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Teens for Jeans is a donation campaign that DoSomething.org and retailer Aeropostale sponsor every year to help homeless youth throughout the United States and Canada. Last year, Chace Crawford was the spokesperson for the jeans drive, this year, Ashley Greene and Justin Long get involved.

Ashley shared, “When I heard the statistics, it was hard to ignore. Traveling the country for Twilight and New Moon has given me the opportunity to meet teens from a wide variety of economic backgrounds. I want to do everything I can to help young people take action about this important issue.”

Starting on January 19th take your gently worn jeans to Aeropostale and get a 25% off coupon for a new pair when you donate your old ones. DoSomething positive to start the New Year!

Jordin Sparks takes being a role model seriously. The American Idol season 6 winner has recently posed for the ‘Drink Milk for a Change’ campaign, focusing on getting teens to make better choices for a healthy alternative to soda. Next up: the singer is part of “America’s Biggest Sleepover” project from BeingGirl.com to foster self-esteem in adolescent and teen girls all over the country.

Tell us about your decision to do Being Girl.

They asked me about it a while ago and I needed to see what was all about first. I saw BeingGirl, logged on, and thought, “This is so cool.” It’s an internet community for girls, by girls. The thing is a girl can log on from New York and talk to someone in Seattle about her issues- boy problems, puberty, whatever she is going through. Sometimes your friends aren’t always there when you need them. I just thought it was the greatest thing. I saw “Sleepover” and I love sleepovers - I was really excited to be a part of that as well. For every girl that registers $1 is being donated to the foundation called Protecting Futures. It’s a foundation that’s all about keeping girls in school. They hit me with a 1-2-3 punch.

Sparks truly takes it to heart her responsibility to all the girls who look up to her.

Go to BeingGirl.com to sign up for the sleepover on November 7th. Get your friends together that night and see an exclusive performance from the ‘Battlefield’ singer. Girl Power!

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Rupert Grint’s movie Cherrybomb was having a hard time finding distribution so a grassroots internet campaign was set up to get the movie into theaters. GossipTeen gave you the link here a few days ago to be a part of the online community support. Now with everyone who’s signed the petition, the film will find it’s way to movie houses in the UK. There is a deal in the works still for the United States but all things Rupert are looking up.

Grint said that he was delighted by the fighting spirit of his fans. “I am backing this campaign wholeheartedly,” he said. “I’m delighted by the huge support the film has already received on the official Facebook page and other sites on the web and am so grateful to my fans in particular, who have travelled the world to support the film at festivals and preview screenings.”

Rupet’s fansite IceCreamMan was instrumental in seeing his film get the attention it deserves.

The first pics are showing up for Hilary Duff’s fashion collaboration with DKNY. The line called Femme for DKNY Jeans features Duff and models Grace Carvalho and Sophie Srej. The ads for fall will be in Teen Vogue and Seventeen, among other magazines. Skinny jeans, fringe, leggings, handbags and accessories will all be available starting next month. What do you think of HD’s line so far?

Just in time for the heat of the summer, Disney’s Friends for Change campaign has The Jonas Brothers & Demi Lovato urging fans to turn down your air conditioner 2 degrees to help save energy. Make a difference today!

Model, actress and aspiring singer Coco Sumner is in a Los Angeles hospital intensive care unit after collapsing at a restaurant and hitting her head on a chair. The 18 year old daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler was with a friend at dinner when the accident happened.

“The staff and Coco’s friend were very concerned and called for an ambulance and Coco was taken to hospital. No one was taking any chances as it was quite a scary fall. She hadn’t had anything to drink and it happened quite early into the evening. The doctors are still running tests.”

Sumner (real name: Eliot Pauline,) is living in LA while working on her debut album. Her father, Sting, was in the states and flew to her bedside with her mother flying in from London. Coco had a part in the film Stardust and was part of Burberry’s 2008 advertising campaign with hot models of the moment Agyness Deyn and Lily Donaldson.