16 Mar 2012
Photo: (21 Jump Street Movie/Colombia Pictures)

Photo: (21 Jump Street Movie/Colombia Pictures)

Here’s a few things I learned from the new "21 Jump Street," in theaters now. One, don’t be mean, it’s actually NOT cool and won’t make you popular. Two, people look and act really silly when they do drugs. And three -- not really a lesson BUT Channing Tatum is still a hottie with his shirt ON…

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7 Dec 2011
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Photo: Lagy Gaga and Barack Obama. (Getty Images)

Though we read our fair share of celebrity tweets about politics, it's not every day that the tables turn. Gaga, however, has a way of making impressions that even White House tweeters can't resist.

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2 Nov 2011
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Photo: 2011 HALO Honoree, Emily-Anne Rigal, with Lady Gaga. (Scott Gries/Nickelodeon)

When the Nick HALO Awards air this Sunday, November 6 at 8pm on Nick@Nite, teen world-changers will join their superstar superheroes to celebrate social change. Well, we wanna celebrate, too. All this week, we're bringing you highlights of soundbites from HALO winners' famous fans. First up? Lady Gaga.

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18 Oct 2011
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Photo: Chelsea Settles and her friend Jarel at the airport en route to Los Angeles. (MTV)

You've probably picked up by now that I'm quite the Jennifer Lopez stan. (And if you haven't, here's proof.) But starting last Tuesday, I also started to stan for someone else: Chelsea Settles! Chels is SOOO inspiring; not even J.Lo's Enough makes me feel as empowered!

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19 Aug 2011
Photo: Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson (Getty Images)

Photo: Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson (Getty Images)

It must be fun being Kate Winslet. She's talented, beautiful, genuine. And apparently she has some pretty strong morals too. The actress recently brought up her opposition to plastic surgery, which is so strong, in fact, that she has started a new club: the British Anti-Cosmetic Surgery League.

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15 Jul 2011

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In case you missed them, here are some of our favorite videos (and good messages) gone viral recently:

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5 Jul 2011

Already a smash hit at the box office, pulling in $13.5 million its opening night, "Transformers: Dark Of The Moon" was definitely on a lot of people's 4th of July weekend agenda--MTV News reports the film had the highest grossing Fourth of July premiere ever. Though we all can't turn into robots (bummer, I know!), we can still transform ourselves. Is there something you want change this summer? Here are few ways to start.

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23 Mar 2011

Photo: Model Chanel Iman walks the runway at the Christian Dior Spring Summer 2011 fashion show during Paris Fashion Week. (Getty Images)

Chanel Iman is smart, successful and gorgeous. She's an international supermodel with IMG Models, most well known for being the youngest model ever to be featured on the cover of Vogue at 16, and her work with Victoria's Secret. But Chanel insists it wasn't a stamp of approval from the fashion world that finally pushed her to ignore bullies. Read her thoughts...

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3 Feb 2011
Photo: Whitney Port with 17-year-old We Stop Hate founder Emily-Anne Rigal (Emily-Anne Rigal)

Photo: Whitney Port with 17-year-old We Stop Hate founder Emily-Anne Rigal (Emily-Anne Rigal)

There are few things more predictable than that classic go-to New Year’s resolution: losing weight. Unfortunately, it’s one that inherently emphasizes transformation and, consequently, an underlying current of dissatisfaction with yourself.

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