When you’re nominated for an Academy Award you don’t just get to rejoice in the acclaim of your peers, but you also get a bag of swag that even the Queen of England wouldn’t turn down.

The job of accruing all of these gifts belongs to Distinctive Assets, who have now released details of the assets that each of the 25 acting and directing nominees will receive at the ceremony in just a few weeks time.

But what does the 2016 Oscars gift bag actually include though? Well, the most expensive item is a 10-day, first-class trip to Israel, which comes in at $55,000. This is closely followed by a year’s worth of unlimited Audi car rentals from Silvercar, something that usually costs $45,000 and a 15-day walking of Japan ($45,000).

It doesn’t stop there, because there’s also as a myriad of other beauty and therapy products and treatments, such as a lifetime supply of Lizora skin creams ($31,200), a Haze Dual V3 Vaporizer ($249.99), the laser skin-tightening procedure Ultherapy ($5,530), 3 private training sessions with ‘celebrity wellness expert’ Jay Cardiello ($1,400), and a Fit Club TV ‘Ultimate Fitness Package’ that’s held in a private villa ($6,250).

But probably the two most disturbing parts of the gift bag are $1,900’s worth of ‘vampire’ breast lift, which uses ‘blood derived growth factors’ to enhance breasts without the need for implants. While the female participants also receive a $200 Arouser sex toy. Which is just plain wrong.

All of these items are donated free of charge by the companies involved, who also have to pay $4,000 as a promotional fee. Why are they willing to simply give away this swag?

I’ll leave Distinctive Assets’ founder Lash Fary to explain (via Forbes), as he declared, “We are not gifting Oscar nominees out a sense of philanthropy. We are gifting them for the same reason that they are paid upwards of $20 million for a single film … because their personal brand has value as a commodity.”

So when you start to feel a tad sorry for the Best Actor nominees once Leonardo DiCaprio inevitably beats them at the end of the month, just picture them walking through Japan to stop.

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