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Richard Linklater has made news for his Oscar-nominated film about an adolescent’s 12 years of life in Texas, Boyhood.

The critics will soon give accolades to a spin-off that follows the director through his last three decades of eating vegetarian, Veghood.

In a short video for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Linklater can be seen throughout the years discussing what a plant-based diet has done for him and animals.

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Darren Aronofsky

Director Darren Aronofsky is set to be honored by the Humane Society of the United States for his decision to use computer generated images instead of live animals for the film Noah.

“To the Rescue! New York” takes place on November 21 and will be serving vegan fare just before the annual holiday that is so heavily meat-based, Thanksgiving.

“When I started working on ‘Noah,’ an early question was how to express the vastness and complexity of the animal kingdom on the big screen,” Aronofsky said.

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Lee Daniels Considers Opening Vegan Restaurant

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 in Directors and Producers, Food & Drink.

Lee Daniels

The Butler director Lee Daniels considered adopting a vegan diet in 2013 after learning the actor playing the lead role in his film about serving guests at the White House followed one.

Now that he’s been eating more like Forest Whittaker, Daniels is considering opening a restaurant they both can dine at.

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Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane gave an interview to PETA where he discussed the use of animals in the movie industry and the impact of animal welfare on his latest film, A Million Ways to Die in the West.

“If it were up to me, that would be the law that you have to treat animals that way if you’re doing a movie,” MacFarlane said. “And I think at some point it will be. I think that’s the next big civil rights victory of sorts that will eventually find its way into actuality.”

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Judd Apatow

Can one celebrity inspire another to go veg?

Yes, but it may be harder to teach them to do it in a healthy manner.

Judd Apatow has James Cromwell to thank for trying the plant-based diet that he was able to maintain for about a year.

Unfortunately, the three veggie pizzas a day diet isn’t the best for most metabolisms, even if there’s no meat on them.

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Sam Simon Pamela Anderson

Sam Simon and Pamela Anderson visited officials of the Canadian sealers to give them an offer to help with the government buyout of the industry.

The terminally ill creator of the popular cartoon The Simpsons and the Canadian born former Baywatch actress visited St. John’s, Newfoundland to make the in-person offer Simon made in a letter addressed to the organization.

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Brit Marling

Brit Marling, actress, writer and producer of The East spoke with Glamour magazine about some of her adventures that are no so Hollywood.

Screen geniuses get their inspiration from a variety of settings, and for one of her films, she and another writer traveled across the country to get a feel of what it’s like to live free and unconventionally–even when it comes to finding your food.

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James Cameron

James Cameron, director known for blockbuster hits such as Titanic, Avatar, Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Aliens, has not only recently become a vegan, he’s recruited his entire family to do so.

Some family members were less willing recruits than others. Specifically the underage ones.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Cameron says he thinks his children are just too young to grasp the concept of the moral dilemma of eating animals. Or it could be that they’re craving hamburgers too much.

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