On December 6 & 7, Burn Up, starring Bradley Whitford, Neve Campbell and Rufus Penry-Jones, which aired in the UK on BBc2 in 2008, is finally going to bow in the US on cable’s Planet Green.
Burn Up is a two part tele-pic about the international conspiracy behind the oil industry and climate change. Planet Green’s [...]
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The 2009 NYC Marathon may be over, but that isn’t stopping Edward Norton from continuing to fundraise as much as possible. The actor has clearly found Twitter to be an lucrative conduit for donations — and numerous contests through his account continue pulling in cash for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust.
When the marathon finished on [...]
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In a new PSA from the U.S. State Department, Matt Damon highlights the growing world hunger crisis — and the effects that climate change will have on feeding billions of people.
“Every 5 seconds a child dies of hunger,” he says. “Each year we’re losing 6 million children. That’s more than the population of Manhattan and [...]
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There was all sorts of madness yesterday on The Tyra Banks Show — which shouldn’t surprise most people, but we were genuinely impressed with the amount of stupidity squished into one full hour of television.
The highlight was Tyra introducing viewers to “The Tapeworm Diet”, which isn’t something you eat, but ingest. That’s right: You eat [...]
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As more bad news surrounding Dow Chemical and its pollution of a vast river valley in Michigan surfaces, one has to wonder if their sponsorship of Live Earth’s clean water initiative is looking less like social responsibility and more like a giant billboard for irony.
The company recently agreed to help clean up more than 50-miles [...]
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Actress Amber Valletta and Broadway director Hal Prince are the latest celebrities to pose for the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s “Tails for Whales” campaign — a visual petition for the protection of whales threatened by commercial whaling, ship strikes, fishing gear, and climate change. Valletta and Prince recently joined Leonardo DiCaprio, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben [...]
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Hate fur-wearing so much you just can’t help but take your clothes off?
Twilight star Christian Serratos is the latest celebrity to participate in PETA’s “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” ad campaign. About her decision to pose, Serratos said:
“I’d always thought that it was really respectful when people decided to completely just go natural [...]
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Alicia Silverstone and EMA’s Debbie Levin will be the keynote speakers at the invitation-only private launch of Green Lounge, an eco-luxury experience, on November 15th, at Loews Hotel in Santa Monica. Empowerment coach Jason Nelson will also be speaking and the event will be hosted by FOX 11’s Christine Devine and Planet Green’s Darren Moore.
Green [...]
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Kate Walsh, a longtime supporter of Oceana, is fronting a new campaign for the conservation group called “Getting Sea Turtles Off the Hook”.
The Private Practice actress will star in a number of print, online and TV, Web and radio spots to help raise awareness of the species — and what can be done to ensure [...]
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Here at the Razz, we love us some Bones.
Last week, the hit Fox show featured gruesome footage (courtesy of Farm Sanctuary) of the cruelty that chickens face on a daily basis in slaughterhouses. VEGdaily contributer Jasmin Singer sums up the episode like this:
“The premise of the episode centered around a mysterious dead body that was eventually [...]
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