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Ashley Bell Discusses Excising Animals For Personal Use (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, November 9th, 2012 in Actresses, Animal Issues, Videos.

Ashley Bell

Ashley Bell of The Last Exorcism has a message for fans on what’s really scary.

Hint: It has more to do with excising meat than demons.

“[W]hen you really see pictures and videos of what animals go through on a day-to-day basis, you can’t get those images out of your head,” said the longtime vegetarian actress who’s also had roles in Boston Public, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Stay Cool, The United States of Tara.

Here Bell discuss her thoughts on animals used for food, fashion, experimentation and entertainment in the video below.

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Hank The Cat Loses Virginia Senate, Wins Animal Charity Dollars

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, November 9th, 2012 in Animal Issues, Politicians.

Hank the Cat

The results are in for Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat and unfortunately, Hank the Cat lost to his Democratic opponent Tim Kaine.

Hank did however manage to garnish 6,ooo write-in votes, plus lots of money for animal rescue charities.

Hank accepted defeat and sent a message to his Facebook fans saying, “Our campaign … is a perfect example of making your community better for everyone, even if you’re just a 13lb cat.”

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Honey Boo Boo

Alana Thompson, the star of TLC’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, a reality TV series about pageant life for a toddler, has a new pet chicken she named “Nugget.”

Thankfully, Nugget is anything but one, however, PETA would like Alana to consider rerenaming Nugget just as a reminder that because of his intelligence, sentience and capability for love, he belong at the table and not on it.

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Arian Foster

Arian Foster has recently admitted to cheating on his vegan diet.

Or, maybe he was never really vegan to begin with.

The Houston Texans’ running back told the Houston Chronicle it all happened one day when he “wanted a piece of chicken.”

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Mitt Romney Receives Vegan Treats As Consolation Prize

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, November 9th, 2012 in Food & Drink, Politicians.

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney will receive something much better than the free McDonald’s hamburgers for life deal his father got.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent the Republican presidential candidate a basket full of vegan treats as a consolation gift for losing he 2012 election.

Wow. If vegan treats is what you get for losing, what should Obama be receiving any minute now?

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Stella McCartney Honored As Harper’s Bazaar Designer Of Year

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 in Fashion.

Stella McCartney has been crowned British Designer of the Year by Harper’s Bazaar magazine in its Women’s of the Year awards held at London’s Claridge’s Hotel.

In addition to her seasonal clothing, sunglasses and perfume lines, Stella has designed the official uniforms for Great Britain for the 2012 Olympics and created a clothing line for Adidas.

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Meatless Mouthful–Anthony Bourdain On Disagreeing Fans

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 in Chefs, Food & Drink, Meatless Mouthful.

Anthony Bourdain "Medium Raw"

“I have a lot of fans in predominantly Muslim countries like Malaysia, where my preoccupation with pork surely did not go down well. I have a lot of vegetarian fans, and it’s a constant surprise and delight to me that they find me entertaining, considering my dubious view of their lifestyles.”

Anthony Bourdain, on fans that do not necessarily agree with him. Yes, most vegans can forgive the comment that they are a “persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn” after learning that he actually believes meat isn’t necessary, some of Paula Deen‘s food isn’t fit for even a rodent, and places like McDonald’s are some of the scariest around.

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Constance Marie On Kid Versus Vegetable Matches

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 in Actresses, Children, Food & Drink.

Constance Marie

Constance Marie is like many mothers in the world who may sometimes struggle with getting their children to eat their vegetables.

The Switched at Birth actress even went so far as to join a mom’s group where the leader was a therapist and confused her with vague, new-agey advice about fighting and avoid food battles.

“I realized a lot of children don’t like their vegetables,” Marie writes as People’s Celebrity Blogger. “NEWSFLASH: I am a vegetarian. I also wanted to raise my child vegetarian — there was no way I was going to raise a vegetarian who hated vegetables.”

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