"One Tree Hill" fans, we know you've been on an emotional roller coaster this summer, and we totally feel your pain.
Sophia Bush is up for a Teen Choice Award on August 9 and -- although we don't usually play favorites -- we're really hoping she wins. 
"One Tree Hill" star Sophia Bush is nominated for a 2010 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress in the drama category. She's been nominated for six TCAs in the past, and this time, if she wins, it'll benefit victims of the Gulf Oil Disaster, which Sophia has been passionately speaking up about.
Nichols is just as enraged by what he sees as B.P. covering its own tracks. “When we got to the beach we were told it was a crime scene. The four-wheelers came with their red and green lights screaming at us to turn off our cameras. There's 4,000 miles of coast in Louisiana alone and it's all a crime scene and B.P. is policing its own crime scene”, he says. “On the beach, there were groups cleaning up and we asked if we could help and they won't let anybody help”, adds Nichols. “Everyone's hands are tied. B.P. won't let anybody do anything. The people cleaning up were afraid to speak to us. It was literally like Grand Isle was occupied. It was really eerie and really scary. When you have this many people just volunteering to help and they're turned away, it's just ridiculous.”
when they toured the inland waterways where the marshes are located. “We went to a bird sanctuary called Queen Bless Island. There are two systems of barrier boom, and this boom is completely ineffective”, he says. “It's a few feet deep and the oil just goes under it and over it. It doesn't do anything to block oil from hitting the shoreline. You see images on TV of these booms and I think they give people a false sense of security. There's oil all over the shoreline where the bird sanctuary is.”
There was no question of Bush's devastation on the diminishing life of the Louisiana coast as she spoke about the impact the oil spill has had on the families. “Locals down here have been in the fishing business for generations. This is their family. This is their tradition. This is their culture. And basically what's happening down here is a lot of people are comparing to what we did to the Native Americans a long time ago, we are eradicating a culture that might never ever be able to come back and it is devastating”, Bush says with an immense amount of emotion in her voice. “It is so hard to keep from crying when you're looking at these people who look at you and say 'What are we supposed to do? This is our life. This is what I do. This is what my father did. This is what my father's father did. How are we going to feed our kids? We don't ever buy anything at the grocery store'. Most often when you come down here and a family fixes you a meal, the only thing they'll have bought is wine because they fish everyday. They grow their own vegetables. This is a self-sustained beautiful community. And it's not just here. It's not just outside of New Orleans and the Grand Isle, it's the gulf coast and I think that's why we were so appalled at being in Grand Isle yesterday”, she says. “Every single fisherman and woman and child in this town is sitting at home waiting to be told they can do something”.
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reach anybody, we're happy with that.” Bush adds the impacts from this oil spill should be the light bulb switch turning on to the country about the importance of being more eco-friendly. “This is a wake up call to our government and our nation to realize that the way that we live and the way that we treat the planet is unacceptable. And we all have to make changes”, Bush stresses.
Louisiana native and "Vampire Diaries" star Ian Somerhalder has been working tirelessly to promote awareness of the dire situation on the Gulf Coast since the spill two months ago. He's been keeping fans and fellow activists updated via his Twitter, @iansomerhalder.
"Look, it's a shame that we had to destroy an entire ecosystem, but hopefully we can move forward in the right direction. People spoke up [at the telethon], and it was a really, really powerful moment, a really moving thing for me, personally. It was unbelievably obvious that people care. The passion with which people were voicing their discontent - I was overwhelmed," he says. 
Sophia Bush and One Tree Hill co-star (and real-life boyfriend) Austin Nichols attend the 2010 Chrysalis Butterfly Ball held at a private Mandeville Canyon estate on Saturday (June 5) in Los Angeles.
The event raised much-needed funds to help individuals out of poverty and homelessness by providing the tools needed to gain employment.
Glee creator Ryan Murphy, director/producer Brett Ratner and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane were all honored.
FYI: Austin wore a 3-piece black notch lapel John Varvatos suit and a silver and black patterned tie. Sophia looked stunning in a Lorena Sarbu gown!
Sophia chatted with Craig Ferguson on October 8, 2009. Watch the clips 
Sophia was interviewed on KTLA Lost Angeles, October 12, 2009. Click 
Sophia was interviewed by HollywoodLife.com at the Hollywood Style Awards. Click 
Sophia is interviewed by Billy Dec of ChicagoNow.com:
