Vegetarian Star

The Office‘s Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fischer admit they both own pretty vocal cats.

“I’ve never had a cat who meows and chatters as much as he does,” Fischer told PEOPLEPets.com at the La Femme International Film Festival Celebrity Gala. “He’s a very vocal cat.”

Kinsey, whose character on the show is an eccentric cat owning woman, says her cat, Otter, sounds like he is always on the prowl for a female. “He’s chatty, but it kind of scares me,” she said. “It sounds like maybe a cat in heat. That’s just him [being] happy.”

Any cat owner knows felines have a way of communicating with humans, but is it actual language they’re getting across or mere vocal utterances? Regardless of the answer to that question, a graduate student at Cornell University found domesticated cat noises seem to be successful in one area in particular–getting the human to respond as needed.

In a study described as one where “no cats were harmed in the experiment, although a few human eardrums were stretched,” Nicholas Nicastro compiled dozens of vocal samples from cats and played them for human volunteers who were asked to rate them for pleasantness and appeal and examined what acoustic features accompanied each sound.

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Two different vegans are representing some very good causes this fall. Emily Deschanel just gave her approval of World Go Vegan Week, which begins on October 24th and is mean to celebrate how a completely plant-based diet improves conditions for humans, the planet and animals.

Ellen DeGeneres is the spokesperson for Farm Sanctuary’s Adopt-A-Turkey event, which raises money for rescued turkeys at the sanctuary.

Between the two incredible vegan spokespersons, who would you rather…

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Actress Emma Stone had Paul McCartney design a matching tattoo for her and her mother to celebrate her mother’s recovery from breast cancer.

While she and Woody Harrelson were at McCartney’s home dining on veggie burgers, Stone asked McCartney to draw a tiny Blackbird, symbolizing the famous McCartney song that’s a favorite by both Emma and her mother.

The Easy A actress, who described the veggie burgers as “so good,” recently appeared on The Late Show and told David Letterman the decision to decorate her body was the first–and probably the last.

“We’ve never gotten tattoos before and probably never will again. Two years ago tomorrow she got diagnosed with breast cancer, and she’s out of the woods now, which is amazing. I wrote a letter to Paul McCartney asking him if he would draw two little bird feet – because he wrote the song – and yesterday he sent them to me.”

Just a reminder that continuing to eat those veggie burgers and soy products, as opposed to animal fat laden real ones, may one day spur your recovery from breast cancer. A study recently published in the Canadian Medical Journal found women who suffered from hormone sensitive cancers and were post-menopausal had a significantly lower risk of breast cancer recurrence if they consumed lots of soy isoflavones.

The clip of Stone with Letterman can be viewed below.

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"Easy Green Organic" Anna Getty

Anna Getty‘s cookbook, Easy Green Organic, doesn’t necessarily mirror her own tastes in food or her hard set beliefs about making food purchases. The actress calls herself a flexitarian, but is more comfortable with vegetarian cooking, often eating vegan. She leans so much towards plant-based cooking, she was forced to ask for help in creating meat dishes because the publishers of Easy Green Organic, Chronicle Books, didn’t want the book to be vegetarian.

And just because “organic” is in the book title, doesn’t mean she looks down upon those who aren’t flocking to Whole Food every Saturday.

“I like Jamie Oliver’s approach, because his focus isn’t on organic, it’s on getting people off really toxic food, like fast food and preservative-filled processed foods,” said the great-granddaughter of J. Paul Getty in an interview with Organic Authority.

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Brigitte Bardot is considering running for French president, stating she’s unhappy with Nicolas Sarkozy‘s policies on animal welfare. According to the Washington Post, Bardot told the Associated Press, “Sarkozy took me for an imbecile by making promises he didn’t keep.”

The 76-year old former actress, vegetarian and animal rights activist is considering a bid for the 2012 election on the Ecology Alliance Ticket.

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Natalie Portman was once an eco-conscious teen doing a better dance than that Miley/Hannah character could ever pull off.

Attendees at the Environmental Media Awards were presented with a video of a very young Portman as a background diva singing along to “Recycle it, Renew it, Redo it, Reuse it, Yea yea yea!”

Seems the vegan who transitioned from vegetarian because of Jonathan Safran Foer‘s book, Eating Animals, was destined to be an advocate of the green life.

The actress was reported to have both “grinned” and “cringed” at having old memories brought up that aren’t nearly as bad as the old birthday party clips your mother has lying around.

Organic food was served and compostable dinnerware was use at the ceremony meant to highlight people and productions drawing attention to environmental causes.

The Washington State Department of Ecology has a brief, easy read of recycling facts for kids after the video above gets their attention. No doubt, many adults could stand to read up on some of these facts too, especially considering they are the bottle water bandits of present time.

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Bones’ actress Emily Deschanel has announced her support for In Defense of Animal’s campaign World Go Vegan Week.

“The 5th annual World Go Vegan Week is taking place this year from October 24th through 31st. This week is a celebration of compassion and a time to take action for animals, the environment and everyone’s well-being. A plant-based diet not only improves your health, it significantly reduces your carbon footprint and preserves resources for future generations. So please join me in creating a healthy future and go vegan for World Go Vegan Week.”

World Go Vegan Week is meant to celebrate and encourage of life that’s less harmful to human health, the animals’ health and the environment. There are numerous ways to celebrate the week, some of which are posted on the event’s website.

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Like her spunky character Darlene in Roseanne, actress Sara Gilbert doesn’t shy away from giving her opinion, and she might share her views about America’s diet on a new mom-focused CBS daytime show, The Talk, which premiers October 18th.

“I’m vegan so I’m about as green as you get,” says Gilbert. “I think the diet in this country is kind of broken so I like talking about that.”

Gilbert was a vegetarian for 20 years before going vegan.

Gilbert is also the producer of The Talk, which will feature Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, Leah Remini and Marissa Jaret Winokur on the celebrity panel with her.  A preview of The Talk can be seen below.

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