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IFC Comedy Bang! Bang!

Weird Al Yankovic will be a guest on the Friday August 10 premiere of IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang!

Hosted by writer and comedian Scott Aukerman, Comedy Bang! Bang! features regular celebrity guests and some occasional fun with food.

The crew is scheduled to make a sandwich on the date Al arrives.

Will the longtime vegetarian’s presence prompt anything veggie to be devoured, either on this particular episode or the future?

Watch the video below for a performance from Al and Tenacious D.

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Stephen Colbert Pokes Fun Of Meatless Mondays (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 in Film & TV, Food & Drink, Videos.

Stephen Colbert poked fun of Meatless Mondays during a recent episode of The Colbert Report.

“If I have Meatless Mondays, how am I supposed to have Trichinosis Tuesdays?” with “What’s that carrot?…They took your babies and they drowned them in ranch dressing? You monsters!”

Colbert shows his support for the millions of fruits and vegetables killed every year by gingerly stroking a…watermelon.

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“The Great Food Truck Race” To Get Prickly And Vegan Soon

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, August 3rd, 2012 in Film & TV, Food & Drink, Reality TV.

The Great Food Truck Race

An upcoming episode of The Great Food Truck Race will have the contestants cooking vegan on the road!

The August 26th premiere titled “Attitude at High Altitude” has Tyler Florence and the team traveling to Flagstaff, Arizona, cooking with some rather unusual “local” ingredients.

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Marilu Henner

Marilu Henner is one of two finalist in a summer grilling contest sponsored by Live with Kelly.

Henner is competing to win $25,000 for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group of doctors and various laypersons recommending a vegan diet for health and animal welfare.

Henner’s Healthy/Easy Grilled Mushroom and Heirloom Tomato Summer Dish is pitted against Ashanti’s Grilled Pineapple Chicken Kabobs.

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Ben Stiller Comes Out Of Vegan Closet To Parents (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, July 27th, 2012 in Actors, Film & TV, Food & Drink, Videos.

Ben Stiller was a guest on Conan recently where he shared the fact he has embraced a vegan diet.

Giving up meat and dairy wasn’t the hardest part, though. The toughest obstacle to overcome was explaining his lifestyle choice to his parents.

“I had to tell my parents I was a vegan, I came out to them,” said Stiller. “They were a little bit confused at first, but now they’re supportive.”

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Fox “Bones” To Tackle Owning Exotic Animals As Pets

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 in Actresses, Animal Issues, Film & TV.

Bones

The upcoming Season 8 series of Bones is rumored to have more animal rights themes to it.

Vegan actress Emily Deschanel has always worked with show producers to incorporate vegetarian and/or animal welfare ideas into the Fox primetime hit and it appears Season 8 will tackle to issue of keeping exotic animals as pets.

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Mary Louise Parker

Mary Louise Parker is hosting a PBS series that includes the film Soul Food Junkies, a documentary about the problem of finding healthy food in some black communities.

Parker, a vegan, acknowledges that while it may be difficult for some living in poverty to provide the best food for their children, parents in wealthy neighborhoods make poor choices too.

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Kat Graham Celebrates Teen Choice Awards With Vegan Food

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 in Actresses, Film & TV, Food & Drink.

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Kat Graham and her Vampire Diaries co-stars took home a whopping six teen choice awards this year, including one for the category of Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi.

Graham shared with Wetpaint how she planned to celebrate the evening after the big win.

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