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Pamela Anderson was recently on Larry King Live when Larry King asked Pamela what she thought about the SeaWorld tragedy several weeks ago where a trainer was killed by an animal.

King: Do you think there should be SeaWorlds?

Anderson: I don’t think there should be SeaWorlds. Of course not. They should not be in captivity at all.

A viewer from Facebook told King to ask Pamela what she eats to stay looking so great and Pamela got into her discussion on what a vegetarian and vegan is.

She also talked about her new celebrity signature vegan milkshake at Millions of Milkshakes in Santa Monica, California.

The SeaWorld conversation begins around minute 2:20.

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Kate Winslet Narrates Anti Foie Gras Video

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 in Actresses, Animal Issues, Food & Drink.

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Kate Winslet has lent her voice to narrate a new video on the cruelty of foie gras.

“Foie gras is sold as an expensive delicacy in some restaurants and shops, but no one pays a higher price for foie gras than the ducks and geese who are abused and killed to make it,” Winslet says in a video for PETA.

“Please join us in helping ducks and geese by pledging never to eat foie gras.”

Foie gras is a delicacy produced by force feeding geese to a point where their livers swell tremendously, up to ten times their normal size.

As a result, the animals become sick and unable to move naturally.

The birds’ throats often bleed from the tubes placed in them for feeding and according to The Daily Latest News, the bodies of the birds who have died show heavy internal bleeding, fungal and bacterial infections and hepatic encephalopathy – a brain ailment caused by liver failure.

Winslet joins several other British celebrities who’ve spoken against the industry, including Sir Roger Moore.

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Tiffani Thiessen “Eat Humane” WSPA Campaign (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 in Actresses, Animal Issues, Food & Drink, Videos.

Tiffani Thiessen has partnered with the World Society for the Protection of Animals to spread the word about the organization’s Eat Humane Campaign.

The campaign is meant to educate the public to read food labels to determine if meat, poultry, and dairy was produced humanely.

“Look for cage-free eggs, free-range poultry or grass fed meat,” Thiessen says in the PSA above.

The White Collar actress feels that by doing so, everyone can make a difference in the lives of animals, whether they eat meat or not.

“Eating doesn’t have to be black and white – eat meat or be a vegetarian,” she said in a press release. “The more important thing is that you should make educated choices when buying your food, which can be confusing and misleading with the food labeling system. It is hard to know what you are really purchasing and that is why I filmed this PSA – I wanted to help WSPA inform people about what the labels really mean.”

For more information on the Eat Humane campaign, visit Eathumane.org.

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Zagros Changed Vegan Man On “Millionaire Matchmaker”

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 in Food & Drink, Reality TV, Videos.

Zagros, the entrepreneur with a thing for flings, made a comeback on the season finale episode of Millionaire Matchmaker.

He previously broke Patty Stanger‘s rule for no sex unless in a committed, monogamous relationship, a rule she explains by adding, “I’ve got nothing against prostitution, but I ain’t a madam.”

When Stanger asks how he’s changed his ways, Zagros replies, “I’m a vegan now,” to which Stanger replies, “I’m talking about your romantic life. I don’t care about your eating habits.”

Who knows? Zagros’ diet changes may make him a changed man. If he’s no longer feeding himself a steady diet of hormone infused meat, maybe his own “roids” will calm down a little.

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Slice Of Vegan Celebrity Birthday Cake To (Drum Roll)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 in Birthdays, Male Musicians, Male Singers.

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

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Ellen DeGeneres “Shape” Interview Reveals Responsible Eating

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 in Food & Drink, TV Hosts.

Ellen DeGeneres "Shape"

Ellen DeGeneres "Shape"

In this month’s issue of Shape, Ellen DeGeneres reveals that although today it’s all about eating vegan, years ago she was a horrible eater, downing anything from cheeseburgers to steak.

“I can’t believe how irresponsible I was, eating what I ate,” she said. “All I did was eat. Cheeseburgers, fried chicken, fried things.”

Today she doesn’t starve herself, but consumes copious amounts of anything that grows in the ground, a prescription of “no animals, no dairy, nothing processed; a lot of soup, veggies, rice, beans, legumes.”

She opts for healthier fried “things,” as she revealed her breakfast for the morning of the interview as a “bok choy rice stir-fry thing.”

“I want to be on my toes; I want to have energy,” she added. “And as much as the diet seems like a sacrifice, it’s helping me.”

Visit Shape for the entire story on Ellen.

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Jake Shields PETA Ad Living Proof Meaner Punches Without Animals

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink.

Jake Shields for PETA

Jake Shields for PETA

Jake Shields has released a new ad for PETA 2 promoting vegetarianism.

The ad coincides with the MMA fighter’s competition this weekend on CBS.

“I’m living proof that you can further, train harder, and pack a meaner punch without eating animals. I’m Jake Shields, and I’m a vegetarian,” the ad reads.

Shields is a lifelong vegetarian and according to his biography, was home schooled up until Junior High, so he was able to avoid the nasty mystery meat made by the lunch ladies.

He’s looking great!

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Michael Pollan On Animal Rights, Oprah And Meat Eating

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Authors, Flexitarian, Food & Drink.

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Author Michael Pollan hasn’t always expressed warm feelings for the vegetarian and vegan community, but in a recent interview with Time magazine, he said he has “enormous respect for vegetarians,” and eats a lot less meat than in the past.

In an exclusive interview with the Huffington Post, Pollan gave his thoughts on animal rights, criticizer of factory farming and author Jonathan Safran Foer and even Oprah.

That’s quite a combination, and here are a few highlights.

On Foer and “Eating Animals”
In terms of the argument that I don’t grapple with meat, I would refer Jonathan and anyone else to Chapter…hold on, I can dig it out… (flips through book)…it’s a very long…Chapter 17 of Omnivore’s Dilemma, “The Ethics of Eating Animals.” And that is where I try to grapple with the best arguments against meat eating, which in my view are Peter Singer’s arguments, and defend a very limited kind of meat eating, which is the kind I do.

On Animal Rights:
I think one of the changes you’ve seen in the animals right’s community in the last five or ten years is a lot more interest in mitigating the worst abuses of animal agriculture …which I think is a more realistic goal than abolition.

On Oprah Winfrey:
She had a very bad run-in with the cattle industry, and she doesn’t want to spend any more time in court, so it was much to her credit and it took a certain courage for her to air the issues and show clips from Food Inc., especially, and to have me on, and the fact that she was willing to re-engage on these issues of factory farming was all to her credit.

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