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Alex Greenwald Hates Meat: On His Plate And On Women

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 16th, 2009 in Male Musicians, Male Singers.

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Alex Greenwald of the band Phantom Planet has been spotted walking around with model Agyness Deyn and the UK Sun decided to poke fun of his veganness and choice of thin women.

Greenwald doesn’t like any meat, the Sun claims-especially on his women.

“The pair were spotted leaving her New York pad – and this one could have legs…And as a militant vegan he does ads for PETA. No wonder he likes Agy, she hasn’t an ounce of meat on her.”

Greenwald stopped eating meat in college when he made a bet with his then girlfriend. He was going to quit meat and she was going to quit smoking. She couldn’t give up the cigs and he won.

Visit thesun.co.uk to view pics of Greenwald and Agy.

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Kathy Freston Celebrates Her New Book Quantum Wellness

One dilemma vegans have is whether to support non vegan companies.

Kathy Freston, the author who inspired Oprah Winfrey to go vegan for 21 days, has her stance on this and recently shared it with W Magazine’s Senior Fashion Features Editor Dana Wood. Wood and W Mag are on a full blown vegan kick, regularly featuring animal-free fashion in the sea of forest critter coats and cuffs.

Freston shared with Dana that she buys items from non vegan designers to encourage them to expand their collection.

“By buying non-leather items from non-vegan fashion houses, Freston hopes to encourage designers to step up the cruelty-free offerings. “It’s just like restaurants,” she says. “I almost prefer to go to mainstream places because I think it’s good that they get requests for vegetarian and vegan meals. The more they get positive feedback on that, the more items they’ll add to their menus. And I think it’s the same with fashion houses.””

Sounds like a good way to approach it. 

And in the end, this might just help veg food and clothing become mainstream. 

via wmagazine.com

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Who Would You: Salim Stoudamire Or John Salley

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Polls/Surveys, Who Would You.

Two professional basketball players are up for grabs today. Both gentlemen have been making news headlines lately. Salim Stoudamire won’t eat anything with a momma and is just beginning his career after signing a multi year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks . John Salley is already a legend and spends his free time donating veggie burgers to kids. So between the two, who would you rather do…

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Richie Rich - Backstage - Fall 09 MBFW

Pamela Anderson, usually one of the best true to their word veg Hollywood stars, occasionally has her flip ups.

Like when she didn’t know KFC, a company she frequently speaks out against, helped sponsor her Girl On the Loose show in Australia.

Or launching a strip club in a steakhouse.

Yes, the vegan Pamela Anderson has joined forces with Audrina Patridge and Samantha Ronson to launch the opening of  Sapphire New York, a Gentleman’s club, which is part of the Prime 333 Steakhouse on the upper East side of New York city.

Other guests on the attendee list include Sopranos cast members Vincent Curatola and Steve Schirripa. 

A strip club steakhouse? Really, Pamela, couldn’t you have found a better venue to attend a launch? How about an all natural juice strip club? Tutti fruity for booty?

Along with serving up blond and brunette meat (just had to say that), the club will feature several fillets and wines.

via Foxnews.com via Deceiver.com

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George Harrison Honored On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame

The late ex Beatle and vegetarian George Harrison has finally received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Although The Beatles share a star, only Harrison and John Lennon of the group have their own.

After the ceremony, several friends and family including Harrison’s widow and son, Olivia and Dhani, Ed Begley Jr., Paul McCartney and girlfriend Nancy Shevell, enjoyed a vegan meal in Capital Records’ Studio A.

Harrison was once quoted as saying, “The thing that repelled me about eating meat was the idea of killing animals. But the main issue is that it’s not healthy and not natural.”

via newsnine.msn.au.com

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Padma Lakshmi Discusses Her Hotdog Without The Dog Days

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 in Food & Drink, TV Hosts.

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Ex vegetarian turned Hardee’s burger food porn star Padma Laskshmi recently discussed her earliest food memories of New York.

Apparently even when she was vegetarian, the Top Chef host wasn’t doing food right. Hot dog bun with relish anyone?

“Looking back, I’m amazed how much we ate street food. My perfect meal would be a pretzel with mustard and then an Italian ice. I was a vegetarian for a lot of my childhood, so I would order a hot dog but tell him to leave the hot dog out—just the bun and the fixings, like sauerkraut and mustard and relish.”

Um, a trip to the falafel cart for some high protein chickpeas stuffed in pita bread would have made for a more nutritious vegetarian meal. This is even worse than the vegetarians who just start eating cheese all day.

So now we know. Poor Padma just never learned what good vegetarian food was.

Even insects on hot dog bun sound more appetizing.

via nymag.com

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Image: Hello ChateauHo on Flickr

Vegetarian Times hosted their 2009 Dining Out Awards and nearly 700 readers voted for restaurants based in different regions of the U.S and several specialty veg restaurants like Most Eco-Fabulous and Totally RAWsome.

Chrissie Hynde’s Vegiterranean won “Most Promising Rookie.”

Several other restaurants made the cut, including The Chicago Diner for the midwest. If you recall, the diner is where Ellen DeGeneres went gaga over the vegan seitan hot wings and had some Fed Ex’d to her studios in California.

Peter Max’s fave, Candle 79, won the category for the northeast.

To find out what veg restaurants in your part of the country you should be visiting, pick up a copy of the April issue of Vegetarian Times.

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John Salley Talks Veggies On ESPN: No One Messes With Him!

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 in Athletes-Games-Sports.

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John Salley’s a busy man these days. This week he’s giving away veggie burgers to Chicago school children as part of a campaign to teach them how a vegetarian diet receives the best grade.

He also recently sat down with ESPN to answer questions submitted by fans.

John got several questions related to his vegetarian diet and lifestyle, including, “did guys ever mess with you knowing you didn’t eat meat?”

John answered, “No, no one ever really messes with me!”

Oh, yeah.

Here are a couple of other veg related questions from the chat.

What kind of work are you doing with PETA?
I did a PSA about a year ago with PETA since then they have invited me to speak about the health benefits of being a vegetarian.

How did you make the decision to go vegetarian?
I was a vegetarian first [before I became vegan]. I had high blood pressure at 27, everybody in my family died of cancer and I new it was in the food so I changed my diet.

To read the rest of the Q & A session with John, visit espn.go.com.

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