1 Apr 2013
ChrisEvans-Feature
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As Captain America, Chris Evans is one of “The Avengers” characters nominated for a 2013 MTV Movie Award for Best Fight. Chris might not actually be walking around in Cap’s costume on the average day, but he is involved with the fight for equality.

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27 Mar 2013
JayZjT-Feature
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Love is in the air, or rather, in the U.S. Supreme Court as they hear two cases involving same-sex marriage this week. In the spirit of boys-on-boys, we present you with our favorite Hollywood bromances and their opinions on marriage equality.

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20 Mar 2013
JosephGordonLevitt-Feature
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The Dark Knight Rises” has been nominated in five different categories for the 2013 MTV Movie Awards, and cast member Joseph Gordon-Levittstill seems to be in heroic mood. He Tweeted an astonishing fact about gun violence in hopes of opening dialogue and bringing the numbers down.

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14 Mar 2013
NoFrack1-Feature
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Joseph Gordon Levitt, Penn Badgley, Zoe Kravitz and bunch of other attractive famous people wanna stop fracking in New York. Now before you cry yourself to sleep at the thought of the sexiest people in sexiest city in the world going celibate, lemme explain what fracking is.

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7 Mar 2013
Ellen-Feature
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Ellen DeGeneres has taken to her blog to weigh in on California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state after its passage in 2008. The out television host and comedienne (whose has a wife much hotter than most straight men do) wants the Supreme Court to grant gay couples the same legal rights as everyone else.

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5 Mar 2013
Somerhalder-Feature
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When Ian Somerhalder speaks, we listen. Or, we at least attempt to listen while we think about how lucky girlfriend Nina Dobrev is. Regardless, Somerhalder always has something to say, which is one of the reasons why we love when he takes to Twitter to talk politics, his foundation or, you know, anything.

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4 Mar 2013
Rashawn1-Feature
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Meet Rashawn Davis: he’s Michael Tubbs 2.0, and he’s hoping to change Newark, New Jersey, for the better. While most college juniors are worried about finals or post-grad life, Davis has his eyes on one major prize: the city council seat for Newark’s West Ward.

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1 Mar 2013
Jepsen-Feature
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GLAAD and former Boy Scout camp leader Derek Nance are calling on Carly Rae Jepsen and Train to speak out against the Boy Scout’s ban on gay scouts and leaders during their performances at this year’s National Scout Jamboree.

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KeshaBirthday-Feature
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March 1 is an incredible day in the music world, because both Ke$ha and Justin Bieber were born on it. Pisces FTW! Ke$ha’s already partying it up for her 26th year with birthday waffles and cats, but like Justin, she also has a big heart and we're here to celebrate five ways she's made a difference with her "Crazy, Beautiful Life."

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13 Feb 2013
SOTU-Feature
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Each year the prez talks about what’s up and what’s to come with the State of the Union address, and last night President Barack Obama gave his first SOTU since his reelection (fifth overall). If you missed it, or you’d like a little recap, here's what you need to know about (#WYNTKA) Obama's address.

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