4 Oct 2012
Ballyhoo-Feature

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You still wish it was summer, don’t you? Yeah, we feel ya. We wish we’d been able to tour with the reggae/rock band Ballyhoo! this past summer, too. Not just for the style, but also for the environmental-friendliness!

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24 Sep 2012
YouVMA-feature

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This week the General Assembly of the United Nations is taking place in New York. Most of us can’t go, but most of us can help out the UN, especially with its newly launched Global Good Challenge. Earn points and gain entries that could send you backstage at one of Lady Gaga's concerts, to the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards + more!

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21 Sep 2012
Somerhalder-Feature

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Voting is over for Chase Community Giving (did you vote like La La hoped you would?), and the charities with the most votes are going to be sharing a $5 million donation. One of the winners was the Ian Somerhalder Foundation, started by “Vampire Diaries” hottie and super philanthropist Ian Somerhalder!

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14 Aug 2012
GatesPitbull-Feature

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Pitbull gets paired up with a lot of people. Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull and Bill Gates... wait, what? But it’s true: the rapper and the bazillionaire are both fighting for worldwide sanitation!

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26 Jul 2012
EchelonCollage-Feature

The Echelon is an out-of-this-world fan army that LOVES international megaband 30 Seconds To Mars -- and there’s a particular crew of superwomen fans making Earth a way better place in honor of their fave pop-rock Martians.

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24 Jul 2012
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According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, tea is the second most popular drink in the world, behind water and ahead of coffee, soda, juice, and the reason I have a headache most Sunday mornings (rhymes with “wodka”). But where do all of the used tea bags go? Ryan Seacrest’s recent Tweet got us a thinkin'...

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12 Jul 2012
IceAge2-Feature

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"Ice Age: Continental Drift" hits theaters on July 13, and in the spirit of series' fourth installment, we’re bringing you a list of its many voices -- from Drake to J.Lo -- and how they've also used their voices for our world's well-being.

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11 Jul 2012
ToiletGuy-Feature

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Matt Damon asked y’all to talk sh*t -- and now a charming commode-bound bloke wants to make sure you give a crap. What’s all this potty mouthin’ about? Saving lives one wipe at a time!

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5 Jul 2012
ShirtPatriot-Feature

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Oops, you did it again -- you donated yet another of your beloved Britney Spears baby tees! Don’t you know that it’s toxic to struggling economies in third world countries?

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2 Jul 2012
LInkinPark-Feature

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We asked Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington what they’d miss most without power and while we were kinda hoping one of them would say something like, “underwater basket weaving,” but their answers were sooooo sweet as is.

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