It’s that time of the year again. With the Academy Awards just a couple of nights away, many of us are on pre-Oscars binges so we don’t go “Renate who?” come Sunday night (or Monday morning, if you’re in India). The rest of us are doing something far more productive: being nosy about what’s in that goodie bag.
For over two decades, LA-based Distinctive Assets has put together the ‘Everyone Wins’ gift bag for the acting and directing Oscar nominees—basically, an uber luxurious and pricey consolation prize for the very rich. Over the years, the contents have ranged from indulgent to baffling. Think a 24-carat gold vape pen, a legit piece of land in Australia and the Scottish Highlands, or a $10,000-worth bespoke matchmaking service.
Every year the value of the bag climbs further into the six figures (it’s said to be worth $3,50,000 this year) and elicits reactions ranging from ‘I want that’ and ‘they can afford to buy that’ to ‘uhhh, whatt?’.
This year’s Oscar bag continues the tradition. There are luxury getaways—private villa stays in Costa Rica and Finnish Lapland and luxury wellness retreats in Sri Lanka and southern California. Pricey wellness procedures including body-sculpting liposuction, a $25,000 facial rejuvenation procedure, and a smile makeover consultation complete with teeth whitening procedure also make the cut, because nothing says awards season like a blinding smile.
There’s even a luxury cannabis gift set with accessories from what’s being called the “Hermès of marijuana” and high-potency cannabis products (maybe to wind down after the Oscars adrenaline wears off).
But the most jaw-dropping item in the swag bag isn’t something you can sip, smoke, or slather on your face. It’s a…custom prenuptial agreement created by celebrity divorce attorney James Sexton! Yes, a legal document designed to divide assets after marital doom tucked between tropical retreats and cosmetic surgeries. Romantic? Not quite. Practical? Extremely, especially in Hollywood. After all, if awards night teaches us anything, it is that nothing is guaranteed to last forever.
