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Ellen DeGeneres Comic Book. Bluewater Productions

Ellen DeGeneres has joined company with other famous female celebrities such as Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Oprah Winfrey in the Bluewater Productions Comic Book Series Female Force.

DeGeneres’ comic book will be available tomorrow for $3.99 and will detail her life from growing up in Louisiana, her desire to become a veterinarian as a child and her rise to stardom on the comedy and television front.

A portion of the proceeds from the comic book will go to the Humane Society of the United States.

“Ellen has been a leading force for animal protections issues,” said Michael Markarian, chief operating officer of the HSUS, in a statement thanking DeGeneres for her contributions.

According to PeoplePets, one of the sketches in the book includes a dog in she and Portia de Rossi‘s wedding photo!

MTV has several pages of previews available.

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Allison Moorer has had a lot of other things on her mind lately than deciding what to cook for dinner (like what to name the new baby, what diapers to use, deciding who between she and husband Steve Earle will wake up in the middle of the night to change one).

To make things easier on herself, Moorer’s been eating dinner out and giving into whatever she and little one to come is craving for the evening.

The alternative country singer told Black Book Mag, “We’ve been doing this like go out to dinner a lot lately, so we won’t think about, ‘When is the baby going to come?’ So we went to Union Square Café last night, which is fantastic. I’m vegetarian. I had this incredible ricotta gnocchi, which I think is a regular item on the menu.We just went to Babbo Monday night, which is great. Our neighborhood is ridiculously good for food.”

Sounds like Moorer is one of those vegetarian women who didn’t head for the steakhouse when another lifeform started growing inside of her.

Amazing!

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Jayson Williams may be getting the freshest, local produce available in New Jersey while he serves his sentence for aggravated assault in the death of a limo driver.

TMZ reports that the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Wrightstown, New Jersey participates in the Jersey Fresh program, meaning if Williams eats the colorful parts of his plate, he’ll consume locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Developed in 1983, the Jersey Fresh program was designed to help farmers advertise their locally grown items to residents of the state, according to the State of New Jersey Department of Agriculture website.

Initially a radio advertising program, methods of disseminating the news has spread to billboards, television and print ads reminding consumers to support their local farmers.

Now that’s a can’t-get-it-out-of-your-head jingle worth remembering.

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Like shows in New York and Milan, fur is unfortunately being featured as a big trend for fall/winter 2010 at the annual Toronto Fashion Week.

Promoters of fur sometimes tout the material as being sustainable.

Fashion journalist Adrian Mainella said, “People don’t typically discard fur products as readily as they do cloth products, windbreakers, coats, synthetic sweaters. They usually keep them and pass them down.”

Ideally all fur wearers would continually donate, pass down or pass around their furs among other fur lovers, thus eliminating the need to produce more.

However, despite Mainella’s claims that furs stick around for a long time, every year designers introduce new collections, resulting in more animals killed and more chemicals given off in the environment that cause multiple health problems in humans.

Mainella said the designers in Toronto’s show work in collaboration with the North American Fur Trade Association, an organization that sets standards that include giving animals a “sleeping gas” to kill them, versus more painful methods allegedly used in other countries.

However, this does nothing to ameliorate the stress of an animal being confined in a cage until it awaits its fate.

At least Mainella is respectful of animal rights protesters and their opinions.

“For those who protest or speak to animal rights, I mean that’s the beauty of this country — you should be able to voice your opinion,” he added.

“But at the same time, those who care to participate in purchasing things like fur and buying meat in their groceries or poultry or those who enjoy leather products, they should be able to freely do the same.”

The fur stops flying in Toronto this Thursday when fashion week ends.

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Red Sox fans will have additional options while enjoying future games at Fenway Park.

ARAMARK has helped one of America’s famous ballparks expand its vegetarian menu to include a new veggie burger, veggie hot dog, and a spinach and mozzarella Stromboli.

These changes come to an already vegetarian friendly menu offering veggie pizzas, burritos, hummus and fruit cups.

An expanding menu is just one of the numerous changes made to the facility, some of which include improved restroom facilities and easier access between different areas of the parks with more stairways.

Larry Lucchino, president and chief executive officer of the Red Sox called this year’s improvements “less sexy than in the past but very appealing to some of our fans.”

Considering the saturated fat and cholesterol in so many meat foods sold in ballpark vending areas that can lead to obesity, fatigue and erectile dysfunction, making healthier vegetarian foods available to Red Sox fans and even fans of their opponents sounds like a very sexy thing to do.

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Joaquin Phoenix is back!

After a brief stint as a Rastafarian looking rapper with average rhyming ability, Phoenix has cut his hair, shaved and possibly showered to show his pretty face in a new video for PETA on the use of animal hides in the fashion industry.

“Exotic animals are mostly unknown to us, and so is what they suffer before being turned into belts and bags,” Joaquin says in the video. “Every year millions of reptiles are slaughtered so handbags, belts and shoes can be made from their skin. The animals’ welfare is not a consideration to those who hunt, skin and farm them.”

According to SF Gate, the video will be sent to celebrities who are known for using clothing and accessories made from lizards, snakes and alligators.

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Vegetarian Star on Twitter

Kim O’Donnell at Trueslant compiled some of the best vegetarian/meatless people, groups and organizations to follow on Twitter and yours truly is included as one to watch.

@vegetarianstar “Meatless news and updates with an eye on celebs and an appetite for gossip”

There are, of course, several other meatless Twitter users that are equally exciting, resourceful and important to follow.

Vegetarian Star has handpicked just a few from O’Donnel’s list you might want to consider.

@MeatlessMonday A public health education campaign in conjunction with Johns Hopkins University. Encourages a meat free day once a week for better human and environmental health.

@MeatFreeMonday A UK-based campaign, founded by Sir Paul McCartney and his daughters Stella and Mary that focuses on eating less meat for the environment.

@bryantterry Author of “Vegan Soul Kitchen,” Bryan Terry taught us to take the butter out of homemade biscuits and add plenty of greens to our diet.

@IsaChandra Vegan author Isa Chandra Moskowitz, who’s brought us books like “Vegan with a Vengeance” and “Vegan Cupcakes take over the World.” With menacing titles like these, it’s not very smart NOT to follow her.

@AliciaSilv Author of “The Kind Diet.” Actress Alicia Silverstone Tweets her thoughts, ideas, product recommendations and more.

@TheFlexitarian Can’t go veg all the way? New York chef, cooking instructor and award-winning author Peter Berley Twitters will keep you abreast on making it work the flexitarian way.

@biz Although not included on Trueslant’s list, who can forget that the co-founder of creative expression in 140 characters or less, Biz Stone, is also vegetarian.

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Eclipse star Boo Boo Stewart showed his pride for shelter animals by wearing a shirt that read, “For The Love of Dog Adopt” to the How To Train Your Dragon premier.

Although adoption is always in need, taking in a permanent extra family member isn’t the only way you can help your local animal shelter.

Volunteer, promote an adoption drive, become a foster parent or donate money to cover costs of food, litter and other supplies and services.

For the love of dog, just do something!

Update: Boo Boo’s t-shirt is made by Leanne Hilgart of Vaute Couture. The 100% organic cotton shirt is available in both men’s and women’s and can be ordered through Vaute Couture’s website.

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