Filed under: Trends, Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, SUVs
Celebrities to drive 'green' to Oscar red carpet
The slow roll to the red carpet at tonight’s Academy Awards is likely to be a quiet one for many of the night’s biggest nominees. Oscar-intenders like Joaquin Phoenix and George Clooney are slated to arrive curbside in Toyota hybrids, as part of the company’s fourth annual “Red Carpet, Green Cars” marketing shtick. Given the massive amounts of traffic (vehicular and human) ‘round the event, expect a near-silent processional as the company’s parade of hybrids will likely arrive in full-electric mode.
For their part, the Ford Motor Company is finally starting to get into the pre-Oscar eco-promotional sweepstakes, as Cathy Schulman (producer of Crash) will exit a Mercury Mariner Hybrid, and Jake Gyllenhaal of Brokeback Mountain fame is set to roll up with his homies in a biodiesel Ford Excursion.
Wither the General? GM will forgo all the green posturing, and instead bring the bling, with a fleet of 50 Cadillacs, largely 2007 Escalades.
No word on if Michael Moore will be attending, and if so, what his 'Whip du jour' will be. (Sorry 'bout the pic, we couldn't resist)
[Source: The Associated Press via The Washington Post]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Edsel 2:14PM (3/05/2006)
Insane. Those Hollywood liberal morons arrive to the Oscars in hybrids yet they travel in private jets, live in 12,000sq/ft palaces and probably burn more BTU's to heat their swimming pools than I'll use to heat my home this winter.
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Chris K 2:46PM (3/05/2006)
I'm betting he'll be riding the "IT" from South Park:
http://media.southparkstudios.com/media/images/511/image_09.gif
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St?ane Dumas 3:04PM (3/05/2006)
LOL, the "IT" is a good one Chris K :-)
In others countries like France during the Cannes Festival, the official car is the Renault Vel Satis
http://www.planeterenault.com/news.php?id=204
(page in French) between their "green school" of taught and the Vel Satis, I take the less of 2 evils.
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'94 Impala SS 4:00PM (3/05/2006)
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!! Get that nasty shitface off this blog. He is the most disgusting looking creep.
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NEBTEK2002 5:07PM (3/05/2006)
Sure, they'll go to the Oscars in Priuses, but I'll bet they haven't kicked mega SUVs and exotic supercars out of the driveways of their 10,000 sq.ft.+ mansions.
What phonies!
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mike 5:27PM (3/05/2006)
We can only hope hope that Michael Moore arrives in a brand new Caddy Hearse.
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Gary Bourgeault 6:29PM (3/05/2006)
Hopefully this will be their political statement this year. If this is all it is, we can be thankful that we don't have to listen to the endless drones by those who don't know what they are talking about.
http://bizofshowbiz.com
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far jr 7:28PM (3/05/2006)
Hey, they are actors/actresses. This is them pretending to care for the environment by riding to the red carpet in vehicles that many of them will never own themselves. They just want their peons to buy them to counterbalance the impact of thier lavish lifestyles.
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Bob 11:48PM (3/05/2006)
Damn picture almost made me puke. . .
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