Russell Crowe Goes On Anti-Circumcision Rant
Posted on Jun 10, 2011 @ 06:45AM - 4 comments
By Amber Goodhand
Radar Staff Reporter
Russell Crowe holds some strong views on circumcision and made his opinions very public, RadarOnline.com has learned.
The Australian actor took to his Twitter account late Thursday night to proclaim his distaste for circumcision, telling his Jewish friends to “stop cutting yr babies.”
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Glee's Lea Michele To Go Naked For PETA 'If They Ask Me!"
Posted on Sep 26, 2010 @ 01:00PM - 1 comment
Would you rather go naked then wear fur? PETA has been asking that question for years and celebrated their 30th Anniversary Gala and Humanitarian Awards Saturday night in Los Angeles. RadarOnline.com's Jessica Campbell was on the red carpet to talk to your favorite celebs about taking it all off for the cause.
PHOTOS: Celebs Come Out For PETA
"I don't think we need to see a billboard of me naked to know I am anti-fur," Glee star Lea Michele tells RadarOnline.com. "But if they asked I would probably do it."
Pamela Anderson, the pioneer of the campaign, recalls her first ad. "I called them from Baywatch and said, 'Please give me something to do. I'm so sick of talking about my boyfriends and my boobs'."
PHOTO: Pam Anderson's Sexy New PETA Ad
Dave Navarro had no trouble taking it off for PETA."It was kind of like spending an evening in my home. I got naked and strutted around in front of a camera," he says.
PHOTO: Karina Smirnoff Goes Naked For PETA
However not everyone was running to strip down for PETA.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa exclaimed, "Not me" when asked if he would pose.
Some just thought they were incapable of adding to the effectiveness of the barely-there ads. Eli Roth shares, "I have this natural fur that covers my chest and my body that it wouldn't really make a difference...people would be like, 'why is Eli in a bear suit'?"
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEWS: Celebrity Pets From Pigs To Pooches With PETA
Posted on Sep 26, 2010 @ 05:30AM - 2 comments
Puppies, pigs, and bulls oh my!! The celebrities were all a-chatter about their pets on the carpet of PETA's 30th Annual Anniversary Gala and Humanitarian Awards. From cover model pooches to soccer playing bulls, the lives of celebrity pets are filled with love and RadarOnline.com's Jessica Campbell was their to get the scoop.
PHOTOS: Celebs Come Out For PETA
Eli Roth shares, "I have a pet pig named Pennington...they're wonderful pets, very clean and they're very social."
PHOTO: Pam Anderson's Sexy Banned PETA Ad
Falling on the more traditional side Charlotte Ross has a once-homeless pet who now lives in the Hollywood spotlight. "I have a dog named Taco that I brought back from the streets of Puerto Rico. Taco's been on the cover of like five dog magazines," she tells RadarOnline.com.
PHOTO: Nia Long Goes Naked For PETA
Jenna Dewan of Step Up fame also has dogs and said, "I'm known to spoil them badly."
The saucy legend Charo has a very feisty pet bull named Manolo. She admits,"The bull doesn't know but he likes Spanish bull fighting music."
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Posted on Sep 01, 2010 @ 12:10PM - Add a comment
On September 25, a star-studded list will join together for PETA’s 30th Anniversary Gala and Humanitarian Awards.
Inglourious Basterds Star Eli Roth Blasts SeaWorld After Whale Attack
Posted on Mar 22, 2010 @ 12:05PM - 10 comments
Hollywood has now jumped into the controversy surrounding the February incident in which a SeaWorld trainer was violently killed by an orca whale. RadarOnline.com has obtained the letter fired off by Inglourious Basterds star Eli Roth to the theme park's owners.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Whale Advocate Blames Sea World For Trainer's Death
"All the violence and suffering in my films is pretend - no one is hurt, ever. Sadly, the same is not true at SeaWorld, which targets their entertainment at families and children," Roth wrote. "You are sending a far more dangerous message to kids, whose lives would be just as happy and fulfilled without seeing a large intelligent creature jump around to music for their entertainment, and would probably take a more active interest in protecting whales if they saw them out in the ocean where they belong."
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Roth's full letter to Hamilton James, CEO of The Blackstone Group (which owns SeaWorld), is as follows:
Hamilton James
President and COO
The Blackstone Group
Dear Mr. James:
I am writing on behalf of my friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). As you may know, PETA is the world's largest animal rights organization, with more than 2 million members and supporters around the world.
I feel that I speak for many people when I say that while I was deeply saddened and upset by the tragic death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau, I was equally appalled and horrified by the conditions in which SeaWorld keeps its orcas (and other marine life) for the sole purpose of entertaining humans. As someone who works in the entertainment business, I can assure you that there are many humane alternatives available to introduce the public to orcas without having to hold them in captivity for a lifetime against their will. CGI technology, animatronics, and other state-of-the-art virtual reality exhibits could be used in place of the current live-animal shows to provide park visitors with an exciting, educational experience. In fact, showing visitors a more realistic version of what life is like for real marine mammals rather than displaying the captive animals' unnatural and repetitive behavior patterns‹which are linked to their oppressive environment‹is actually more educational, with no risk to human life. Having grown up in Massachusetts, I often went whale watching and cannot stress the impact on me of seeing whales in their natural environment, not cooped up in a tank performing mundane tricks.
The death of a SeaWorld trainer did not have to happen, and I urge you now to please take action so that it does not happen again. Would you please consider moving your captive orcas and other marine mammals to transitional coastal and wildlife sanctuaries now? Not only is it the humane thing to do, it may well also become, in the long run, the most cost-effective thing to do as public sentiment moves away from watching captive animals perform stunts for human amusement.
As you know, Keiko, the orca who starred in the 1993 movie Free Willy, was returned to his native waters in Iceland in September 1998 after many years of captivity in a facility in Mexico City. Keiko spent the last five years of his life in relative freedom, during which he swam from Iceland to Norway, successfully navigating more than 1,000 kilometers of open ocean. Tilikum deserves the same opportunity, and the wildlife experts who worked on Keiko's rehabilitation can and should be called upon to do the same for Tilikum. I have heard people say that Tilikum would die in the wild, but in truth many of us would rather see his life end in the freedom of the wild ocean, rather than spend the rest of his life trapped in a tank being forced to perform humiliating tasks.
Last month's incident, as you know, was not the first time that a trainer has been seized, thrown against the walls of the tank, and held underwater by a frustrated orca. It was far more horrific than anything I ever dreamed up in my horror films. All the violence and suffering in my films is pretend - no one is hurt, ever. Sadly, the same is not true at SeaWorld, which targets their entertainment at families and children. You are sending a far more dangerous message to kids, whose lives would be just as happy and fulfilled without seeing a large intelligent creature jump around to music for their entertainment, and would probably take a more active interest in protecting whales if they saw them out in the ocean where they belong.
I very respectfully urge the Blackstone Group to immediately proceed with a plan to release the marine mammals at SeaWorld theme parks to sanctuaries that can provide them with a more natural environment.
On behalf of everyone who wants to see whales and dolphins living free in their ocean homes, I thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Eli Roth
