22 May 2012
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Photo: (20th Century FOX)

Lady Gaga is a woman of many looks. On Sunday she wore yellow skin, big round eyes and a 2D body.  Yup, she was on “The Simpsons.”

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21 May 2012
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The 10 finalists for Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation poster contest have been announced! Yup, we’re in the final stretch of this contest. Lady Gaga and her mom Cynthia Germanotta went through thousands of designs and chose their 10 personal favs, and now they’re leaving the final winner up to you.

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17 May 2012
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Photo: (Getty Images)

Ka-ching! Forbes The World's Most Powerful Celebrities list has come out, and sitting in the top five positions are Jennifer Lopez, Oprah Winfrey, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Lady Gaga. To decide on the list, Forbes not only looks at the dollar signs, but also at how influential these stars are. These five are definitely making big money AND have big hearts. Check out a little about how these celebs give back to the causes that matter to them!

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13 May 2012
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Photo: Mama Mother Monster Cynthia Germanotta, lesbian Boy Scout mom Jennifer Tyrell, and First Lady Michelle Obama.

Mothers are living, breathing superheroes. They may not be able to fly (well, mama birds can), but their love and selflessness (and the mere fact that they carry us for 9 months and squeeze us out of veeeeery small spaces) are unparalleled. Today, in celebration of Mother’s Day, and to thank our mothers for the 1,203,982,099 hours of labor they’ve collectively experienced, we’ve compiled a list of amazing, real-life moms who are taking action on their day.

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4 May 2012
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Photo: (Getty Images)

Graduation is huuuuur! Ater you catapult those caps and head to the after party, you’re gonna need some musical matriculation (SAT word!) inspiration that will get you HYPED for your future. For the rest of your life, graduation songs will hold a special place in your playlist -- so you need some epic anthems (with hidden gems of advice). We know some of y’all wanna wallow in bittersweet nostalgia -- and that’s totally cool. But like we said, Vitamin C ain’t on this list because we decided to pull together some more recent feel-good grad tunes (from this year and last). These tunes will get you amped to take ACTION in that next phase of your life -- whether it’s high school, college, or real-life-jobby-job time. So grab that diploma because school's OUT and these songs are IN!

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18 Apr 2012
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Photo: (Getty Images)

Warning: Yeah, we know this is old news but we've been so cray cray busy at over here at Act HQ. We just felt weird not addressing it, ya know?

Fans of Lady Gaga normally eat up what the Mother Monster says, but recently she tweeted something about, well, eating, that has caused many fans to go sour.

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12 Apr 2012
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Photo: (Getty Images)

Spring is in the air -- which means we’re all twitterpated Bambi-style. In other words, people are horny. So National STD Awareness Month couldn’t come at a more opportune time! Especially for you hormone-crazed youngsters. Did ya know that 15 to 24-year-olds represent nearly half of all the new STDs occurring in the U.S.? Yeah, that means 1 in 2 sexually active peeps will get an STD by the time they hit 25.

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10 Apr 2012
Photo: Lady Gaga with her mom Cythia (EOnline!)

Photo: Lady Gaga with her mom Cythia (EOnline!)

You’ve been jamming to “Born This Way” on your iPod, but how about making a poster to represent Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation? If you’re not good at drawing, no worries! You can also do a collage, design or photograph. The poster does need to be 11x17 and the drawing/collage/design/whatever-you-want-on-it needs to say both the Born This Way Foundation name and tell what bravery means to you.

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2 Apr 2012
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Lady Gaga should be Queen Gaga when it comes to Twitter -- she has more followers than anyone else -- over 22 million followers to be exact. Justin Bieber trails closely behind her at over 19 million followers, and some Bieber fans want their star to be numero uno in the tweeting universe, which has led to a Twitter war of sorts.

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28 Mar 2012
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Photo: (Getty Images)

Happy Birthday, Lady Gaga!  Ms. Gaga was born this way twenty-six years ago, and in honor of the singer’s totally fabulous b-day, we’re here to talk about how she’s not only an amazing singer and entertainer, she’s also a world class activist.  Take a look at some of the activism she’s done over the past year!

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