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Helen Flanagan's Exotic Skin at Covent Garden Tomorrow

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:00 +0000

The tourists in Covent Garden will get an eyeful tomorrow morning, 23rd May, when Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan unveils her sexy new PETA campaign.

In the ad, which was shot by top celebrity photographer Trevor Leighton, the newly-crowned ‘FHM Sexiest Woman in the UK’ appears with her naked body covered only in “reptile” paint next to the words “Exotic Skins Belong in the Jungle. Leave Wildlife out of Your Wardrobe”.

Those wishing to be there for the launch of the campaign can catch a glimpse of Helen at the northeast corner of Covent Garden Piazza, opposite London Transport Museum, starting at 11:30.

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PETA Honors Ricky Martin By Sponsoring Chicken

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Ricky Martin has started living la vida vegetariana, and PETA couldn’t be prouder. Now, just in time for Meatout 2013, PETA is honoring Martin for choosing meat-free meals—and for tweeting about how “amazing” the switch has made him feel—by sponsoring a rescued chicken named Olivia in his name.

Olivia was rescued by Florida’s Kindred Spirits Sanctuary, where she is now thriving. She spends her days taking dust baths, roosting in trees, and basking in the sun.

“PETA is delighted that Ricky is sharing with his millions of fans how increíble he feels as a vegetarian,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “He’s not alone: People who go vegetarian boost their energy and cut their risk of heart disease, cancer, and obesity—and they help save animals like Olivia, too.”

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Celebrities Attend "Night Before" Party For MPTF

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0000

A star-studded host committee, Academy Awards nominees and presenters, along with some of the most powerful industry influencers converged on February 23rd, 2013 for the 11th annual “Night Before” party to benefit the Motion Picture and Television Fund Foundation.

Funds raised during the now-legendary evening will be used to support the MPTF in providing its services of healthcare, financial relief and retirement living to the more than 150,000 people it helps each year in its effort to achieve its goal of “taking care of our own.”

The 2013 host committee included a lineup of the industry’s most elite talent, including Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux, Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake, Tanya Haden Black and Jack Black, Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Bradley Cooper, Tom Cruise, Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr, Jamie Foxx, Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller, Pauletta and Denzel Washington, Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, and Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth.

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Meg Mathews Donates Jewellery Profits To PETA UK

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0000

When rock-and-roll socialite and jewellery designer Meg Mathews decided to go vegan at the start of 2013, she didn’t just dump meat, eggs and dairy products from her diet – she also shed all the exotic-skins handbags and shoes from her wardrobe.

Meg Mathews Venom Necklace
Credit/Copyright: PETA UK

Now, Mathews is going a step further: she is donating all the proceeds from her snake-themed collection of jewellery, Venom, to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). And from now through the end of the month, visitors to the PETA competition webpage can enter to win a Venom necklace worth £449.

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Joaquin Phoenix Drowns For PETA

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Joaquin Phoenix is drowning. In a rare appearance outside his award-winning films, the Oscar nominee is featured in a brand-new PETA video that shows him underwater, struggling to breathe and panicking.

Video: Joaquin Phoenix Is Drowning

As the text explains, “In water, humans drown just as fish suffocate on land. It’s slow and painful and frightening. … Put yourself in their place. Try to relate. Go vegan”.

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Maggie Q Goes Naked For PETA

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:00:00 +0000

With climate change on everyone’s mind, Maggie Q is challenging people who have resolved to “go green” in 2013 to fight one of the leading causes of climate change – factory farming – by baring her body for an edgy new PETA ad that features the Nikita star naked and painted like the Earth next to the words “Fight Climate Change With Diet Change. Go Veg”.

Maggie Q PETA Ad

The new ad was shot by top celebrity photographer Frank Ockenfels 3.

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James Cromwell Speaks Out Against Violence To Animals

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:30:00 +0000

His character on the upcoming season of American Horror Story may relish violence, but in real life, James Cromwell is committed to ending it.

Video: Oscar Nominee James Cromwell Warns Against Violence

That’s why the Oscar nominee has teamed up with PETA UK for a new video public service announcement that warns everyone to look out for people who hurt animals – before they move on to hurting other humans.

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Big Bang Theory Star Wants You To Go Vegan

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:00:00 +0000

A potentially deadly salmonella outbreak in the U.S. and the Netherlands—from tainted salmon—has been reported just days after the largest beef recall in Canadian history, prompting Emmy-nominated sitcom star, mother of two, and neuroscientist Dr. Mayim Bialik to offer a simple solution for moms who want to protect their families: Toss the meat!

Mayim Bialik For PETA

That’s the message in her brand-new campaign for PETA, in which the Big Bang Theory star—dolled up as a ‘50s homemaker—tosses a “steak” into the garbage beneath the words "It’s a No-Brainer: Go Vegan!" The ad concludes, “The only way to be sure that meat doesn’t poison your family is to throw it out. Protect your families (and animals!) now by choosing vegan.”

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Woody Harrelson And Jessica Chastain Named As Sexiest Vegetarians

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Their combined 45 years of meat-free eating may have given Woody Harrelson and Jessica Chastain the edge they needed to vault to the top of PETA's annual Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities contest.

The vegan duo triumphed over a field of 100 of Hollywood’s hottest herbivores, despite facing stiff competition from Michelle Pfeiffer, Venus Williams, Ben Stiller, Anne Hathaway, Bill Clinton, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ellen DeGeneres, and Joaquin Phoenix, among others.

Academy Award nominee Chastain, who wowed audiences in The Tree of Life and Take Shelter, has been a vegetarian for 15 years and a vegan for five and even had vegan fried chicken prepared for her on the set of The Help. “I don’t want to torture anything,” she says. “[I]t’s about trying to live a life where I’m not contributing to the cruelty in the world …. While I am on this planet, I want everyone I meet to know that I am grateful they are here.”

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Michael Clarke Duncan Appears In PETA Vegetarian Ad

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:45:00 +0000

Three years ago, Michael Clarke Duncan, star of The Green Mile and The Finder, was eating a lot of meat—and he was feeling very sick. So when he turned 51, Duncan decided to try going vegetarian. He was so impressed by his improved health—and his lighter conscience—that the decision stuck. And now, Duncan is showing off his stronger-than-ever physique in a new ad campaign for PETA that proclaims, “I Am Michael Clarke Duncan, and I Am a Vegetarian.”

Michael Clarke Duncan for PETA

“The best thing about being a vegetarian for me, number one is I know I’m not harming any animals,” Duncan explained in an exclusive PETA interview. “The number two thing is increased strength. I’m a lot stronger than I was when I was eating meat.” Duncan elaborates: “Most of your most powerful animals in the wild are vegetarian, so I’m trying to get my strength to that level. I don’t know if I’ll make it or not, but elephants are vegetarians. They’re pretty big, so …”

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Lisa Edelstein Goes Naked For PETA

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Lying naked on a blanket of fresh green vegetables below the words “Eat Green to Go Green,” Lisa Edelstein stars in a brand-new pro-vegetarian print ad for PETA.

Lisa Edelstein PETA Ad

While the ad’s message is to “eat your veggies to help stop cruelty to animals and save the environment one bite at a time,” the 44-year-old vegetarian star’s toned physique speaks for itself.

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Christina Perri Designs Charity Shirt

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Non-profit organization To Write Love on Her Arms is proud to announce a new shirt collaboration with Christina Perri.

Christina Perri TWLOHA Shirt
Credit/Copyright: TWLOHA

TWLOHA founder Jamie Tworkowski shared, “Christina is amazing. Her passion and support mean the world to us. She made it clear when I met her that this is something deeply personal for her. She has lived through pain and struggle, and now she’s using her platform to let others know they’re not alone in theirs.”

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PETA UK Announces Sexiest Celeb Vegetarians

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:30:00 +0000

What do Skinny Genes singer Eliza Doolittle and The Wanted heartthrob Jay McGuiness have in common? In addition to having heaps of talent, they’re dedicated to a compassionate, vegetarian lifestyle – and it’s that dedication that has netted them each the title of PETA UK's Sexiest Vegetarians.

Thousands of votes were cast in this year’s poll on PETA.org.uk to help PETA choose the winners, who faced stiff competition from 99 other finalists, including Leona Lewis, Joss Stone, Russell Brand, Sir Paul McCartney, Joaquin Phoenix, Natalie Portman and Chantelle Houghton.

Over in the US, Russell Brand and Kristen Wiig took out the sexiest celeb vegetarian honors for 2011.

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Stars Come Out For PETA 30th Anniversary Party

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Alec Baldwin let the stars shine at PETA's 30th Anniversary Gala and Humanitarian Awards Show on Saturday night, celebrating the groundbreaking work of the animal welfare charity and its celebrity supporters.

Honored at the event were Olivia Munn, Eli Roth, Dave Navarro, Christian Serratos, Joanna Krupa, Kellan Lutz, Charo, Lea Michele, Eva Mendes and Anjelica Huston. A massive number of their peers came out to applaud their work, including Pamela Anderson, Wilmer Valderrama, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Kelly Osbourne, James Cromwell, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Fred Willard, Jay Hernandez, Iggy Pop, Yvonne Strahovski, Sophia Bush, Owain Yeoman, Lucy Davis, Jim Parsons, Jena Malone and many more.

Guests were treated to a special performance by Bryan Adams, a silent auction – which included items donated by Tim Gunn, Ellen DeGeneres and Bob Harper – and a tribute to PETA’s investigative work into the treatment of animals led by Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix.

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Vote For PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:00:00 +0000

It’s that time of year again – PETA is looking for it’s Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2010, and you can vote for the winner.

Last year’s competition was taken out by Kellie Pickler and Milo Ventimiglia, and other winners over the years have included Carrie Underwood, Tobey Maguire, Kristen Bell, Anthony Kiedis, Alicia Silverstone and Natalie Portman.

There’s a whole bunch of nominees for you to choose from this year, such as Alec Baldwin, Joaquin Phoenix, Hayden Panettiere, Joan Jett, Ellen DeGeneres, Kevin Bacon and many more.

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Joaquin Phoenix Wants Stars To Stop Wearing Animal Products

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:30:00 +0000

Joaquin Phoenix has recorded a short film for PETA calling on his fellow stars to stop wearing products made from animals.

“Exotic animals are mostly unknown to us, and so is what they suffer before being turned into belts and bags,” he says on the video. “Every year millions of reptiles are slaughtered so handbags, belts and shoes can be made from their skin. The animals’ welfare is not a consideration to those who hunt, skin and farm them.”

The film will be sent to stars who are known to wear clothes and accessories made from skins of animals such as snakes and alligators.

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Anthony Kiedis Attends Elton John's Charity Party

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000

On March 7, Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers – along with other Hollywood stars – joined the 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Party at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.

The gala has always been the leading fund-raising event in Hollywood on Oscar night, and raises AIDS awareness with help of many adored and admired artists among whom at this year’s party appeared: Milla Jovovich, Heidi Klum, Miley Cyrus, Hayden Panettiere, Victoria Beckham, Sharon and Kelly Osbourne, Simon Cowell, Joaquin Phoenix, Jamie Foxx, Jason Mraz, Joe Zee to name a few.

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Celebrity Guests Celebrate Oscars At Charity Parties

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:30:00 +0000

The stars were out for charity over the weekend to celebrate the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.

The eighth annual Night Before gala hit Hollywood on Saturday night to raise money for the Motion Picture & Television Fund, an organization that supports people in the Southern California entertainment community with health and human services needs.

Among the stars to converge on the Beverly Hills Hotel for the event were George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Steven Spielberg, Robert Downey Jr and many more.

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Joaquin Phoenix Joins Charity To Write Love On Her Arms

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Joaquin Phoenix returns to the public after a 6-month absence and joins Miley Cyrus and Liv Tyler in a YouTube video for To Write Love on Her Arms, a charity to help individuals who suffer from depression, addiction, self-injury and thoughts of suicide.

TWLOHA was competing to win an on-line contest for a $1 million grant to fund their suicide prevention movement. They finished third in their bid, but are now encouraging people to vote for Invisible Children for the final prize.

A clean-cut Joaquin, 35, appears in the 4-minute video that opens with him and charity founder, Jamie Tworkowski, explaining how Phoenix inspired him to come up with the name of his cause.

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Stars To Shine In Charity Heaven

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:00:00 +0000

The Art of Elysium will celebrate their 2nd annual Black Tie Charity Gala in a star-studded event this weekend.

Subtitled Heaven, the event will honor Jim Sheridan and Eva Mendes for their work with the charity, which encourages working actors, artists and musicians to voluntarily dedicate their time and talent to children who are battling serious medical conditions.

The event will be hosted by Rosetta Millington Getty and Relativity Media’s Ryan Kavanaugh, and celebrities expected to attend include Casey Affleck, Jason Bateman, David Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Justin Bartha, Sophia Bush, Courteney Cox, Eric Dane, Kirsten Dunst, Rebecca Gayheart-Dane, Topher Grace, Rachel Griffiths, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Joan Hart, Thomas Jane, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Ali Larter, Jared Leto, Lisa Love, Tobey Maguire, Joaquin Phoenix, Natalie Portman and many others.

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M.I.A. Builds School In Liberia

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Rapper M.I.A. is currently looking for support to help build a school in Liberia.

The 31-year-old British-born Paper Planes hit maker visited Liberia with 4REAL, a humanitarian-based TV show that features stars such as Cameron Diaz, Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Casey Affleck, and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers as they undertake adventures around the world to connect with young leaders who, under extreme circumstances, are affecting real change on some of the most pressing issues of our time.

M.I.A., who is currently pregnant with her first baby, used $100,000 she was paid for a show earlier this year to kickstart her Liberian school project.

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Stars Are 4Real In New TV Show

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000

A new humanitarian-based TV show debuts in the US this weekend, featuring Cameron Diaz and K’NAAN.

4REAL is a project that began as a documentary television series and has expanded to include an online global community, a provider of educational materials (4REAL School), and the non-profit 4REAL Foundation.

The television show, 4REAL, is a series of half-hour episodes hosted by Sol Guy that takes celebrity guests on adventures around the world to connect with young leaders who, under extreme circumstances, are affecting real change on some of the most pressing issues of our time.

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Stars Record Public Service Announcement

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:44:00 +0000

Ben Affleck, Dakota Fanning, Eva Mendes, Garth Brooks, Jeremy Piven, Joaquin Phoenix, Morgan Freeman, and Reese Witherspoon have filmed a Public Service Announcement for all Americans, stating that the country’s health care and financial security crisis is about to explode. But if people on both sides of the issue would start a dialogue, the problems are not insurmountable.

The video is part of the American Association of Retired Persons' (AARP) “Divided We Fail” project, an initiative that has just garnered support from the Entertainment Industry Foundation and the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF).

“We need to build a national conversation around these issues,” said AARP CEO Bill Novelli, who is more than happy with the union. “The entertainment industry is uniquely suited to help us do that.”

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Lunchbox Auction Will Help Feed Hungry Children

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:49:04 +0000

Forget what they say about good things coming in small boxes, better things come in lunch-boxes created by artists, actors, chefs, musicians, photographer, politicians, and fashion designers to shed light on the plight of hungry children in New York City and South Africa. These original artistic efforts are for the Lunchbox Auction.

The artistry is often unique and often indicative of the personality behind the work. World renown chef Bobby Flay’s 2005 lunchbox was decorated with spices. Bono's lunchbox was simply red signifying his (RED) campaign. The bidding for lunchbox items will commence online on December 6, 2007

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Lowes Fight For Eco Causes

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:58:00 +0000

Rob Lowe and his brother Chad Lowe have recently been travelling on independent missions to tackle environmental issues.

Rob Lowe testified in Washington last week to ask the American government to give tax credits to people who make their hybrid cars and trucks even more environmentally friendly.

By adding a plug-in feature, drivers of hybrids, which have both a gasoline motor and an electric one, can charge the battery pack for the electric motor at home. Rob has already converted his own Toyota Prius. ‘Like a lot of Americans, I’ve been watching as the climate changes and as we are in a war on terror where our oil addiction helps fund people that want to kill us. It’s gotten my attention," he says.

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