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Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell arrive at the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards

The best things in life are free and educational.

That’s why Paul McCartney put a copy of his narrated PETA DVD, Glass Walls in each of the presenters and nominees bags at the Golden Globes, according to Contact Music.

The video provides an inside look of the meat industry.

“I’ve often said, ‘If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian,” McCartney said.

“Animals raised on modern factory farms and killed in slaughterhouses endure almost unimaginable suffering. I hope that once you see the routine cruelty involved in raising, transporting, and killing animals for food, you’ll join the millions of people who have decided to leave meat off their plates – for good.”

Could McCartney convert some Golden Globe attendees?

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Kim Kardashian–Activists Scared The Fur Off Her

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 in Fur.

Kim Kardashian swore off real fur, but there was a time when her hide wearing ways got her more publicity than she asked for, according to Buddy TV.

“Someone threatened to kill me if they found me wearing fur again. Was it real fur? I think so, yes. They kept writing and saying, ‘Why are you wearing this?’ It was crazy and scary.”

Other frightening experiences for the self professed Armenian Princess include multiple marriage proposals.

“I get a lot of marriage proposals on Twitter, which are weird. I was reading one this morning. I have no idea how many I’ve had.”

Kim’s taken a compassionate route and wears faux fur now.

Bet it comes in handy when trying to hide her identify when spotted by a Twitter  suitor.

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Gordon Ramsay Says No Nut Roast–“Gordon’s Great Escape”

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 in Chefs, Food & Drink, Not So Vegetarian.

reality television

As previously reported, Gordon Ramsay took a tour of India last year to film his reality TV show, Gordon’s Great Escape.

Gordon’s Great Escape featured much vegetarian cooking and given the Hell’s Kitchen chef’s history of negative comments about the food, some wondered how Ramsay would react in the land of veggies and curry.

Apparently, some of the experiences weren’t stimulating enough.

“Lentils, pumpkins, I can’t get excited with seeds,” he said, according to the BBC Radio 1. “I don’t want to sit down and eat a nut roast. I need meat, fish and chicken.”

Sigh…Maybe the next veg escape will be more titillating.

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Art of Elysium Gala

“ok, so sarah palin is releasing a book. and it’s filled with some insightful, thoughtful gems, like: ‘here’s my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?”

“the problem, of course, being that other things are also made out of meat. like, well, people. and doggies and kitties. and cute little human babies. so if we follow your logic, mrs palin, you are actually suggesting that god intended for us to eat humans and dogs and cats and human babies, as these things are all technically made out of meat. i’m not even being swiftian, i’m just exposing sarah palin’s thoughts to some simple logic. which might be problematic, as she is also the person who once talked about looking out her window and seeing vladimir putin staring back (although he’s technically 8,000 miles away, unless he’s recently moved to kamchatka).”

Moby, including his thoughts on Sarah Palin‘s book, Going Rogue on his blog.

This insight is even more cynically humorous than his theories on vegan zombies.

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Jonathan Safran Foer On Labels–Free-Range Cage Free (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, January 18th, 2010 in Authors, Food & Drink, Videos.

A clip showing author Jonathan Safran Foer during a speech at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C.

Foer questioned the validity of labeling some animal products as free range and cage free.

“Free range is not even defined,” says Foer. “It has no legal definition whatsoever.”

Watch the video for more.

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Starbucks Offers Vegan Cookies

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, January 18th, 2010 in Business, Food & Drink, Restaurants.

Starbucks To Raise Prices On Select Drinks, And Lower On Simple Drinks

Cookies and milk. Cookies and soy milk. Vegan Cookies and soy lattes. Ah, there you go.

Starbucks is now selling vegan cookies by Lucy’s in more than half of their stores nationwide as part of the coffee giant’s Grab and Go selection, according to VegNews.

Lucy’s are certified vegan, gluten-free and come in chocolate chip, cinnamon and sugar.

Lucy’s is based in Virginia and was founded by Lucy Gibney.

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Alicia Silverstone VegNews Cover January/February 2010 (Photo)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, January 18th, 2010 in Actresses, Food & Drink.

Alicia Silverstone on January/February cover of Veg News

Alicia Silverstone on January/February cover of Veg News

The lovely vegan cookbook author Alicia Silverstone is gracing the cover of the January/February issue of VegNews.

Silverstone’s cookbook was recently chosen as one of top 5 of the decade by the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine.

Speaking of cooking, inside VegNews you’ll also find 10 questions answered by Oprah‘s favorite chef.

Can you guess who it is?

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Mario Batali Whole Grain Rigatoni Recipe And Weight Loss Success

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, January 18th, 2010 in Chefs, Food & Drink, Recipes.

Carnivale du Vin Las Vegas

Mario Batali made fun of Gwyneth Paltrow for refusing to eat baby lambs and accused her of killing “baby soy” when she drank soya milk during the filming of the show Spain…On the Road Again.

But Batali has admitted to PEOPLE that following a mostly vegetarian diet has allowed him to lose some serious spare tire.

“I try to have vegetables or salad and stay vegetarian through my evening meal,” Batali said. “It’s really working for me. I try to eat half portions of whatever they serve me at a restaurant and things as small as my fist or smaller when I eat in the daytime. At dinner I try to have a regular meal, some kind of protein, salad and vegetables.”

Batali went from 280 to 235 and is hoping to make it to the 200 club.

But why on earth is he skipping breakfast?

“I try not to eat breakfast. I try to have an espresso around 10 or 11 a.m.”

Shouldn’t Mario be at least grabbing a bowl of oatmeal or chowing down on a vegetarian breakfast burrito from Amy’s?

The occasional fake sausage from Lightlife or Morningstar Farms wouldn’t hurt.

People included an example what he might eat at dinnertime and it’s so very veggie!

Grab the recipe for Whole Grain Rigatoni with Tuscan-Style Cauliflower and Pecorino now!

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