Celebrity Philanthropy

• Taylor Swift Is Getting an Award From the First Lady!

  
  
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  Taylor Swift isn't just a super-famous singer/songwriter. She's also a philanthropist! And now she's getting an award for it!

  At this weekend's Kids' Choice Awards, Taylor will receive the Big Help Award from none other than our first lady, Michelle Obama.

  Find out more about Taylor Swift's long history with charity work after the jump!

• Angelina Jolie Travels to Italy for the United Nations

  
  
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  Angelina Jolie is exercising her philanthropic muscles yet again, but does she ever really stop?  The Oscar-winning mother of six has been doing work for the United Nations for a decade now, and this time the Goodwill Ambassador was sent to off the Italian island of Lampedusa.

  Click after the jump to find out what she's up to!

• Taylor Swift Brings in Big Bucks for Tornado Victims

  
  
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  Taylor Swift may have won big at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, but the pop-country singer's biggest accomplishment of the weekend wasn't picking up trophies at an awards show!

  The 21-year-old's proudest moment was for a much bigger cause -- raising money for the victims of recent tornadoes in the southeastern United States.  Swift and her fans raised $750,000 to benefit the victims of the horrible natural disasters.

• Leighton Meester's Mom Made Death Threats!?

  
  
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  Leighton Meester's character on Gossip Girl is always getting herself into some kind of trouble, but in real life, it is Meester's mom who can't avoid it!

  A woman from California has taken a restraining order out on Constance Meester because she made death threats to her and her son, who is a minor.

• Lindsay Lohan & Her 6126 Leggings Help Haiti!

  
  
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  Lindsay is using fashion to help Haiti! Read the full story...