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Meet the Slovakian Exchange Student Who Excels At (Boys’) Tennis

by Jamie Frevele | 12:29 pm, April 24th

Lenka Zalinska was really good at tennis in her native Slovakia. She attended a school devoted to athletics in Kosice, the country’s second-largest city. Now, she goes to an American high school in Brainerd, Minnesota as an exchange student where she still plays tennis — on the boys’ team. You might be wondering why she isn’t on the girls’ team, and the answer is simple: she missed tryouts. Fortunately, the school’s rules allow girls to try out for the boys’ team, where Zalinska continues to amaze.

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Blind Writer Gets Help From Police Forensics To Recover Lost Novel

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:47 pm, April 12th

Writer Trick Vickers is old-school. When she writes, she does it long hand with regular pen and paper. But Vickers ran into a serious problem recently that would probably cause most writers to have a breakdown. She lost 26 pages of a new book she was working on. No, she didn’t leave them somewhere – her pen stopped working. Not a problem for most people but it was a huge one for Vickers. She’s blind and had no idea her pen had run out of ink. So, she got the police involved. 

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14-Year-Old Girl Buys A House In Florida With Money She Made On Craigslist

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:03 am, March 13th

All I can say right now is…wow. Fourteen-year-old Willow Tufano is showing what amazing things can be accomplished when you put your mind to it. This young lady is now the proud owner of a home thanks to some hard work and a little help from mom.

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San Diego Comic-Con Tickets Sell Out In The Time It Takes To Watch An Episode Of Doctor Who

by Jill Pantozzi | 12:54 pm, March 4th

They came, they saw, they…went home in tears. I’m talking of course of all those who tried to get San Diego Comic-Con (Comic-Con International) tickets yesterday. New policies were implemented this year to make the process go smoother and well, it’s no surprise it didn’t. Tickets for the pop-culture convention sold out in under an hour (a new record) and lots of people were left with nothing thanks to technical difficulties. 

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Benedict Cumberbatch Had A Giggle Fit When He Saw Martin Freeman’s Bilbo

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:02 am, March 1st

We’re so excited British actor Benedict Cumberbatch is getting so much attention these days. He deserves it. We loved him in the BBC’s Sherlock and now he’s going to be in not one, but TWO genre films we were already dying to see; Star Trek 2 and The Hobbit. The latter has been filming for quite a while, and although Cumberbatch is playing two roles in the two-part Tolkien epic, he just recently began shooting. And well, he had trouble containing himself when his Sherlock co-star, Martin Freeman, came on set as hairy-footed Bilbo Baggins. 

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George Lucas’ Red Tails Comes Out 20 Years Late, Takes #2 At Box Office

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:12 am, January 23rd

George Lucas’ latest film Red Tails hit theaters this past weekend. The action drama, about a group of African American U.S. service members from World War II known as the Tuskegee Airmen, landed at a very respectable number two at the box office. We know this project had been Lucas’ baby for some time but thanks to a recently uncovered scan of a 1990 issue of Lucasfilm Fan Club magazine, we now know this film arrived exactly twenty years later than planned. 

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Mom Coughs Up Her Cancer While Driving, Kids Ask, “Are We There Yet?”

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:03 pm, January 12th

Have you ever gotten into a particularly bad coughing fit? Have you ever hacked something up in the process? Have you ever hacked up some CANCER? You may have been able to say yes to the first two but this mom from the United Kingdom may be one of a few people who can say yes to the third. 

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A Non-Comic Book Website Writes About Sexism In Comics

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:19 pm, December 29th

At The Mary Sue, it’s part of our job to talk about women’s role in comic books and controversies created therein. Many comic focused websites and blogs do the same but it’s not often you see someone outside the comic industry doing it. To our surprise, The Guardian posted an article today titled, “Ker-pow! Women kick back against comic-book sexism.” Hit the jump for what they had to say and who they spoke to. 

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Breaking Dawn Might Cause Seizures (Seriously)

by Jamie Frevele | 3:59 pm, November 26th

No, we are not being facetious or cynical. Reports have surfaced concerning the birthing scene in Breaking Dawn: Part 1, the latest Twilight movie which opened last Friday, that people who are susceptible to seizures might be triggered by the effects used during the scene. It has nothing to do with the script, or the acting, or the existence of this franchise in general. No, seriously — this movie is sending people to the hospital and giving them seizures.

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Facebook Removes Rape-Joke Pages, Still No Apology

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:06 am, November 8th

You see them all the time on Facebook – pages users started for a laugh. It might be “Severus Snape’s Sushi and Salad Bar” or “Alfred’s Butler School For Young Men,” whatever the case, they serve little purpose and usually gain little attention. But when pages promoting sexual violence towards women started showing up – as “jokes” – a lot of people weren’t laughing. After numerous complaints and bad press, Facebook has removed several offensive pages on the social networking site, yet, they still haven’t apologized for letting them stay up for three months. What gives? 

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