Copycat Malia Obama ripped off a scene from a short indie flick for a recent commercial the former first daughter directed for Nike, according to heartbroken filmmaker Natalie Jasmine Harris.
Harris, 27, charged Obama, 26, co-opted the "cinematic tools" she utilized in her movie Grace – in which two characters play pat-a-cake – for the slick advertising spot, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
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Harris insisted the issue isn’t the use of the childhood pastime – but the filming methods, suc