Every year, the Oscars are Hollywood’s biggest, most glamorous night. Actors turn out in couture, custom-made gowns and sharp tuxedos. Champagne is popped, caviar and canap\u00e9s consumed. And 24 winners will go home with a 24-karat-gold-plated statue.<\/p>\n
But worth even more than the statue, which, strangely enough, only costs $400 each to make, nominees in the top categories will once again bring home a gift bag courtesy of celebrity and product-placement marketing agency Distinctive Assets. This year, the traditional gift bags are worth an eye-popping $225,000 each<\/em>, up almost $80,000 from last year’s bags, which were worth an estimated $148,000. Added up, this year’s Oscars gift bags cost a staggering $5.4 million dollars, or, as Forbes<\/a> put it, more than what The Goldfinch<\/em> made in its entire theatrical run.<\/p>\n What’s in the bag that makes it so expensive? Here’s a list of just some of the items in this year’s gift bag. Be prepared. These gifts are about as bougie as they come. Somewhere, Gwyneth Paltrow is already commanding her staff to get these products for next season of\u00a0The GOOP Lab<\/em>.<\/p>\n But if the above gifts fall under the “rich people live on another planet” category, then the below gifts are just…weird as hell or, at least, peak Hollywood. Some of the\u00a0 gifts this year include<\/p>\n Of course, there are also other small, more normal gifts in the bag, as well, including bottles of tequila and boxes of cookies along with other assorted snacks and gifts.<\/p>\n Celebrities, they’re just like us! I don’t suppose any of this year’s nominees want to hook a poor entertainment journalist up with that yacht cruise, eh?<\/p>\n\n
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