Saturday Hot Links
Time for another installment of Saturday Hot Links!
Today: The Peter Sellers Was A Comic Genius Edition
Veteran TV writer-producer Tom Fontana goes down Memory Lane with Vulture.
The Creativity Post: The Power of “Once Upon a Time”.
Related [ironically]: TV series “Once Upon a Time” scripts laced with profanity.
Behold! The world’s first human helicopter!
Carlton Cuse looks back on what it was like to be a show runner of “Lost”.
This is how McDonald’s makes its french fries [video].
On The Slate with Mike De Luca.
Felix Baumgartner talks his space jump [video].
50 terrifying movie jump scares.
The rebirth of Libyan cinema.
Never before seen 1965 footage of the Rolling Stones covering The Beatles [video].
“Star Wars” as medieval manuscripts.
Time-lapse of the space shuttle Endeavor in the streets of Los Angeles [video].
Meanwhile astronomers have been discovering lots of planets lately.
Warner Bros. wins big court case over Superman.
Kid In The Front Row: 10 people to avoid in the creative industries.
New law could boost crowdsourcing as a viable film finance option.
This dummy should stop feeding crocodiles [video].
The 50 greatest female sex symbols in film history.
GQ’s fall gadget guide.
With $100M in donations, the Academy is moving forward with its new museum.
Newsweek to end its print edition after 80 years.
Darth Vader’s voice before James Earl Jones [video].
Here is the cancelled check for the purchase of Alaska.
BRIC update: CAA finalizes a deal with Indian talent agency KWAN.
Dude jumps into a frozen pool. It hurts [video].
Details emerge about secret Damon Lindelof-Brad Bird project.
11 legendary monsters of Africa.
The Dark Knight Rises cinematographer Wally Pfister: “The Avengers was appalling.”
Hilary Mantel: 2012 Booker Prize Winner.
Spielberg, Geffen and Katzenberg donate $30M each to the MPTF.
Per this week’s Daily Dialogue theme, how do tongue-twisters twist the tongue?
Johnny Depp gets into book publishing.
Hunter S. Thompson shaves Johnny Depp’s head [photo].
Bill Murray calls Kelly Lynch’s husband every time he sees her sex scene from Road House.
11 riffs on creativity and time.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to host the 2013 Golden Globe Awards.
15 scathing early reviews of classic novels.
Woody Allen surrounded by beautiful women [photo].
Why do our voices sound different to us than to other people.
Excellent analysis of The Master.
A free online Stanford course on creativity.
What are the best and worst remakes since 1995.
Why Donnie Deutsch paid $36K to share a urinal with Seth Rogen.
100 greatest James Bond movie moments.
10 tips for generating killer sci-fi story ideas.
Do time travel movies have to have rules?
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the week: Starting Monday, Tom Benedek [who wrote the movie Cocoon], begins two classes: A 10-day course called TV: How to Write a One-Hour Spec Pilot and a 10-week online screenwriting workshop called Pages I: The First Draft. Both represent a great opportunity for you to work one of the most well-established and respected writers in Hollywood.