animal rights-related stories
Posted May 30th 2009 2:05PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Game Show, Awards, Reality-Free
It's hard to imagine that anyone would consider TV's sweet-natured grandma Betty White as their "sworn enemy." Except, of course for maybe Mom from
Futurama and the bizarro version of Bea Arthur.
But apparently that's the label that
Price is Right host Bob Barker has bestowed upon the
Golden Girl. It turns out the two aren't pals or confidants.
Buzzer Blog reported that Barker threatened not to show up to
GSN's 2009 Game Show Awards where he accepted a lifetime achievement award along with Mark Goodson and Monty Hall if White was there.
It gets weirder. The whole thing was caused by an elephant. This is starting to sound less like Hollywood gossip and more like a job for
Mythbusters.
Continue reading Bob Barker almost a no-show at Game Show Awards because of feud with Betty White
Posted May 10th 2009 1:39PM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Video, Obituaries, Reality-Free
The
late Bea Arthur was, among other things, a comedic genius, feminist icon, and beloved American actress of stage and screen. But widely overlooked in the recent coverage of her passing is the fact that she was a active advocate for animal rights. She campaigned against the force-feeding of ducks in the foie gras trade, even accompanying the president of PETA to London, where she demanded that Harrod's discontinue their peddling pâté.
Continue reading Bea Arthur also saved animals (as do her 'girls')
Posted Oct 3rd 2007 10:00AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, OpEd
There's nothing like a good brouhaha, is there?
Kid Nation was controversial before it even hit the air and the controversy continues. TMZ
is reporting that the show is seeking a new location for next season outside of the United States due to the child labor issue. The show's official website has had an application link up since the site itself was launched, but it appears the deadline for second season applications has passed.
Then there's a new controversy -- the slaughtering of two chickens shown during last week's episode. According to
our friends at Buddy TV, the animal rights group Last Chance for Animals criticized the show for killing the chickens, then airing the slaughter. LCA also condemned YouTube for not removing clips of the show which were posted by several people.
Continue reading Controversy continues for Kid Nation
Posted Dec 13th 2006 6:38PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: CBS, Daytime, Celebrities, Game Show
It's a good week for animals in Los Angeles.
Three Hollywood chimps are headed to an animal sanctuary and away from their abusive "trainer" Sid Yost, and one of the L.A. Zoo's inhabitants, Ruby the elephant, is being
rescued from her environs by none other than retiring Price is Right host Bob Barker.
Barker has donated $300,000 in order to have the 45 year-old African elephant moved from the L.A. Zoo to a sanctuary in San Andreas, California. The move is coming on the heels of the controversial death of another L.A. Zoo elephant that wasn't treated for more than eight hours after he had begun exhibiting signs of distress. Barker, along with other animal rights activists, have been pleading for the close of the zoo's elephant exhibit ever since. The cost of a new, larger habitat for the animals has been approved by the L.A. City Council, but activists say that it is still not enough. Barker, himself, plead before the council in February for the closure of the exhibit and has appeared before Congress to testify about the abuse suffered by circus elephants.
Posted May 23rd 2006 10:10AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Veronica Mars, Celebrities
At least, that's what PETA is saying. The animal rights group conducted an online poll and Kristen Bell, the actress who plays the titular lead in Veronica Mars, was chosen as the sexist female vegetarian, with Prince taking the male honor. Other celebs who made the list include Natalie Portman, Nicollette Sheridan, Anne Hathaway, J.D. Fortune, Michael Ausiello, and Joaquin Phoenix. Absent from the list? That's right, the North American grizzly bear. I'm pulling for you next year, Grizzy! I know you've got the will power in you!
[via Give Me My Remote]
Posted Jan 13th 2006 12:27PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Talent
Martha Stewart's daughter, Alexis, is on a mission to get horse-drawn carriages out of New York City. She recently
wrote a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban the attractions. Stewart is a member of PETA (People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals), a group that is very upset over a recent collision between a vehicle and a horse-drawn carriage.
The carriage driver was seriously injured in the crash, as was the horse, which was euthanized. Stewart contends that
horses are forced to work long hours in unpleasant weather, on hard pavement, and breathe in polluted air from all the
cars on the streets. She also says they happen to be a danger to pedestrians and others who use the streets and
sidewalks of New York. Operators of horse-drawn carriages argue that the horses are treated well and that the horse-car
crash on January 2nd was a fluke.
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