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Forks Over Knives, a documentary that suggests America’s health problems can be overcome by a switch to a plant-based diet, has partnered with Whole Foods and the store’s Healthy Eating Partner, Rip Esselstyn, author of “The Engine 2 Diet,” to offer a series of pre-screenings of the film. Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia sponsored the first screening, which sold out in July.

The following are some of the tour dates for when “Forks Over Knives” will be screening in a city near you. For exact time and location, check with your local Whole Foods Market.

• Nashville, TN–Wednesday, October 6th

• Chicago, IL–Tuesday, October 19th

• Fort Collins, CO–Wednesday, October 20th

• Los Angeles, CA–Thursday, November 11th

• Portland, OR–TBA

• Seattle, WA–TBA

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Russell Simmons has gone  from founding a hip hop music label to creating an urban clothing line to now a reality TV show featuring the ins and outs of his daily life.

Running Russell Simmons premiers November 2nd on the Oxygen channel and chronicles Russell’s life and his staff, including one of his closest assistants Simone Reyes.

Reyes, like Russell, is a vegan and animal rights activist who’s used her publicity to draw attention to various causes, whether that’d be Tweeting about the delicious meal of tempeh hash, vegan frittata, soy buttermilk biscuits and tofu scramble from Sacred Chow restaurant to getting the message out about lost animals and yes, commenting on Lady Gaga‘s meat outfit. Read what Reyes had to say about it and see a sneak premier of Running Russell Simmons below.

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Kevin Bacon is edible. Even for the vegetarians. Even for the kosher vegetarians.

Dave Lefkow is one of the faux pork powers behind Bacon Salt, an imitation bacon flavor from J & D Foods, which has infused bacon flavor in mayonnaise, popcorn and other foods. Lefkow has created a bust of Kevin Bacon from the bits of Bacon Salt and the creation is being auctioned off on ebay to raise money for Ashley’s Team, a charity for children with cancer.

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Delaware Republican candidate for Senate Christine O’Donnell has made some controversial headlines in the news for her comments about topics such as sex, masturbation and now meat. Thankfully, the last term has never been grouped with the first two.

O’Donnell, who now is a conservative Christian, has an interview from 1999 with Bill Maher where she discusses the many different religions she tried before committing to Christianity. The only thing that kept O’Donnell from becoming Hare Krishna was the fact she didn’t want to become vegetarian.

Some transcript notes from the interview:

O’Donnell: “I was dabbling into every other kind of religion before I became a Christian.”

Maher: “You were a witch!”

O’Donnell: “I was! I was!”

Maher: “You were.”

O’Donnell: “I was dabbling in witchcraft. I’ve dabbled in Buddhism. I wanted to become a Hare Krishna but I didn’t want to become a vegetarian. And that is honestly the reason why – because I’m Italian, I love meatballs.”

Maher: “Boy, are you spiritual

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Emily Deschanel‘s co-star on Bones’, David Boreanaz, was a guest at the ceremony and reception for the actress’ recent wedding. Boreanz said the food featured some lovely seitan imitating chicken, which lead to a hilarious discussion of vegan weddings (did she marry a man from Venus) and whether or not food was incorporated into the ceremony to make it vegan.

Deschanel managed to convince Boreanz to eat vegetarian at least once a week.

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A video on Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary features a talk with Moby, who recently performed an acoustic, benefit show on the grounds.

Moby says his favorite animals at the sanctuary are goats.

“They generally tend to have the most personality,” Moby said.

Growing up, some of Moby’s earliest memories were of him, pet rats, cats and dogs–all hanging around the bathtub. The turkey sitting next to him seems very interested in this story, but probably got a little offended that he wasn’t named a favorite.

For more information on the sanctuary, visit WoodstockSanctuary.org.

Thanks to @dakotalane for the tip!

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TLC is debuting a new, six part mini-series where a 2 person team of regular people compete against 2 professional football players in a showdown of who has the best cooking skills for a tailgate party!

Kick Off Cook Off premieres October 7th and the following week on October 14th, a plant based cooking team made of Julieanna Hever and veg chef Chef AJ, the wellness experts of “The Chef and the Dietitian,” will show football fans how to keep it veggie at the next game.

Hosted by sportscaster Erin Andrews and featuring Top Chef finalist Brian Malarke, Kick Off Cook Off is scheduled to feature Indianapolis Colts’ Dwight Freeney & Adam Vinatieri, Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Ronde Barber & his brother Tiki Barber, a retired New York Giant, San Diego Chargers’ Stephen Cooper & Shaun Phillips, San Francisco 49ers’ Jerry Rice and New York Jets’ Keyshawn Johnson and Arizona Cardinals’ Kurt Warner.

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Paula Deen is working on her own line of produce. Amazingly, from current reports, the line doesn’t include vegetables wrapped in bacon, dipped in butter and doubled fried.

According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Deen is working with both farmers and food producers and hopes to have the brand out next year and describes it as a “dream solution for young mothers” because of the quality of the food.

The southern food celebrity chef is using her 4-year old grandson Jack as the guinea pig, and Deen says he is fanatical about the broccoli.

If you won’t eat her broccoli, maybe at least the family cat will.

Photo: PR Photos

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