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10 UP Selena Gomez
The week’s most heart-warming story was without doubt that of the twinkling songstress Selena Gomez, who — in failing health, due to her autoimmune disease, lupus — has had a kidney transplant, with the organ donated by her best friend, Francia Raisa.

“How can I possibly thank my beautiful friend?” Gomez tweeted afterwards. “She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me.”

Bless her, Gomez has made a slight factual error here: the ultimate gift is, in fact, a boxed 1986 Sindy Ballerina, blonde, with moveable joints. CW remembers this being a fact when it was 11, and sees no reason to change its mind now. However, it does raise an interesting point of conversation: which