Vegetarian Star

By now you’ve heard the news that American Idol officials have finally found Paula Abdul‘s replacement, Ellen DeGeneres.

Shocked, disappointed, excited-regardless of your feelings about Ellen as a judge, one thing’s for sure: she’ll be bringing a warm heart for animals to the judge’s table.

A vegan and activist who has championed causes like Prop 2 and given away vegan items on her television show, Ellen now makes one more animal advocate along with Simon Cowell.

Simon’s not vegetarian (Ellen, bring your vegan seitan wings to the rehearsals), but he’s been outspoken on animal welfare, including a PSA urging dog owners never to leave their four legged friends locked in a car.

Simon even said he sensed vegetarian Carrie Underwood‘s kindness when she walked into her audition and mentioned putting items about how potential Idol contestants treated animals on the audition questionnaire.

And let’s not forget, Kara Dioguardi reminded everyone to take good care of their dogs too.

Now if only we could get Randy Jackson to get naked in the name of being fur-free.

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American Idol winner Jordin Sparks has announced she would like to give seitan and tofu a try.

“Eventually I’d like to be a vegetarian because I think it’s healthier for me,” Jordin said, according to famousveggie.net.

The singer recently revealed to Self Magazine that for the first time in her career, she’s brought along a  professional trainer on her tour with the Jonas Brothers.

“Last year, I didn’t do anything to stay in shape on tour,” Jordin said. “I just kind of loved the fact that I was on tour. But I was exhausted all the time, and I realize now, if I had worked out and ate healthier and made smarter choices, I would have had a lot more energy onstage.”

Will her new healthier lifestyle change include her own personal veggie chef on tour as well?

Will Jordin make the plunge and join Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler as Idol veggie queens?

Chime in and let us know what you think!

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The votes are in! Tonight we’ll find out if Adam Lambert or Chris Allen is crowned the next American Idol.

Judge Kara DioGuardi has been crowned in her own right, receiving wings to wear for PETA’s Angels For Animals campaign.

Angels For Animals is meant to remind pet owners how dogs and cats (and any other pets, for that matter-pot belly pigs, anyone?) should be treated.

Fresh food and water every day, a clean spot to take care of Mother Nature’s duties, exercise, socializing, and lots of L-O-V-E are what Kara and PETA hope you’ll give your four legged child or friend.

Hey, if you really need to set it in your head, there’s a petition you can sign to remind yourself to do these things daily, as well as a video interview of Kara with her dog Tikki.

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King of mean American Idol judge Simon Cowell can no longer continue to play the Dr. Evil cause we know he’s just a big ol’ softie.

Simon recently gave an interview with PETA where he talked about everything doggy related-from buying purebreeds to adoption to animal care and cruelty. When the subject of past Idol contestant’s involvement in animal issues came up (like Carrie Underwood), Simon even joked that they’d have to put being good to animals on the audition questionnaire.

Here are a few tidbits:

We see a lot of dogs chained outside like bicycles, for life. What is your message to people who do that?

That’s disgraceful. The awful thing about what that person doesn’t realize is that in the dog’s mind, as he’s being chained up … that dog has put his trust in the person who’s chaining him. That dog would give up his life nine times out of 10 for the person who’s chaining him up. … For a dog, under those circumstances, just to be left alone, starving to death, lonely and thirsty, is about as low as a person can go. You’ve got to have a really warped, disgusting personality to want to do something like that. That really disgusts me.

Do you think it’s important to adopt a dog or cat rather than buying one from a pet store?

Well, I mean, if I was buying a dog, I wouldn’t buy it from a pet shop, I’d go to a rescue shelter. Or I’d go to a friend who couldn’t take care. … It’s not where the dog came from, it’s the dog. … I get really annoyed when people start telling me about the make and the model of their dog like [for] a car. … A dog is a dog, no matter what background they’ve got. … Often, the mutts, the strays have got more personality than a highly bred pedigree.

You can read Simon’s interview in its entirety here. In the meantime, check out the papparazi catching Simon in on the doggy love act.

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The final two American Idol contestants, Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, have been chosen to duel it out onstage next week in front of millions of viewers. Sorry Danny Gokey fans, if you taped the show and haven’t watched it yet.

While we love our Idol contestants and are cheering for both, it’s necessary to call one singer out for his choice of clothing.

Lambert wore snakeskin boots during his recent public appearances (look at the feet, click on the pointy arrow so the small pics aren’t covering them up) including the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California.

While he may have chosen the right songs every week, according to Simon Cowell, Lambert definitely chose the wrong shoes that day.

Whether it was leather with snakeskin print or real snakeskin hide, neither combination is worth idolizing.

And Lambert didn’t mention anything about the boots being faux, so we can only assume, unfortunately, it’s the real deal.

Just hoping his guyliner comes from a company that doesn’t test on animals.

Maybe Adam will follow the lead of other Idol contestants like Carrie Underwood and go veg, lose the boots, and gain an understanding of the cruelty involved in using animals for clothing.

Until then, he’ll be in our bottom three for awhile.

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Post Punk Kitchen

Update from our post on Sign Carrying Vegans in the American Idol audience!

Liz D. just dropped a tip to let us know that the sign carrying vegan was Isa Chandra Moskowitz of the Post Punk Kitchen!

You kitchen fanatics know Isa from her cookbooks, such as Vegan with a Vengeance and Veganomicon.

We think it’s totally rad that Isa got some face time for carrying her vegan sign! Maybe this will make Simon Cowell reconsider going back on the vegetarian diet he tried for a week years ago. 

For other pics of Isa at the American Idol show, visit PostPunkKitchen.com.

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Update: The vegan sign carryer in the audience was vegan author Isa Chandra Moskowitz. See new post for details. 

Either Entertainment Weekly is making fun of Earth Day and vegans or there were some people in the American Idol audience professing their vegan love!

In a recap of last week’s Idol show at popwatch.ew.com, writer Whitney Pastorak poked fun of several people, including a wild pack of teenage girls:

“The pack of three preteen girls behind me — who were so excited they spent most of the show clawing at one another’s arms, and I hope to god their mothers trimmed their nails beforehand lest they look like they were mauled by adolescent bobcats..”

Since there were live flowers passed around, Pastorek joked she hoped the vegans in the audience weren’t too shook up over the death of the plants.

“There were a bunch of sign-carrying vegans in the audience tonight, and I can only hope the whole incident wasn’t too much for them to bear. Unless vegans don’t mind flowercide. I always forget what we can and cannot kill in this crazy world.”

It’s hard to tell if Pastorek is serious or not, so chime in and let us know if you’ve heard anything. Were there any veg groups attending the American Idol show that night?

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

• Kelly Clarkson (27)

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