27 Nov 2012
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WTF. Tickets to One Direction’s Madison Square Garden concert sold out in under 10 minutes! But don’t cry into your Harry Styles pillow just yet, ‘cause we’ve partnered with Omaze and Architecture For Humanity to offer you and your BFF a trip to NYC to see the boys live!

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23 Nov 2012
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The Mozilla Firefox Challenge is up and running, and it’s a great way to help charities earn big bucks. A bunch of celebs are strutting their stuff for their individual charities, including Jordin Sparks.

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21 Nov 2012
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The holidays might be all about good cheer and the spirit of community, but some of your favorite celebs are about to do battle. Don’t worry tho, it’s all for a good cause -- the Mozilla Firefox Challenge!

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15 Nov 2012
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Snooki was overcome with emotions when she finally had the opportunity to see the devastation in Seaside Heights after Hurricane Sandy. The boardwalk, the roller coaster, everything but the memories are now gone. BUT YOU'VE GOT REASON TO FIST PUMP -- we're going to "Restore The Shore" and by pitching in you could win two tixs to the 2013 VMAs, get you nails did with Snooki, have Sunday dinner with Vinny and his fam AND more amazing prizes!

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5 Oct 2012

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Calling all artists, graphic designers, sharpie tattooists, and paper margin doodlers -- Miley Cyrus is looking for an original image, photograph, drawing, or painting to print onto an American MoJo hoodie!

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1 Oct 2012
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7 million students miss a month or more of school each year -- that's more than the number of students in the state California! And those who miss 10 or more days are 20% less likely to graduate high school. Taylor Swift, Carly Rae Jepsen and MTV's own Sway Calloway have taken note and want to give you a chance to win the COOLEST signed swag for school if you tweet #IGetSchooledBecause.

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21 Sep 2012
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Congrats, Lindsay Brown! The 21-year-old Notre Dame student is Seventeen Magazine’s Pretty Amazing contest winner. Lindsay was chosen from over 35,000 nominees to grace the cover of Seventeen’s October issue after a series of votes and raising over $22,000 to sponsor the education of 48 Nepalese girls. And get this: she made it all selling cupcakes! Holy bake sale!

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13 Sep 2012
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Get your meat dresses and platinum wigs ready, ‘cause Mother Monster wants to meet you!  When your actual mother asks why the steaks for tonight’s dinner are on your head, let her know you’re trying to increase your odds of winning a trip to Costa Rica to meet Lady Gaga!

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27 Aug 2012
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Anticipation for the public launch of our Fantasy Election game has been building for a while now, but the wait is over!

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10 Aug 2012
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Sooo, who here is counting down the days until the MTV Video Music Awards on September 6? The date is fast approaching, and we know an awesome way that you can get tixs to see the awards live in LA...and do some good for charity.

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