PETA Bristles at 'Cruel' Aretha

Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, and more flaunt their fur

(NEWSER) - For every celebrity willing to pose naked in a PETA ad, there’s one who is equally willing to flaunt fur clothing all over town. The Frisky rounds up PETA’s 10 worst enemies:

• Kelis: The singer recently accused PETA of being “the death of fashion.”
• Lindsay Lohan: The actress was famously doused with flour by a PETA activist.
• Kate Moss: Though PETA is no fan of Moss when she wears fur, the organization does like the fur-free line she designed for Topshop.
• Paris Hilton: Another celeb who got “floured” by PETA—and she uses pets as accessories, too.
• Victoria Beckham: She wears fur and leather. Enough said.

Pretenders frontwoman a passionate vegetarian

(NEWSER) - Rocker Chrissie Hynde is furiously threatening to sue an Italian fashion house after it named a red leather handbag after her. The Pretenders star, whose commitment to animal rights has resulted in her arrest in the past, says she's livid that the designers are putting brass in pocket off a potshot at her. "At first, I thought this must be a joke, it's so outrageous and thoughtless," Hynde tells the Independent. More»

Animal rights group slams her threat to sue flour-tosser

(NEWSER) - If you ever wondered what it would take to make PETA look like a rational, down-to-Earth organization that's not given to stunts whatsoever , well, the answer is as simple as it is predictable: Kim Kardashian . The animal rights group, almost as known for ill-advised naked antics as Kardashian herself, is bashing the famous-for-nothing celeb's threat to sue the woman who doused her in flour this week, saying the move would serve as a glaring reminder "of her selfish, callous disregard for the cruel deaths that she causes by wearing fur." More»

Not, however, in the same evening

(NEWSER) - Lindsay Lohan’s weekend festivities were apparently so epic that stories are still trickling out today. Most notably, the troubled starlet crashed the DeLeon Tequila anniversary party at one of her favorite hangouts, the Chateau Marmont. A source tells the New York Post that Lohan was asked to leave, which the DeLeon CEO confirms: “I advised Chateau management she wasn't invited and that it wasn't a good idea for her to be there, given her history.” But she still had time for some wacky hijinx involving Marilyn Manson, with whom the Sun reports she got along famously. More»

...she becomes a vegan. Or $20K of rehab, at least

(NEWSER) - If Lindsay Lohan really wants her stint in rehab to be sponsored , all she has to do is give up her addiction ... to meat and cheese. Headline-grabbing PETA has reached out to the star, offering to pitch in $10,000 if she goes vegan for the rest of her stay—and another $10,000 if she remains vegan for a year afterward. "Lindsay Lohan is the most visible example of a real addict, and if she can conquer her addiction to meat and cheese, absolutely anyone can," the PETA prez tells the Los Angeles Times . More»