Things We Saw Today: Scarlett Johansson Filled in for Al Roker

When the Today Show’s weatherman, Al Roker, came down with laryngitis, Black Widow herself, Scarlett Johansson decided to fulfill a life’s dream and step in for him. (via The Hollywood Reporter) 

• There might be a vampire running around Serbia. (via The Frisky)
• Is Daniel Craig’s James Bond being treated like a Bond Girl? Alyssa Rosenberg, at ThinkProgress, discusses.

Here’s what Harley Quinn thinks of her recent costume alterations. (via YourLovelyQuinn on Tumblr)

• Remember the 9-year-old girl who had her Winnie the Pooh laptop seized on suspicion of pirating? Some awesome, and anonymous, people just gave her a used MacBook. Read the story on our sister site, Geekosystem.
• Sienna Guillory, of Resident Evil fame, will be joining the cast of Luther for Season 3. (via ScreenRant)

You may not be able to collect life-sized Daleks in all colors but you can start small with this set of 16 ounce tumblers. (via GeekAlerts)

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Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."

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