Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Revenge of the Goodie Baskets
Sharon Waxman of The New York Times reports on the preponderance of gift bags at the Oscars and other awards shows. What began as a modest thank-you to presenters is now a million-dollar cottage industry built around the slim chance that a celebrity might endorse the products involved. It's all fascinating in a queasy, car-wreck sorta way.
Related: the Times on the legality of collecting old Oscar awards. (Both stories require registration at the Times site.)
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