awesome furniture built to look like giant versions of everyday things.
How the Weinsteins beat ‘Soul Man’ singer Sam Moore in an important lawsuit.
David Simon on the necessity for newspaper paywalls… or else it’s “slow suicide.”
Not one, but two “Silence of the Lambs” TV series?
Elvis Presley’s original tomb to be auctioned off.
Watch an 8-minute blooper reel from the movie The Muppets [video].
Novelist James Patterson [his books have sold 260M copies] preaches the power of kids books.
On the other end of the spectrum, the astonishing success of “Fifty Shades of Grey” has… ahem… stimulated sales of sex paraphernalia.
Five of the biggest deals at this years Cannes Film Festival.
U.S. soccer star Landon Donovan reunited with the ball he scored the winning goal against Algeria in the 2010 World Cup [video].
Hallmark Channel with its first scripted TV series.
Turning coffee stains into art.
Ridley Scott definitely wants Harrison Ford for the proposed Blade Runner sequel.
In appreciation of B-movies.
George R.R. Martin compares “Game of Thrones” to the NFL.
Ten inventions from Back to the Future that actually came true.
Actor Viggo Mortenson stopped by Washington D.C. airport security… for celebrating his favorite Argentine soccer club’s victory.
Ten ingenious Shakespeare adaptations on film.
Five signs humans continue to evolve.
Fight over Slumdog Millionaire musical heats up.
Aaron Sorkin says writing about Steve Jobs is like writing about The Beatles.
Speaking of Apple, the man who may have saved the company may not have been Steve Jobs.
George Lucas to distance himself from LucasFilm. Names Kathleen Kennedy as co-chair and his successor.
The fifty worst synonyms in “Fifty Shades of Grey.
How many years is best between a movie sequels?
Gavin Palone: The Perils of the Disgustingly Big Hollywood Ego.
The seven indie films you must see this June.
Santa Monica office space is Hollywood’s hot ticket.
How fake snow works.
Filmmakers tease themes for Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur.
More Pixar: John Lasseter weighs in on the future of animation [video].
PBS strikes it big with Brit hits.
Spielberg to put guns back in E.T.
“The Devil Wears Prada” is getting a book sequel.
The story behind the Warner Bros. logo.
The world’s smallest car chase.
Finally a nice New Yorker piece: “Doc Watson and his guitar.”
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the week: Here is the June schedule of classes:
Prep: From Concept to Outline [June 4-July 15]: A 6-week online screenwriting course taught by Scott Myers in which you nail down your story before writing your first draft.
Network Hollywood: How to Market Your Script/Build Your Career [June 18-July 1]: A 10-da online career strategy workshop with Tom Benedek.
Core VIII: Time [June 18-July 1]: A brand new course and last one in the Core series taught by Scott Myers, all about handling time in a screenplay.
TV: How to Write a One-Hour Spec Pilot [June 25-July 5]: A brand new course with Tom Benedek, our first TV writing class with incredible insights from industry insiders.
Tom and I look forward to the opportunity to work with you!
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