Vegetarian Star

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is coming to a theatre near you this month, but don’t expect to watch any real apes while you’re munching on popcorn.

The film uses computer generated imagery to create realistic images of animals without having to subject them to the potential stresses that might occur if they were actually on the set.

“We wanted to tell our story without using live apes for any number of reasons,” said director Rupert Wyatt. “It would be a cruel irony to tell the story of the exploited and repressed and use live apes to do so.”

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Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race premieres on Sunday, August 14th at 10pm ET/PT.

As previously reported, this season’s race features a vegan truck ran by Nicole Daddona, Stephanie Morgan and Raya Belna.

“This truck came to life with a dream and a desire: A dream for vegan street food, and a desire to provide healthy, local food that’s convenient and fairly priced,” said Stephanie Morgan, founder of Seabirds. “Orange County is a great place to live, but it was lacking quality choices for those wishing to consume a healthier, plant-based diet. I started Seabirds because I wanted to make a difference not only in the lives of the people of Orange County, but in the world we love and live in.”

Seabirds uses organic ingredients whenever possible and tries to source from local farmers in its area. Below is a preview of what you can expect to see during the Great Food Truck Race.

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A new NBC series that combines classic childhood fairy tales with crime drama will feature a vegetarian character who helps put the Big Bad Wolves away.

Grimm, which will debut on October 21 at 9p.m. ET, will have Silas Weir Mitchell (My Name is Earl, Prison Break) playing a werewolf-like character who has trained himself to both go vegetarian and help detectives solve crimes.

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It took producer Trish Dolman almost a decade to make the story of Sea Shepherd’s Captain Paul Watson‘s life of fighting whaling with sometimes controversial, but effective techniques. Dolman attributed the completion of the movie to not only acquiring the right amount of funds, but to a change in the attitudes of movie goers. Environmental films are gaining popularity.

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Tuesday’s episode of The Talk will feature vegan family cooking tips and ideas.

Host and actress Sara Gilbert was a vegetarian for two decades and then became a vegan. Before The Talk premiered, Gilbert had said food and nutrition were so important to her,  she definitely wanted to give the issues some time on the show.

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Dr. T. Colin Campbell, author of the best selling book about the link between diseases of affluence and meat, The China Study, was a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher to discuss the film Forks Over Knives and the idea of eating less meat for good health.

“It’s the story of one of the best kept secrets in healthcare that I can think of,” Campbell said. “It’s what food can do for us.”

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Rocco DiSprito promised there would be plenty of vegetarian elements on his Bravo series Rocco’s Dinner Party, and on Wednesday’s episode of the show, vegan chef Ayinde Howell, former executive chef of Jivamukti Yoga School who later helped create Wildflower, New York City’s first vegan pop-up restaurant, is competing against two other chefs.

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Activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals staged a protest outside the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, California at the premiere of Kevin James‘ new Zookeeper film.

Although New York Magazine says the movie earned an approval rating from the American Humane Association, the group claims a giraffe collapsed and died after filming a scene.

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