Vegetarian Star

A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities today.

• Alicia Silverstone (34)

• Rachael Leigh Cook (31)

• Russell Simmons (53)

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The musical groups Social Distortion and JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys will be performing at the 2010 Animal Acres Gala on September 11th at the Animal Acres Sanctuary and Compassionate Living Center in Acton, CA.

The event beings at 5:00 PM with a “Cowtail Party,” where attendees can mingle with the “guests of honor”–cows, chickens, pigs and other rescued farmed animals.

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“Most of the girls that I date are vegetarians . . . They always leave me, but stay vegans.”

—Russell Simmons to the New York Post at the Bold Native premiere he hosted. According to Peta’s president’s opinion, he’s doing his job right. Ingrid Newkirk once said vegetarians and vegans should date meat eaters…and dump them once they’ve converted to start working on another person.

The women in Russell’s life must be very eager to break away from him to spread the vegan news.

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Bold Native

A Bold Native premiere will be hosted tonight by vegan businessman Russell Simmons. The fictional film depicts the story of an Animal Liberation Front member wanted by authorities and his corporate employee father who’s trying to reach his son before officers do.

Girlie Girl Army interviewed a few key figures from the film, including Denis Henry Hennelly, writer and director; Casey Suchan, producer and editor; and Joaquin Pastor who plays the main character. There is irony in the fact that Suchan used to work for McDonald’s and took home some of his wages in “Big Macs” before rethinking the ethics of his food choices.

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Russell Simmons will host the New York City premiere of Bold Native, a fiction film about the animal rights group Animal Liberation Front.

The combination of film screening and press event is Monday July 26 at 6 p.m. at Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd Street), in New York City. The film begins at 7 p.m and doors will be open to the press at 6 p.m.

Bold Native tells the fictional story of an ALF member wanted by the government for domestic terrorism and his CEO father trying to find him before law enforcement does. Other story lines in the movie include an activist campaigning for better treatment of farm animals.

“We need more creative, fun, impassioned and entertaining movies like Bold Native to drive the important message of animal rights to the masses,” Simmons, who will be available for interviews and photos during the screening at 6:15 p.m., said.

The trailer for Bold Native can be viewed below.

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More fabulous photos from Russell Simmons day at Millions of Milkshakes where he whipped up a vegan Oreo milkshake that will benefit NOH8 this week. The shake contains Oreo cookies, vegan vanilla ice cream, soy milk and chocolate powder. It does not contain milk, cream or any other dairy products or eggs, however, so it’s just as compassionate to animals as it is to Russell matching all sales of the shake this week to the GLBT awareness charity.

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Russell Simmons unveiled his new, all-vegan milkshake at the Millions of Milkshakes restaurant in Los Angeles, California for the 40th LA Pride Anniversary in West Hollywood. Being the philanthropist he is and working with so many charities in the past, it’s no surprise that sales of Russell’s shake benefits a foundation.

“The proceeds of every shake that we sell this week will be donated to the NOH8 foundation and I will personally match that amount with a donation,” Russell told Star.

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Russell Simmons hosted an event in his home for two schools that provide environments for many African-American and Latino boys to succeed in an area where their educational outcomes aren’t always good. The event raised $250,00 for the Eagle Academy Foundation, which supports three New York City schools for the young men.

Providing the food was Acquolina Catering, which served fried tofu with cilantro sauce and Portobello burger and chocolate mousse–all vegan items.

Two of the schools boast an 85% graduate rate for the students, compared to the average of 50% for African-American and Latino men in other schools in the region.

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