Get ready for the first green Oscar Party of the season, this one hosted by Global Green USA—the group responsible for Brad Pitt's sustainable design contest for New Orleans. Supporters and intendees of the event include David Duchovny, Salma Hayek, Ed Norton, Kate Bosworth, Charlize Theron, and Penelope Cruz. The big news, though, is that for $100.00 any shmoe can get in to the Hollywood event. Organizers ask that you not quote your favorite X-Files lines to Duchovny, or bring up Vanilla Sky at all. To anybody.

Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was dealt a nasty blow on his quest to make L.A. known as "the greenest big city in America." This week U.S. Green Building Council said it will move this year's Greenbuild Conference to Chicago after Los Angeles officials reportedly asked that the convention be delayed a month for the L.A. Car Show. Sources within the municipal government say the decision came down to public safety; had the city not prioritized automobiles over the environment, millions of Angelinos would have died from the shock.

In the midst of reports about various celebrities using and abusing private flights, Oscar-nominated actor Ralph Fiennes has taken to flying commercial. This news came to international attention when Fiennes allegedly slipped into the bathroom with a flight attendant in the air over Australia. Although environmentalists applaud Fiennes's carbon-reducing choice, they acknowledge that for some situations a private flight might be more appropriate.

Disgraced British PM Tony Blair has announced that he intends to spend his post-governing days fighting global warming and urging the United States to reconsider the Kyoto Protocol. Blair has also vowed to lock the barn door immediately after the horse is stolen.

Leonardo DiCaprio is preparing to star in and produce a film about failed corrupt energy giant Enron. Hollywood insiders say the addition of the world's most famous environmentalist is just what the production needs to become possibly the most exciting movie about accounting fraud ever. Possibly.