Vegetarian Star

Homer Simpson may be a meat eating, donut devouring, less than fit character on The Simpsons, but the guy who lends his voice to the nuclear power plant dad is anything but.

According to Hispanic Business, Dan Castellaneta is a teetotaler vegetarian who exercises every day and practices yoga.

Earning approximately $400,000 per episode, Castellaneta pulls in roughly $8 million a year for his “D’oh!” talents.

That’s more than enough to buy all the organic food he wants from Whole Foods.

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PETA is looking to lease the home on Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York that inspired the 1977 book, “The Amityville Horrors.”

“In our horror house, the sound of slaughterhouse blades whirring while animals scream for their lives would play over loudspeakers.” Tracy Reiman, vice-president of PETA wrote in a letter to the present owners of the home.

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The Simpsons In The Classroom

The Simpsons have made numerous pop culture contributions since the cartoon debuted in the late 80s, but who would have thought the FOX series would make academic impact as well.

“The Simpsons in the Classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the Wisdom of Springfield” by Karma Waltonen and Denise Du Vernay, is a look at Springfield’s favorite family through the eyes of a PhD and a Master’s in American Literature, giving suggested mind exploratory exercises such as writing an essay on whether or not the show is respectful of different religions.

Dr. Waltonen told The Sacramento Bee her favorite episode is “Lisa The Vegetarian” partly because Lisa doesn’t go back to eating meat.

“It’s an episode where a character changes, and the change stays. In a lot of sitcoms you don’t actually have things move, but Lisa has remained a vegetarian. And the two-minute “meat industry” (skit) in that episode – “Meat and You: Partners in Freedom” – are the funniest that have ever been on television.”

A clip from “Meat and You: Partners in Freedom”, can be seen after the break.

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Christian Serratos is one of several vegetarian women who’ve made Maxim’s Hot 100 for 2010.

The Maxim editors are already trying to faux butter up to the Twilight babe by welcoming vegetarian food.

“One of the bevy of beauties produced by the Twilight series, Serratos recently posed nude for PETA. Hey, Christian, did we ever tell you we love seitan?”

Last year’s number one Olivia Wilde, slid a few notches to #20, but Olivia Munn is also representing the veggie gals by placing in the top 10.

Other notables in the veg/animal community are Hayden Panettiere and Zooey Deschanel.

The entire gallery of Maxim’s hottest can be found here, and are also in the June 2010 edition of the magazine available on the stands.

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Lisa Simpson "The Simpsons"

Last night’s episode of Top Chef Masters had the competing chefs making meals that would please The Simpsons.

As you probably already know, there are two characters that shun meat on the popular cartoon, Lisa Simpson and Apu, and the chefs who cooked for them whipped up delicious sounding vegetarian delights.

The judges included some of The Simpsons’ crew, like creator Matt Groening and Hank Azaria who voices Chief Wiggum and Apu.

Jody made a Cracked Wheat Salad with Goats Milk Ricotta and BBQ beets and baked kale chips for Lisa, which the judges thought she’d love, and Marcus created Tomato Soup with Rice, Chickpeas, Chutney, Melon and Nuts for Apu.

Unfortunately, it was Rick’s shrimp meal for Homer that won.

But hey, Jody and Marcus’ meals sure give you great ideas for dinner!

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Mafia Wars

After receiving a request from PETA to remove a chained pit bull used as a weapon from the latest edition of Mafia Wars, Zynga president and CEO has complied with the request.

Mark Pincus will be getting his vegan chocolates from the animal rights organization very soon.

“Mafia Wars is obviously only a game, but the suffering endured by thousands of pit bulls who are treated as if they were nothing more than burglar alarms or fighting machines is very real,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman in a press release. “By removing Mafia Wars’ virtual pit bull, Zynga is no longer perpetuating the mindset that it’s acceptable to chain, neglect, and abuse real dogs.”

We just knew it was impossible for a guy who used to bring his bulldog to work to keep this horrible feature in the game.

And the employee who’s idea it was to put it in there?

No free massages at work for him for a month.

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Tofu Hunter game

And who said vegetarian was another word for lousy hunter?

Adult Swim has unveiled a game that proves vegetarians are the first in line to target and capture their prey of grains, seeds and soybean.

Tofu Hunter allows players to hunt down their blocks of curd or “tofu bucks” as they are called.

Before you begin, there is a disclaimer that the “game contains graphic depictions of violence against tofu.”

If you’re okay with that, just go ahead and click “next” to start the kind killin’!

Besides tofu, you can shoot trophy tofu, tofu hot dogs, seitan birds and soy milk containers for bonus points.

Head on over to Adult Swim to play the free online game.

Just don’t shoot any “doe tofu” or you will lose big time!

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Mafia Wars

PETA has declared war on Mafia Wars for allowing players to use dogs and other animals to fight.

The animal rights group wrote a letter to Mark Pincus, founder and CEO of Zynga Game Network, asking him to remove this feature from the Mafia War’s Facebook game.

“”Bully breeds” like your beloved late American bulldog, Zinga, are also the breeds of choice for dogfighters and thugs who want a “macho” animal to intimidate others, guard their property, or make them money by winning fights. Every day, PETA staffers meet dogs who have been trapped for years at the end of heavy tractor-trailer chains with nothing but bare patches of dirt and plastic barrels for shelter. These dogs are usually full of heartworms, emaciated, and scarred all over. They are often physically abused and starved, sometimes to death, for losing in illegal dogfights or for being “bad guards” or “not mean enough.” The people who acquire them do so because they have been taught that having one of these dogs is “cool” and “tough,” but they have no idea about the care and feelings of the animal they have enslaved.”

“Will you please reconsider perpetuating the image of pit bulls and other animals as fighting machines in Mafia Wars and decide against sending a dangerous message that it’s somehow acceptable to force animals to fight, keep them chained, and deny them everything that is natural and important to them?”

The entire letter from PETA to Pincus can be found here.

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