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Sodexo Joins Meatless Monday Bandwagon
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsVeggies, it's what for dinner, on Mondays. International food services provider Sodexo announced that it is signing onto the Meatless Monday health campaign, which promotes social and environmental change through vegetarianism, one day a week. Sodexo feeds over 10 million people daily, so it's no surprise that Meatless Monday program director Chris Elam calls the development a "big deal." "Sodexo is truly leading the way by lending their large-scale support to the movement," read a statement posted on the Meatless Monday website. "Not only will their Meatless Monday meals reach hundreds of ...
Steve Martin Writes, Plays on Second Bluegrass Album
By not in system - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES -- Steve Martin is back behind the banjo. The 65-year-old actor, author and recent Oscar host will release his second bluegrass album in March. Martin spent months on the road performing with the Steep Canyon Rangers, and the bluegrass quintet backs him on "Rare Bird Alert," which includes 13 new songs he wrote. The album also features some impressive guest stars: The Dixie Chicks and Sir Paul McCartney. Skip Bolen, WireImage Steve Martin performs with the Steep Canyon Rangers at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival last April. "It's very hard to believe," ...
McCartney Urges India to Declare National Vegetarian Day
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW DELHI -- Outspoken vegetarian Paul McCartney is urging India to declare a national Vegetarian Day to celebrate meat-free living and compassion toward animals. Anthony Devlin, PA Wire Paul McCartney says a national Vegetarian Day "would be a celebration of life." People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says McCartney sent a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying such a day could save animals while helping to protect both the environment and people's health. McCartney's letter says "it would be a celebration of life." The U.N. food agency in 2003 estimated ...
Elton John, David Furnish Welcome Baby Boy: 5 Other Old Celebrity Dads
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsYou can now add "father" to Sir Elton John's jam-packed resume. He and his partner, David Furnish, became the parents of a 7-pound, 15-ounce baby boy named Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish, born to an anonymous surrogate. Furnish is older than most new dads at 48, but at 62, John is entering fatherhood at an age when others are approaching grandfatherhood. By the time their son hits 18, John will be 80 years old. But in the world of celebrity, of course, age is just a number. Here are some other male celebrities still pumping out progeny well into their later years. Clint Eastwood The ...
Rolling Stone Releases Lennon's Final Interview
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NEW YORK (Dec. 8) -- Three days before he was gunned down, John Lennon complained about his critics - saying they were just interested in "dead heroes" - and talked optimistically about his family and future, musing that he had "plenty of time" to accomplish some of his life goals. Lennon's final interview was released to The Associated Press by Rolling Stone on Wednesday, the 30th anniversary of the musician's death. The issue using the full interview will be on magazine stands on Friday. While brief excerpts of Jonathan Cott's interview with Lennon were released for a 1980 Rolling Stone ...
Washington's Oscars: Kennedy Center Honors for Five Cultural Icons
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyThey've been called Washington's answer to the Oscars. And for the 33rd straight year, the Kennedy Center Honors brought a jolt of glitz and glam to the capital city as five of the nation's top performing artists received rainbow ribbons and effusive praise for their life's work this weekend at the State Department, the White House and, of course, the Kennedy Center. Seated front row, first balcony with the Obamas and the Bidens on Sunday night, the latest quintet of American idols alternately looked thrilled and humbled as their peers paid effusive tribute and performed some of their ...
Winfrey, McCartney Get Kennedy Center Honors
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WASHINGTON (Dec. 6) -- Oprah Winfrey has come a long way since her childhood years in a Mississippi shack and in public housing with a poster of The Beatles on her bedroom wall. Sunday, she was honored with Paul McCartney, one of the Beatles she so loved. Stars from Hollywood, Nashville and Broadway gathered in the nation's capital to salute Winfrey, McCartney and three others - country singer Merle Haggard, Broadway composer Jerry Herman and dancer Bill T. Jones - with the Kennedy Center Honors. The president and first lady Michelle Obama sat with the honorees and former Secretary of State ...
Ignore Your Inner Cynic and Vote on Tuesday
By Donna Trussell - Politics Daily"Tribute to Her," uploaded to the Internet on Nov. 7, 2008, is a slideshow of Election Day photographs. YouTube member SailorBrownie described her post as a "dedication to all those Black Americans who went out on Tuesday and voted. We made history." While it's not altogether clear who is the "Her" in the title of the video, it might as well be the woman collapsed on the floor in tears. A girl nearby touches her cheek with a little confusion and a lot tenderness for the woman who is, most likely, her mother. The pictures are set to the Beatles song, "Blackbird" -- a good choice, considering ...
Winfrey, McCartney Among Kennedy Center Honorees
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Sept. 7) -- TV host and actress Oprah Winfrey has been chosen as a Kennedy Center honoree right before the start of the 25th and final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Winfrey was one of five honorees revealed Tuesday. The 56-year-old TV host and actress will be honored at the 33rd annual event in Washington on Dec. 5, along with former Beatles member Paul McCartney; dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones; country singer-songwriter Merle Haggard; and Broadway composer and lyricist Jerry Herman. "I love surprising people, I don't like being surprised," Winfrey said. ...
Israel Poised to Be First Country to Ban Fur Trade
By Matthew Kalman - AOL NewsJERUSALEM (Aug. 24) -- Israel is set to become the first country in the world to impose a blanket ban on the import of animal fur -- a move animal rights activists hope will have a domino effect around the world. On Sept. 2, the Knesset is due to debate the second and third readings of the groundbreaking bill introduced by Ronit Tirosh, a legislator from the opposition Kadima Party, to outlaw the production, processing, import, export and sale of fur from all animal species not already part of the meat industry. There was some opposition from religious groups representing ultra-orthodox ...
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