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Ted Nugent Wanted To Protect Paul McCartney And Buy Him Nice Tofu Dinner

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 in Male Musicians, Male Singers.

Ted Nugent Hosts Pre-show BBQ

Paul McCartney stood up to the face of intimidation and refused to cancel his performance at Israel’s 60th birthday despite several threats from militant Islamic groups. The celebration in Tel Aviv was scheduled for tonight.

After hearing the troubles Paul was having, Ted Nugent offered to help him with the cause, offering to protect him and buy him tofu afterwards.

This may be a prime example of the “Although I don’t agree with what you say, I’ll defend your right,” statement. Nugent, is a Republican, pro gun carrying man, who loves to eat anything that can run or swim away from him. McCartney, of course, is a longtime vegetarian and activist.

Nugent told WENN radio, “”Regardless that Paul and I have our obvious social, cultural, and culinary differences outside of music, I will not bend or waiver to voodoo religious whackjobs and neither should Paul.”

“It would be my pleasure to keep this legendary musical hero safe from terrorists and madmen, and then buy him a nice dinner of tofu.”

This is a sharp contrast from what Nugent wrote before in an article that appeared in the Waco Tribune-Herald: “I have musical touring associates who have been fired from their jobs with ex-Beatle Paul McCartney for sneaking a hamburger. You heard that right. Fired for eating meat by an animal-rights maniac, hardcore vegan bass player.”

Ah…It’s so refreshing to see a carnivore maniac like Nugent defend an animal rights maniac who fires people for eating burgers on the bus. Maybe we are coming together despite our differences after all.

via Guardian

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Vegan Russell Simmons Will Drink Smart Water Like It’s His Birthday

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 in Authors, Business, Food & Drink.

Saturday Book & Author Luncheon At The Book Expo

Go Russell, it’s your birthday. You’re gonna party like it’s your birthday. You’re gonna drink Smart Water like it’s your birthday.

Smart Water and Global Grind are having a party and Russell Simmons will do a lot of drinking. Drinking of Smart Water,that is.

Global Grind is a hip hop version of Huffington Post. It’s an aggregate of news, gossip, blogs, videos, and much more of any media that is hip hop and urban culture related. They’ve done some redecorating and they’re throwing a party to celebrate, partnering with Smart Water to do so.

Russell Simmons will be making a guest appearance at Global Grind’s one year anniversary party on September 29th at Tongue & Groove in Atlanta, Georgia. But it gets even better for Simmons as the party is also a dual event to celebrate his birthday.

“I chose Smart Water as a partner because it aligns well with my vegan lifestyle, with the work I’ve been doing to positively influence the community and with the highest purpose I have for Global Grind,” he said.

via The Hip Hop Cosign

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Chrissie Hynde Dons “Tax-Meat” T-Shirt At Farm Aid

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 in Female Musicians, Female Singers.

Chrissie Hynde Unveils New PETA Advert

Some cool celebrities were part of the lineup for Farm Aid 2008, an event thrown together by none other than the organization, Farm Aid, which is designed to help raise awareness for small family farms and keep them alive in the age of mass commercial farming and production.

Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson, and John Mellencamp rocked fans at the event sponsored mainly by Whole Foods and Horizon Organic, with a little help from a few other veg friendly companies like Silk Soy Products, as well as Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde. Never failing to remind anyone in ear’s reach she is a vegan, Chrissie saw the opportunity to get the word out and wore a “Tax-Meat” t-shirt to the event.

If you’re a sucker for awesome live music and interested in viewing the webcast of the concert, hop on over to this site and enjoy.

via Live Daily

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Veggie Man Alec Baldwin Wins First Emmy!

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 in Actors.

60th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles

This man deserves a vegan, eco-friendly bowling bag!

Alec Baldwin has been what Susan Lucci was for Hollywood awards for a long time: Always nominated, never won. That changed a few nights ago when he won his very first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for “30 Rock.”

Break out the wine and vegan cheese!

Baldwin has played both lead and supportive roles in several veggie films, including “Meet Your Meat,” PETA’s documentation of slaughterhouse conditions, hosting the premier of Blinders, a documentary on the negative effects of horse drawn carriages, as well as a public service announcement for PETA on behalf of animals used in the entertainment industry.

Congrats to Alec, and continue with the good work!

via peta.org

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Amazing Race Couple Has Veggie Half

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Reality TV.


Image: CBS

Terence Gerchberg and Sarah Leshner are one of the 11 couples who will compete for $1 million in the CBS reality TV show, The Amazing Race, which premiers Sunday, September 28th.

According to cbs.com, the two have been a pair for almost a year and are quite the example of opposites attract. Sarah is an MBA holding financial analyst on Wall Street while Terence is a running coach who sells real estate on the side to make some extra dough. Sarah is low maintenance, while Terence is emotional.  It’s a good thing this is The Amazing Race and not Survivor as Terence wouldn’t be too found of eating roasted rats. Sarah eats meat, but keeps kosher, Terence doesn’t eat any meat at all.

The Amazing Race pairs people who already have an existing relationship and sends them around the world via various modes of transportation to hunt for clues about their next destination. It’s literally a “race” to get there before the other couple does to avoid the risk of elimination. This is done in addition to performing various tasks that are often culturally related to the country they’re visiting. This season’s show was filmed last spring and contestants traveled 30,000 miles across five continents in 23 days, making stops in cities like Cambodia and Kazakhstan.

via Slate

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Oprah Chooses Stella McCartney Vegan Bowling Bag At Emmys

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 in Fashion, TV Hosts.

60th Primetime Emmy Awards - Show

First a three week vegan stint, now Oprah Winfrey’s sporting animal free bags!

The big “O” made an appearance at the Emmys at Nokia Theatre and stopped to grab some goodies at a few booths while she was there. According to Eonline, Miss Winfrey chose to make a fashion statement by picking a vegan bowling bag designed by Stella McCartney! The actual design was a LeSportsac’s in purple-gray.


Image:lesportsac.com

To take a look at some of the other designs Miss McCartney offers, go here. Winfrey also picked up some jeans that are suppose to fit you perfectly after you give a computer some measurements and blah, blah, blah, but we thought it’d be best to cover mainly the most important news. Now everyone go out and be an Oprah following fanatic and buy this limited edition and cruelty free bag!

via Eonline

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Carrie Underwood Chooses Animals Over Men

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 in Female Musicians, Female Singers.

CBS's The Early Show Presents Carrie Underwood In Concert

Once again, an oldie, but goodie.

Did Tony Romo get tossed away for Babe or Fido?

After Carrie Underwood won American Idol in 2005, she answered 20 questions for CMT about herself. When asked if she had to choose between animals and men, she replied, “I haven’t found a good man, yet. I’ve found lots of good animals, so I’d go with animals.”

Ouch! Her next beau will have to work really hard to measure up to all the relationships she’s had in the past with (non-human) animals. Growing up in rural Oklahoma, she bottled fed cows and befriended piglets and loved them so much, she gradually phased eating meat out of her life between the ages of 10-13.

via CMT

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Should Ben Lee Be De-Throned?

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, September 22nd, 2008 in Male Musicians, Male Singers.

Ben Lee Plays Max Sessions Concert

Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee was voted one of the World’s Sexiest Vegetarians earlier this year, but a technicality could call for a recount.

A recount? He’s in Australia, not Florida! But maybe there is a good reason for this. It seems that even though the “Catch My Disease” singer hasn’t eaten red meat in about a decade, he still eats fish. World’s Sexiest Pescatarian?

“I’m not sure I’m technically a vegetarian,” he said in an interview with the Sunday Mail.
“I mean, I was totally vegetarian for 10 years and I don’t eat red meat and I try to limit my consumption of animal products, but I don’t know if I technically qualify. I eat fish.”

“I don’t know if they’re (PETA) really judging by sexiness or just by the fact you are roughly, vaguely a vegetarian.”

Hmm…What do you guys think? Are we talking about complete vegetarians or are the occasional fish eaters sexy enough for PETA?

via News.com

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