Vegetarian Star

Rachael Leigh Cook, actress best known for her role in the romantic comedy She’s All That and the “Your Brain on Drugs” anti-drug PSA,  recently sat down with Coco Eco magazine where she revealed she’s been going veg strong for well over a decade!

“Let’s see….it’ll be almost sixteen years. I’ll be thirty in October and I guess I was 14,15 when I started that. I was thrilled to find out that being a vegetarian was such a good, green thing to do. I heard people who were regular meat eaters produce a ton of carbon emissions a year. And that really blew my mind. Being vegetarian is not for everybody. I’m not a pusher of it. I do partake in some leather goods but I don’t feel too horrible about it because the animal probably got eaten.”

Coco Eco is like, totally eco, because they’ve got their magazine online!

Check it out and be sure to take a look at Rachael’s feature.

via famousveggie.net

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You know that the all vegetarian band Rise Against is big on spreading their vegetarian beliefs, whether it’s through bringing up the lifestyle during an interview or having vegetarian information packets available at their concerts.

At a recent Lollapalooza 2009 concert where the guys teamed up with band Animal Collective, their fans were fortunate enough to have vegetarian fare to choose from, but according to Time Out Chicago writer Doyle Armbrust, the vegetarian burritos were akin to euthanasia.

“Perhaps these PETA-championing vegetarians can write an homage to the veggie burrito that sent my writer colleague home early with food poisoning during their set.”

Of course, the food poisoning could have stemmed from the colleague’s earlier entree of beefy cold cuts or a chicken salad for lunch.

It’s never pleasant to see a veg burrito get bad publicity, though. Ouch!

If you’re looking for some good vegetarian burritos, check out Amy’s collection, which happened to be the staple of Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla.

From bean and cheese to vegan non dairy beans and rice to breakfast and even Indian flavored varieties, Amy’s wraps veggie burritos up and tucks them under in all the right corners.

And we bet they won’t send you home with a belly ache.

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities today.

• Susan Saint James (63)

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Leona Lewis had a recent creepy crawly scare while shooting a video in Malibu.

During the shoot, somehow a tarantula nest was disturbed, and the entire network of friends and family of spiders came crawling out.

Since Leona was so terrified, the shoot had to be delayed by 2 hours while pest control came in and took care of the problem.

Ooooh. You can hear the critics already.

Leona Lewis, a staunch vegetarian who turned down over a million dollars to perform at a store that sold fur is okay with killing spiders?

It could be argued that the shoot could have been moved elsewhere while the spiders were left to call their insurance company for rebuild quotes.

But Leona’s crew chose to exterminate them instead.

Maybe not the kindest chose, but no one is perfect.

Soon we’ll see how the vegetarian haters, PETA mockers, and media predators in general treat this incident.

via contactmusic.com

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Things just got real ugly in Philadelphia, as the city of brotherly love that Michael Vick recently signed to play football with just happens to be the hometown of singer and animal activist Pink.

Yes, THE Pink. Same gal who suggested Kanye West be skinned and made into a fur coat for his fur loving tendencies.

Her latest kind thoughts about Vick from Twitter:

“wow. michael vick in MY hometown, Philly. of all the places. I hope the fans tear him to pieces like his beloved dogs”

There are already several protests planned in Philly.

via TMZ.com

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Michael Vick has been signed with the Philadelphia Eagles on a two year contract.

To some, seems like an awfully short time he spent away from the football field as punishment for the conviction is his dog fighting activities.

PETA has taken the time to issue a statement about how they feel about the matter.

“PETA certainly hopes that Vick has learned his lesson and feels truly remorseful for his crimes—but since he’s given no public indication that that’s the case, only time will tell. At this point, all Eagles fans can do is cross their fingers and hope that they won’t ever have to explain to their sons and daughters what a “rape rack” is and why their favorite player was using one, as Falcons fans once had to.”

Read more at peta.org.

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