Written by Vegetarian Star on March 16th, 2009 in Actresses, Animal Issues, TV Hosts.
Bob Barker is one heck of a vegetarian, who can pair up with the likes of hot chicks.
Just this weekend, he hooked up with Pamela Anderson, according to Your Daily Vegan.
Okay, okay, so it was for the sake of animal rights. And it just so happened to be they both attended the same event. But hey, how do we really know what went on at the after party…
Both animal lovers attended the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida’s 20th Anniversary Gala in Ft Lauderdale this past weekend and have had quite actives roles in animal issues.
Barker recently donated a million dollars to help create an Animal Law Program at the University of Virginia. He was also famous for reminding everyone to spay and neuter their pets at the end of every “The Price Is Right” show he hosted.
Pamela’s latest activist adventure is writing a letter to Florida’s governor Charlie Crist, in protest of road-side zoos maintained in the state.
Shown below is Pammie at the event with her new boyfriend, Jamie Padgett.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on March 16th, 2009 in Male Singers.
Michael Jackson may claim he “still has what it takes” to take on multiple dates for his new comeback tour, but he’s having a hard time finding insurance companies to believe that.
According to Business Insider, promoter AEG has so far only been able to find someone to insure the first 10 dates of his tour. If other insurers aren’t found, AEG will be forced to insure the rest of Jacko’s dates between July and February.
Not that they’re worried. After all, he’s vegetarian.
“The insurance brokers sent doctors and they spend five hours with him, taking blood tests. He’s a vegetarian, he’s in great shape,” Chief Executive Randy Phillips said.
“We would be prepared to self-insure to make up the dates. It’s a risk we’re willing to take to bring the King of Pop to his fans.”
Some have even advocated lowering health insurance premiums to vegetarians, since they’re at less risk for so many diseases often associated with a meat diet.
Yeah, if Michael continues to take care of himself on tour, which includes popping the veggie sandwiches backstage, AEG or whoever decides to insure him should be claim-free sailing.
Just stay away from pyrotechnics, MJ.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on March 16th, 2009 in Actresses.
Portia de Rossi is set to star in a new ABC drama called Better Off Ted about a research & development company, Veridian Dynamics, without scruples.
Much of their ideas are generated just to see “what will happen” or “what is possible” including cryonically freezing an employee.
A people freeze? Yikes! Sounds too much like a Zach Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) stunt from Saved By The Bell.
But there is an idea that gets generated at Veridian that’s ethical, test tube meat, and of course dear vegan Portia is totally turned on by it.
“Since I have been a vegan, I have been researching all kinds of ways animals are used in foods, and I see those big warehouses and wonder about what goes on inside,” de Rossi told Buffalo News. “It’s not too far from reality. There are huge corporations that manufacture food and makeup and nuclear weapons.”
It may not be that far from reality.
PETA announced last year it would award a million dollars to the “first person to come up with a method to produce commercially viable quantities of in vitro meat at competitive prices by 2012.”
Entrepreneurs and scientists, get ready, set go!
“Better Off Ted,” premiers this Wednesday on ABC.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on March 16th, 2009 in Business, Food & Drink, Models, Restaurants.
The long awaited Heather Mills’ food line may have just arrived.
Paul McCartney’s ex wife has purchased a popular fish restaurant near her home in East Sussex, Big Fish Cafe, and is turning it into a vegan restaurant.
The eatery is thought to be the first in a worldwide chain she has talked about starting for some time.
Heather had dined at Big Fish Cafe in the past with daughter Beatrice, and even while she was still married to Paul, where they would have veggie breakfasts with soya milk tea, according to former owner Nick Short.
Short claims Mills bought the place for less than what was originally agreed, which was blamed on the current credit crunch.
“I have been well and truly worked over by Heather,” he told the UK Daily Mail.
One more sour flavor to add to the tartar sauce: Heather doesn’t have plans to hire the two full time and four part time staff, so Short was forced to lay them off.
Kudos to Heather for getting her vegan restaurant off the ground. But we have to say, in this economy, couldn’t she have shown some veggie love and kept the workers already there. After all, what better way to spread the veg news than to teach an old cook some new vegan tricks?
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Written by Vegetarian Star on March 15th, 2009 in Female Singers, Food & Drink, Meatless Mouthful.
Comments Off on Meatless Mouthful: Bif Naked On Cancer, Raw Veganism
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“It’s funny when you get diagnosed with cancer and you’re a raw food vegan — for 10 years! You think they’re lying to you, or they got your chart mixed up. You’re like, ‘Get out of here!’ You’re not shocked. It’s not like you’re devastated. You don’t buckle. I didn’t. I know people who did. I was just really surprised. I thought someone was playing a bit of a practical joke on me because I’m a joker.”
—-Juno Award winning, Canadian singer-songwriter Bif Naked, who has been undergoing treatment for an aggressive form of breast cancer. But don’t let that fool you into thinking she’s been bedridden. Her 6th studio album, The Promise, is set to be released in May.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on March 14th, 2009 in Comedians.
Comments Off on Dana Goldberg Confirms Vegan Lesbian Stereotype
Dana Goldberg
With an introductory line in her bio that reads, “Raised by a wild pack of Jews, otherwise known as her mother and siblings, Dana Goldberg is a force of nature on stage,” you can see why Dana Goldberg is on the fast track to becoming one of the most famous comedians in the nation.
She made the cover of CURVE, the nation’s #1 selling Lesbian magazine, which has featured famous lesbians (AND VEGETARIANS!) K.D. Lang and Ellen DeGeneres in the past.
She’ll readily debunk the stereotypes about lesbians while acknowledging ones that are true-at least for herself. From Local-IQ.com:
“I also think a lot of people assume all lesbians are big, butch women wearing flannel and Crocs. Granted some of them do, but not all of us. I got rid of my flannel years ago!”
“I know a lot of people also think all lesbians play softball, work at Home Depot, get tickets every time Melissa Etheridge comes to town even though we’ve seen her 15 times, drive trucks and SUVs, have cats, only eat organic food, were once Vegans at some point in our lives and drink excessive amounts of beer. Okay all that’s true, I got nothin’.”
She loves vegetarian burritos and occasionally, sopapillas, but not too often.
“I don’t want my flannel shirts to get too snug,” she joked.
Read the entire interview with Dana at Local-IQ.com.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on March 14th, 2009 in Business, Cosmetics And Beauty Products, Female Singers.
Comments Off on Joss Stone Is An Original Bombshell
You’re always on the lookout for products that are vegan, cruelty-free, and natural, right? Here’s one more brand to add to your list.
Original Bombshell has hand and body moisturizers that are vegan, paraben and cruelty-free.
With product names like “Primp and Pamper”, “Spoil Me”, “Oh So Smooth”, and “Ooh…baby!” you know you aren’t missing anything.
Our very own vegetarian singer Joss Stone loves these products, but she’s not the only celebrity to dig them.
To view stars like Selena Gomez, Christina Aguilera, and Melanie Griffith showing their Bombshell love visit Originalbombshell.com.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on March 14th, 2009 in Female Musicians, Female Singers, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Missy Higgins: They Think Fried Chicken Is Vegetarian
If you live in the US, traveling to some other countries can be a pain when it comes to finding good vegetarian food.
But, hey, who are the Americans to brag? There are still some places in the States where if you say, “Tofu,” they think you’re hurling an insult at them.
Singer-songwriter and musician Missy Higgins keeps her veganism while on tour, but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to do, as she explained in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
Although the Australian born lady thinks the best thing about the US are its open minded people, one of the worst things is finding food in smaller towns.
“Their idea of vegetarian is fried chicken,” she said.
Poor thing!
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