25

Sep

Gillian Anderson’s Pregnant Pause

Gillian Anderson may be just weeks away from delivering her third baby, but the gorgeous X-Files star is squeezing in one last film project before the big arrival.

Our favorite redhead is all set to narrate a brand-new video of undercover footage taken inside European and Chinese rabbit fur farms, as part of PETA’s campaign to pressure Giorgio Armani to stick to his fur-free pledge—which, as we reported yesterday, he’s clearly having trouble with, if the freaky fur coats for toddlers in his new collection are anything to go by.

Gillian, who is well aware that most children have a natural affinity for and love of animals, wants to strike while the iron is hot, so she has agreed to spearhead our campaign against the designer. The dedicated animal rights advocate says, “I am stunned that Armani has gone back on his word. I can’t understand why anyone would want to use real fur, and especially rabbit because it is so easy to replicate as the pile is so short.”

Gillian has helped PETA and the animals repeatedly over the years, and she won PETA’s Humanitarian Award back in 2006. She invited PETA US Vice President Dan Mathews to give a talk at her daughter’s school in London, and she helped map out PETA’s Armani campaign strategy at the classy Groucho Club on Monday night. Though, of course, there wasn’t a champagne in sight—Gillian and Dan worked hard over glasses of lemonade and apple crumble. Cute ….

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30

Jul

Are You as X-Cited About Mulder and Scully’s Return As I Am?

Tonight is the London premiere of X-Files: I Want to Believe - eek! If you’re as excited as I am, you’ll already be bugging your friends and families with dramatic renditions of “The truth is out there” quotes, with mysterious eyebrow raising and chin scratching. Yes, I’m an X-Files geek, and proud of it.

The new film reunites two of our longtime favourite advocates for animals: Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny.

Gillian is an absolute star for animals; speaking up for bulls in Nevada and elephants in Chicago. Also in 2005, after Covance tried to stop PETA from showing footage in which the lab was torturing animals, Gillian put the videos up on her own site - and PETA won the suit to screen the footage. Ha! And to thank Gillian for her amazing commitment to helping animals, she won PETA’s Humanitarian Award in 2006. And David’s a great animal friend too. In 1996, David signed PETA US’ “Get Gillette Off the Set” petition, which led to one of their greatest victories against animal testing.

We love what David and Gillian have done for animals, and we can’t wait to see the new film. Bring it on!

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