10 Jan 2013
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Things got cray on “Jersey Shore,” but dealing with anxiety is a serious issue. Vinny Guadagnino knows that anxiety can really suck, and he spoke to Joy Behar about his self-help book, "Control the Crazy: My Plan to Stop Stressing, Avoid Drama, and Maintain Inner Cool.”

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The Hook Up is a weekly relationship advice column from MTV Act and the It’s Your (Sex) Life campaign, written by the very talented Kristin Russo and Dannielle Owens-Reid.

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9 Jan 2013
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Kim Kardashian and Kate Middleton are currently head-to-head -- or should we say bump-to-bump -- in the baby department. But that’s not all the two pregnant royals (one with a royal husband, the other with a royal booty) have in common. Both ladies are fashion icons who have recently donated clothing to charity...

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If your New Year’s Resolution is to ditch your boss and start working for yourself, you’re not alone. All week long, we're sharing the stories of and tips from young people who started their own businesses! Today: Matt Manos, 24-year-old founder and CEO of a verynice design studio.

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With the price of college going up, up, AND UP, it's hard for fams to afford to send their kids off to school.  Take for example, 20-year-old Corey Arvinger, a current former Howard University college student, who is being held back from living his dream for one reason...you guessed it...$$$$!

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Bimonthly, we'll take an artist on the rise on the MTV Music Meter and, to help you discover them a little more, detail some of their philanthropic tendencies -- from Mika to Ellie Goulding. This week: the Alabama Shakes!

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Time is winding down for the Mozilla Firefox Challenge -- tomorrow is the last day! Different stars are going to bat for their fave orgs, and Brittany Snow is hoping you’ll support Love is Louder.

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Lady Gaga has her Little Monsters. Demi Lovato has her Lovatics. Shay Mitchell has her Mitchies.

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8 Jan 2013
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If your New Year’s Resolution is to ditch your boss and start working for yourself, you’re not alone. According the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s 2010 Youth Entrepreneurship Survey, 40 percent of people aged 8 to 24 dream of running their own businesses someday. And just because you’re young doesn’t mean you can’t do it!

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After Kanye West, Alicia Keys and The Rolling Stones brought down the house at New York's 12/12/12 Concert for Sandy relief, many of us shifted our focus to newer tragedies, like, Instagram's Terms of Use. We figured the $50 million raised at 12/12/12 would be delivered to the hundreds of thousands of Sandy victims across New York, that all would be OK. But after recently heading down to Staten Island with UGG Australia to deliver boots to families who lost everything, I noticed that most were still in need of help. So if you've got time and want to do some good, below are five things Sandy victims could use.

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