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Superstar Taylor Swift turned 20 earlier this week and to mark her milestone birthday, the singer donated $250,000 to schools around the country

“Something I wanted to do at the end of this amazing year and especially on my birthday was give back to something I really believe in, which is education,” says Swift. “The schools that I went to and the amazing people I got to learn from really turned me into who I am, and I wanted to give back.”

The generous gift will be used to at schools Swift has either attended or worked with in the past and will buy books, pay teacher’s salaries and pay for other educational programs in need. One more reason to love Sweetheart Swift.

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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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MTV has a new clip from the upcoming Vanessa Hudgens movie ‘Bandslam’ which opens Friday August 14th. Co-starring with Gaelan Connell, Hudgens plays Sa5m, (’the five is silent’) who forms a band & enters a contest with Connell’s Will and the popular cheerleader, Charlotte, played by Aly Michalka.

Earlier in the week, Hudgens was reminded of her nude picture scandal when those old photos resurfaced from 2 years ago. It has been speculated that they were ‘accidentally’ released just in time to promote her new movie. What do you think?

Who’s planning on catching the movie? Don’t forget a brand new, exclusive trailer for ‘Twilight Saga: New Moon’ will be in theaters opening weekend. Tell us what you think.

Harry Potter mania is in full swing once again as the sixth film, Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince is finally headed to theaters after a very long wait between The Order Of The Phoenix and this one. Since this is the last film to take place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, the actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson are glad to be done with the maroon and gold of Gryffindor House uniform:

“I was like ‘Burn it!’ Oh my god, to be done with those shoes and that uniform — that was an exciting day,” says Watson. Radcliffe adds, “When you’re 18, one of the worst things to be wearing while trying to chat up a girl on the set is a school uniform. You look like a kid! You’re not going to score dressed like that!”

Looking forward to the film - how about you?

Billed as the real life ‘Gossip Girl,’  Bravo TV is launching another reality show this time following the kids who attend the exclusive prep schools of New York City. NYC Prep debuts Tuesday June 23rd at 10pm EST, and gives us a glimpse at these teens who are rich, young and very restless. Ranging in age from 15 to 18, the five priviledged preps are Kelli Tomashoff, Pete Peterson, Jessie Leavitt, Sebastian Oppenheimer, Camille Hughes and (the one public school kid trying hard to fit in,) Taylor DiGiovanni.

So who is planning to watch? Tell us what you think!

Her new movie, Coraline opened this past weekend and Push is still in theaters so Dakota Fanning made a stop at The Late Show with David Letterman to talk movies, school and driving while looking fabulous in her black (navy?) jumpsuit.