Paul McCartney to be honoured by Humane Society
Paul McCartney will be honored tomorrow night in Los Angeles for his animal rights activism. The former Beatle will be saluted at the Genesis Awards presented by the Humane Society of the United States at the Beverly Hilton hotel. The Genesis awards will honor McCartney for his long-standing commitment to animal advocacy and recent high-profile role in the campaign to end the annual Canadian seal hunt.
McCartney, who with his first wife, the late Linda McCartney, has been an avid animal rights advocate for over 20 years, will receive the first Gretchen Wyler Award. The award is named in honor of the founder of the annual Genesis Awards, which acknowledges public figures in the news and entertainment fields for their coverage of animal-protection issues.
Macca, who will accept the honor via satellite, said in a statement that, "It's a great, great honor for me to be given this award... My personal involvement with animal issues came many years ago when Linda and I made the connection between the roast lamb we were having for lunch and the baby lambs playing in the fields outside our window. From that day to this, I've been committed to vegetarianism and the welfare of animals."
He went on to say that, "Last year's trip to Canada to see the seal pups was shocking, when I realized those beautiful animals would soon be clubbed to death. Unfortunately, the practice still goes on, but I think with enough support, one of these days we will stop it."
McCartney was first saluted by the Humane Society in 1994 when he won the Doris Day Music Award for his 1993 song "Looking For Changes" which described the horrors of animal testing.
Macca made headlines earlier this week when he announced that he was leaving his label of 45 years, EMI Records, to sign with the new Hear Music label to be distributed through Concord Music Group and the Starbucks Coffee chain.
In other Beatles-related news:
An upcoming Beatles-themed movie, titled Across The Universe, has run into a creative snag. The International Herald Tribune reported that director Julie Taymor, who was responsible for the hit Broadway production of The Lion King, is threatening to withdraw from the project and have her name removed from the credits, after Revolution Studios head Joe Roth re-edited and shortened the ending of the film. The film is described as a "psychedelic love story set to the music of the Beatles."
The $45 million musical features cameo appearances by such artists as comedian Eddie Izzard as "Mr. Kite," Bono singing "I Am the Walrus," and Joe Cocker singing "Come Together." Across The Universe is scheduled to premiere in September.
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McCartney, who with his first wife, the late Linda McCartney, has been an avid animal rights advocate for over 20 years, will receive the first Gretchen Wyler Award. The award is named in honor of the founder of the annual Genesis Awards, which acknowledges public figures in the news and entertainment fields for their coverage of animal-protection issues.
Macca, who will accept the honor via satellite, said in a statement that, "It's a great, great honor for me to be given this award... My personal involvement with animal issues came many years ago when Linda and I made the connection between the roast lamb we were having for lunch and the baby lambs playing in the fields outside our window. From that day to this, I've been committed to vegetarianism and the welfare of animals."
He went on to say that, "Last year's trip to Canada to see the seal pups was shocking, when I realized those beautiful animals would soon be clubbed to death. Unfortunately, the practice still goes on, but I think with enough support, one of these days we will stop it."
McCartney was first saluted by the Humane Society in 1994 when he won the Doris Day Music Award for his 1993 song "Looking For Changes" which described the horrors of animal testing.
Macca made headlines earlier this week when he announced that he was leaving his label of 45 years, EMI Records, to sign with the new Hear Music label to be distributed through Concord Music Group and the Starbucks Coffee chain.
In other Beatles-related news:
An upcoming Beatles-themed movie, titled Across The Universe, has run into a creative snag. The International Herald Tribune reported that director Julie Taymor, who was responsible for the hit Broadway production of The Lion King, is threatening to withdraw from the project and have her name removed from the credits, after Revolution Studios head Joe Roth re-edited and shortened the ending of the film. The film is described as a "psychedelic love story set to the music of the Beatles."
The $45 million musical features cameo appearances by such artists as comedian Eddie Izzard as "Mr. Kite," Bono singing "I Am the Walrus," and Joe Cocker singing "Come Together." Across The Universe is scheduled to premiere in September.
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