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Awards season is upon us, with all the glitz, glamour and star sightings it comes with. For some, there’s nothing more exciting than watching our favorite stars waltz down the red carpet in all of their finery, anticipation for the night ahead in their eyes. For us, the passions of these celebrities when the cameras aren’t on is what we find the most interesting.
Be it raising their voices for shelter animals, championing elephants or eating plant-based, these compassionate and conscientious Golden Globes nominees use their incredible star-power to make a difference. Now, that’s something we think they should all receive an award for! Don’t get us wrong, we enjoy a well crafted turn on a TV show or in a movie too, but when the person behind a brilliant character is a Green Monster we can’t help but love them even more.
It’s anyone’s guess who will take home a statue on the big night, but we feel like these caring men and women are already winning when it comes to trying to live more consciously. While they thank their people, animals will be thanking them.
Joaquin Phoenix
Nominated for Best Actor for the film “Inherent Vice,” Phoenix is a vegan and outspoken advocate for animals, even narrating the life-altering documentary “Earthlings.”
Jessica Chastain
This Best Supporting Actress nominee for the film “A Most Violent Year,” is vegan and even bought her mom the vegan food truck Seed on The Go to help feed delicious plant-based foods to the masses!
Patricia Arquette
An opponent of fur and stuanch supporter of ending pet homelessness, the Best Supporting Actress nominee for the film “Boyhood” even posed for a PETA campaign to stop pet overpopulation.
Edward Norton
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the film “Birdman,” Norton is also president of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust whose work includes protecting ecosystems and bio diversity in East Africa. He also supports the African Wildlife Foundation, participating in their “Say No” campaign which urges people not to purchase ivory.
Viola Davis
Fans know her from her Best Actress in a TV Series nominated role in “How To Get Away With Murder,” while animal lovers know that she cares about elephants. Davis wrote to legislators in her home state of Rhode Island, asking that they Support a proposed ban on circuses that employ bull hooks from exhibiting in the state.
Dominic West
Nominated for Best Actor in a TV Series for “The Affair,” West is no fan of factory farms. In 2011, he teamed up in protest with locals from Derbyshire, a small village in the United Kingdom, who opposed a large-scale factory pig farm that was being proposed for the area. The fight is ongoing, with a petition that can be signed here.
Edie Falco
The virtuoso behind Carmela Soprano has gotten recognition for her talents once again with her Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy nomination for “Nurse Jackie.” A long time vegetarian, Falco loves her rescued dogs and has teamed up with PETA to speak up on behalf of elephants and adopting instead of shopping.
Ricky Gervais
If ever there was a star who likes to speak up loudly and proudly on his love for animals, it’s Mr. Gervais. One of this year’s Best Actor in a TV Series nominees for the title role in “Derek,” Ricky is staunchly against cosmetics testing on animals, vivisection, hunting and poaching.
Woody Harrelson
Well known for his dedication to his vegan diet (producers on Zombieland had a vegan Twinkie made just for him) and his compassion toward animals, the Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for “True Detective” nominee has worked with the Humane Society of the United States in a campaign to end ivory poaching. He’s also worked alongside PETA to end testing on animals by Gillette and participated in their campaign to end the use of animals in training exercises at Texas Tech.
Matthew McConaughey
Giving Harrelson a run for his money with his own nod for Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for “True Detective,” McConaughey loves animals too. After Hurricane Katrina, he helped to rescue 50 trapped dogs from the disaster. He also rescued a seal pup from kids who were poking and prodding him on a beach by delivering a blistering lecture on seal behavior. We think that’s alright, alright, alright.
Billy Bob Thorton
The Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie nominee for his chilling turn in “Fargo” keeps his diet plant-based, enjoying local health food stores when filming on location.
Allison Janney
Shelter animals have a special place in the heart of this Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie nominee for “Mom.” The host of a PBS series called “Shelter Me: New Beginnings,” Janney raises awareness for homeless animals and shares her home with three rescued dogs of her own.
Alan Cumming
Legendarily multi-talented, this nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie for “The Good Wife,” is also vegan and an advocate for animal welfare. He made headlines recently when he took Lady Gaga to task for wearing fur, tweeting,””I’m so disappointed to learn @ladygaga wears fur! Guess she doesn’t love all little monsters.”
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