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Banned In Hollywood has compiled its list of 6 celebrities who pose to save the environment.

Pose could mean they’re serious about their recycling and eating less meat or that they’re just looking for a Sigg ad to complete their resume.

But when it comes to vegetarian celebrities like Paul McCartney and singer Pink, you know they’re serious about promoting their beliefs.

Paul McCartney launched his meat-free Monday campaign in hopes of having everyone skip beef, pork and poultry for just one day a week.

And singer Pink puts compassion behind her argument against the environmentally unfriendly fur industry, never hesitating to trash another celebrity for being cruel enough to purchase animal hide.

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“Life Unexpected” Shiri Appleby Britt Robertson Opposite Eaters

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 in Actresses, Food & Drink.

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Shiri Appleby plays Cate on The CW series Life Unexpected, about a teenage girl named Lux (Britt Robertson), finding her biological parents.

Robertson says she and her screen mother are completely opposites and it sounds as if Robertson could use a little advice in the nutrition category.

According to Robertson, Appleby works out for 2 hours a day and is a vegan, which probably means she won’t be sharing Robertson’s breakfast on the set unless someone buys her egg-free and milk-free donuts.

“I eat like no other,” Robertson said. “It drives everyone crazy. I eat donuts three times a day and I probably go through four Mountain Dews a day. I’m on like a sugar high at all times, pretty much.”

“When she sees me with my Mountain Dew, eating chips and a donut at 4 in the morning, she’s like, ‘Wow. Wait until you’re 30.’”

Could Appleby’s influence produce some unexpected diet changes in Roberston this season?

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Kate Moss Meat Free Monday Plans

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 in Flexitarian, Food & Drink, Models.

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Once upon a time, many steaks ago, Kate Moss was rumored to be a vegetarian.

Now she hosts parties with fur rugs on the floor, but she might try to please one of her best vegetarian friends, Stella McCartney by going vegetarian again for one day a week.

The Sun reported a source said, “Kate has spent time catching up with Stella during Paris Fashion Week and finally agreed to support her friend by going without meat for a day each week.”

Kate’s been snacking on raw and other vegetarian food lately and is thinking of dining once of week with Stella to keep the Meat-Free Monday vow.

The buddy system is a great way to achieve goals like maintaining a regular exercise routine or quitting smoking.

Is a meat-free sponsor what everybody needs to take the plunge to help themselves, the animals and the environment?

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Anthony Bourdain On Rude Traveling Vegetarians

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 in Chefs, Not So Vegetarian.

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Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef, foe of vegetarians and overall smart-ass commented that he’ll eat just about anything except pets.

“I have strong convictions about what’s fluffy and what’s food,” Bourdain said, in the Cape Cod Times.

So Fido, Pixie and Max are off the menu.

And according to Bourdain, vegetarian food should be too if you don’t want to offend your meat eating guests.

“It’s just not polite to be a vegetarian when you travel,” the No Reservations star added.

Since Anthony travels across continents for his culinary adventures, one has to wonder if his rule of etiquette applies to domestic adventures too.

Does he expect vegetarians to shut up and eat the turkey after coming all the way from over the river and through the woods to grandma’s house?

If so, better hope the reindeer takes care of her before you’re halfway there.

Not that you don’t love your grandma.

Anthony describes his worst food experience as eating the “poop chute of a wart hog” while in Kalahari.

Guess he figures sometimes it’s better to be anal.

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Lisa Edelstein, Emily Deschanel–Fox Green It Mean It (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 in Environment-Eco-Green, Videos.

A smorgasbord of celebrities are featured on Fox’s Green It/Mean It campaign.

Tip like using online bill pay to reduce paper and carrying reusable bags when you grocery shop are given by several stars including veggies Emily Deschanel, Omar Epps, Lisa Edelstein and Jenna Ushkowitz.

“Here on the set of House, we make every effort to recycle,” Lisa Edelstein says in the video.

Watch the clip to learn how Edelstein and rest of the House cast help nurse the wounds of Mother Earth and visit Fox to see more stars give Earth saving tips.

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Anne Hathaway “Alice In Wonderland” White Queen Vegan Pacifist

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 in Actresses, Film & TV, Food & Drink.

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Anne Hathaway plays the White Queen in the upcoming Alice in Wonderland movie directed by Tim Burton.

While Anne was studying the role and getting into character, she  came to the conclusion that the White Queen was a total vegan punk.

“When I was trying to work her out, I kept saying to myself, ‘She is a punk-rock, vegan pacifist.’ So I listened to a lot of Blondie, I watched a lot of Greta Garbo movies, and I looked at a lot of the artwork of Dan Flavin. Then a little bit of Norma Desmond got thrown in there, too. And she just kind of emerged. And I really like her. When I first came on board the project, Tim talked a lot about the relationship between the sisters, and that really opened the character up to me a lot. She comes from the same gene pool as the Red Queen. She really likes the dark side, but she’s so scared of going too far into it that she’s made everything appear very light and happy. But she’s living in that place out of fear that she won’t be able to control herself. There’s a lot to play around in. It was awesome. I had so much fun.”

Since Anne is known to flex in her diet, it was probably no issue for her to snack on nuts and salad while eating like the White Queen peacemaker.

Alice In Wonderland is scheduled for release in March.

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Chipotle Aims For Organic, Local, Vegetarian Experience

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 in Business, Food & Drink.

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Fast food restaurants traditionally have a bad reputation, but founder of Chipotle, Steve Ells is looking to change that image.

“I think fast food to most people means cheap, highly processed,” he said. “At Chipotle, it’s just the opposite. Everything at Chipotle is fresh, never frozen, with the exception of corn.”

As you learned before, Chipotle is testing out its vegetarian burrito filling in the Washington, D.C. area as part of its mission to support ethical foods.

Here are a few more facts about this healthier chain of restaurants:

1. The cheese and sour cream used are free of synthetic growth hormone rBGH.

2. 45% of Chipotle’s beans are organic.

3. Restaurants buy food from local farmers when available.

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Danielle Fishel Comeback Featuring Vegetarian Brothel

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 in Actresses, Not So Vegetarian.

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Remember the days of Boy Meets World, when lovesick nerdy Cory Matthews chased after the hippie vegetarian Topanga played by Danielle Fishel?

Topanga grew up and went to law school…and the show gradually came to an end.

If you haven’t seen much of Danielle since 90s, don’t worry–Black Book Mag has suggestions for how the busty actress can make a comeback.

“What about the story of a butcher whose Chinatown meat market is actually a front for a brothel? Each episode title will be a play on this —“Rump Roast,” “Grade A Beef”—with Fishel as the silk-robe-wearing, chain-smoking den mother who’s seen it all before.”

If all the brothel is serving is rump roast and beef, customers might have a hard time getting hard, given all the saturated fat and cholesterol in animal flesh that clogs the arteries, blocking blood flow to every part of the body.

How about an organic, recycled cotton robe wearing, seitan eating Fishel making otherwise banned sexy veggie videos instead?

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