Archive for the ‘film-tv’ Category

Glenn Beck Sides With PETA, Decries Meatless Mondays, Hammers Gore

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October 28th 2009

Glenn Beck is several layers of crazy, but he does have a point when it comes to Al Gore and eating meat.
For the longest time, PETA has been urging Gore to address factory farming as detrimental to the environment — and promote a more vegetable-friendly diet as one big way to help “save the planet”. [...]

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Al Gore To Promote New Climate Change Book On ‘Letterman’

October 28th 2009

Expect to see a lot more of Al Gore in the media over the next couple weeks.
The Nobel Prize winner and Former VP is about to release a new book on the environment titled “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis” On sale November 3rd, it was created by Gore a follow-up to [...]

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Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ Features Rainforest Destruction

October 28th 2009

Before he passed away this summer, Michael Jackson was hard at work on a concert series he hoped would spark a new comeback for his career. As part of an agreement with the company helping make that dream a reality, hundreds of hours of rehearsal footage was shot of the King of Pop performing, organizing, [...]

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New South Park Episode To Take On Japanese Whalers, Dolphin Hunt

October 26th 2009

Attention Japan: You’re about to get spoofed. And it ain’t gonna be pretty.
The South Park cartoon series is addressing the whole Whale Wars/Dolphin Hunt drama this week with a new episode called Whale Whores. Clever. Here’s a brief synopsis of what to expect:
Stan and his family are spending his birthday at the Denver Aquarium where [...]

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Last night was the EMAs (pronounced “emmas”, in case you didn’t know), the annual awards gala thrown by the Environmental Media Association in celebration and recognition of those working in film and TV production who are supporting and promoting the green cause both behind the scenes and on camera. Sir Richard Branson and Jason Mraz [...]

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Jack Johnson’s “En Concert” Documentary Raises Cash For Environmental Charities

October 26th 2009

Jack Johnson is one lean, green, music-playing machine, and he’s about to prove it!
On October 27th, “En Concert” will officially be released — a film chronlocing one leg of Johnson’s 2008 “Sleep Through the Static” tour.
Here are the Razz we were pretty much obsessed with the Static tour, thanks to their use of biodiesel buses, [...]

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Ellen DeGeneres Teaches Audience How To Cook Vegan Meal

October 26th 2009

If you’ve ever wanted to know why we gave the coveted Vegan Celebrity of 2009 first place prize to Ellen Degeneres, just watch this video.
Last week, Ellen brought on her personal chef – Roberto Martin — to teach viewers how to make a delicious vegan meal. On the menu was: mashed potatoes, field roast with [...]

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First Green Cinema To Open In…Chattanooga?!?

October 25th 2009

On November 6, Carmike Cinemas will open the nation’s first standalone theater with energy and environmental sensitive design, a 12 plex that has been certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.
While Chattanooga isn’t the first place that springs to mind for a green movie house (c’mon LA, get it together), The Carmike Majestic’s green credentials [...]

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Watch: Edward Norton’s Obama Documentary “By The People” Trailer

October 23rd 2009

The Barack Obama documentary that Edward Norton and his production company have been working on for the past several years finally has a trailer. Called “By The People: The Election of Barack Obama”, the movie offers a fascinating look at the behind-the-scenes drama of American politics — and the rise of Obama from relative obscurity [...]

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Set Your TiVo — Natalie Portman On Top Chef Next Week!

October 23rd 2009

Earlier this summer, Ecorazzi expressed our excitement when we found out that Natalie Portman was going to be on Top Chef. Why were we so thrilled? Because we knew she’d make the chefs cook VEG!!
Portman has been a vegetarian since childhood and has an on and off again relationship with veganism (it’s currently on). She [...]

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