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Editor's note: Follow Olympics figure skating live results and updates from the 2026 Winter Games. MILAN — Who knew the Minions – the comedic, yellow creature always engaged in shenanigans in the ...

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The Minions made it.After a music rights dispute that took over the Winter Olympics, Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate donned his yellow-and-blue costume and brought the mischievous ...

The Minions made it to the Olympics after all. Spain's Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate competed in Tuesday's men's short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics following a dramatic last-minute scramble to ...

Spanish skater Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté's Minions-themed Olympic program almost didn't get cleared due to music copyright issues. Music licensing has become a significant challenge for figure ...

Spanish figure skater Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté was granted permission by Universal Studios (and Pharrell Williams) to perform his Minions-themed routine at the Winter Olympics after a wave of ...

MILAN — Who knew the Minions – the comedic, yellow creature always engaged in shenanigans in the "Despicable Me” franchise – would be such a hot topic at the 2026 Winter Olympics? It was expected to ...

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MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan — It's time to see what all the "Minions" fuss is about. After Spanish figure skater Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté said a copyright issue would prevent him from ...

Illumination’s “Minions & Monsters,” which was briefly teased during the Super Bowl, will be released this Fourth of July. And as the teaser trailer promised, there was a longer trailer online, which ...