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Hot New Animal Documentary Holds NYC Fundraising Bash

Michael Parrish DuDell — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:12:46 +0000

What are you doing on June 19th? Joining me and some of my favorites at Peter Max’s studio? THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT!!!

On Friday, June 19th from 6:30-8:30 p.m, Joshua Katcher (TheDiscerningBrute.com) and Kelly Overton (PPATH.org) will hold a fundraising event for their new documentary “Standardized Testing”

According to the duo:

“This pioneering, controversial and hilarious film follows PATH founder Kelly Overton, an overachieving activist who has degrees from Harvard, Tulane, Columbia and UMASS, as he attempts to return his diplomas and get his tuition refunded in an effort to bring attention to the dangerous and wasteful biomedical research being done at the universities.”

At the event there will be delicious food from 4 Course Vegan, Candle Cafe, Vegan Treats Bakery, Tuthilltown Spirits and Blackwell’s Organic Gelato and plenty of special guests, including: Rue McClanahan, Ally Sheedy, Princess Superstar, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Chloé Jo Berman, Alex Jamieson and many more!

So what the heck are you waiting for? Visit PPath.org and get your damn tickets! See you there!!

Rue McClanahan Shoots Down Larry King’s PETA Comment

Michael d'Estries — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:39:24 +0000

On Larry King Live last night, Rue McClanahan and Betty White were in the studio paying tribute the late, great, Bea Arthur and reminscing with King. As we touched upon yesterday, Arthur was a huge animal rights supporter — and an honorary director of PETA for more than two decades. King brought up her relationship with the organization — and questioned PETA’s tactics with this question:

KING: Rue, PETA can be pretty rough, can’t they?

MCCLANAHAN: No. I think they do it exactly the way it should be done. They do it through the courts. They do it legally and they make a lot of changes in the way animals are suffering. I really admire them. I’ve been with them for years and I just — they — I can’t say enough wonderful things about how they operate.

Oh snap, King! Rue McClanahan just gave you a Golden Girls double-slam with extra sass. Take that to your hyperbaric sleeping chamber (Larry King will live forever!) and smoke it!

Check out the full transcript here.

Thanks to the always wonderful Erin for the tip!

The Green Quotes: Celebrity Thoughts On The Vegetarian Lifestyle

Michael Parrish DuDell — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:06:17 +0000

To continue our Vegetarian Awareness Month celebration, today’s “Green Quote” is comprised of not one thought, but many. Here’s what some of Hollywood’s favorites have to say about being veg. Enjoy!

“I did it for political, moral reasons, thinking that I was making this great sacrifice, but it was absolutely necessary; I was not going to contribute to the violence in the world anymore.
- Alicia Silverstone

“I take vitamins daily, but just the bare essentials not what you’d call supplements. I try to stick to a vegan diet heavy on fruit, vegetables, tofu, and other soy products.”
- Clint Eastwood

“Compassion is the foundation of everything positive, everything good. If you carry the power of compassion to the marketplace and the dinner table, you can make your life really count.”
- Rue McClanahan

“Chickens, cows, and pigs in factory farms spend their whole lives in filthy, cramped conditions—only to die a prolonged and painful death. Their bodies are then turned into food products proven to contribute to heart disease and cancer. To eat that is to eat poison.”
- Casey Affleck

“If any kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming they would never touch meat again.I was so moved by the intelligence,sense of fun and personalities of the animals I worked with on Babe that by the end of the film I was a vegetarian.”
- James Cromwell

To see more famous veggie quotes, visit FamousVeggie.com!