Written by Vegetarian Star on January 18th, 2009 in Actresses, Fashion.
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Portia de Rossi recently attended the Disney/ABC Television Group portion of the 2009 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour where she announced she’s interested in starting her own vegan shoe line.
According to Fabsugar, Portia said she tries to wear leather as little as possible. Now she wants to make that even easier when it comes to footwear.
Not many other details were given, so we’re assuming the business plan is still in the draft phase and Portia hasn’t gotten her feet (pun intended) wet yet into the details.
But when she does, oh boy!
It was disappointing when Natalie Portman’s Te Casan shoes ceased production due to the recession, but with celebrities like Leona Lewis designing her vegan shoes and Portia dreaming big, your closet should be filling up again soon with awesome cruelty-free footwear.
Fingers crossed that Portia makes her shoes affordable as well.
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Baby Cakes, where actress Lake Bell stocked up on all her vegan desserts last Holiday season, has given several vegetarian and vegan celebrities a sweet tooth so big they’re willing to put a few kind words behind the cookbook that’s coming out in April.
After owner Erin McKenna was diagnosed with allergies to wheat and dairy, all she really wanted was a cupcake, but unfortunately, couldn’t find bakeries selling products that complied with her restrictions. So she opened her own.
Now she’s sharing her secret recipes for vegan, gluten-free, and some even sugar free cupcakes in her book BabyCakes: Vegan, Gluten-Free, and (Mostly) Sugar-Free Recipes from New York’s Most Talked-About Bakery, set to be released in April.
It’s already getting rave reviews and kudos from some great veg celebrities, including Pamela Anderson, Natalie Portman, and Zooey Deschanel.
“I have multiple food sensitivities…and I’d pretty much given up on the idea that I might be able to have a worthy treat every again. I was so excited to discover BabyCakes NYC, because not only can I eat everything they bake, it’s all delicious!”
—Zooey Deschanel
“At BabyCakes NYC I can eat what I crave without harming my lovely animal friends–or myself. Every since that first fateful day, I’ve been waiting for this cookbook.”
—Natalie Portman
“Thank all that is holy for BabyCakes NYC…”
—Pamela Anderson
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 18th, 2009 in Actors, Comedians, Not So Vegetarian, TV Hosts, Videos.
Stephen Colbert thought it would be fun to satirized PETA’s Save The Sea Kittens Campaign, and gave a “Tip of the Hat” piece of advice to the animal rights group.
“Save The Sea Kittens” is designed to get people to stop eating seafood by making fish seem as cute, adorable, and intelligent as cats.
Colbert admits that normally he’s not a fan of PETA because if “scientists can’t squirt shampoo into a rabbit’s eyes, then how would I know what shampoo to squirt into my rabbit’s eyes,” he sarcastically said.
Stephen decides to rename other animals with vegetarian names so that they’ll seem more acceptable to eat, including calling cats “landfish,” cows “field potatoes,” and owls “sky nachos.”
The “Tip of the Hat” starts after a minute and a half into the video.
Safe to say he’s not buying into the campaign. Bet Jeremy Piven is, though.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 18th, 2009 in Actresses, Couples, TV Hosts.
It’s been known for a few months now that Ellen DeGeneres has become vegan, but now her wife, Portia de Rossi, is opening up about how turning vegan has changed her life as well.
Neither of them were vegan when they met, but according to Portia, the couple made it a goal to cross animals off their lists after their very first date, according to Contact Music.
“When Ellen and I first got together I was wearing fur and Ellen was wearing very expensive Italian calfskin leather. She was giving me a hard time about wearing the fur and I said, ‘Why is a fox any more important than a cow?’
“We took that idea and went all the way with it. We are doing what we can.”
Last year, the menu at the couple’s wedding reception was completely vegan.
Nothing like a good woman to make a person change their ways. In this case, both members of the happy couple got a nudge from one.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 16th, 2009 in Business, Food & Drink.
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There’s nothing sadder than being ahead of the game at halftime only to slide towards defeat during the last quarter.
The Linda McCartney food range created by Paul McCartney’s late wife was doing quite well weeks ago, but it appears that more than love is needed to prevent cutbacks from the staff.
The Fakenham Times reports:
“And there was another blow as vegetarian food producer Linda McCartney announced 17 jobs could be lost in manufacturing cutbacks. The news comes just six weeks after company bosses said soaring sales of the relaunched brand would give security for the 180-strong workforce on Holt Road.”
The Linda McCartney factory parent company, Hain Frozen Foods, had to cut back on production hours as well, even though there was a rise in the sale of its meat-free products.
Hoping for the best for the workers and their families as the companies try to weather the economic storm.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 16th, 2009 in Actresses.
Emily Deschanel has something to look forward to on her Fox series “Bones.”
A vegan character, much like herself, will be introduced soon.
However, this happiness is somewhat dampened by a future episode involving a zoo, something she is against.
“I’m particularly disappointed that there’s going to be an elephant,” she said.
The particular episode involves someone being eaten by a tiger.
It’s safe to say that tiger isn’t the vegan character.
via Bones Spoilers
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 16th, 2009 in Actors, Female Singers, Food & Drink, Not So Vegetarian, Reality TV.
Many of us are pinching pennies in the recession and the contestants of Celebrity Big Brother 6 are no exception.
The group, which includes notables like La Toya Jackson and Verne Troyer, were recently faced with buying groceries on a reduced budget and were arguing over what foods should be put on the shopping list.
Ulrika Jonsson suggested talking La Toya into compromising and eating some tuna and salmon because it’s cheaper.
Troyer protests that La Toya isn’t trying to be difficult in her eating choices, but that she’s vegetarian and they shouldn’t force her to eat meat.
Apparently, she’s been doing it anyway.
Jonsson later told other house mates that “Verne was so quick to stand up for La Toya and make the point that she is a vegetarian, has a strict diet and needs her salmon,” she said.
“But, well, vegetarians aren’t supposed to eat fish in the first place, and La Toya even ate turkey mince yesterday.”
You’d think that La Toya could have the rules bent and bring in her own food in order to stick with her diet.
But as we learned with the Amazing Race, Reality TV ain’t always pretty to those who aren’t omnivores.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on January 16th, 2009 in Fashion, Male Singers.
We’re starting to believe we’ve got Alicia Silverstone psychic powers.
A few days ago, we informed you that AFI’s Hunter Burgan was crowned Vegan Ambassador for MacBeth shoes and that Davey Havok would soon make a grand publicity announcement to ensure his name remained king in vegan fashion.
Sure enough, Davey’s got a new T-Shirt in his Zu Boutique Clothing line to demonstrate what dairy milk contains-pus.
Yes, that’s gross, but is there really a prettier way of putting it?
The “Got Pus?” shirts, mocking the famous “Got Milk” slogan, are promised to be 100% somatic cell count free. Somatic cell count is a quality indicator of milk that increases in response to bacteria, such as staph, which then causes mastitis, a condition where pus filled abscesses form around the nipple.
Yes, we know. Got vomit bag yet?
Like other Davey fashions, this shirt is limited edition, and once all 100 of them run out, they’re gone for good.
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