by Nathaniel R
Here's an award you might not have heard of. PETA, the animal rights organization, gives out "Oscats" each year honoring the most animal friendly films and stars. So, even though Bradley Cooper has PETA's senior vice president says:
PETA is thrilled to recognize the people and projects behind Hollywood’s most significant animal rights advances of the year.”
The winners and why they were chosen after the jump...
The Cat’s Meow: Black Panther
For the use of CGI panthers and rhinos
Best Director: Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
Best Actress: Natalie Portman – Vox Lux and Annihilation
Portman is an animal rights fan and apparently her Vox Lux wardrobe is all vegan!
Best Actor: Winston Duke – Black Panther
M'Baku, Duke's character, is of course the leader of a tribe of vegetarian warriors - there are even jokes about it.
Best Stunt Team: Annihilation
Apparently the whole stunt team was vegan! I suppose the Hollywood vegan community is tight knit so word must have gotten to PETA about this.
Best Animated Film: Isle of Dogs
This prize was for creative and cruelty-free imagery. (They must mean cruelty-free for real dogs given that it was an animated film because my god those dogs suffer in that movie, living on trash island and suffering from diseases and abandonment.)
Best SeaWorld Side-Eye: Love, Simon and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
For films that nod to the problems of animals in captivity. I didn't remember this about Love, Simon (did you?) but there's dialogue line about animals living in captivity in amusement parks.
Best Instant Karma Moment: The Meg and Mowgli
As someone who saw neither of these movies I'm eager to hear from those of you to tell us what kind of Instant Karma we're talking about.
Best Costume: Donald Glover’s fur-free jacket from Solo: A Star Wars Story
Birds’ Pick: Tully
I don't remember this as its been a long time since I've seen it but this prize for was the mention of the plight of chickens on meat farms.
Best Documentary: Free Solo and Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Both men profiled in these docs are or were (RIP Fred Rogers) vegetarians
In Memoriam: Stan Lee