HuffPo patsy/general do-gooder-about-town George Clooney has decided he can live without the wide assortment of pricey and useless luxury goods and services crammed into his Oscar gift bag, and will instead donate its contents to charity:

The winner of the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in "Syriana" has donated his decadent Oscar gift bag to the United Way, a spokeswoman for the organization said Wednesday. [...]

The gift bag given to presenters at the 78th Annual Academy Awards includes a BlackBerry 8700c, a Kay Unger kimono and a cultured Tahitian-pearl necklace, among other items.

We can only hope nominees and winners follow suit with Clooney's altruistic gesture and donate theirs as well the quicker we can get those gift certificates for dog therapy, dinner at Morton's and one-on-one yoga sessions to those hurricane victims, the quicker they can move on with their lives.

• Clooney Gives Oscar Swag Bag to United Way [Yahoo/AP]
• Previously: Inside The Oscar Gift Bag: Canine Therapy [Defamer]

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