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Olivia Newton-John “Livwise” Interview Questions–Submit

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 in Actresses, Books, Food & Drink.

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Olivia Newton-John is promoting her vegetarian-friendly cookbook, LivWise and CNN is offering the opportunity for foodies and fans to ask Olivia a question about the book, healthy cooking and more.

Questions must be uploaded on video and cannot be more than 15 seconds long. All questions must be submitted to CNN by April 25.

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Starbucks Gets The Bugs Out Strawberry Drinks

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 in Business, Food & Drink.

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Soon vegetarians and vegans can have their strawberry frappucinos and smoothies sans insects.

Starbucks has announced that it will phase out the use of cochineal extract, an ingredient obtained from a female bug, and switch to lycopene, a plant-based coloring derived from tomatoes, for its strawberry flavored frappucinos and smoothies.

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Daniel Bryan Living Clean Vegan Lifestyle (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink, Videos.

Daniel Bryan is featured here is a short video where he credits his success in wrestling to “living a clean, vegan lifestyle.”

Some haters like to yell, “Bacon, bacon, bacon,” when he enters the ring and there’s a brief scene when he gets booed after announcing he’s a vegan to a wrestling crowd, but there’s no greater revenge that letting them watch him slam an opponent to the ground with no mercy.

That’s what tofu, rice and an occasional vegan cupcake can do for you.

Watch the 2010 Heavyweight Champion above pay a visit to his favorite vegan restaurant, Red Velvet Cafe.

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Round 2 of holding political figures responsible for their attitudes towards animals has begun.

Last week, animal welfare groups attacked Mitt Romney for a trip he took to Canada with a dog allegedly strapped to the top of a vehicle.

Now, critics have turned to a passage Obama wrote in one of his books, Dreams of My Father, where he discusses eating dog in Indonesia. PETA actually took the time to offer some constructive critcism while others have Tweeted away jokes worth groaning over, as you’ll read below.

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“True Blood” Kristin Bauer Character Eats Free-Range Humans

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 in Actresses, Food & Drink.

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Kristin Bauer calls herself the vegetarian who only eats free-range, natural turkey around the holidays.

Now she’s jokingly confessing that her character on HBO’s True Blood, Pam de Beaufort, has similar ethics when it comes to eating.

Vampire Pam isn’t about to purchase some drive-though people flesh at the cheap human fast food restaurant. Who knows what kinds of hormones and antibiotics those humans were raised on?

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Gordon Ramsay

“It’s enough to make anyone turn fucking vegetarian for God’s sake. And I’ve always sort of knocked vegetarians and vegans for missing out on the most amazing flavor you get from meat. But you can see why so many people change, instantly.”

Gordon Ramsay, during a clip in which he learns what goes on behind the scenes in commercial pig farming, including castration and tail docking.

Photo: gordonramsaysubmissions/creative commons

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Slice Of Celebrity Vegan Birthday Cake To (Drum Roll)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 in Actresses, Birthdays.

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

Photo: Genevieve/Creative Commons

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Joanna Krupa Promotes Animal Adoption At Vegan Restaurant

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 in Actresses, Animal Issues, Models.

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Dancing with the Stars alum Joanna Krupa posed next to an ad she shot for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that promotes pet adoption at a special reception for the campaign.

Florida’s Sublime vegan restaurant was the spot where Krupa showed off her “Be An Angel to Animals” poster.

“We’re spreading the word that breeding your dog or cat isn’t the way to go,” said Krupa.

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