PETA

Dear PETA: We are very sorry.

For years, we've mocked you as an organization that cares more about publicity than efficiency, focusing on the strange reasoning in your ad campaigns that photos of naked D-listers would somehow inspire others to NOT wear fur.

But we take it all back. Every last word and criticism, and it's all due to the following nude shots of Elisabetta Canalis. George Clooney, we have no idea what you were thinking...

Says the model of her belief system: "These poor animals are electrocuted, skinned alive, drowned, and bludgeoned just for the sake of fashion... Don’t buy fur. Even a little trim - your gloves or your bag or your jackets... You must remember that animals don’t have a voice. You must be their voice. Never be afraid to speak up."

Canalis is a contestant on the new season of Dancing with the Stars, which ought to increase male viewership on that competition by about 879% this fall.

[Photos: PETA via Pacific Coast News]

PETA.

Those shameless animal lovers will stop at nothing when it comes to saving innocent creatures from harm. Or more accurately, stirring up publicity.

Still, this latest eyebrow-raising move set the bar lower than we thought even they could go: They're planning a porn site. Yes, this is true.

This Joanna Krupa nude poster? Tame compared to PETA (dot) XXX.

"The racy things we do are sometimes the most effective way that we can get a message to particular individuals," PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt said.

Instead of focusing on anti-fur, the porn site will raise awareness of veganism, said Rajt, adding, "We really want to grab people's attention."

So how pornographic will PETA go to do that?

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Former Scrubs star Donald Faison and girlfriend Cacee Cobb, Jessica Simpson's BFF and former personal assistant, are engaged, People reports.

The news was first spread by Faison's Scrubs costar Zach Braff, Tweeting: "Congrats to @donald_faison and @caceecobb on their engagement."

"Just wish I was there to run around you both with sparklers."

Faison, 37, has a son from a previous marriage. It will be the first for Cobb, 33, a pal and former personal assistant to Jessica Simpson, with whom she co-starred on The Price of Beauty, and prior to that, on Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica.

For his part, Faison Tweeted Friday, "If you like it then you better put a Ring on it. – Beyonce," with Cobb replying, "If she likes it then she better say YES!!"

Ah, true love in the age of Twitter.

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Have you been wondering what Brooke Hogan has been up to? No? We're gonna tell you anyway.

The former reality star has posed naked for PETA as part of that lame organization's "Women in Cages" campaign. It held an event in Miami last night where numerous portraits of residents baring it all were sold, and Brooke took her dad their in honor of his 58th birthday.

Just when you thought it couldn't get creepier than Hulk marrying someone who looks like just like his daughter...

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They are more than just two of the funniest stars on the big screen.

Kristen Wiig and Russell Brand are also a pair of sexy folks who refrain from eating meat. As a result, the duo has been crowned PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities of 2011!

Mr. Katy Perry has a simple philosophy for why he sticks to veggies, telling the organization: "You shouldn't eat animals, it's mean to them."

Wiig, meanwhile, appears to base her dietary selections on health. She told Women's Health this year that she maintains her lifestyle by running, doing yoga and "eating lots of tofu and soy."

She also may have watched her own movie, as some of the funniest Bridesmaids quotes emanate from a scene in which the ladies get food poisoning as the result of eating meat.

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Elisabetta Canalis is the latest celebrity to plead for animal protection by taking her clothes off.

The beautiful girlfriend of George Clooney will campaign against fur this fall, when her official photo shoot is released, but she's already gone on record with her reason for participating in the ads.

"I was a kid, a little girl, and was watching TV at home and they showed a documentary. And in the documentary I saw how they killed little animals, like electrocuting them, drowning them, bludgeoning them. I was shocked because I was a little girl, but by that moment I thought that I would never, never, never wear fur in my life."

Go behind the scenes of the sexy model's shoot with PETA below.

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This is the naked truth for Taraji P. Henson: she hates fur.

The Academy Award nominee is the latest celebrity to sign on for PETA's attention-grabbing, misguided campaign against animal cruelty. She says she watched the documentary I Am an Animal, in which viewers get an up close look at fur farms, and had an epiphany:

"I saw this documentary, and I was riveted. I cried. Could you imagine somebody ripping your hair out, while you're still awake, fully conscious? It's ridiculous, for the sake of fashion."

Justin Bieber recently spoke out on behalf of PETA, as well. Sadly, though, he kept his clothes on.

Henson will unveil this poster PETA's New York Fashion Week Bash on February 10. It will also appear as a billboard in Los Angeles.

Good luck saying no to Justin Bieber and an adorable puppy...

The 16-year old icon has teamed up with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to do something about the eight million dogs and cats that are shoved into animal shelters every year. In the following PSA, Bieber says:

"It's really important that people adopt. I really encourage going out to an animal shelter or a place where you can get a dog who has been abandoned or doesn't have a home."

Justin Bieber PETA Ad

Unfortunately for teenage girls, Bieber has posed for a PETA poster, as well. But, like many other company spokespeople, is it not naked on it. Sorry.

In the ad below, Lea Michele tries something revolutionary.

Campaigning on behalf of PETA, the actress doesn't get naked or focus on some broad, unattainable goal such as making the world vegetarian.

Lea Michele PETA Commercial

Instead, she talks honestly and rationally about the treatment of the animals in charge of horse-drawn carriages. Says the Glee cast members:

"Imagine for a moment that you're forced to do hard physical labor all day, seven days a week - whether it's sweltering hot or freezing cold outside. At the end of the day, instead of relaxing on [an] easy chair or sleeping in a comfortable bed, you are locked in a tiny closet all night long."

It's hard to argue with the points Lea makes in the video above, isn't it?

In a rare interview with lamestream media outlet ABC, Sarah Palin sat down with Good Morning America's Robin Roberts Friday to talk about taxes, government gettin' outta the way, Barack Obama flip floppin' and all sortsa other stuff.

She also took a shot (not literally) at Aaron Sorkin.

CARIBOU KILLER: Palin makes no apologies.

Animal rights activist group PETA called Palin out after she shot a caribou on her TLC show, Sarah Palin's Alaska, but she says at least that could be sincere.

Sorkin calling her a witless bully, comparing her to Michael Vick and saying she killed the animal for political gain, on the other hand, has her all fired up.

Sarah Palin responded to Sorkin’s statement, telling Roberts that “We eat, therefore we hunt - and I am thankful that I get to feed my kids organic food.”

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