27 Mar 2013
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Photo: (Getty)

If you’ve noticed Facebook and Twitter going red all of a sudden, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. The Human Rights Campaign, or HRC, released a red version of its equal sign logo, and Ashley Benson has joined in on the campaign that's all over the place -- and for good reason.

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14 Mar 2013
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Photo: (ABC Family)

When you turn on the TV, what are your favorite female characters doing? Are they driving the plot or acting as agents of change in their own lives? Since March is Women’s History Month, I thought I’d dedicate a “Pretty Little Liars” post to the wonderful young women that reside in our favorite fictional town of Rosewood.

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6 Mar 2013
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Photo: (ABC Family)

With the season finale only two weeks away, the stakes are getting higher in Rosewood. This week on “Pretty Little Liars,” people are coming back from the supposed dead, and Mona (Janel Parrish) is using the front door at Radley. What is going on in our favorite fictional town?! We break it down for you below.

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22 Feb 2013
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Selena Gomez is all grown up and robbin’ restaurants! But luckily not in real life. The Disney starlet-turned-UNICEF Ambassador plays her most adult role yet in “Spring Breakers” -- a tale of 4 college-aged girls who rob a fast food joint to pay for spring break.

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14 Feb 2013
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Photo: (Facebook)

This half of the season has been rife with drama for the girls, so we think our favorite “Pretty Little Liars” deserve a break. They have to deal with betrayals, “A” games and, you know, school on a regular basis, which leaves little time to get together with their romantic interests.

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24 Jan 2013
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If you haven’t tuned in to ABC Family’s “Pretty Little Liars” yet, you’re probably experiencing a severe case of FOMO. The show is consistently lauded as one of television’s most social hours, and show runner I. Marlene King’s directorial debut was no exception. The “Misery”-inspired episode this week featured major tweet-worthy moments: from a shocking “A” confrontation to a cray mistress who went even further off the deep end.

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23 Jan 2013
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The other night I randomly turned on "American Idol." I don’t remember any of the singers, but that’s partly because I distracted by Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey’s thinly veiled catfight. Shade was thrown, “Mean Girls” trivia was brought up…it wasn’t pretty.

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9 Aug 2012
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Ashley Benson and Shay Mitchell aren’t just co-stars on “Pretty Little Liars” -- they’re also companions in doing some good for the world! Shay is a mega supporter of the Somaly Mam Foundation, which fights human trafficking, and Ashley used Twitter to help out her friend’s mission.

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5 Apr 2012
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Photo: (Getty Images)

Who doesn’t love the ocean? Ashley Benson loves it, and she also loves Oceana, an org dedicated to protecting the seven seas and all the animals that live within it. In honor of sea turtles nesting, Ashley has cooked up a fun contest.

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