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Who Would You: Jillian Michaels Or Bob Harper

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 in Polls/Surveys, Reality TV, Who Would You.

Update: Bob Harper is now officially vegetarian! Read about how he dropped 100 points on his cholesterol in the September ’09 issues of Vegetarian Times.

Biggest Loser coaches Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper are not vegetarians-yet!

But we have a sneaky suspicion at least one of them is going all the way sooner or later.

Jillian has announced she’s given up almost all meat in her diet, with the exception of fish, in an effort to go green. And Bob just can’t stop Tweeting about vegan cheese and almond milk.

So between the two Biggest Losers stars who have a thing for the veg life, even if it’s part time, who would you rather…

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Chrissie Hynde Unveils New PETA Advert

Chrissie Hynde has a reputation for banning meat at her concerts.

So promoter Live Nation just took a hint and decided ahead of time to ban all meat from the venues she’ll be performing at in the next few weeks and is promoting a pre-show veggie barbecue for listeners of New York city’s radio station WRXP 1o1.9 FM.

Go Live Nation!

Chrissie and The Pretenders, along with Cat Power and Juliette Lewis perform on August 9th at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, New Jersey and August 10th at Central Park Summer Stage in New York City.

via longislandpress.com

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Meatless Mouthful: Persia White Admires Veg Author Alice Walker

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 in Actresses, Meatless Mouthful.

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“Alice Walker! She’s an amazing humanitarian and human rights advocate and has opposed the eating of animals for some time now. A brilliant woman and ahead of her time! I would love to share thoughts and ideas on how to help bring compassion and truth into the hearts of humankind.”

—-actress Persia White, in an exclusive interview with Ecorazzi.com, on what notable person in the vegetarian community she’d like to meet and why.

Alice Walker has written a poem, La Vaca, in praise of cows and was once quoted as saying, “The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men.”

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Singer Pink: Fur Makes You Look Fat!

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 in Female Singers, Fur.

Pink Performs in Nice

It’s no secret Pink is quite vocal about her opinions on fur and the people who wear it. (She once said that Kanye West would make a good coat after he professed his love for animal hide.)

She’s also helped with anti-fur campaigns with animal rights groups.

Now, Pink wants an entirely different campaign, aimed at the self-esteem of fur wearers: You don’t look cute, fashionable, or sexy…You just look fat!

And there’s no “ph” in front of that either, girlfriend.

“The whole animal welfare and cruelty side of wearing fur is clearly not working because some people still insist on wearing it,” Pink was quoted as saying.

“So I think we should have a new campaign with the message – fur makes you look fat. That is probably the only thing these people care about so let’s go for that. You look terrible in that. It makes you gain 15 or 20 lbs. That will do the trick.”

What do you think? Can Pink’s campaign have people dropping pounds of mink faster than a fad diet?

via uk.news.yahoo.com

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Lyle The Cat Can Has Veggie Cheezburger

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 in Food & Drink, Humor.

cheezburger.com

cheezburger.com

Some afternoon humor for your pleasure via the lol cats at icanhascheezburger.com.

Caption reads, “Lyle dreamed of cheezburgers but belonged to a vegetarian.”

Looks like Lyle the cat has the same problems as Che the dog on The Goode Family.

Doesn’t Lyle’s owner know how to make a veggie burger with soy cheese?

If you have a cat who appreciates a good vegan meal, why not give him or her some kitty grub from vegancats.com?

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Vegetarian Ads Targeting Obama Children Serves Up Controversy

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 in Children, Food & Drink, Politicians.

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An ad campaign created by the Physician’s Committee For Responsible Medicine is asking why some children have access to healthy, vegetarian lunches and others don’t.

Seems like an innocent question, but since this one is directed toward the children of the president of the United States, some feel it could backfire.

In the ad, Jasmine Messiah, an 8-year-old vegetarian from a Florida public school, asks, “President Obama’s daughters get healthy school lunches. Why don’t I?”

It’s all part of an ongoing effort calling for changes to the Child Nutrition Act, a program that sets the standards for school lunch, that’s up for reauthorization this year.

Several celebrities, including Tobey Maguire, Biz Stone, and Wyntergrace Williams have already called upon lawmakers to ensure every school, public or private, serves vegetarian options to students.

But some have said that a politicians’ children are off limits and the ad shouldn’t include a reference to Sasha and Malia.

Poltico.com writes:

“But media and political experts say the campaign could easily anger a popular president who has taken steps to shield his daughters from the spotlight. “This is not the way to win the heart of the president,” said Brookings Institution Governance Studies Director Darrell West. “It’s dangerous to target Obama’s daughters because many people view family members as off limits for political advocacy. That’s especially relevant in this case because his daughters are so young.”

Jasmine has also written a letter to the Obama daughters.

What you do think? Will the reference to his children anger president Obama, causing the campaign to backfire? Or is Mr. Obama a sensible man who knows something must be done to change what children are being fed for the majority of the year while becoming educated citizens?

To learn more about the campaign visit HealthySchoollunches.org.

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Pink in concert

Singer Pink recently Tweeted about some really good food she had down under.

While visiting Australia, she stopped by to visit the East Brunswick Club in Melbourne and enjoyed the vegan parma.

“East Brunswick Club: best restaurant/bar/vegan food in the whole entire Melbourne. Hands down no contest. That food was so good I’m angry.”

The vegan parma is one of the most popular, according to the East Brunswick website and menu.

“If you’ve been paying attention you’ll have noticed the excellent vegan and vegetarian samplings that have been popping up on our menu. Our fantastic vegan parma is the talk of the town.”

After you’ve stuff yourself with the original Vegan Parma of “Vegan ‘chicken’ fillet crusted in herbed Japanese panko crumbs, layered with Napoli and melted imported vegan mozzarella,” why not order the Tandoori Tofu Burger, a “Tofu fillet marinated in tandoori and yoghurt sauce, Stacked with lettuce, cucumber, carrot, raita and a pappadum.”

Gotta contact the travel agent now. A one way ticket to East Brunswick, Victoria is all we’re asking for this summer!

via defamer.com.au

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A few months ago, PETA unveiled its very own college cookbook, PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook: 275 Easy, Cheap, and Delicious Recipes to Keep You Vegan at School.

If catchy recipe titles like “Pimp My Ramen Noodle” and “Campus Streaker” aren’t enough to get your attention, you’ll be happy to know some of your favorite veg celebrities are giving it the thumbs up as well.

Country music star and former American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler said, “I live on a tour bus so if it can’t be made in the microwave or eaten right from the refrigerator or pantry, then I don’t eat it. PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook is perfect for me and my lifestyle.”

And the ever so hilarious AFI band member Hunter Burgan had this to say:

“PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook makes me want to go back to school and earn a degree in yum.”

The cookbook contains 275 vegan recipes and can be ordered online for a student budget price of $14.99.

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