reality TV hates women; pirates love ‘Lost’ and ‘Heroes’; Kevin Smith announces career makeover; more: leftover links

Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But there’s no reason to let this stuff go to waste: I can still share it with you, for your amusement, and start the new week with a clean slate.

Herewith this week’s leftover links, in no particular order:
Why Does Reality TV Present Women As Marriage Obsessed Bimbos?

Jon Stewart, the Modern Day Edward R. Murrow?

Anonymous Twitter Account Named Music Critic of Year by Village Voice

Doh: The LA Times’ Amy Kaufman Had The Scoop On Natalie Portman and Didn’t Know It

‘Little Fockers’: Why is it so easy to mess up a comedy?

Sears’ Latest Hail Mary: Movie Downloads

The merger of journalists and government officials

People OK With Murdering Assange: The Website

Is ‘True Grit’ a remake, or is it not a remake?

Speaks Romulan, All Three Dialects: The Endurance of Lieutenant Uhura

Kevin Smith Decides To Screen ‘Red State’ For Critics After All; Announces Career Makeover

Unfair? Film Publicists Giving Some Movie Critics Special Treatment

EastEnders fans use Twitter to hit out at ‘sick’ cot death storyline

Housing minister tries to save Ringo Starr’s childhood home

Dear Globes: You can’t be serious: How can they think “Tourist” is Golden?

Oprah Winfrey Network Is Same Old ‘Reality TV Dreck’

‘Lost’ and ‘Heroes’ top list of most pirated shows of 2010