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Leonardo DiCaprio has joined forces with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to save a species on the brink of extinction.

With as few as 3,200 tigers left in the wild, WWF and Leo today kicked off the Save Tigers Now campaign.

In honor of the Chinese Year of the Tiger, an ambitious goal of $20 million has been set with the vision of doubling the tiger population by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger.

“Tigers are endangered and critical to some of the world’s most important ecosystems,” said Leo. “Key conservation efforts can save the tiger species from extinction, protect some of the planet’s last wild habitats and help sustain the local communities surrounding them. By protecting this iconic species, we can save so much more.”

Leo is currently in Asia right now with WWF experts to see the threats tigers face first-hand. Visit SaveTigersNow.org to follow Leo’s journey and participate in the effort to save tigers!

Source: http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/05/27/leo-dicaprio-save-tigers-now

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Nick Jonas – Battle Of The Bands Winners!

Congrats to the Boys & Girls Club of St. Lucie County from Port St. Lucie, Florida — they won the grand prize of DoSomething.org’s Battle of the Bands campaign!

Launched alongside spokesperson Nick Jonas, the campaign encouraged teens to submit videos to DoSomething.org about the importance of music in their lives.

Nick, 17, was joined by other celebs including Death Cab for Cutie, Kristen Bell, and America’s Best Dance Crew champions the Jabbawockeez, to share their stories about why music education matters and encourage participation.

DoSomething.org and the VH1 Save the Music Foundation will present the ‘Battle of the Bands’ video submissions to Senators and members of Congress at events on the Hill in May and June 2010.

The Boys & Girls Club of St. Lucie County will receive a $5000 grant for their school music program and is scheduled to perform before music executives at DoSomething.org’s star-studded annual event at the Apollo Theater on May 24th. Four additional bands were also selected to receive up to $1000 for their school music programs, concert tickets, Rock Band video games, Fender guitars, and more.

Log onto DoSomething.org to check out all the videos!

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Kevin Jonas laughs on stage with host Guy Fieri on NBC’s Minute To Win It.

The 22-year-old musician will try his hand at “Nervous Nelly,” “Nose Dive,” and the “Junk In The Trunk” challenges for a chance to win a million dollars for his charity Change for the Children Foundation.

One of the beneficiaries of the foundation is the City of Hope of Los Angeles, a leading research, treatment and education center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. The kids from City of Hope were in the audience to cheer along Kevin.

Kevin’s episode premieres Wednesday, May 12 @ 8PM ET/PT on NBC. Check out more previews at NBC.com!

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Taylor Swift is gorgeous in sea-foam green in this new behind-the-scenes pic from her CoverGirl photo shoot.

The 20-year-old country cutie caught up with People at the shoot to dish on makeup, being a big people-watcher and possible branching into the fashion world. Check it:

On becoming a different character with makeup: “I love makeup. When I go on stage, I get to play with my look and try on all kinds of different colors — try red lips tonight, purple eyeshadow tomorrow. You get to play around with all these different characters, and I think that’s one of my favorite things about makeup — you can put on a new character. I wanted to sort of show how makeup can play up your natural features. It’s not about changing how you look. I feel like I still look like myself, and that’s exactly what I hoped for.”

On finding inspiration from her fans: I’m a big people-watcher. When I see a girl walking down the street wearing a really cool necklace or an outfit that’s put together in a way I wouldn’t have thought of, it’s inspiring to me. Also, girls come through my meet and greet lines every night wearing dresses or outfits I love. That’s really my favorite way to be inspired by fashion.”

On a possible Taylor Swift fashion line: I’m not planning on a fashion line right now. I’m really wrapped up in recording and writing my next album, so I’ve only taken on a few extra things lately. I love fashion and dressing up for red carpets, but I want to wait until I have enough time to dedicate to something like that.

[pro-player] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7twMY1CfGY [/pro-player]

Source:

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/05/04/nick-jonas-battle-of-the-bands-winners

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/05/04/kevin-jonas-is-a-minute-man

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/05/04/taylor-swift-im-a-big-people-watcher

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Nina Dobrev stakes her claim on a pair of Aeropostale jeans, signing her name and bit of vampire code for DoSomething.org’s Teens for Jeans campaign.

The 21-year-old actress is just one of the many celebs and teens that contributed to the campaign which raised over 625,000 jeans for homeless teens in the United States, Canada and Haiti.

DoSomething.org Chief Marketing Officer Aria Finger shared, “We are completely blown away by the response. No one believes in the power of teenagers more than DoSomething.org and they exceeded all of our expectations as usual. Close to a third of all homeless children in the US and Canada will receive jeans through this campaign.”

Source: http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/03/05/nina-dobrev-writes-a-diary-on-teens-for-jeans

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Primp Girl Partners With Celebs For Charity Campaign!

Madison Pettis, Taylor Spreitler, Jennette McCurdy and Kendall Jenner are just a few of the celebs joining primp girl as they launch their new charity campaign, primp girl for a cause.

The campaign is designed to support a variety of charities designated by 12 teen celebrity females. The label will invite one celebrity each month over the coming year to team up with designer Wells Butler to co-design two (2) new garments for the line (hoodie and t-shirt) in support of the charity of her choice to benefit from the promotion.

Joining Taylor, Kendall, Jennette and Madison are Sammi Hanratty and Savannah Outen with many more to come!

Be sure to check back to JJJ soon for more details and in the meantime, check out primp girl at itsprimp.com!

TeenNick chairman Nick Cannon is teaming up with DoSomething and HP to challenge teens to find new and innovative ways to conserve energy and reduce waste in their schools.

The new Increase Your Green campaign is encouraging teens nationwide to “green” their schools by developing creative plans to engage their classmates and address environmental issues at school.

In addition to traditional green projects, such as recycling programs and community gardens, DoSomething.org is encouraging teens to explore ways to use technology to go green. “The environment is all over the headlines and at the top of everyone’s mind. It’s important for teens to know that their actions locally make a huge difference on this global issue,” Nick shared in a press release.

The eight-week campaign will run from February 15 through Earth Day on April 22, is expected to engage over 100,000 teens. A panel of judges, including Nick, will evaluate the entries based on creativity, innovation, reduction in waste, energy saved and number of students involved. The best use of technology will be an important criterion for selecting campaign winners. The winners will receive up to $5,000 in funding and an HP Artist Edition notebook to carry out their plan.

Thanks to support from the National Grid Foundation, the campaign’s founding sponsor, Increase Your Green will offer additional prize opportunities of up to $1,500 to students in the National Grid Foundation’s service territory. To learn how to get involved or for more information about environmental issues, visit IncreaseYourGreen.org.

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David Archuleta is set to join the Spanish recording of “We Are The World,” according to Billboard.com.

The 19-year-old American Idol alum will lend his voice to the Spanish song called “Somos el Mundo” along with Thalía, Alejandro Fernandez as well as Jon Secada, Andy Garcia and Carlos Santana.

Penned by Gloria and Emilio Estefan and has been approved by Lionel Richie and the We Are the World Foundation.

The video for the Spanish version will premiere March 1 on the Cristina show – one of the Univision network’s top-rated programs – and will be followed by the special. The track will be available for sale on iTunes.

Source:

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/02/18/primp-girl-partners-with-celebs-for-charity-campaign

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/02/18/nick-cannon-increase-your-green

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/02/18/david-archuleta-joins-spanish-we-are-the-world

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The Earth is begging us to help by stopping to pollute and conserving natural resources.
Though most of us know the issue, many of us do not care for the Earth day to day through our own personal actions.

The largest environmental organizations have created aggressive campaigns to get people thinking about the Earth and pollution, climate change and animal extinction.

In the photo below you’ll see a towel dispenser that shows us that we are adding to the destruction of the South American rainforest every time we take a paper towel. Another photo shows a couple of leopards with price tags on their hides.

Ads like these help us remember that each person can help the environment right from their own home.

Source: http://www.wambie.com/tuttifrutti_us/photos/DIRECT_ENVIRONMENTAL_CAMPAIGNS-photo_en-780.html

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