Brad Pitt, famous face of Global Green's sustainable New Orleans development effort has publicly endorsed a candidate for the 2008 Presidential race. Why, it's none other than fellow actor (and electric car enthusiast) George Clooney! Pitt was almost certainly joking, but predictably, the twisted celebrity media pounced on it, one site even posting a poll asking whether Clooney, Pitt, or Ben Affleck would make the best candidate. We here at The Green Room abhor this thoughtless obsession with celebrity, and the promoting of actors who are not remotely qualified to run the country. We offer our our sincerest endorsements to Martin Sheen .

An Associated Press article about "Hollywood's mixed messages" on the environment was picked up by several large papers this week. The article points out that while many famous representatives from the industry, including Ed Begley Jr. and others, frequently hype the green movement, "movie and TV production is a gritty industrial operation, consuming enormous amounts of power to feed bright lights, run sophisticated cameras, and feed a cast of thousands." Hollywood reacted with its own strong counterclaim, pointing out that as soon as egomania can be stored and used as a power source, the energy crisis will be solved and the world will be saved.

Recycling scandal in Michigan! That's right, a scheme made popular by an episode of Seinfeld has sullied the good name of recycling forever. Many Michigan store owners are under investigation or have already been arrested for taking advantage of the Wolverine State's 10 cent bottle deposit policy. The accused are also under investigation for wearing "bros" or "manssieres," driving Jo(h)n Voight's car, and forgoing laundry dryers in favor of pizza ovens.

Disgraced former NFL quarterback Michael Vick recently completed an eight hour course from PETA about how to have empathy toward animals. Vick pled guilty to federal charges for dogfighting in August and will face sentencing in December. Many Americans feel that Vick should be forced to wear a meat suit in front of a pack of hungry pit bulls, citing the PETA class as precedent for acceptable usage of cruel and unusual punishment.