[maggief]

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78TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS® - OFFICIAL OSCAR® PRESENTERS GIFT BAG
This is a growing list. As we confirm items in the official presenters basket, we will have them here for you to see!

Who Got the Swag: Jon Stewart, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Keanu Reeves, George Clooney, Reese Witherspoon, Jamie Foxx, Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Charlize Theron, Queen Latifah, Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson, Uma Thurman, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Naomi Watts, Steve Carell, Ludacris, Luke Wilson

[Robert A Cook PE]

Those were the presenters, right?

So, this is the "payment" to ensure those very, very prominent people would show up and make their presentations and say their lines in public while handing out the envelopes and prizes.

Seems very clear to me that if 2 dozen people make speeches on TV, and those same 2 dozen people get very very expensive 100,000.00 "gifts" in return for making for making short presentations on TV to a national audience, then those gifts are actually income.