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其实，关于奥斯卡大礼包还有一度曲折的往事。当时，也就是在2001年的时候，这个礼包是有官方发放的，可惜后面被国税局给“税”了，于是官方版的大礼包在2005年就“crack down"了。
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave them out to Oscars performers and presenters starting in 2001, but stopped after a crack down by the IRS (more on that later).

这2.0版的奥斯卡大礼包虽然不是官方推的，却仍旧不能避免被“税”的命运！
Distinctive Assets' gift bags are not officially affiliated with the Academy, but their contents are similarly taxable.

于是各个明星开始想招应对了：
Celebrities have a few options to avoid paying taxes on the bags. They can donate all the stuff to charity, turning their gift bag into a tax write-off; they can keep some and sell or donate the rest; or they can simply refuse to accept the gifts altogether.

总而言之，明星处理大礼包的方式由以下三种：

有的“donate it to charity"（捐给慈善机构）
有的“donate some＋sell some＋keep some”（捐一点，卖一点，留一点）
还有的“refuse to accept it"(直接拒收！）

当然，他们中也不乏对于Gift Bag感兴趣的。

曾被提名为最佳女配的演员Queen Latifah就坦白说道，她对于整个颁奖典礼最期待的就是那个大礼包了。

"I'm looking forward to that basket. I can't wait to see what's in it," she was quoted as saying on celebrity news Web site imdb.com. "I don't care how much money you have, free stuff is always a good thing."

不知道，这位女士对今年的奥斯卡大礼包可还满意？

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