This x That:

• Avatar officially bigger than Titanic.

• Al Yankovic signs production deal with Cartoon Network; set to direct first feature film.

• Newsday’s paywall experiment bombs; only 35 subscriptions in three months.

• How to make it out of a hostage situation.

• Confessions of a Book Pirate.

• Meet Alice Herz-Sommer — “the last person alive who knew [Franz] Kafka personally.”

• “Heard your NPR interview and you were boring”: Harvey Weinstein writes to Errol Morris.

• Bigtrak, the iconic 80s toy, being brought back by Stylophone resuscitator Dubreq.

• Rare Star Wars: A New Hope film crew tee for sale on eBay: Only $29,000! (thanks julie!)

• Also on eBay: Terence Stamp’s General Zod costume.  (via.)

• Ty Mattson’s minimalist Lost posters. (via.)

• The 2009 Feltron Annual Report.

• French architecture firm Olgga Architects converts 100 recycled container into student housing.

• This Will End Well: Key Shaped Pocket Knife. (via.)

• Quiz: Do you know your aliens?

• Tea x Time List: 20 Greatest Extended Takes In Movie History.

• Above: Lucas congratulates Cameron on the occasion of Titanic surpassing Star Wars. (via.)