Customized shoes by celebs including Swizz Beatz, Cee Lo Green, Nick Cannon and Ellen Degeneres are being auctioned off to raise money for the Urban Arts Partnership--a non-profit organization that serves underpriveledged youth attending school in the New York City School District. The Project C.A.N.V.A.S. Collection (CAN Visually Achieve Success), which launched for spring by Vida Shoes International, opened the online celebrity shoe auction today to the general public. ShoesTV has the details.

With celebrity endorsements from Kim Kardashian and Brooke Burke, Skechers toning Shape-ups became quite the hot sneaker buy. The company claimed that the shoes helped wearers lose weight and tone their butt, legs, and stomach. Now, the government is forcing Skechers to refund customers who purchased the shoes to the tune of a $45 million lawsuit. ShoesTV has the details.

Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon are feeling generous these days. The couple made the winning $21,000 bid this week on a Project C.A.N.V.A.S shoe paired with a diver watch designed by Audemars Piguet. ShoesTV has the details on the event and, of course, the shoes.

Nike seems to have a slight obessesion with LeBron James.-- they even have an entire shoe line devoted to him, and with good reason. In honor of his newest M.V.P. award, Nike announced a special edition of the already popular LeBron 9 sneakers, called the LeBron 9 "MVP"-ShoesTV's Sneak of the Week.

ShoesTV interviewed Israeli shoe designer Kobi Levi in a Take 5 feature awhile back and he is getting more famous as time goes by. Whoopi Goldberg rocked a pair of Levi's shoes when President Barack Obama was a guest on "The View" this morning. ShoesTV has the details on the special kicks.

Reality romance fans across the country tuned in last night for the premiere of ABC's "The Bachelorette." After waiting for months on end for the reality TV equivalent of the Oscars, viewers watched as Emily Maynard and her cute southern accent met 25 suitors. There was one in a helicopter, one on a skateboard, one dressed like a grandma and even one who presented her with a glass slipper--and yes, it fit. "The Bachelorette" is in full effect, ladies, and ShoesTV is turning the spotlight on Emily Maynard.

Shoes can do a lot of things--make men and women taller, make running and walking easier (or more difficult) and style out an outfit. One thing shoes have not done up until now is act as a power source in liu of a cell phone charger. However, one innovative inventor has found a way to make shoes do just that, and ShoesTV has all the details.

Happy Manly Monday, gentlemen! In the name of men and shoes--we are shining our spotlight on the badass boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Besides success, fame and fortune--What more could an undefeated champion boxer desire? For Floyd Mayweather Jr., it’s a pair of awesome shoes! Shortly after a recent victory against fellow boxer Miguel Cotto, Mayweather announced a contest in which his fans design a pair of shoes for him. ShoesTV has the scoop.

Women in high heels can look like elegant creatures with colorful appendages (i.e. shoes), or awkward Bambi's, bravely fighting gravity to keep upright. Somewhere in between the Bambis and the catwalkers, an amputee leg designer was inspired. ShoesTV has the details on how a generation of stiletto strutters may turn out to be the missing link in developing comfortable prosthetics for men and women without feet.

Kate Middleton recently got flack from shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood for not wearing enough hign end shoes. After dissing the Duchess of Cambridge for not being bold enough in her fashion choices, he said he would love to see her wear his shoes. Well, unfortunately for Kirkwood, the Duchess was caught rocking a pair of high end shoes but they were not from his eponymous line--they were from Jimmy Choo. ShoesTV has the details.