8 May 2012
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In case you missed it, Barack Obama is sexy and he knows it. And he was born that way. What will the POTUS with the Mostess sing next?! That's where YOU come in -- we're giving y'all a chance to pick his next interwebz hit!

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1 May 2012
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Rihanna: villian or hero? Well... The Bajan "Where Have You Been?" pop princess was rumored to be steaming up the big screen, driving super sexy cars with Vin Diesel as a villain in the upcoming “Fast and the Furious 6.” She will, however, visit movie theaters near you this month in "Battleship" as a bad-ass FBI espionage. But off screen, it appears she's quite the hero.

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23 Apr 2012
Rihanna and Katy Perry at Coachella 2012

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Our very own Alexandra Govere hit up the 2012 Coachella Music Festival -- not one but BOTH weekends -- and reports back with some of her favorite fashions, performances, and more! She recaps not what went down, but what went down right. Tweet us at @MTVact and let us know all summer long how you've been doing summer music festivals right.

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7 Mar 2012
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Rihanna, Pete Wentz, Jersey Shore's Deena, and countless others are all talking about Invisible Children's new film. Released on Monday, the 30-minute film brings to the world's attention the atrocious crimes and violence going on in Uganda led by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and its leader, Joseph Kony. The film's goal: make Kony famous.

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21 Feb 2012
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Chris Brown shocked the world on February 8, 2009, ahead of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards after severely beating then-girlfriend and pop-heavyweight Rihanna. Three years later, fresh off a return to the Grammy stage (and the award for Best R&B Album to go with it), Brown has shocked yet again -- this time by teaming up with Rihanna on a pair of remixes. Fan reactions have been split; some celebrated their reunion, while others reacted in disbelief. Teen dating abuse prevention experts, however, are far from celebrating the new music.

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9 Feb 2012
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There's no doubt that this Sunday's Grammy Awards will be explosive.

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26 Jan 2012
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Photo: Rihanna showing off her new tattoo. (Twitter/@rihanna)

THUG LIFE. That's what Rihanna just got tatted on her knuckles this week in Hollywood--an homage to late rapper Tupac Shakur. She tweeted a photo early Wednesday, later adding, "I'm thinking I shoulda got a tear drop instead!!! #THUGLIFE maybe next time." Orrr, we've got ideas. What if RIHpac went with, oh I dunno, a message from one of our pro-social campaigns on her knuckles instead?

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13 Jan 2012
Jay-Z and Beyonce

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What to get the parents who have everything? From Act to the Carters, we offer: a good night's sleep. While the rest of the world speculates on what's in a name, we're opting for Baby's First Mixtape — the unofficial Blue Ivy Lullaby Playlist, comprised of tracks by family (and family friends) with messages to grow on.

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20 Dec 2011
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On the third week of December, my true love gave to me: three juicy blog posts, two angry pop stars, and an opportunity to back to one of them by taking action on MTV Act!

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14 Nov 2011
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It’s never fun when you funk up your feed with a major mistweet -- but when a celeb gets “foot-in-phone” syndrome, their social media screw-ups get blasted by millions of rabid re-tweeters faster than you can type “#WTF.” We’re talkin’ ‘bout you Ashton Kutcher and your Penn State and Village Voice Twitter snafus.

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