Ashley Judd was honored last night as part of USA TODAY’s fourth annual Hollywood Hero Awards for her work as a Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS. The 41-year-old actress was modest in her acceptance of the award, telling USA TODAY’s Ann Oldenburg, “I’m just the front woman. I was just lucky that this wonderful organization was [...]
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Dear Hollywood: Congratulations! You’re getting to Sarah Palin. Actually, some specific congrats to Ashley Judd — who was vaguely referenced by the now-former Alaskan Governor during her “goodbye” speech on Sunday for her work with Defenders of Wildlife to ban aerial wolf hunting.
“…You’re going to see anti-hunting, anti-second amendment circuses from Hollywood and here’s how [...]
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You thought this weekend was just Arbor Day didn’t you? WRONG! Not only is this weekend all about celebrating trees, but we’re also celebrating malaria. Wait…I mean…you get what I’m saying.
World Malaria Day is on April 25th and to help spread the word, Population Services International (PSI), along with a coalition of global health organizations [...]
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Probably the last person the coal industry wants publicizing mountaintop removal and its detrimental effects on the environment is Oprah. But according to Ashley Judd, there’s a possibility the media mogul may become involved in the issue.
On this afternoon’s live Q & A over on the DailyKos, the actress let slip that Oprah has potentially [...]
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For all those interested, Ashley Judd and Sierra Club’s Mary Anne Hitt, Deputy Director of the Beyond Coal Campaign will be doing a live Q&A on Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining today on DailyKos.com at 5PM (EST). The actress has been very active lately in promoting an end to the destructive coal mining of the Appalachian [...]
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After her successful work in drawing attention to Sarah Palin’s aerial wolf hunting policies in Alaska, actress Ashley Judd is now teaming up with the Sierra Club to ask the Obama Administration to step in and protect the mountains, streams and people of Appalachia from mountaintop removal.
As we wrote last month, Judd recently spoke at [...]
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As a followup to Tuesday’s post on Ashley Judd’s participation in an “I Love Mountains” rally, here’s a brief video of her speaking at the event. The actress was there to promote a bill sponsored by Rep. Don Pasley, that’s been held up in the House Natural Resources and Environment Committee for four years. The [...]
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Lately, actress Ashley Judd is kicking ass and taking names!
Earlier today Judd gave a spirited talk before several hundred people who oppose strip mining Appalachian Mountains for coal at the annual “I Love Mountains” event.
Judd said: “Let me be clear. Mountaintop removal mining is a tragedy. Mountaintop removal mining is a scourge on our land and our people. [...]
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No one in their right mind would ever let Sarah Palin have the last word — which is why Ashley Judd and Rodger Schlickeisen, president of the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, appeared on Larry King Live Friday evening to clear the air over the Governor’s latest comments. Here are some highlights:
KING: You want [...]
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As Ecorazzi previously reported, Sarah Palin is back in Alaska advocating for the aerial killing of wolves and Ashley Judd is NOT happy about it.
Judd released a PSA for the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, speaking out against such killings and condemning Palin for supporting the brutal “sport.”
Well the ladies of The View had a lot to [...]
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