Posted on 01/23/2007 1:53:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Who says politics is show business for ugly people? "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's film on the perils of global warming, scored two Oscar nominations Tuesday - for best documentary feature and best original song.
While he is not technically a nominee - the film's director, David Guggenheim, won the nod, as did singer Melissa Etheridge for the song "I Need to Wake Up" - Gore said he was "thrilled" that his movie was honored.
"The film . . . has brought awareness of the climate crisis to people in the United States and all over the world," Gore said in an e-mail statement. "I am so grateful to the entire team and pleased that the Academy has recognized their work. This film proves that movies really can make a difference."
Aides say the former vice president plans to walk the red carpet with Hollywood's beautiful people at the Academy Awards ceremony next month.
"An Inconvenient Truth" has been a critical and box office success, bringing in more than $24 million to make it the third highest-grossing documentary in history. A companion book has been on national best-seller lists for months.
Other films nominated for best documentary feature include "Deliver Us From Evil," about the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church; "Iraq in Fragments," about the Sunni-Shiite conflict in that country; "Jesus Camp," about a summer camp for evangelical Christians, and "My Country, My Country," about the months leading up to the January 2005 elections in Iraq.
Gore narrowly lost the 2000 presidential contest to Republican George W. Bush in a disputed election. He has said he's not planning to run for president again but also has not ruled it out.
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Further solidifying my decision not to watch that mutual admiration society in action.
Is "lifetime achievement" one of them?
I can't say I pay much attention to the pop music scene, but this is the first I've heard of this song.
Here it is. I just googled it on Youtube. Butt ugly, pretentious, .... you name it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XthWJnOHpVE
The Lefties in Hollywood (that would be nearly everybody) are just about ready to wet their collective pants, waiting, waiting, waiting to hand over one of those little statuettes to Al Gore on Oscar night. And he'll be there. In all his stiffness, waiting to boogy with the Lefties. This is a slam dunk for Algore. He can't wait.
crock-u-mentary would be better.
He'll certainly win. Too bad they don't put it in a new "propaganda category where he could enjoy links to some of the masters of the craft like Leni Riefenstahl.
The tears of joy are starting to swell up in me already.
You want to win an oscar just bash Bush,USA and religion
WHY IT'S GETTING WARM
Tune: "Riders on the Storm"
Why it's getting warm
Why it's getting warm
Is it hotter than the norm
Or just turning back to form
Gore would sound the warning horn
And make cars that run on corn
Why it's getting warm
There's an inconsistent flaw
In his scientific law
There's not one single cause
For why an iceberg thaws
The conclusion that he draws
Is giving us guffaws
An inconsistent flaw
Gore, you incoherent goof
Gore, you incoherent goof
It doesn't take a sleuth
To see your lack of proof
Here's an inconvenient truth
It's still freezing in Duluth
You incoherent goof
Why it's getting warm
Why it's getting warm
Is it hotter than the norm
Or just turning back to form
Gore would sound the warning horn
And make cars that run on corn
Why it's getting warm
Why it's getting warm
Why it's getting warm . . .
I believe it was Jack Nickelson who said the only thing about the Oscars, was that the hookers were paid for.
I thought Al was really good in his role as that fat lady in Dream-Girls
They could call it the "Goebbels Award."
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