USA Today has the scoop on some of the contents of the goodie baskets for the Oscar host and presenters:
A Krups kitchen set. Not just a coffeemaker, either. This year's gift includes a toaster, an electric kettle and a year's supply of coffee and tea ($700)
A two-night stay at The Carlyle hotel in New York ($2,300)
A red leather case filled with Shu Uemura cosmetics, including mink eyelashes ($600)
A year's supply of Vonage broadband phone service ($500)
A three-night stay for two at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina ($3,600)
A two-night stay for two at Bernardus Lodge in Carmel Valley (Calif.) wine country ($2,500)
A three-night stay for two (plus a "personal surf-butler") at St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa in Dana Point, Calif. ($5,900)
A dinner party at any Morton's, The Steakhouse ($1,500)
Kay Unger cashmere pajama bottoms ($500)
An assortment of Manni Oils' extra virgin olive oil ($540)
An unlimited day of services at Cornelia Day Resort, which just opened this month on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue ($3,500)
A three-night stay at San Ysidro Ranch, a popular celebrity honeymoon spot in Montecito, Calif. ($3,000)
--Additionally, Best Actor Nominees get the Truefitt & Hill Shave In Style Oscar Kit worth $2,600.
Posted by Lawren at February 23, 2005 06:56 AM
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Have hotel stays always been a big part of the goodie baskets?
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M@ at February 23, 2005 08:17 AM
wish i were rich and famous so i could stack up my millions and not pay a red cent on anything.
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kris at February 23, 2005 09:19 AM
They make millions upon millions playing roles in films to entertain - - and yet they get so much for free. The money for the items would be better spent elsewhere.
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Uptown Girl at February 23, 2005 11:09 AM
Lawren, you don't have a link to your email on this page. Anyhow, I'm commenting to tell you to delink my blog The Luxury of Conceit because I just killed it. Thanks.
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pad at February 23, 2005 11:22 AM
I need to get nominated for an Academy Award, dang it.
~L.
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Laura at February 23, 2005 02:38 PM
I've always been strongly opposed to these "gift baskets." Why not give them to people that could actually use them, or have these businesses donate the money to charity in the stars' names? I realize it's all advertising and they're just getting their names out there, but still . . . it frustrates me.
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Iceman at February 23, 2005 04:22 PM
It's fucking disgusting.
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Rori at February 23, 2005 08:32 PM