Written by Vegetarian Star on February 13th, 2009 in Actresses.
Serena and Blair may jokingly put down vegetarian food, but Gossip Girl Dreama Walker, who plays Hazel Williams on the show, is now worshiping seitan.
Walker has embarked on a 30 day vegan adventure, motivated partly by her watching the Joaquin Phoenix narrated documentary Earthlings.
So far, Dreama’s enjoying it and says she will probably continue, but does what to experiment to see how her body will react to eating dairy again.
Sounds like Dreama should also pay Rob Sedgwick a visit. She absolutely loves vegan ice cream!
“Its uncanny how much the soy ice cream tastes like real ice cream!!” she exclaimed during her interview with Ecorazzi.
“But, I’m really fascinated by the Tofurky Italian Sausages, and genuinely look forward to my chocolate soy protein shake with rice milk each morning!”
Dreama is taking the vegan thing all the way, giving up her Ugg boots (which are made of sheepskin) and becoming well read on being a Skinny Bitch, the famous vegan diet book by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin.
To read the entire interview with Dreama, visit Ecorazzi.com.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 13th, 2009 in Animal Issues, Models, Polls/Surveys.
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PETA UK
PETA UK held an early Valentine’s Day treat for the people in London.
Topless ladies, including model Monica Harris, (and one handsome shirtless chap) walked the streets giving out vegan chocolate and roses while urging everyone to “Have a heart,” for ducks and geese by encouraging the ban of foie gras in the UK department store Selfridges.
Foie gras, the delicacy PETA is currently having a contest to see what chef can make a faux version of, is produced when geese are stuffed to excess, causing their livers to swell. According to PETA UK’s blog, this is equivalent to stuffing 45 pounds of pasta down a human’s throat in one day. Seconds of rigatoni are great, but that’s a little extreme.
So the lovely ladies and man passed a car with an older gentleman looking out. Most definitely he’s staring so hard because he is so fascinated by animal rights and is excited to speak out against foie gras too. But because it’s so hard to read someone’s mind, we’d like to know what you think his exact thoughts are. For more pics, visit PETA UK.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 13th, 2009 in Politicians.
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No, it’s not a Jack-In-The-Box, it’s Barack-In-The-Box, and he’s asking for our advice.
Or any vegetarian’s advice.
At a recent speech during a Town Hall meeting in Fort Meyers, Florida, The President said he was “open to any idea, whether it comes from a Democrat or a Republican or a vegetarian.”
Looks like we’re a party now. Yippee!
If you recall us telling you, Pamela Anderson gave her advice before he even asked for it, writing him a letter asking him to promote vegetarianism:
“Promote vegetarianism-which would help end world hunger- crack down on factory farming that is killing the environment and slaughtering so many animals- wastefully and carelessly and its unhealthy/and its just impractical- to think this is monitored/regulated effectively…”
She even sent him a book for Christmas.
Now PETA is throwing in their two cents, and have sent him a first class letter to 1600 Pennsylvania. Here’s an excerpt:
“As you know, vegetarian foods have no cholesterol and lots of fiber; meat, eggs, and dairy products contain a lot of cholesterol and have no fiber. No wonder that meateaters are nine times more likely to be obese than vegans are. The American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada are among the many health organizations that are reporting that vegetarians have “lower rates of death from ischemic heart disease;… lower blood cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, and lower rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and prostate and colon cancer.”
If you were the kind of child who always had to get the last word in the classroom, here’s your opportunity. What advice would you give Obama on running the nation, saving the healthcare system, and making Americans healthier?
And if you want to tell him the best way to make tofu, that’s perfectly alright.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 13th, 2009 in Food & Drink, Male Musicians, Male Singers.
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We learned earlier that R.E.M. musicians Michael Stipe and Peter Buck have “code words” for requesting vegetarian food at events.
But it’s not anything new for the Star Me Kitten dudes to speak out when it comes to making sure herbivores have something on the menu for them.
The Grill in Athens, Georgia is a burger and fries, milkshake joint. But when Stipe frequented there in the early 80s when he was a student at the University of Georgia, he made some noise about putting vegetarian items on the menu. It worked and the restaurant still has an extensive vegetarian menu, featuring tofu dogs, fake bacon B.L.T., and veggie wraps.
The Grill is considered a landmark in Athens and has recently turned over its hands to a worker who flipped burgers as an employee for 12 years, Mike Bradshaw, because the most recent previous owner, Jeff Weinberg, didn’t want his joint turning into a Five Guys or Johnny Rockets or other grease fest chain store.
Thank goodness The Grill isn’t losing its veggie religion. There are no plans to change a thing, including the menu.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 13th, 2009 in Actors, Actresses, Fur.
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Celebrities may have tons of money in the bank, but some of them aren’t using it to hire a good wardrobe coordinator, especially a compassionate coordinator.
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher currently top the worst dressed list for PETA, in a contest that’s running through March 2nd.
“She may be a cougar, but that’s not helping fur-loving Demi Moore in the eyes of animal lovers,” PETA said in a statement to Access Hollywood.
Demi is the first fur lady, while her husband Ashton comes in second because he was spotted “skulking around Sundance last month wearing a gigantic coat made of coyote fur.”
The competition, which awards the dishonor to celebs who sport every animal in the forest, crowned Aretha Franklin as queen last year with Eva Longoria Parker, Kate Moss, and Lindsay Lohan not far behind her.
Cast your vote for your least favorite animal loving celebrity at peta.org.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 12th, 2009 in Actresses, Comedians, Not So Vegetarian.
Janeane Garofalo has said that although she was a vegetarian for 18 years, she now eats bacon. However, she only eats it about twice a year.
She, along with several other celebrities performed at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary’s Komedy for Karma last night and she took the time to talk to green gossip website Ecorazzi.
E:You were a vegetarian for 18 years…
JG: Right, but I’m no longer a vegetarian.
E: I read that.
JG: I’m a vegetarian except for bacon. The amount of times I eat bacon is negligible though. I’d say I eat bacon once or twice a year. But other than that — no meat at all.
We often like to rag on former vegetarian celebrities and those who “slip” but even activist Alicia Silverstone has said she’d rather have someone be almost vegetarian than a regular meat eater.
Once or twice a year baconator? Not too bad.
Of course, we’ll use this to remind Janeane of the delicious meatless bacon out there, like Lightlife’s Smart Bacon. Taste like the real thing, even meat eaters enjoy it. Try it with as a B.L.T. sometime. When you come back with your belly full of vegan bacon rambling about how you can’t wait for your next sandwich, we won’t say we told you so.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 12th, 2009 in Bands.
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We’ve already stated our position on asking a man to change his name for a PETA campaign. Now it looks like PETA Jr., or peta2.org, is doing the same thing, and created a list of bands that should change their names from animal unfriendly to friendly ones.
We agree there are some bands out there with names that sound oh so ugly to the vegetarian’s ear. What’s worse is that some of these bands are vegetarian!
Frank Iero, MacBeth vegan shoe boy, is in a band called Leathermouth. Ewww! Peta2 thinks “Pleathermouth” is better for the image. Please pass this on to their agents.
Meatloaf, who at least once dabbled in vegetarianism, could sell more albums to vegans if he called himself “Lentil Loaf.”
The creepiest of all? Cattle Decapitation, a death metal band full of vegetarians, who PETA thinks should rename themselves “Cattle Appreciation.” Cattle Decapitation? We’re with you on that one, PETA!
We can’t forget that caring for animals is just as important as not eating them, and the Stray Cats are overpopulating the music scene. Please takes those guys to the vet, so they can be the “Spayed Cats.”
For the remaining list of bands who should undergo name overhaul, visit peta2.org.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on February 12th, 2009 in Actresses.
So when you hear that someone like Eva Longoria wants to lose weight, laughter immediately occurs.
Longoria is the tiniest of tiny, but according to a source, the Desperate Housewife recently lost 10 pounds.
We’d like to think it’s because she’s reducing her meat intake, like she vowed for her New Year’s Resolution.
Eva was reportedly really into the vegan diet book, Skinny Bitch, given to her by vegan actress Lake Bell.
Eva is rumored to still eat fish, but has increased the amount of fruits and vegetables in her diet.
Hats off to Eva!
How are your New Year’s Resolutions coming along? Still going strong? Went out the door on January 3rd?
via Famous Veggie
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