15 Nov 2012
AndrewGarfield-Feature

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Hello abs! Yup, a bearded Andrew Garfield got down on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" revealing his toned tummy! If you are familiar with Ellen's talk show she's normally the one dancing on stage but on this episode the tables were turned! Our fave Spidey played a lil' game with Ellen where she called out 10 different dance moves (The Shopping Cart! Gangnam Style! Belly Dance!) and he had to do each one...on national TV.

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14 Nov 2012
Olivia-Feature

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When the girl power special “Half the Sky” aired on PBS in October, it got a lot of people thinking about global women’s rights. Olivia Wilde, who traveled to Kenya for the special, recently joined a high school screening of "Half the Sky" -- and helped raise $2,430 toward girls’ education!

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13 Nov 2012
Divas-Feature

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It’s time to unleash your inner diva...and use it to help music education! “VH1 Divas” is going to air live December 16 at 9PM ET/8C, and this soon-to-be epic night is using its star power for a good deed.

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JersShore-Feature

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This Thursday Jerzday, the cast of “Jersey Shore” will take over MTV on-air and online for “Restore the Shore,” a live benefit special for Hurricane Sandy relief. Snooki, Vinny, Ronnie and the rest of the crew have taken to Twitter to encourage you to tune in and help Seaside Heights.

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5 Nov 2012
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Now that Hurricane Sandy has passed, the nation is coming together and doing what it can to help rebuild. On Friday NBC Universal held a live benefit concert to fund raise for the American Red Cross, and Christina Aguilera was one of the stars who took part.

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JerseyCleanup-Feature

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Hurricane Sandy did major damage to the East Coast, and New Jersey took some of the worst of it. That’s why we’ll have the "Restore the Shore" special airing soon, and members of "Jersey Shore" are already volunteering their time and goods.

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24 Oct 2012

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We know you’ve got Q’s, and President Barack Obama has A’s! This Friday MTV is hosting "Ask Obama Live: An MTV Interview With the President" at 5/4c, and we want YOU to help us come up with questions.

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22 Oct 2012
Stars-Feature

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Didja catch Night of Too Many Stars last night on Comedy Central? Jon Stewart hosted the entertaining event, which benefits autism program. It apparently had more stars than it had time for, because JWOWW and Sammi were cut out from the broadcast, but it's all good because the girls are still proud to help out in this important endeavor.

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16 Oct 2012
Perry2-Feature

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It's called the Night of Too Many Stars, but you can never get enough stars together to do good deeds. Katy Perry was part of the Comedy Central event to help autism programs, and even though a big part of Katy has been about charity, this night is her personal fave.

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10 Oct 2012
"Glee" Blaine & Kurt

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Gas prices may suck, but have you seen the price of tissue lately?! Tissue boxes signed by the cast of "Glee," that is. From now until Friday, October 12, "Glee" fans can head over to Charitybuzz to bid on one of three tissue boxes autographed by each of the show’s power couples. Why tissue? Because last week's episode was such a tear-jerker!

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