Saturday Hot Links
Time for another edition of Saturday Hot Links. Today served up with french fries and gravy!
How about some celebrity audition tapes [via FlavorWire]? Starting with Russell Brand:
Speaking of celebrity moments, @webacion sourced this: Screenwriter, director, and novelist Nora Ephron plays Not My Job on NPR’s weekly show “Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me.”
Tim Burton designs a balloon for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.
Screenwriter David Seidler (The King’s Speech) to deliver keynote address at upcoming Nicholl Fellowship presentation gathering.
Watch Jonathan Demme’s short films about Occupy Wall Street.
9 essential geek books you must read now.
How is disaster porn director Roland Emmerich spending 12/21/12, the day the Earth is supposed to end per Mayan calendars? Skiing on a mountain, “so in case the wave is coming, I can stay alive.”
PETA is not happy with the new movie We Bought A Zoo and lets director Cameron Crowe know about it.
On a lighter note [you will see how clever that word choice is in two seconds], check out a music video from Crowe’s doc on Pearl Jam.
Fanatical Tintin fans in Europe are pissed at the new movie.
Love to see items like this: NBC set to spend more than ever this development season. Loosen those purse strings, Hwood!
Robin Williams got married, hoping the third time’s a charm.
Ridley Scott to host the TV series “Prophets of Science Fiction” for Discovery’s Science channel.
Check out this infographic: The Film Noir Guide to Ominous Lighting.
Iron Man 3 to shoot in North Carolina.
Highest box office grossing actor of all time? You will never guess.
John Cusack lands the lead role in The Numbers Station, a movie that starts shooting in November. Written by F. Scott Frazier who I will be interviewing for an upcoming GITS Q&A.
Ah, just what the doctor ordered: Sex advice from a psychic.
The question on all our minds: Will Aaron Sorkin take on Steve Jobs?
Speaking of Jobs: Here is his reading list.
More Jobs: Documentary about Apple founder “One Last Thing” to debut on PBS.
Here’s your chance to rip someone a new arse-hole with the handy Shakespeare insult kit.
Showtime renews frosh series “Homeland” for a second season.
Remember Sybil, the woman who made multiple personality disorder a household phrase? Turns out she was lying.
Surprising hobbies of famous authors.
Olivia Harrison says India transformed George Harrison’s life.
In other Beatles related news, John Lennon’s cavity ridden tooth up for auction.
Another celebrity audition tape, this time Steve Carell:
Check out the most expensive mobile home in the world.
A writer sues Sylvester Stallone and co-writer David Callaham for copyright infringement re The Expendables
Here are 10 horror film houses you can actually visit.
Don’t you just hate it when an 8 foot tall Lego man washes up on your beach?
Jimmy Fallon’s prod co sells three comedy scripts to NBC.
Might want to check out seven habits of serious writers.
Brad Bird reveals why there hasn’t been a sequel yet to The Incredibles.
AMC renews “Walking Dead” for Season #3.
In screenwriter news, Kurtzman & Orci (Transformers) may be on the move.
More screenwriting: Derek Haas & Michael Brandt (Wanted) aren’t just on vacation while spending time in France.
Even more screenwriting: Sean Anders and John Morris (Sex Drive) have been hired for Dumb and Dumber 2.
And more: Steve Zaillian (Schindlers List) to receive the Final Draft award.
More: Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) doing a polish on Phineas and Ferb.
Good article on TV writing by David Goodman, showrunner of “Allen Gregory.”
Vietnam-era short story by Dennis Lehane optioned to be adapted by Canadian screenwriter Tracey Forbes.
Author Scott Turow: Amazon is the ‘Darth Vader’ of the publishing industry.
Behold the Caddyshack drinking game… on Facebook: Part 1 and Part 2.
Will Ferrell awarded the Mark Twain Prize for humor.
Recently uncovered photos from the sinking Titanic.
Following the lead of The Lone Ranger, which came back from the dead by cutting its budget, it looks like The Dark Tower is resurrecting itself by trimming $45M.
I don’t even know how to describe this for all you Monty Python fans, you just have to it [video]. My bad: Broken link.
Eddie Murphy talking about Beverly Hills Cop as a TV series.
See if your faves make the list: The 50 greatest cult movies of all time.
The Telegraph with a nice feature on David Lynch.
Finally a young Seth Rogen auditions for the TV series “Freaks & Geeks”:
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