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Sep 03, 2010 8:13 PM
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Mel Gibson & #melgibsonmad

When: July 16

What: An angry actor who likes to yell nasty things at his girlfriend.

Why: Becasue Mel Gibson is the worst but Twitterers always know how to make the best out of the worst. This time they gave reasons for being "Mel Gibson mad," such as @AHPJR who tweeted: "When Bella chose Edward over him, Jacob was #MelGibsonMad."


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Old Spice

When: July 15

What: Old Spice (mainly for its sexy spokesman Isaiah Mustafa)

Why: In what will probably go down as one of the coolest publicity stunts in recent years, Old Spice had the lovable spokesman make personalized YouTube videos for a very lucky select few.


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ESPYs

When: July 14

What: Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly or the Oscars of the sports world

Why: The red carpet was flooded with hotties like Landon "I Don't Have a Love Child" Donovan, Zac Efron and Brooklyn Decker and inside, the show was hosted by funny guy Seth Meyers who poked fun at the likes of Tiger and Lebron. Almost makes us want to pay more attention to sports.


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Bristol Palin

When: July 14, 1 pm

What: The daughter of the former Alaskan Governor

Why: She announced her engagement to babydaddy Levi Johnston. Looks like the world is her oyster. Joy.


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Dreamgirls

When: July 14

What: The divalicious movie musical starrting Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson

Why: The more important question is, why not? A showing of the fabulous movie on TV got the Twitter world in a tizzy and we can't say that we don't blame them.


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Cedric Diggory

When: July 6

What: Robert Pattinson's Harry Potter character

Why: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was on TV in Indonesia, which got people talking. The fact that Team Potter has been trending so much better than Eclipse has restored many Twitterers faith in humanity. #Justsayin!

If you wanna get in on the Twilight vs. Harry Potter argument, check out our Twi-Potter Tournament.


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Lizzie McGuire

When: July 7

What: Hilary Duff's character

Why: When the Lizzie McGuire Movie is on the Disney Channel, it ends up trending. It is kind of awesome, after all. Hey now, hey now, this is what dreams are made of!


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Mick Jagger

When: July 7, 9

What: The Rolling Stones lead singer

Why: Considered to be the World Cup Angel of Death, Mick's name will frequently start trending during this month's soccer games.


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OTM Harry Potter

When: July 8

What: "On the movie Harry Potter"

Why: Once again Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is on TV in Indonesia and they really love to tweet about it and then everyone else loves to tweet about Indonesia tweeting about it. Oh, Internet!


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Emmy nominations

When: July 8

What: Just the biggest awards show for TV!

Why: Because they were announced! Duh! Glee leads the comedy pack with a total of 19 nods and for dramas, it's Mad Men with 17. Get the complete list here.


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Luna Lovegood

When: July 8

What: Harry Potter character

Why: Yep. Indonesia's still watching Harry Potter. Seriously, Harry Potter better watch his back before he gets Bieber'd from Twitter!


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#worthlesscelebrities

When: July 8

What: "Worthless Celebrities"

Why: Well, a lot of celebrities are kind of worthless and it's fun to list them. Who tops your list?


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Dolores Umbridge

When: July 8

What: Harry Potter character; part of the Ministry of Magic and Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher

Why: Alright, Indonesia, we get it! You love Harry Potter!


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#ghettocrayoncolors

When: July 8

What: Ghetto Crayon Colors

Why: Just people making up new crayon colors for things considered ghetto. Exampe: Eviction notice pink from @JDior_. In other words, it's just Twitter being Twitter.


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Psychic Octopus & Pulpo Paul

When: July 7-9

What: Pulpo Paul, the psychic German octopus

Why: The octopus has become quite the World Cup celebrity as he has 100% accuracy rate at predicting the outcomes for the games—even when it means choosing Spain over his home country Germany. Friday morning, Paul predicted another Spanish victory in Sunday's finals against the Netherlands.


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LeBron James

When: July 8-9

What: Just the greatest basketball player ever, right now or something

Why: The former Cleveland Cavaliers superstar recently went free agent and announced last night that he is trading Cleveland for South Beach and joining the Miami Heat. Time to party! Or burn his jersey! Or Twitter angrily! Whatever!


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