Saturday Hot Links
Back with another serving of Saturday Hot Links, this week with just a dash of paprika.
In honor of the start of another academic year, today we celebrate our educational heritage with a few choice clips from the beloved classic art house film Back to School:
For starters, how about 20 strategies to defeat the urge to do useless tasks… like clicking through Saturday Hot Links!
ICM parts ways with three agents.
Dan Aykroyd reveals details about script for Ghostbusters 3.
Here is a tremendous time-waster: An interactive map with set locations for 2001 movies.
That earthquake this week that hit the East Coast? People in NYC read about it on Twitter before they felt it.
Speaking of the earthquake, here is a collection of the best Hollywood quotes about the rock-and-roller.
Hurricane Irene = $30M loss of potential movie revenues due to East Coast theater closures this weekend.
What’s up for next week? A plague of locusts? Frogs? Rivers of blood?
Good read for indie filmmakers: Art versus commercial potential in indie filmmaking.
FilmmakerIQ: Top 7 fictional burger joints from the movies.
I thought this was pretty lame until I saw some photos: Sneakers styled after literary classics.
Worst accents in movie history.
Director Martin Scorcese, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, and screenwriter William Monahan are back together again… and it’s not for Departed 2.
The truth revealed: Pixar’s rejected Toy Story titles.
How Peter Jackson helped the Memphis Three.
John Lasseter and Kelly MacDonald talk about the next Pixar movie Brave.
This is for my son Luke who collects them: Wonderful vintage bottle caps.
Ebook sales soar.
The myth of the lone creative genius.
Sad story: “Treme” actor found dead.
“Men of a Certain Age” creators give up trying to find a home for the cancelled TV series.
2011 summer box office sets a record, but not without its share of stinkers.
Paul Rudd pitches Harvey Weinstein marketing ideas for Idiot Brother [video].
Tom Hardy explains The Dark Knight equals Starbucks comment.
The Hollywood Reporter has a bunch of videos from Disney’s D23 event.
Are you ready for the transmedia revolution?
Legal: Samsung claims 2001: A Space Odyssey invalidates Apple’s design patent on iPad.
More legal news: Screenwriter Accuses Fox of Stealing ‘Past Life’.
The top 10 banned movies. Note: Graphic video so not for everyone.
David Bordwell remembers Chilean screenwriter-director Raúl Ruiz who died this week.
Finally Salon with the cultural legacy of 9/11.
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