Posted 6/22/12 6:23 pm EST by Alexandra Govere in Contests, School
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Leo McCarthy is offering teens money not to drink. McCarthy lost his 14-year-old daughter, Mariah, five years ago, when a 20-year-old drunk driver hit her and two friends as they walked down the sidewalk in Butte, Montana. But he turned tragedy into triumph when, at Mariah’s funeral, he offered teens this challenge:
Posted 6/20/12 1:34 pm EST by Jose Iniguez in Contests, sex, Shows
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Summer is here and classes are out at "Savage U" -- season one is a wrap! But in a few short months, it's impossible for sexpert Dan Savage to get to all your questions. So we gave you a chance a few weeks ago to submit any unanswered sex or relationship question you have for Dan to answer in a video. Welp, we've got a winner!
Posted 6/18/12 12:01 am EST by Danica Davidson in Art, Contests, Music
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The winners of the MTV Act Aspire Awards have been announced! Yup, in the wee early hours just after midnight (or the late hours for all of you still up) the Aspire Awards made its super big announcement, and we want to share the winners with you!
Posted 6/12/12 5:08 pm EST by Maddy Roth in Contests, Election 2012, Health, Shows
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If you could sit in that big ol’ White House chair for a day, what would you do first (beside go bowling downstairs)? If Dan Savage was president for a day, he would socialize medicine faster than you could say “wear an effin condom!”
Posted 6/12/12 4:52 pm EST by Danica Davidson in Celebs, Contests, Sweet Tweet
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How would you like to buy an hour of Common's time? You can! Common is auctioning of some one-on-one time, and the proceeds are going to 826 LA, an organization dedicated to supporting students with their creative and expository writing skills. Common left us a short, teasing tweet and a link that explains more of what’s up:
Posted 6/8/12 9:00 am EST by Caroline Walker in Celebs, Contests, Music
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Paths are paved with many things: concrete, good intentions, yellow bricks ... pop songs?! The Pave The Way Project -- a smart, stylish campaign tackling teen dating violence -- is out to prove that pop songs can bring awareness to dating abuse. If Rihanna and Eminem can tackle it in "Love The Way You Lie" why can't an up and comer artist do it too? Salvador and Carlos Santana agree. Oodles of fans agree. Seven young songwriting contenders agree. What's your vote?
Posted 6/6/12 11:05 am EST by Danica Davidson in Celebs, Contests, Sweet Tweet
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The almost-reigning king of Twitter, Justin Bieber, has a special tweet to share about Mark Wahlberg. No, it wasn’t birthday wishes (though Marky Mark turned 41 yesterday), but it’s about his new movie And charity. Yes, these two things do go together.
Posted 6/5/12 12:00 pm EST by Jose Iniguez in Contests, sex, sexual health, Shows
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In case sexpert Dan Savage has yet to answer your sex and relationship question on "Savage U" Tuesday nights on MTV, don't fret -- we've got a few episodes to go. But if you want to be extra-extra-extra safe you get it answered AND want to ask Dan via video AND want an MTV Act t-shirt autographed by Dan Savage himself, then you must read on!
Posted 5/21/12 2:40 pm EST by Danica Davidson in Art, Bullying Sucks, Contests
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The 10 finalists for Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation poster contest have been announced! Yup, we’re in the final stretch of this contest. Lady Gaga and her mom Cynthia Germanotta went through thousands of designs and chose their 10 personal favs, and now they’re leaving the final winner up to you.
Posted 5/15/12 2:22 pm EST by Danica Davidson in Celebs, Contests, Music
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Do Something is always encouraging you to go out there and, well, do something, and the org is thrilled with your results. In fact, Do Something wants to thank you for all your super amazing work towards social betterment. That’s why it’s hooking up with Live Nation to launch an LMFAO Ultimate Party Pass Giveaway. Are you ready to Party Rock with Redfoo and SkyBlue?!
