Gwyneth Paltrow is scheduled to teach what is probably the most expensive yoga lesson ever taught. In an auction for Prince Charles’ charity, a fan paid $50,000.00 (no, we didn’t add three extra zeros…) for a private session with Gwyneth. "Someone has spent a great deal of money on it so I’m going to have to really come up with an excellent plan. Unfortunately, I can’t do it in the nude or anything to make it really exceptional…" Paltrow said. She went on to assure the bidder that she would do everything within her power to not make the lesson any more awkward than she just did.

Last night famed American yogis Sharon Gannon and David Life hosted a heck of a party for the opening of the brand-spanking new Jivamukti Yoga Center in Manhattan. The studio is sustainably designed and environmentally friendly. It’s also a beautiful space. Delicious food for the party was provided by celebrated vegan chef Matthew Kenney. Present were PETA cofounder and president Ingrid Newkirk, Sting and Trudie Styler representing The Rainforest Foundation, Robert Thurman, Dechen Thurman, Uma Thurman, and Russell Simmons. The Thurmans have been dedicated to Jivamukti for some time now, and it’s been reported that Simmons is a regular at the new studio. Julia Butterfly Hill also attended and gave a rousing speech in which she beseeched partygoers to re-imagine the world into a better place. "Imagine a world where our hearts are big enough to accept George W. Bush into them," she said. Yeah, imagine.

Jennifer Garner, who is scheduled to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman on Friday was seen earlier this week getting out of an SUV. Hey, Jen? For now on when you introduce yourself to environmentalists, you might want to use an alias.

This week global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth had its Hollywood premiere. A green carpet was unrolled in place of the standard red, and a wide variety of stars graced it. Gold medalist snowboarder Shaun White, Garry Shandling, Sharon Stone, David Duchovny, and Larry David all attended. Incidentally, Exxon Mobil and their friends are unleashing two sixty-seconds TV spots that strike back against “global warming alarmism.” Exxon Mobil representatives reportedly tried to diffuse the impact of the star power by emphasizing that not a single penguin from March of the Penguins was at the event, although many arctic animals have taken to wearing sunglasses and drinking smoothies in order to combat rising temperatures.