Gore film receives nominations

Who says politics is show business for ugly people?

“An Inconvenient Truth,” Al Gore’s film on the perils of global warming, scored two Oscar nominations Tuesday: for best documentary feature and best original song.

While he is not technically a nominee – the film’s director, David Guggenheim, was specifically named, as was singer Melissa Etheridge for “I Need to Wake Up” – Gore said he was “thrilled.”

“The film … has brought awareness of the climate crisis to people in the United States and all over the world,” he said in an e-mail statement.

“I am so grateful to the entire team and pleased that the academy has recognized their work.”

Aides say the former vice president plans to walk the red carpet at the Academy Awards ceremony next month.

“An Inconvenient Truth” has earned more than $24 million to make it the third highest-grossing documentary in history.

A companion book has been on national best-seller lists for months.

Gore, who narrowly lost the 2000 presidential election in a disputed result, has said he’s not planning to run for president again but also has not ruled it out.