Saturday Hot Links
Time again for another installment of Saturday Hot Links!
Today: The Funniest Japanese Movie Star Advertisements Edition!
Paul Thomas Anderson admires Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.
The Guardian: Paul Thomas Anderson on The Master.
Why do we say “pardon my French” when we curse.
William Faulkner rights holders sue Sony for Midnight in Paris book reference.
Four ghosts haunting the White House.
Warner Bros. and Redbox make a deal: 28 days.
Penguin and Random House talking merger.
10 great multi-character movie performances.
Mindfulness helps you become a better leader.
Ranking 22 James Bond films.
Dude finds old Atari videogame in attic. Worth at least $31K.
Hollywood going head to head… in China.
The year’s most spectacular microscopic photos.
Netflix now has 30M subscribers worldwide.
Courtney Love working on a Nirvana Broadway musical.
More Broadway: Rear Window headed there.
The goofiest villains and monsters in horror movie history.
25 fun facts about classic Halloween candy.
Kevin Smith explains why he’s retiring.
Why elections are on Tuesdays.
The Alamo Drafthouse offers $1K for making a “No Talking, No Texting” PSA.
THR: Hollywood real estate news.
More real estate news.
Lana Wachowkski remarks as a Human Rights Campaign Visibility winner [video].
10 terrifying new reads for Halloween 2012.
How to turn your garage into a studio for under $500.
Creativity Post: The power of delaying gratification.
40 movies made better by studio interference.
4 playwrights among winners of 2012 Whiting Awards.
Whistleblower wins $450K over Hollywood cocaine case.
If great literary works had been written by lawyers.
Revealing behind-the-scenes photos from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Here it is: The world’s thinnest house.
Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs to return to the Big Screen.
Woman sells virginity for $780K.
Spielberg on “60 Minutes.”
8 revelations from the Spielberg “60 Minutes” interview.
Spielberg and John Williams as they wrote the theme song for E.T. [video].
Every page of “Moby Dick” illustrated.
Clark Kent quits the “Daily Planet”.
7 people who died and left their money to strangers.
How many self-published books annually? 235K.
The best under-the-radar film festivals in America.
Photos of underwater dogs.
A guide to copyright for the creative professional.
“Friends” almost ended very differently for Ross and Rachel.
The scoop behind radio lingo.
Balloon animal DIY with Ira Glass [video].
6 cases of children being raised by animals.
James Franco was too confident to play the lead in The Master.
Scientific American: Men and women can’t be “just friends.”
Austin Film Festival 2012 screenwriter and TV writer award winners.
12 weird vintage pictures from seances.
17 famous actors in tiny background parts.
Can energy drinks cause heart attacks?
Essential advice form 17 inspirational film industry professionals.
Lightning capture at 7,207 images per second [video].
Italian scientists found guilty for not anticipating big earthquake in Italy.
10 big ideas for the future of film.
10 things you didn’t know about teeth.
Moviepilot launches agency to improve film and TV promotion through social media.
The ins-and-outs of an In-And-Out double double burger.
Finally from movie producer Ted Hope: Five reasons I have new HOPE for film.
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