Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 177th installment of Saturday Hot Links!
Today: The Free Movies Online At Snagfilms Edition.
SXSW Film Festival: The 20 Most Anticipated Films.
Related: 10 Cool and Crazy Must-See Films at SXSW 2015.
Related: 7 Must-See Music Documentaries At This Year’s SXSW Festival.
72 New TV Pilots & Series with Black Actors in Starring / Supporting Roles Ordered for Next Season.
UTA Promotes 8 Agents to Partners Including Rena Ronson, Ramses IsHak.
‘The Returned’ Showrunner Raelle Tucker: How I Made It in Hollywood.
Sony Plans Guy-Themed ‘Ghostbusters’ Film.
If Warren Beatty Is Directing, Shooting Can Wait. For Years.
Scriptnotes: Episode 187.
Screenwriter Julie Bush: Women in Hollywood: A Shit Show.
The Very First Issues of 19 Famous Magazines.
10 Great Women’s History Films To Watch This Or Any Month.
6 Types of Witches From Around the World.
10 Classic Movie Diva Showdowns.
10 Reasons Babies Are Tiny Superhumans.
Feature: Dennis Lehane drinks in some sunlight.
The Man Who Figured Out Pangea.
13 Barrier-Breaking Women of Early Cinema and Old Hollywood.
A Brief History of Nylon.
Valiant Gets Funding to Develop Marvel-Style Valiant Comics Movie Universe.
The 8 Honorary Citizens of the United States.
Did You Know That Most Hollywood Screenwriters Used To Be Women?
‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’ Soundtrack to Feature Unreleased Track.
Here Are the Films That Won the 1st Annual NYC Drone Film Festival [videos].
This guy is archiving teen bedrooms on screen.
Millennials Find YouTube Content More Entertaining, Relatable Than TV: Study.
Watch 12 Year-Old Ryan Gosling Dance in Silver Lamé Hammer Pants [video].
100 Movies to See in 2015.
25 Essential Books About Death and Grief.
Attention, Filmmakers: Essential Tips for Micro-Budget Features.
Related: 6 Tips for Getting Your Film Financed.
There are 784 Active Hate Groups in the United States.
24 Most Important Movie Shoes.
White Men Are Overdosing on Heroin at a Record Rate.
A Field Guide to the Subcultures of ‘Portlandia’.
Watch the Trailer for the ‘Back to the Future’ Documentary, ‘Back in Time’ [video].
Snapchat’s Discover Publishers Are Asking for Big Ad Rates — And They’re Getting Them.
Here Are Chuck Palahnuik’s 10 Favorite Movies About Suicide.
How Digital Filmmaking Destroyed Screenwriting.
Can Opera Singers Shatter Glass?
15 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Princess Bride’.
Snagfilms: Salt of the Earth (1954)
California has about one year of water left. Will you ration now?
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson Just Announced ‘Zoolander 2’ on Valentino’s Runway [video].
Massive alligator roams Florida golf course [photos].
Showtime to Launch its Own Standalone Service: Is This the End of Cable Bundling?
AEG Abandons Effort to Build NFL Stadium in Downtown L.A.
‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Infographic Tracks All of Tom Cruise’s Deaths.
Here’s What Will Happen If Antarctica Melts.
Global Box Office Hits Record $36.4 Billion Fueled by China.
NASA Successfully Tests the Rocket Booster That Will Get Us to Mars.
Nielsen Reports Significant Increases in Households that Own, Use Mobile Devices in Fourth Quarter 2014.
The Uncensored, Epic, Never-Told Story Behind ‘Mad Men’.
Related: 10 Films That Inspired Mad Men, According to Matthew Weiner.
Before I Go: A Stanford neurosurgeon’s parting wisdom about life and time.
The 20 Greatest Original Horror Scores.
Why Do We Get Dark Bags Under Our Eyes?
The Recurring Elements of Every Liam Neeson Action Movie.
7 Ways Reading Affects The Brain, From Increased Empathy To Feeling Metaphors.
Younger Moviegoers Decrease in 2014 While Older Audiences Reach New Highs.
12 U.S. States That Considered Splitting Apart.
T.C. Boyle, LeVar Burton lead L.A. Times Book Prizes.
The Women of the Supreme Court Are Now Awesome LEGOs.
Amy Pascal Can’t Move Into Her New Office Because It Smells Like Seth Rogen’s Weed.
Listening to Soft Voices Can Cause “Brain Orgasms”.
Competition for Kid Audiences Moves to Internet Screens.
Is It Possible to be Scared to Death?
Attack of the B Movies! 50 of the Best Schlocky Titles of All Time.
Ringling Bros. Says No More Circus Elephants By 2018.
‘Toy Story 4′ Won’t Be a Continuation of ‘Toy Story 3′.
Scientists Have Composed Music For Your Cats.
Seth Meyers Translates Teen Slang, Explains “Whisperdick” (Video).
Fearing the Teen-Movie Makeover.
What’s the Difference Between i.e. & e.g.?
Netflix vs. HBO: In the Battle of Programming Giants, Who’s Ahead?
10 Things You Might Not Know About Pac-Man.
Inspiring Quotes from 10 Influential Women in Tech.
Terry Pratchett, Discworld series author, dies aged 66.
When Terry Pratchett was knighted, he forged his own sword out of meteorite.
Terry Pratchett in quotes: 15 of the best.
Richard Glatzer, ‘Still Alice’ Co-Writer and Director, Dead at 63 After Long Battle With ALS.
Sam Simon, ‘Simpsons’ Producer and Philanthropist, Dies at 59.
Sam Simon, Dying ‘Simpsons’ Co-Creator, Donating Entire Fortune To Animals, Children.
Finally Sam Simon’s Iconic ‘Simpsons’ Characters.
Snagfilms: Janis Joplin: Her Final 24 Hours
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March 30: Craft: Character Development Keys (Scott Myers)
April 6: Breaking In: Network Hollywood (Tom Benedek)
April 13: Pages II: Rewriting Your Script (Scott Myers)
April 20: Prep: From Concept To Outline (Tom Benedek)
April 27: Craft: Create a Compelling Protagonist (Scott Myers)
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