LOS ANGELES—Saying they had been kicking themselves for leaving such an essential job till the final minute, organizers of the 96th Academy Awards instructed reporters Sunday they had been anxious Oscar nominees would have the ability to inform the reward luggage had been filled with junk bought at a greenback retailer a couple of hours in the past. “I do know they aren’t as good as they had been final yr, however hopefully it’s not too apparent that we simply swung by Greenback Tree proper earlier than the ceremony and picked up a bunch of random crap,” stated occasion planner Julie Leahy, including that the reward luggage, which every contained roughly $15 price of merchandise, had been filled with an assortment of things together with nylon coated tongs, a sudoku e-book, yellow latex gloves, a disposable razor, scented kitchen trash luggage, and a two-liter bottle of Crush grape soda. “So far as I’m involved, the presentation is a very powerful factor, so so long as we take the tags off, put in loads of coloured tissue paper, and use some nice-looking bows, it ought to all be good. Plus, who doesn’t want a can of Vienna sausages, some hair scrunchies, or a 30-pack of slap bracelets? That ought to maintain them occupied for hours.” At press time, organizers had been panicking after Oscar nominees reportedly started choking on the Scorching Wheels vehicles that had been included within the luggage.
