Saturday Hot Links
Back with another installment of Saturday Hot links… today smothered with caramelized onions!
Time for vintage Star Wars toys commercials!
Remember when Disney’s Lone Ranger was dead? Guess what: The Lone Ranger rides again!
How an ex-history student is using Twitter to bring World War II to life.
“The Wire” actors: Where are they now?
And related: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actors, where are they now?
Looking for a job in the entertainment business? Check this out.
Blade Runner 2 hires a screenwriter.
If you’re into self-publishing books, here is some advice on how to get the book cover right.
Producer Gavin Polone looks at TV and says What The Fuck!. Oh, I’m sorry. Why not the fuck!
Justin Bieber reserves the Staples Center for private date with Selena Gomez.
No, George Clooney: Batman & Robin has still not gone away.
WME poaches Robin Williams from CAA. CAA does not find this funny.
One chance in two hundred and seventy-eight million. Those are the odds of what happened in Major League Baseball’s wild card race on the last day of the season.
Indie Wire review of what may be the movie of the year: Take Shelter.
Warner Bros. launches first Facebook social series.
The always informative and inspirational Ted Hope: 99 Recommended Steps for Making Good Movies.
The Big Lebowski: It’s an art show, man.
Chris Carter of “The X-Files” fame looks to be heading back to TV.
A new way to experience Oscar winning actors doing their thing: audio books.
Want to know why fear is a major motivating emotion for studio execs? Because of this.
Total Film: 40 greatest sci fi posters.
Pennsylvania filmmaker: You will like my movie or I’ll give you a refund!
What happens when comic actors decide to go serious.
“Game of Thrones,” the TV series that kept me in a perpetual state of confusion about who was who, has released this teaser for Season 2.
Here’s good news for box office sales and home video… not! Don’t open your eyes until 2015… at least!
Plot details released about Alien prequel Prometheus.
Bridesmaids 2? No, says Don Draper [speaking on behalf of Kriten Wiig].
And suddenly the world seems to be clamoring for two Judah Maccabee projects.
An early tip on Paranormal Activity 3: It’s the “weakest” of the three.
For all you Drive fans, here is a nifty aggregation of quotes from Gosling and Refn.
Reconstructed brain images are like movies in our minds
Moneyball: When is a baseball movie not a baseball movie?
Diablo Cody casts the leads in her writing-directing debut (formerly known as “Lamb of God”).
Sly Stone is homeless. It’s a long way from Woodstock.
Paramount restructures to — shock! — save money.
In other cost-cutting news, Sony informs theaters they will stop paying for 3D glasses in 2012.
‘Disaster porn’ director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012) says: “I don’t like to shoot action scenes”.
Watch a 29 year-old deaf women hear for the first time.
Who got paid what for “American Pie” reunion.
Matt Damon narrates American Teacher documentary.
Indie Wire: How women took comedy by the balls.
A 14 year-old’s stunning tribute to great filmmakers.
Russell Banks talks about archetypes and underdogs.
Damn it. I knew I should have told Carlton Cuse (“Lost”) I got a Masters of Divinity degree when I met him [Cuse sets up spiritual TV series with a minister].
And some sad news: Creative Screenwriting has gone bankrupt.
Finally one last Star Wars toy ad!
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