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Michelle Obama just pulled a classic Michelle by surprising high school students with her presence

The words “high school assembly” aren’t usually synonymous with “the most exciting day ever,” but there are exceptions to every rule. Case in point — former First Lady Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to Ballou STAY High School in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday and it was presumably an experience that students will remember for the rest of their lives.

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We are Chiron. And you don’t think that kid grows up to be nominated for eight Academy Awards. It’s not a dream he’s allowed to have. ...But now it’s happened. So what I think of possibility, let’s take it off the table. The thing has happened.

If Things Went As Planned, THIS Would Have Been Barry Jenkins' Oscar Speech for Moonlight

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People are fighting bigotry by calling out racist misogynists they find on Tinder now

And everyone who's wished their Tinder trolls could receive greater punishment is forever indebted to Kevin Tran, who just completely dragged a white dude for harassing someone on the dating app.

Images: Kevin KTran

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President Trump is being praised for his address to Congress, especially for his remarks to a widow. But we shouldn’t be taken in so easily

President Donald Trump shocked everyone Tuesday with his speech -- but not for the reasons you might think. Despite a very rocky first few weeks in office, Trump delivered an optimistic message to lawmakers at a Joint Session of Congress. “There were no campaign-like riffs, no boasting of his electoral victory, no bashing of the media or taunts or jeers at his opponents,” as NPR noted. But his actions tell another story.

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Watch: Disney just passed a major landmark: it aired its first same sex kiss (and on a children’s cartoon!) EVER

The kiss in question was actually two, yes TWO same sex kisses, one by two men and one by two women, which took place during a music video and concert performance about a love triangle.

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This is what the Oscars looked like to viewers in Iran

It's pretty off-putting to see Theron with this dark mark all over her body, and eventually she becomes almost totally blurred out just because of her dress.

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The Supreme Court Justices had some facial expressions last night.

They’re good.

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Don’t be fooled-- Donald Trump’s speech to Congress paid lip service to a few moderate ideas, but his actions tell another story

President Donald Trump shocked everyone Tuesday with his speech -- but not for the reasons you might think. Despite a very rocky first few weeks in office, Trump delivered an optimistic message to lawmakers at a Joint Session of Congress. “There were no campaign-like riffs, no boasting of his electoral victory, no bashing of the media or taunts or jeers at his opponents,” as NPR noted. But his actions tell another story.

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Amazon broke the internet yesterday and Twitter totally freaked out by the possibility of going outside

Amazon Web Services — a subsidiary of Amazon.com and the largest cloud computing system in the nation — experienced an outage of its S3 data storage service yesterday, and it affected a looooot of people.

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I think that President Obama’s behind it because his people are certainly behind it. And some of the leaks possibly come from that group, you know, some of the leaks – which are very serious leaks, because they’re very bad in terms of national security.

Donald Trump thinks President Obama is behind all the leaks at the White House

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In Living Color Season 3 episode 22.

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People are mad because Kellyanne Conway had her feet on the couch during Trump’s meeting with HBCU leaders

The photo from the meeting, published by the French news agency Agence France-Presse went viral on Twitter Monday night. Why? Well, it showed Conway checking her phone, sitting casually on a sofa with her legs tucked under her. And she apparently was still wearing her shoes.

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Watch: Jimmy Kimmel says Denzel Washington is to thank for looking out for the Moonlight people and saving #Oscargate

No surprise here: Jimmy Kimmel had a lot of material for his late-night monologue on Monday.The Oscars host returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live! yesterday to share his version of the chaos that ensued when presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly announced La La Land as the winner of Best Picture instead ofMoonlight. And he had thanks for one person in particular.

Gifs: Jimmy Kimmel Live

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tag yourself, we’re Ryan

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Surprise, surprise, political opinion trash fire commentator Tomi Lahren has some bad opinions about The Salesman

Conservative pundit Tomi Lahren, who many are calling a Kellyanne Conway in training, posted a series of vicious tweets. Many viewers, who noted that this year's ceremony was a statement on diversity and inclusivity, saw Lahren's comments as ignorant and they were happy to let her know that her opinion didn't need to be part of Oscars.

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Watch: This Australian PSA comparing ketchup and BBQ sauce to sexual orientation is the perfect metaphor for why coming out shouldn’t be a big deal

Do you like ketchup better than BBQ sauce? That’s no big deal, according to a video recently posted on Facebook. The video isn’t really about ketchup, of course, but uses condiments to make a point about sexuality.

Gifs: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

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This is how people attending and watching the Oscars reacted to Casey Affleck’s Oscar win

Welp, it happened. Casey Affleck won an Academy Award for Manchester By The Sea. The scruffy actor is a divisive figure in Hollywood. Clearly, he’s got talent. But sexual abuse allegations need to be taken seriously.