14 Apr 2013
Prizes-Feature
Photo: (MTV)

Photo: (MTV)

The 2013 MTV Movie Awards air tonight at 9/8c on MTV, and no matter where you watch 'em from, we wanna give YOU the celebrity treatment! One lucky person will win the same swag bag we're gifting to A-list Movie attendees. It's packed full of lavish goodies, and get this: all you have to do to enter is Tweet!

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10 Apr 2013
HIVAIDSdayLogo-Feature
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Photo: (AmplifyYourVoice.org)

Today is the very first National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day, which is being put on by Advocates for Youth. It’s time to talk about how HIV/AIDS affects young people and what young people are doing to bring about an AIDS-free generation!

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5 Apr 2013
KidPres-Feature
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Photo: (YouTube/SoulPancake)

2013 is the first year in U.S. history that we have two presidents at once! President Barack Obama and Kid President, 9-year-old Robby Novak, recently met up in the Oval Office to chat about telephones, history, and how kids and grown-ups can work together to make the world a better place. Dare ya not to smile!

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26 Mar 2013
HarryThumbs-Feature
Photo: (Getty)

Photo: (Getty)

Let me see that thooooong! An old photo of One Direction's Harry Styles ironing his underpants in a golden thong recently hit the interwebz, and there has never been a more appropriate time to play Sisqó's "Thong Song." Grab a pair of sunglasses, have a look at Harry's glimmering golden gonads, then check out four ways to save the world in your skivvies!

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20 Mar 2013
ChatFuture-Feature
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Photo: (Getty, MTV Act)

Getting into college can be super exciting, but paying for it? Major scary! Luckily Get Schooled is here to help, and they’re putting on a Twitter chat to help you out.

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12 Mar 2013
SomerhalderGreen-Feature
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Photo: (Getty)

Ian Somerhalder knows what women want. Just ask Nina Dobrev! The “Vampire Diaries” hunk and environmental activist announced his namesake foundation’s latest project, the Monthly Eco-cessities Club.

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7 Mar 2013
BieberTwitter-Feature
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Photo: (Getty)

Haters need to back off the Biebs! Justin Bieber has had enough with false rumors, and went to Twitter to vent his frustration. The world then when on a Retweet spree -- fittingly enough. He was so on point!

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SophiaBush-Feature
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Photo: (Getty)

It was a year ago when Kony 2012 exploded on the Internet and made the Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony the world’s number one bad guy. But what happened since? Sophia Bush shared an update on what’s going on.

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6 Mar 2013
Affleck-Feature
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Photo: (Getty)

Just because “Half the Sky” is about empowering girls and women all over the world doesn’t mean guys can’t get in on the world-changing action too. Oscar-winning director Ben Affleck took to Twitter on Monday to show his support for the Half the Sky Movement: The Game.

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4 Mar 2013
GameShot1-Feature
Photo: (Half The Sky Movement)

Photo: (Half The Sky Movement)

You know how much we loved “Half the Sky,” right? Well now you don’t have to buy the book to get involved in helping girls and women around the world. As of today, you can play Half the Sky Movement: The Game, which means you can help just by logging on to Facebook.

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