Not everyone won an Oscar but fortunately, no one goes home empty-handed, as all of the top Academy Award nominees will get a gift bag worth more than $180,000, which includes a private villa stay in St Barts, a microneedling machine, a portable blender, and more sweets than they can eat.
The aptly called ‘Everyone Wins’ bag also includes a luxurious vacation to Switzerland for ten guests, followed by a holistic health retreat where owners may truly decompress.
It’s okay for some.
Beauty enthusiasts have purchased Miage items, Adonis Arcana treats, silk Blush pillows and make-up, as well as Serucell’s post-procedure restorative Recovery Serum, to ensure they look their best on the next red carpet.
They may also enjoy gourmet popcorn, cherry candies, fancy sweets, chocolate, and pretzels, all washed down with Antigua Cruz Tequila and Scottish gin from Gin Bothy.
If that weren’t enough, candidates will also receive a collector’s edition Rubik’s Cube to proudly display in their houses.
Distinctive Assets curated the Everybody Wins gift packages, which are supposedly unrelated to the Oscars.
‘While our gifts may be famous for being fun, fabulous and unique, they also serve to elevate small businesses, minority-owned brands, female entrepreneurs and companies who give back,’ founder Lash Fary said, via DailyMail.com
‘This is celebrity marketing with a mission.’
Lash has been creating gift bags for award presentations for over 20 years.
‘This is something that we do independently from the ceremony. The Academy’s in the business of promoting films, not products,’ he said.
‘We only give bags to the top nominees: best actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress and director.
‘While the best cinematographer and best short film are great and important to the industry, we only gift the top five categories.’
Spilling the beans on how each experience or product is chosen – and how they are delivered – he continued: ‘We try to discover things that celebrities might not find on their own, which is why people like Meryl Streep, Hugh Jackman, Helen Mirren and Viola Davis have all taken the trips that we’ve given.
‘A lot of people will just want their bags delivered to the hotel they’re staying at in the week leading up to the Oscars.
‘Or, if they live here in LA, we’ll take it to their house. We’ve delivered the bag to Viola Davis’ home for years.
‘Steven’s [Spielberg] will go to his production company. But it all depends on their setup and whatever’s most convenient for them.’
We wonder who we’ll be seeing with a coveted Rubik’s Cube next to their Oscar this year…
2024 Oscar nominations in full
Best actor
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Best actress
Annette Bening – Nyad
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Best supporting actress
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Best supporting actor
Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Best director
Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Best picture
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best adapted screenplay
American Fiction
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best original screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
Best cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best film editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best international feature film
Io Capitano – Italy
Perfect Days – Japan
Society of the Snow – Spain
The Teachers’ Lounge – Germany
The Zone of Interest – United Kingdom
Best production design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best make-up and hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow
Best costume design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best original song
Flamin’ Hot – The Fire Inside
Barbie – I’m Just Ken
American Symphony – It Never Went Away
Killers of the Flower Moon – Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)
Barbie – What Was I Made For?
Best original score
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best animated feature
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best animated short film
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Best live action short film
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Best documentary feature film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol
Best documentary short film
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Best sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
Best visual effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
