Orange may in fact be the new black, but Laverne Cox, star of the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black” and the host/executive producer of MTV’s upcoming “Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word,” will be lighting the Empire State Building purple on October 16.

The actress is teaming up with GLAAD, Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) and castmembers from the upcoming documentary in lighting the building in honor of Spirit Day and National Bullying Prevention Month.

“Bullying was an unfortunate part of my daily reality growing up in Alabama,” said Cox, who advocates for transgender issues. “I am committed to doing what I can so that young people don’t have to go through what I did. All of our children need to feel safe to be themselves at home, school and in our communities.”

According to GLAAD, eight in 10 LGBT students are harassed at school.

“National Bullying Prevention Month, which PACER initiated in 2006, was created to show those students being bullied that they are not alone and that communities care,” said Paula Goldberg, Executive Director of PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, in an annoucement for the event. “Lighting the Empire State Building in support of Spirit Day and this important month makes a powerful statement to young people across the U.S. that there are people all over the world who support them and want to prevent bullying.”

On Spirit Day, October 16, advocates and allies are encouraged to wear purple to publicly display their united ...

JLaw-ites, rejoice! As “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1″ prepares to nest in theaters on Nov. 21, actress Jennifer Lawrence is making press rounds once again and delighting us with more and more reasons she should be our BFF. (She just hasn’t had the chance to get to know us yet!)

Most recently, Lawrence was interviewed for a long cover feature for the November issue of Vanity Fair. There, she addressed the her hacked nude photos for the first time publicly, but she also touched on lighter fare. For example, which “Real Housewives” cadre does she think is “really special”? Which household pests will she allow to live, and which will she simply “move”?

Here are the seven things we learned from the Vanity Fair issue on newsstands now that convince us that JLaw is amazing girlcrush material.

1. She’s a fear sweater
Lawrence greeted her interviewer, Vanity Fair’s Sam Kashner, and then pointed out her perspiration. “I must be nervous. Look at the sweat under my arms.”

2. She blames hormones for forgetting to thank David O. Russell and Harvey Weinstein in her Oscar acceptance speech.
“It was probably because I f–ked up on my birth-control pills and I was hormonally out of control that night,” she said. Also, she had just faceplanted on TV.

3. Her taste in reality TV is varied and thorough.
“’Shark Tank’,” she said when asked to identify her favorite show. “Wait, oh, ‘Dance Moms’ — that is a good one! OK, ...

It was nearly six weeks before actress Jennifer Lawrence publicly commented on the hacking and release of nude, personal photographs of herself, but when she did comment, she made it count.

She called the hack “a sex crime” and laid out her anger not only at the hackers, but at those who looked at the pictures. (Including people she knows personally.)

“Anybody who looked at those pictures, you’re perpetuating a sexual offense,” Lawrence said. “You should cower with shame. Even people who I know and love say, ‘Oh, yeah, I looked at the pictures.’ I don’t want to get mad, but at the same time I’m thinking, I didn’t tell you that you could look at my naked body.”

Lawrence’s comments sparked immediate discussion, with many praising the actress for being outspoken and clear, dropping statements such as “I have nothing to apologize for.” Others, however, thought that Lawrence should have realized the risks that taking and sending personal pictures posed.

Here’s a selection of opinions from our comments section.

Holli points out that blaming the victim doesn’t help anything.

Zachary put it simply:

Terry thinks the internet is a dangerous place.

Heather would like to know what the big deal is.

Melynda points out that it’s theft.

What did you think of Lawrence’s comments on her hacked pictures? Let us know.

Kase Wickman @worstkase

You’re crazy for this one, J.K.!

After two days, the screaming can finally end, because someone solved the “Harry Potter” author’s Twitter riddle at long last.

Rowling, who yesterday mentioned that oh ho-hum she’s working on a new book nbd, dropped an anagram as well: “Cry, foe! Run amok! Fa awry! My wand won’t tolerate this nonsense.”

After several hints from the author on Twitter and oh-how-we-wish-it-were-true guesses (“Harry returns. Won’t say any details now. A week off. No comment!” SCREAMING SCREAMING SCREAMING), Rowling declared a winner:

“Newt only meant to stay in New York for a few hours,” the decoded anagram reads. This is, according to Rowling’s non-anagram tweets, part of the treatment for “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.”

“The solution is the first sentence of a synopsis of Newt’s story. It isn’t part of the script, but sets the scene,” Rowling tweeted this morning.

Well, even if it’s not more of the Boy Who Lived himself, we’re always happy to get a little more Potter in our lives. It’s safe to say, after clinging to Rowling’s every tweet for the past few days, that we’re (wait for it….wait for it…) under her spell. [Editor note: Booo.]

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” opens in theaters on November 18, 2016.

Kase Wickman @worstkase

Fans of tiny talking seashells with tiny (non-speaking) shoes on, rejoice! Marcel the Shell, the creation of actress Jenny Slate and husband Dean Fleischer-Camp, is back. The new illustrated book chronicling Marcel’s adventures, “Marcel the Shell: The Most Surprised I’ve Ever Been,” hits shelves October 21, and MTV News is pleased to exclusively debut two double-faced pages from the book.

As the title implies, the follow-up to the 2011 bestseller “Marcel the Shell: Things About Me,” chronicles the most surprising incident in Marcel’s life. When Marcel finds himself flying through the air (no spoilers as to how he got there or where he ends up), one of the things he sees down below is his grandmother’s house, complete with French bread and a snapshot of his “handsome & dashing & good” grandfather. D’awww.

Check out the pages and the cover below.

For those of you who have been living under a shell rock, Marcel originated as a bit Slate joked around with while feeling cramped in a hotel room, she told MTV News. Since then, there have been multiple stop-motion short films starring Marcel, as well as the first 2011 children’s book centered around the little guy. And that’s not all: there are plans for a Marcel movie musical as well.

Related: Yes, There’s Going To Be A ‘Marcel The Shell’ Movie. And There Will Be Songs In It.

“Marcel the Shell: The Most Surprised I’ve Ever Been” ...