Alexandra Wyman/WireImage.com, Jerome Ware/ZUMA Press, Maury Phillips/WireImage.comAl Gore thinks Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and O.J. Simpson are getting in the way of saving the earth.
The former vice president was honored on Friday night at the Oceana Partners Awards Gala in Los Angeles. After being presented with his award by Anjelica Huston, Gore complained that the media didn’t give enough coverage to the recent release of a study that warns the polar ice caps could melt in just a few years, a galagoer tells me.
“Gore said there should be a huge alarm going off all over, and it should be front-page news,” the galagoer reports. “But when he looked in the paper, all he saw was Britney Spears losing custody of her kids, O.J. in trouble with the law again and Paris Hilton on the Late Show. He said he didn’t know what else to do anymore to get this message across.”
He may not realize it, but Mr. Gore may have a friend in Hilton. The hotel heiress recently proclaimed that her Entourage pal Adrien Grenier has been advising her on how she could be greener.
Also honored by Oceana, an ocean advocacy group, was Dr. Daniel Pauly. The gala took place at the home of King World television honcho Michael King and his wife, Jena. Guests included Brooke Shields, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Lauren Hutton and Nip/Tuck’s John Hensley.