Convenient Truths: A Commentary on the 2007 Academy Awards Ceremony As a Global Event‪.‬

Introduction: Hollywood and Improving the World I'm not sure if it was due to the Democrats coming back to power in Congress a few months before, but "liberal Hollywood" seemed to be more confidently on display throughout the television broadcast of the 2007 Academy Award ceremony, much more so than had been the case in the last few years. The prominent presence of Al Gore during the evening seemed to confirm the suspicion of many conservative Americans that there is a close association between Hollywood and the Democratic Party. An Inconvenient Truth, which documents Gore's case against global warming, won the Oscar for best documentary and Melissa Etheridge's song, "I Need to Wake Up," from the same film won in the best song category. Early on in the evening, the former Vice President announced that the Academy Awards ceremony had "gone green," (although what this actually meant in practice was never really explained).