In his February 26 "Oscar diary," Rocky Mountain News film critic Robert Denerstein reported, “Al Gore finally wins something” in an entry about the former vice president receiving an Academy Award for best documentary feature for the film he narrated, An Inconvenient Truth.

From the February 26 Rocky Mountain News column, “Oscar diary: The show that wouldn't end”:

8:45 p.m. Al Gore finally wins something. An Inconvenient Truth snags best documentary. Global warming has its night at the Oscars, despite the presence of much hot air. Is it me or is Gore better at working a show-business crowd than he is at debating? Not once did he threaten to put anything in a lockbox.

Although he lost the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, Gore won two terms as Bill Clinton's running mate, as well as four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and two terms in the U.S. Senate.