Robin Williams, who played a comedian-turned-president in the recent political satire film Man of the Year, spoke out [1] against President Bush's views on global warming [1], saying, "There is global warming. I know our president doesn't agree." Supporters of the Commander in Chief say that Williams is simply jealous because Bush is much funnier in the role of president than Williams could ever be.
Our friends at Grist [2] have an excellent interview [3]with musician and environmental activist Moby this week, who says, "I don't necessarily want to scream at people in the process" of striving to make the world a better place. Fellow activists say it's obvious that Moby's never been locked in a room for an extended period of time with anyone who drives a Hummer.
Val Kilmer is the latest in a line of celebrities to announce bizarre plans to launch a line of organic foods [4], which would parody Newman's Own with a design that featured photographs of Kilmer posed to resemble Paul Newman. Sources suggest that Kilmer realizes his ploy represents a golden opportunity to finally fool people into thinking he's a good actor.
Hollywood producer, environmental superhero [4], NRDC [5] trustee, and spouse to Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry, Laurie David is justifiably outraged [6] over National Science Teacher's Association's refusal to accept 50,000 free copies of Al Gore's smash hit global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth, which she produced. The NSTA sited "unnecessary risk upon the [NSTA] capital campaign, especially certain targeted supporters" in their refusal. Their list of sponsors includes Exxon Mobil, Shell Oil, and the American Petroleum Institute. Rumors that the Association has also accepted donations from the Center for Academic Irony remain unconfirmed.
World famous Stephen Hawking has voiced his opinion that mankind will eventually not be able to survive [7] on the planet earth and should look into the habitability of planets and stars outside the Milky Way, thus lending scientific validity to forty years of fantasy by Star Trek fans.