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Real Men Don’t Buy Girls — YouTube Campaign Takes On Sex Slavery

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Celebrities including Jessica Biel, Edward Norton, Justin Timberlake, and Jason Mraz are participating in Real Men Don’t Buy Girls, a video campaign on YouTube led by the DNA Foundation, which, in turn, is led by Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore.

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Kanye West Interrupts MTV’s Inaugural O Music Awards

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Yo, SocialTimes reader: I’m really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but Kanye West received his own category in MTV’s inaugural O Music Awards, which will be held April 28, as the newly added Best Tweet category features five entries, all of which come straight from the hip-hop superstar’s Twitter account.

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Britney Spears Has Joined Tumblr

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Though, I am not too excited about Spear’s comment. I do know that she has a huge fan base. With her Tumblr page in full force, it appears the microblogging platform is having its heyday with some moments of fame. I am beginning to wonder if the platform is about to get flooded with a bunch of new celebrity accounts.

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The Beastie Boys Make Some Noise on Tumblr

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We have been hearing how Tumblr has been growing like crazy, but now the social networking platform is getting noticed even more with The Beastie Boys new song, “Make Some Noise.” The popular rock band introduced their new song from their next album by playing it on Tumblr. Beastie Boy Mike D posted on the site about using Tumblr and saying that it wasn’t really part of the plan, but since followers are out there, “we wanted to let you hear it here first, or maybe second. Enjoy.”

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Helmbrecht’s Dream Team Hopes to Enpower Young Americans with Splashlife Social Network

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Helmbrecht bases Splashlife on her college experience when she faced her own uncertainty as a student at American University. She often stood outside the Eastern Market Metro Station in Washington, D.C., begging people for spare change in order to finish her college education. I must admit it is hard for me to imagine such a dynamic individual begging for money at a Metro Station.

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‘Breaking Dawn’ Producers Plead with Fans to Stop Tweeting Leaked Images

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The leaked images reveal the movie’s stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in bed and were tweeted to the world. The producers removed the primary supplier. But still, the immodest images are floating here and there online, prompting the studio and its creative team to get in touch with the franchise fans.

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