Subject: PETA

• One's PETA, the Other's Pitiful

  Congrats to PETA Vice President (and Costa Mesa' own) Dan Mathews, whom Out Magazine named the 37th-most powerful gay in America earlier this month in its annual list of America's 50 most powerful gays. Buy Mathews' memoir, Committed: A Rabble-Rouser's Memoir, today. Congrats of a different sort are in order for Anaheim-reared Dustin "Screech from Saved by the Bell" Diamond, whom the Boston Phoenix deemed the 28th-most unsexiest man in America this week; he finished just above J-Lo's uglier half

  April 15, 2007

• Comic-Con 2007: Barking Mad

  Dear Satan, what the hell happened to Clive Barker? I interviewed him a few years ago for our late sister-paper New Times LA, and found him charming, lucid, smart, fan-friendly -- everything you'd hope he would be. Today, I don't know what to make of him. His croaky voice and odd manner initially appear to be a put on, part of a joke in which he says he's been coming to Comic-Con since biblical times when his mother Mary brought him to read books about his father. The joke dies. But his voice

  July 27, 2007

• Trailing Me

  I like the idea of bribing me with food in order to get me to pay attention to a cause. PETA, for one, would do better to give away free vegetarian food that tastes good rather than getting celebrities to act like idiots -- sorry, but I'm not gonna spare the poor animals' lives if it means eating disgusting crap for the rest of mine. And speaking of disgusting -- granola bars with dried fruit just ain't my thing. Which I know is weird coming from someone who eats duck fetus and snails, but y'k

  August 9, 2007

• To Do Tonight - 02/13

  MARS BARS PROTEST, 7 p.m. Harold Schmitz, chief science officer of Mars candy bars, is set to speak on the future of chocolate. But this isn't cool with PETA, whose members plan to wear body paint in M&M colors and hold banners protesting Mars-funded lab testing. Beckman Center, 100 Academy, Irvine THE PHANTOM'S LEADING LADIES, 7 p.m. Three Christines from a certain Andrew Lloyd Webber fave let their sopranos combine. Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 Atherton Street, Lon

  February 13, 2008

• NBFF: That's a wrap for 2008

  I've been hesitant to write the final blog post in the festival because doing so would acknowledge that it's over. But all things must pass. And if you gotta go out, go out with a blowout: the closing night party concluded with a massive electricity blackout at the Lido and surrounding area. Since the party people had their own power supply, though, everybody kept on dancing in the (near) dark. Earlier in the day, the news came in that the big festival winners were CAPTAIN ABU RAED, the first f

  May 5, 2008

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  July 31, 2003

• Urban Decay Voted Most Animal-Friendly Cosmetics Company

  Newport Beach-based Urban Decay--which distributes lipsticks, nail polish and other products with names like Roach, Smog, Rust, Oil Slick and Acid Rain "inspired by the beautiful hues of America's urban landscape"--has been voted Best Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Company by PETA's youth arm.  Urban Decay was one of 30 winners at peta2's third annual Libby Awards (for "liberation") honoring animal-friendly people and products. Awards for Best Vegan Shoes, Best Ve

  February 5, 2009

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  September 20, 2007

• Corey Feldman Scheduled to Attend OC Event for Animals

  Who says the stars don't come out to Orange County? The Orange County People for Animals (OCPA) have snagged an A-list couple for its annual fund-raiser and write-in this Saturday night: Susan and Corey Feldman.That's right, the star of Goonies, The Lost Boys and Stand By Me, along with his wife and The Two Coreys co-star, are scheduled to appear some time after the festivities get under way at 6:30 p.m. at the Goddess Temple of Orange County, 17905 Sky Park Circle, Suite A, Irvine. (God--or God

  May 5, 2009

• [Trendzilla] Go Wet 'n Wild (Again)

  May 21, 2009

• Can "PETA Girls Gone Wild" DVDs Be Far Behind?

  Courtesy of Vegan Mel's MySpace pagePETA's Melissa Sehgal (right), who also goes by "Vegan Mel," demonstrates against McDonalds.Melissa Sehgal, who vows to strip down to a nude body painted like a tiger and confine herself to a cage with a banner above reading, "Wild Animals Don't Belong Behind Bars" in Anaheim this morning, is actually on something of a tour, having already pulled the stunt in Fresno on Tuesday.A member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)--she goes by Vegan Me

  June 25, 2009

• Vegan Mel Carries Out Her Nude Protest

  Photo by Keith MayHear Vegan Mel roar!You were told this morning about the vow made by Melissa Sehgal, who also goes by Vegan Mel, to sit in a cage in Anaheim while her nude body was painted like a tiger. If you point your eyes in that direction, you can still make out the smoke trail produced when photographer Keith May high-tailed it over there for the voluntary assignment. The fruits of his hard labor are revealed in this quite-possibly-not-totally-safe-for-work slideshow.Sehgal is a member o

  June 25, 2009

• Ringling Bros.: We Do Care For Our Animals

  Photo by Keith May The media was out there, and so was the circus.Anyone who marveled at the incisive journalism and expert photography displayed in the coverage of animal-rights activist Melissa Sehgal's nude protest over Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' upcoming Honda Center run knows Navel Gazing took on a whole new meaning that June 25 morning. One thing you did not marvel at was circus promoter Feld Entertainment's on-the-spot response, which through a commu

  July 1, 2009

• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

  July 9, 2009

• Rub a Dub Dub Them Elephants Are Tubs!

  Photo by Keith MaySpray today, perform tonight.Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus scored a rare two-fer today, generating attention to what it considers generous treatment of its performing animals and butts in seats for a 12-day run that begins tonight at the Honda Center. Actually, make that a three-fer: the circus also generated oodles of free media coverage, including posts in the Orange County Register, what you're reading here and another damn fine Keith May slideshow.See, Asian

  July 15, 2009

• UPDATE: Franks For The Memories... Is It The End Of The Road For The Wienermobile?

  Sadly, Oscar G Mayer Jr., the hot dog company's retired chairman, died on Monday. According to TMZ (!), he requested that the famed sausage-shaped vehicle not make an appearance at his funeral, saying it would be "too much of a spectacle". Now PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has weighed in on the debacle, sending a letter to Oscar Mayer's current president of the company urging him to retire the Wienermobile.The letter states:"For years, the Wienermobile has been driving kids

  July 20, 2009

• PETA Tee Prefers Breasts Over Animal Testing

  PETACatalog.org​ We all know PETA is no stranger to using "edgy" marketing campaigns, showcasing naked (and half-naked) women to trumpet their cause--see our recent slightly NSFW Ringling Bros. protest slideshow here--but some think their priorities are a little misaligned, worthy cause or not.Check out PETA's latest offering from their catalog: The "Breasts Not Animal Tests" tank, $24. The product description reads:"You probably already know that peta2 loves animals. But did you know that we

  July 28, 2009

• Consumer Group Lashes Out at "Fringe" PETA's Camp Pendleton Protest

  ​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is a "fringe group" that is hypocritical about euthanizing animals, charges a Washington, D.C.-based consumer group that also denounced today's PETA protest against Camp Pendleton's use of live pigs in medical training for troops.The Center for Consumer Freedom was reacting to today's preview of the PETA protest by the Orange County Register's Vik Jolly, who quoted animal-rights activists saying the medical trauma training outside of Camp Pendleton

  August 12, 2009

• One Good Ringling Bros. Demonstration Deserves Another

  Courtesy of ElephantCenter.comA Ringling Bros. elephant performer gets a washing.When Melissa "Vegan Mel" Sehgal of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) carried out her nude and caged protest against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus late last month in Anaheim, a representative from event promoter Feld Entertainment was right there to counter activists' claims.The back-and-forth was held in anticipation of the circus moving in to the Honda Center on Wednesday evening. T

  July 13, 2009

• Activists Hopping Mad at Brookstone Hawking African Dwarf Frogs

  Brookstone.comSticker shock, at your local Brookstone retailer.​Local animal activists have joined a national campaign blasting gadgets store Brookstone, Inc., which has five Orange County locations, for selling a most unusual gift: the "Frog-O-Sphere Ecosystem" with two live African dwarf frogs.Saying that Kermit-Mutumbos are "imprisoned in tiny tanks next to gadgets and other gift items at hundreds of mall locations around the country," the latest alert from Orange County People for Animals

  September 8, 2009

• Jones Soda Co. to Release Tofurky™ and Gravy Soda

  Jones Soda Co.​Maybe you're trying to take those first steps into veganism.Maybe you know a vegetarian who's just had dental surgery.Or maybe you just want to play a really, really, cruel trick on someone.It doesn't matter, because Jones Soda is here for you with this year's Thanksgiving offering: Tofurky™ and Gravy soda. That's right, the people who brought you the original Turkey and Gravy soda (in 2003), Mashed Potato and Butter soda (in 2004) and Brussels Sprout soda (in 2005) have teame

  November 11, 2009

• Puzzle Over Jophen Stein's Surreality Programming at the Box Gallery

  November 12, 2009