21 Feb 2013
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Photo: (Getty)

For years, Leonardo DiCaprio has had two jobs: being an A-list Hollywood actor and saving the world. (Three jobs if you count being SUCH a heartthrob.) But now Leo is taking time off from acting and getting even more dedicated to helping the environment and the species that live in it.

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20 Feb 2013
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Photo: (Instagram/jennijwowwmtv)

You can always count on JWOWW to look glamorous and share what she’s passionate about. Right now she’s doing both things by taking part in a photo shoot for the NOH8 Campaign.

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19 Feb 2013
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Photo: (Getty, ESPN)

Tyrese Gibson, who recently inspired us with his interview about Dr. Martin Luther King and the King Center, has a different kind of inspiring story to share. It’s the story of Latipha Cross, an amazing athlete and heroic young woman who overcame abandonment, abuse, homelessness and cancer.

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18 Feb 2013
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Photo: (Twitter)

The UK’s charity extravaganza Red Nose Day is now less than a month away (March 15), and One Direction is still finding ways to help out the big event. Red Nose Day helps people in need in the United Kingdom and Africa, and people can get pretty creative in ways to raise money for it.

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15 Feb 2013
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Photo: (Getty)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt recently played the heroic police officer John Blake in “The Dark Knight Rises,” and IRL he’s also heroically looking out for the well-being of others. Yesterday he shot off a not-sweet-but-informative Tweet about young people in solitary confinement.

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14 Feb 2013
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Photo: (Getty)

Along with being an incredible singer and songwriter and so damn cute, it seems Frank Ocean is also a math whiz? The boy is too good to be real! At the Grammys, Frank won Best Urban Contemporary Album, but he makes sure to have time to help a friend (We don't think he means his little bro!!) with his algebra 2 homework.

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13 Feb 2013
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Photo: (MTV)

MTV has hooked up with One Billion Rising to stop violence against women, and as part of the MTV fam, Vinny Guadagnino has joined in on the campaign. Tomorrow people across the globe are going to rise for women’s rights, and Vinny gave a Twitter shoutout to Royce White, who’s also taking part in the big day.

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12 Feb 2013
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We’ve told you about the philanthropy of “Vampire Diaries” star Ian Somerhalder, but did you know his costar and GF Nina Dobrev is also big on making the world a better place? And (spoiler alert) Nina might just have Tweeted about something that has to do with both her and Ian.

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11 Feb 2013
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"The Price Is Right" will be awash in stars for their second annual Celebrity Week (begins on Monday, February 18), where celebs like Nick and Drew Lachey, Demi Lovato and more will be using the popular game show as a way to make money for their fave charities.

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8 Feb 2013
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Ellen DeGeneres loves it when stories get happy endings she can dance to. After a baker initially refused a LGBT couple a wedding cake, “Ace of Cakes” star Duff Goldman offered up his services as a baker.

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