Vegetarian Star

Jonathan Safran Foer. Credit: David Shankbone on Wikimedia Commons

“I don’t see any point in asking waiters difficult questions. It just makes people uncomfortable. I never, ever get into arguments with people. I don’t think it works. If someone asks me why I no longer eat meat, I explain. This book is an occasion to express what I think.”

—-Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals during an interview.

Sounds like Foer is the most easy going vegetarian in the world.

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Wow O Wow!

Forest Whittaker has lost weight and is looking younger and better than ever!

Whittaker had to put on 70 pounds for the role in which he won an Oscar for in 2007 in The Last King of Scotland.

He cites his vegetarian diet as a good way to not only lose weight, but to ward off diseases like heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

He also got serious about exercising, adding hiking and marital arts to his regime.

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Corey Haim has passed away at the age of 38.

According to the New York Times, he was pronounced dead at 2:15 AM Wednesday after collapsing at his mother’s Los Angeles apartment of an apparent drug overdose.

A famous teen idol, Haim was trying to make a comeback and expressed interest in several movies with producer Tim Vogel, including one romantic comedy titled The Vegetarian Hunter.

“He was interested in playing the lead role,” Vogel said.

Vh1 also says that Vogel added:

“We had sent him a script, and he loved it. He wanted to shoot that. We were going to do it in upstate New York. Basically, it’s about a hunter who goes to New York, falls head-over-heels for a girl he meets who is vegetarian, he becomes vegetarian, and she does good things to animals that backfire. It’s a romantic comedy.”

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Ryan Gosling has voiced his concerns over what PETA says are outdated slaughter practices fast food giant McDonald’s is practicing.

In a letter to McDonald’s CEO Jim Skinner, Gosling pointed out that although there are no laws governing chicken slaughter in the U.S., Europe has already adopted a more humane way of slaughter.

“Dear Mr. Skinner, I was shocked to learn from my friends at PETA that McDonald’s, a company that claims to be an industry leader in animal welfare, still allows its suppliers to use an outdated chicken slaughter method that results in broken wings and legs and causes birds to be scalded to death in defeathering tanks.”

Gosling wrote a similar letter to officials at KFC Canada in 2008 and the company that coordinates purchases for those KFCs is currently in the process of phasing in all their chickens from suppliers that use this method.

No chickens killed is the best, but more humane slaughter methods are a step in the right direction.

Wanna write a letter yourself?

Grab and pen, pencil or keyboard and make your voice heard to Mr. Skinner at Jim Skinner, CEO, McDonald’s Corporation, 2111 McDonald’s Dr., Oak Brook, IL 60523.

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

• Nina Hagen
• Benji Madden
• Joel Madden

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Michael Vick was recently awarded the Ed Block courage award for his “sportsmanship” and “courage,” but not everyone who attended the event was supportive.

Several people gathered outside the facility, holding signs that read “No awards for dog killers” and “Cowards abuse animals.”

Each year several players receive the award if they are chosen to be “role models” that “exemplify commitments to the principles of sportsmanship and courage.”

One protester, according to the Baltimore Sun, said, “I find it appalling to give this to someone that has gotten enjoyment from hurting dogs,” she said. “What is he courageous about?”

A spokesman for the foundation awarding Vick, Paul Mittermeier said, “People have the right to voice their opinion.”

Vick has served time in jail for his involvement with dog fighting and has partnered with the Humane Society to discourage dog fighting in communities, especially among youth.

Is it time for activists to let go and focus on other campaigns?

Or is their constant presence in the midst of Vick’s comeback needed as a painful reminder that society should choose better role models.

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This year, Woody Harrelson represented the vegetarian actors in the Oscar nominations and over the past years, there have been several meatless celebrities nominated and awarded for their performances on screen.

Forest Whitaker won in the category of Best Actor for The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Diane Keaton won for Best Actress in Annie Hall (1977).

Some celebrities deserve an award for perserving through all the loses, like Kate Winslet.

Says VegNews:

“Although it may have taken six nominations before finally winning that golden statue, Kate Winslet’s vegetarian lifestyle must have given her the energy to continually tackle challenging roles and complex characters.”

Kate was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Sense and Sensibility, Best Actress in Titanic, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Iris, Best Actress in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Best Actress in Little Children, before she won for Best Actress in The Reader.

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Beyond The Pole

Thursday is the Green Revolution day at the D.C. Independent Film Festival.

Beyond the Pole will be screening at the U.S. Navy Memorial Heritage Center, Burke Theater, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

The film features two friends as they attempt to make an organic, carbon-neutral, vegetarian trip to the North Pole in hopes of getting into the Guinness Book of Records.

You know, just like the goal you had last year.

As expected, things don’t run as smoothly as planned, but maybe that’s what draws in an audience.

“The comedy route gets more traction. If you have a point of view and send yourself up a bit, you draw people in,” director David L. Williams told Reuters.

“We are not being a doctor saying you have to do a list of things — one to 10. We are trying to reach an audience that is not inherently green-minded and somehow make an emotional connection.”

Will Beyond the Pole have you in stitches as you leave the theatre with a greener mindset?

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