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Despite the fact that Dorothy Zbornak was often found hunched over a slice of cheesecake in Golden Girls episodes, in real life, Bea Arthur was health-conscious and vegetarian. In the just-relesed The Dead Celebrity Cookbook by Frank DeCaro, he details Bea's eating habits in a chapter aptly titled, "Thank You For Feeding A Friend." The following excerpt is Bea's favorite recipe for mornings and brunch: More »
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Quick, name an animated Chinese movie for kids! No answer? Exactly. Chinese animators have long remained in the shadows of Japanese anime and gigantic American companies like Disney and Pixar. But Variety reports that the Dean of Beijing's Film Academy, Sun Lijun, is hoping to put Chinese animation on the map with Tofu Boy (working title), a feature-length movie that's a take on Pinnochio, set in present-day Shanghai. Alongside Magic Dumpling Entertainment, Sun recently enlisted an ex-Disney alum Kevin Geiger to help the film break out internationally. Says he, "I think the Chinese culture element is very important, but we need a better way to carry it to the rest of the world. Kevin (Geiger) can give us a more international platform." The movie is slated for a holiday 2013 release. More »
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This week the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the conviction and life sentence of a couple whose six-week-old baby Crown Shakur died in 2004 from extreme malnourishment or starvation. During the trial, defense attorneys said the first-time parents were trying to follow a vegan lifestyle and didn't realize Crown was sick until it was too late. However, experts say that veganism isn't what killed him. More »
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It's Memorial Day, which means, among other things, the start of barbecue season. Which, for the non-meat-eating among us, is sort of fraught. Herewith, a few tips on surviving a barbecue as a vegetarian. More »
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Clearly unsatisfied the offensiveness level of its previous campaigns, PETA has kicked things up a notch with a billboard stating "Feeding kids meat is child abuse." More »
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PETA is running the billboard at left in Scotland, where the number of male breast-reduction surgeries rose 80% in 2007. The organization claims, "meat-eating is forcing many men to get in touch with their feminine side" by promoting obesity. [Guardian] More »
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Wyntergrace Williams is a 14-year-old vegetarian who is campaigning for healthier school lunches. That's why she has penned a letter to Sasha and Malia Obama. More »
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On the heels of Jessica Simpson wearing a T-shirt which read "Real Girls Eat Meat," a new study was released, claiming that eating tofu can lower a man's sperm count. Soy contains phytoestrogen, which has an impact on semen "quality." But, writing the Guardian, Barbara Ellen asserts that, less virile or not, male vegetarians are sexy. Writes Ms. Ellen: More »
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