Oscar nominee freebies

Very pleased that Gary Oldman has finally got his Oscar. I've been waiting for it since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. And Maisie is just lovely!

Worth it for this too:

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/43284878

I love Maisie's big smile!!

Well, have to say that for once, I really did care about who won Best Male Actor - richly deserved IMO by Gary Oldman for his astonishing performance.

I can't get worked up about freebies - these things have always gone on whether we like it or not, so not much use fretting.

But they are so generous in their praise when they receive an award for pretending to be someone else, eg a realhero and getting paid obscene amounts for it Bluebelle!

"and I wanna thank the wonderful director, the sublime producer, the great sound person, the ingenious screen writer, the cinematographer, the sound engineers the makeup artistes for disguising my blotchy skin, the hair designers for my hair extensions luscious locks, my co-star (incidentally paid more than me because he's male ), my mom, my dad, my cat, my cat minder, the person who put together these wonderful gifts ......"

Fingers down throat

I agree Maryleliza, I’m sure they will, I, believe I read some where that they all do that.

And wait till we hear about all the wedding presents companies will be desperate to shower on Harry and Meghan - I’m a bit hopeful that they might put out a no presents please and ask for cash donations to their Foundation or whatever.

Same here Bluebelle, I haven’t a clue & couldn’t care less.

Repulsive, I agree.

I hate all this materialism and celebrity adoration I really think I should have been born on a desert island I have much more admiration for people who just plod on a normal daily life
I can’t even be bothered to read the list it’s totally obscene I would admire them more if they gave all of that to a third world country or the homeless in their own country blooming awful spoilt Madonna’s I can’t even bear to watch those so called ‘ceremonies’

Yes, I heard on the radio that the gifts are worth £100k each and include a trip to Tanzania. I think it's ludicrous and obscene, showering the 'haves' with more than they could possibly need while the 'have nots' watch.

I mount my high horse every year when the free tickets and hospitality are dished out to 'celebrities' for the big summer events like Wimbledon. Ugh!

There are always luxurious freebies for very wealthy people one such, ex friend, told me the richer you are the less you need to put your hand in your pocket. They never had to pay for most things including luxury trips, yachts, private jets to private islands, yet when she and I used to go out who would end up paying for lunch, yes you have guessed, it was me and fool that I was, i did.

What a strange collection of things. I wonder how gifts they actually use. I have to admit I was confused by the Justice for Vets symbolic coin. I couldn't for the life of me think what was happening to vets....animal doctors. Then the penny dropped (no pun intended) the coin is about Veterans not vets

In an episode of Episodes (Netflix) Matt le Blanc character takes Tamsin Greg to the Gifting Suite of an awards ceremony - its just companies advertising and giving away their wares. Strange to see Tamsin's character overwhelmed by greed - she always plays such a nice person e.g. Debbie in The Archers.

Probably because the goods are all donated FOC, as a marketing ploy, they must need a small van to deliver all this stuff, or maybe they just get vouchers and have to go into the store to redeem them. I can just see all these A listers standing in a queue to get their arm pit sweat preventers.
I don’t like the offer of a pinhole dental treatment either
Whatever that is.....