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Meagan Duhamel Owes Skating Success To Vegan Diet

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, October 29th, 2012 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink.

Meagan Duhamel

Couples figure skater Meagan Duhamel is part of the team that recently picked up four medals at Skate Canada over the weekend.

She and her partner, Eric Radford, brought home a Silver Medal.

Duhame, who’s been a vegan since 2008, credits her plant-based diet for the success she’s achieved in figure skating, including making her a lighter partner to toss in the air.

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Tobey Maguire Requests Non-Leather Car During “Great Gatsby”

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, October 29th, 2012 in Actors, Food & Drink, Transportation.

Tobey Maguire

During the filming of The Great Gatsby, Tobey Maguire was so adamant about sticking to his vegetarian principles, he demanded producers from the movie–set for release in 2013–remove a leather car from he set.

During his stay in Australia, Maguire–who plays Nick Carraway in the film–was given a Mercedes for personal use.

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Russell Brand

“I thought I didn’t need the bad karma. It was an easy thing to give up on the old animals.”

Russell Brand, citing his reasons for going vegetarian. Brand credits both Morrissey and karma for giving up animal products. He admires the former Smiths’ Meat is Murder singer so much, he named his cat after him, saying, “He’s exciting and electrifying, just like the real Morrissey.”

Photo: Eva Rinaldi/Creative Commons

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Slice Of Vegan Celebrity Birthday Cake To (Drum Roll)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, October 29th, 2012 in Actresses, Birthdays.

Finola Hughes

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

Photo: Angela George/Creative Commons

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Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake recently celebrated nuptial bliss and PETA sent the two dog lovers Daisy Dog Studio’s Tea for Two Teapot as a congratulatory gift.

Biel loves spending time with her dog so much, she recently Tweeted about using her pooch as a warm blanket during bed or nap time!

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Mayim Bialik On “Big Bang Theory” Pie Eating Contest (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, October 26th, 2012 in Actresses, Film & TV, Food & Drink, Videos.

The Big Bang Theory recently featured a few of the characters in a pie-eating contest, including Mayim Bialik‘s Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler.

Bialik took to her blog to discuss the episode and scene, in a post titled, “Top 10 Behind the Scene Moments from Last Night’s Pie Eating Scene.”

The best part of the scene? The pie was vegan and kosher.

The worst? Bialik has horrible blueberry allergies!

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Slice Of Vegan Celebrity Birthday Cake To (Drum Roll)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, October 26th, 2012 in Birthdays, Female Singers.

Natalie Merchant

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

Photo: Tandemracer @ Flickr/Creative Commons

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Jonathan Safran Foer

Jonathan Safran Foer‘s Eating Animals was chosen by the College of Charleston as this year’s College Reads! selection. The College Reads! program chooses a book for incoming students to read that is then incorporated into various academic syllabi and discussed throughout the year.

Eating Animals touches on the livestock and meat industry, environmental impact of meat eating, animal welfare standards, vegetarianism and veganism and more.

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