It won’t be long now until we find out whether Gore’s movie gets an Oscar. Rumor on the street has it the man "some bloggers" apparently call the "Goreacle" will be playing a role at the awards ceremony outside his possible acceptance speech. Perhaps a showstopping song-and-dance extravaganza with melting glaciers and drowning polar bears! With a chorus that goes, “yes / oh yes / I’m running / for pres!”

One can hope.

In other Oscar news, the theme song for the movie — "I Need to Wake Up," by Melissa Etheridge — is also nominated. It is, to put it delicately, not my cup of tea. Here’s the video:

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