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India's Unbelievable New Marriage Requirement

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:49:17 -0400

To participate in a mass marriage ceremony in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, there was just one requirement for grooms-to-be: prove they owned a toilet.

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Tempura-battered tarantula on menu at California bug fest

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:38:30 -0400

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hungry? How about tempura-battered fried Tarantula for an appetizer?

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What Life on Earth Would Look Like If Earth Had Rings Like Saturn

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:25:33 -0400

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Every so often when the Moon is especially ginormous or we can see Venus or Mars from Earth, humans collectively freaks out. So cool three exclamation points, we scream. Look how big with thirty i’s, we yell.

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Cockeyed Caravan: Storyteller’s Rulebook #186: It’s Your Job To Attract Great Talent

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:57:11 -0400

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I didn’t need to see the remake of Total Recall to know it was bad. All I had to do was look at the cast. Colin Farrell and Jessica Biel were on nobody’s A-List in 2012. The producers probably wanted Brad and Angelina, until they read the script and passed on it.

Michael Cornetto’s insight:

Today seems to be new blog day. I’ve never seen this one before yet the guy has tons of what look like helpful blog entries.

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Seven Fundamental Comma Rules - Writer's Relief, Inc.

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:34:52 -0400

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Commas have an essential function in creative writing. They indicate to the reader which words should go together in a sentence and which parts of the sentence are the most important. But this little punctuation mark often causes big problems for writers. When do you use a comma? Where does the comma go in a sentence? When do you leave out the comma? What are the rules for comma use?

Michael Cornetto’s insight:

I must admit, I don’t follow at least one of these rules. I’m not certain I agree 100% with all of them either. Are we allowed not to agree with punctuation rules? What, do you, think?

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Periodic Table of Storytelling

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:28:27 -0400

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Pick a few squares that look interesting or familiar. Search for them here: Warning: you will probably not emerge for several days. This was my final project for my Visual Design 1 class. During cr…

Michael Cornetto’s insight:

It’s interesting to see how some people think. I’m not totaly certain I get how to use this thing but it’s kind of a cool idea.

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Screenwriting MythBusters

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:22:16 -0400

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Busting these screenwriting myths fills me with glee. I hope it saves you time that could be better spent coming up with great ideas or strengthening your script.

Michael Cornetto’s insight:

Though I’ve never heard of either of the myths mentioned in this article, this could be an interesting series.

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Iran plans to sue Hollywood over 'Argo': reports

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:11:51 -0400

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Iran is planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning “Argo” because of the movie’s allegedly “unrealistic portrayal” of the country, Iranian media reported Tuesday.

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Strobe Illusion - Stare into the Strobe and begin to hallucinate!

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:23:10 -0400

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A very trippy and powerful optical illusion.

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By Ken Levine: I Love Lucy in REAL color

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:58:24 -0400

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This is an amazing video. Someone in the audience of a 1951 taping of I LOVE LUCY took color home movies

See on kenlevine.blogspot.com.au

Confessions Of A Genius Script Reader

Sat, 11 May 2013 20:17:25 -0400

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One of my all-time favorite articles is by a fellow you probably have never heard of, Allan Heifetz, who at one point or another in his life found himself

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The Bitter Script Reader: "Do readers read so much that it becomes impossible for anything to NOT seem like a cliche?"

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:37:41 -0400

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The List Thus Far

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:34:30 -0400

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Here is an alphabetical listing of all the movies (so far) that have been certified as among the 366 weirdest ever made, along with links to films reviewed in capsule form only. Our short film revi…

Michael Cornetto’s insight:

Do you like weird movies? Then this is the list for you!

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Find Scripts On The Web

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:20:58 -0400

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You can use this page to search for scripts on the web.

Michael Cornetto’s insight:

This is a custom search engine I set up. I’m trying to improve it so if anything out of the ordinary arises or you know a script is online and it doesn’t find the script, then let me know. Thanks.

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By Ken Levine: My review of 42

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:51:23 -0400

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You’re pitching a movie to a Hollywood studio executive.

YOU: You have this hero. Lots of people hate him. One guy in particular mercilessly razzes him…

EXEC: A bully! So it’s a bully movie?

YOU: Yes! The ultimate bully movie.

EXEC: And eventually the hero has had enough and beats the living shit out of the bully! I love it! Feel-good summer fare.

YOU: No, no. The big twist is that he doesn’t beat the bully up.

EXEC: Huh? What?

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10 Screenwriting Mistakes To Avoid via THE MATRIX RELOADED - ScriptShadow

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:27:22 -0400

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Song Poems

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:43:33 -0400

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But, in short: amateur lyrics put to music for money by studio musician hacks.

Michael Cornetto’s insight:

Green Fingernails! Yeah!

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Surreal album cover photography by the late Storm Thorgerson - Lost At E Minor: For creative people

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:38:50 -0400

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In case you don’t know who the late Storm Thorgerson was, just know he was the master mind behind the iconic rainbow prism on the cover of Pink Floyd’s alb

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Do You Hear Music When You Dream? : NPR

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:38:19 -0400

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Have you jammed with The Beatles, sung with Prince or taken coffee with Elliott Smith? NPR Music’s Robin Hilton has (in his ever-random, inexplicable dreams).

Michael Cornetto’s insight:

This was a really excellent question.

Whilst my dreams sometimes take the form of complete films, I don’t ever remember hearing any music in my dreams. I’ll have to listen more carefully next time.

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Think Links

India's Unbelievable New Marriage Requirement

Tempura-battered tarantula on menu at California bug fest

What Life on Earth Would Look Like If Earth Had Rings Like Saturn

Cockeyed Caravan: Storyteller’s Rulebook #186: It’s Your Job To Attract Great Talent

Seven Fundamental Comma Rules - Writer's Relief, Inc.

Periodic Table of Storytelling

Screenwriting MythBusters

Iran plans to sue Hollywood over 'Argo': reports

Strobe Illusion - Stare into the Strobe and begin to hallucinate!

By Ken Levine: I Love Lucy in REAL color

Confessions Of A Genius Script Reader

Top 50 Stories In Development | Screenwriting for Hollywood

The Bitter Script Reader: "Do readers read so much that it becomes impossible for anything to NOT seem like a cliche?"

The List Thus Far

Find Scripts On The Web

By Ken Levine: My review of 42

10 Screenwriting Mistakes To Avoid via THE MATRIX RELOADED - ScriptShadow

Song Poems

Surreal album cover photography by the late Storm Thorgerson - Lost At E Minor: For creative people

Do You Hear Music When You Dream? : NPR