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1. Melania Trump copy-and-pasted a couple passages from Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention speech and didn’t think anyone would notice.
“Melania Trump capped an unconventional list of speakers on the first night, which included decidedly non-A-list celebrities Scott Baio, Antonio Sabato Jr. and Willie Robertson of the reality show Duck Dynasty.”
2. Oopsies. Instagram’s most “liked” photo is probably illegal.
“Instagram made headlines this past week when it announced its most-liked photo of all time, a shot of singer Selena Gomez posted to her account of her holding a Coca-Cola bottle.”
3. In other Trump-related news, Mike Pence has some misogynistic skeletons in his closet.
“The GOP vice presidential candidate, who, back then was the radio host of The Mike Pence Show, felt Mulan was an attempt to influence the “debate over the role of women in the military,” BuzzFeed News reported.”
4. Winter isn’t coming until Summer 2017, according to an HBO press release.
“‘Now that winter has arrived on Game of Thrones, executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss felt that the storylines of the next season would be better served by starting production a little later than usual, when the weather is changing,’ said Bloys.”
5. Yes, Lady Gaga did perform one of her hit singles at an orphanage.
“Lady Gaga visited the Casa Hogar home for boys in Cabo San Lucas over the weekend and sang an emotional rendition of “Born This Way” for the children living there.”