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25 May 2012
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Photo: (YouTube/BellaVoce123)

“So, like, where’d you go to school?” Get ready, grads -- that’s one of those questions you’re gonna hear every time you roll up at a party or start a new gig out in “the real world.” It might seem like an innocent inquiry, but that ish gets complicated real quick -- just ask the latest viral sensation on the interwebz, Ivy League Hustler Nikki Muller.

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Photo: (Getty Images/YouTube/Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso)

Hey, can we have five minutes and forty-three seconds of your time? It’s totally worth it! Super cool actress Rosario Dawson took the time to share a fun anti-bullying vid on Twitter, and now we want to share it with you!

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Photo: Katy Perry performs at Brooklyn Pier 9A for fleet week in New York (Amanda Schwab/AP)

Photo: Katy Perry performs at Brooklyn Pier 9A for fleet week in New York. (Amanda Schwab/AP)

Katy Perry let her vocals set sail as she welcomed Fleet Week 2012! Yes, 6,000 seamen have arrived in NYC, and Ms. Perry was all over the action, dressed to impress wrapped in an American flag. Brace yourselves, ladies and gentlemen!

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Photo: (Nick Cannon/RobRootsMedia)

Photo: (Nick Cannon/RobRootsMedia)

Bullying has got to go, and Nick Cannon knows it. Nick just recently hooked up with the group STOMP Out Bullying to become a global ambassador for them. But in addition to his awesome new ambassador status, he’s using his music to show how bad bullying is.

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Photo: (Getty Images)

Glamberts all over the world have broken in out celebration this week! Adam Lambert’s second album "Trespassing" debuted last week and has skyrocketed up the charts to #1 in that time. Even more exciting -- he's the first openly gay artist to top the charts!

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Photo: (Getty Images)

Sure, you’re stoked about NO MORE HOMEWORK, but leaving your college days behind is also a super bittersweet time in your life. You busted your butt to get those college dollars, make the grade, and have the most frickin’ fun ever -- so it’s sucks to think about leaving it all behind. But school spirit doesn’t have to die once you chuck that cap in the air -- keep that coed feeling alive just like Hollywood’s most hardcore college fans!

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24 May 2012
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Photo: Dan talks with Ryan about his relationship (MTV)

Dan was pumped to be back in the Northwest and back among his people -- hippies, snowboarders and nature-lovers -- at the University of Oregon on this week's episode of " Savage U." But he was not impressed with one student’s inability to follow through on a much needed break-up.

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Photos: The Wanted's Tom, Max, Nathan, a labrapoodle, and Siva. (Getty Images)

The Wanted may not love Christina Aguilera -- they recently called her “a total b*tch" -- but there is one kind of b*tch they do love: Dogs! The popular British boy band recently sat down with us, and shared their favorite place to pick up b*tches: The Manchester & Cheshire Dogs' Home. In the video below, Max tells us he's raised thousands of pounds for the home, and, well, the rest I couldn’t quite understand through his thick accent, but it sounded a lot like, “Make out with me, Alexandra.” After the video, check out photos of the boys with the dogs they look like most -- plus, details on how you can adopt them! (The dogs, not the dudes.)

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One singing competition ends, and a new one begins. "Duets," which premieres tonight on ABC, will pair four superstars -- Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles and Robin Thicke  – with two aspiring singers each. The superstars and their protégés will duet together week after week, until ultimately, one amateur will win a recording contract with Hollywood Records. In the spirit of the new show, we're highlighting each superstar judge and their biggest duet partners ever: their fave charities!

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Photo: (Getty Images)

College students are always getting asked, “What’s your major?” Some college students can now say, “Philanthropy.”

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