Norton Urges Oscars To Banish Gift Baskets
Actor Edward Norton is leading a celebrity charge to banish lavishing gift baskets on presenters at top awards shows. The Illusionist star is appalled by the freebies celebrities pick up backstage at events like the Golden Globes and the Oscars, while many people watching the ceremonies at home are struggling to pay the rent and feed their kids. He says, “A lot of us have talked to the Academy Awards producers about this and I think they’re actually going to scuttle the gift baskets and that kind of stuff. I mean the gift baskets, worth amounts of money that a low income family could live on for a year, (are given to) people who have so much already. It gets depressing. You sit there, going, ‘This is an embarrassment.’”
Source: IMDb.
November 21st, 2006 at 1:10 pm
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December 4th, 2006 at 1:01 am
jonny587
September 25th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Love him!…makes a great point….hope they do something about it
February 7th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Well Mr. Norton, your right about celebrities getting these gift baskets. Like they really need them and all the goodies inside of them, Heck they probably pick all the good stuff and throw the rest away. The Awards producers need to donate the cost of the baskets to some well deserving charity.
Stick to your guns Mr. Ed Norton.
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:21 am
Mr.Norton,you are absolutely right because celebrity like them no longer need those stuff like other people did,instead of having with them at the end of the awards why can they give it to the less fortunate ones who needed it most…why can they provide to the charity the can help them…
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:24 am
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