Figure skater using Minions music at Winter Olympics
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After a potentially disastrous copyright mix-up days before the start of the Winter Games, Spanish figure skater Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté said he has obtained permission to skate his signature "Minions"-themed routine,
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