Adult Swim is killing; 80s flicks that shaped our world today; can gays play straight?; and 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:
Academy Yanks Credentials After Nikki Finke Spoils Oscars

Top 10 Pirated eBooks at The Pirate Bay

Adult Swim Wins Key Demo-And Advertisers: Network crushing it in 18-49

Forget the Critics; Here’s Why Oscar’s Voters Liked ‘King’s Speech’ Best

Tumblr Site Dedicated To ‘Writers No One Reads’

How Amazon Could Offer Free Kindle Readers (think Amazon Prime)

12% Of Google Searches Have Been Affected… Why Didn’t You Notice?

Facebook Overhauls Like Button

5 ’80s Flicks That Shaped the Way We See Our World

Fox News Reporter Appears to Have Lied About Being ‘Punched’ by Protester

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Mixes Charlie Sheen Interview Audio With Charlie Brown in Hilarious Video

Media acting as enablers with excessive coverage of “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen Isn’t ‘Crazy,’ Says William Shatner

The Irresistible Charlie Sheen: Why do we care about celebrities?

Can Gay Play Straight? What Sexuality Has to Do With Winning Roles and Academy Awards

Christopher Nolan Wanted for “Blade Runner” Sequel/Prequel

Johnny Depp’s Rango Under Fire For Cigarette-Smoking Characters

“Rango” and the rise of kidult-oriented animation

Mike Huckabee backtracks on Natalie Portman criticism, but it’s too late

Finally, A Movie More Ridiculous Than ‘Cowboys & Aliens’

DreamWorks lines up WikiLeaks film based on Guardian book

WikiLeaks Slams Spielberg Movie Project

‘The semiliterate opinion-mongering of online hacks’: On the future of film criticism