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Inside this year’s Oscar goody bags: $1m of disaster relief, spliffs and a reimagined backgammon experience

The gifts handed out to this year’s acting and directing nominees at the Academy Awards, feature key inclusions reflecting the California wildfires

In light of the tragedy, Distinctive Assets, the marketing company behind the goody bag handed out to this year’s acting and directing nominees at the Academy Awards, has tweaked its offerings, with key inclusions reflecting the disaster. “While our gifts may be famous for being fun and fabulous,” said Lash Fary, Distinctive Assets’s founder, “they also serve as a means to elevate small businesses, minority-owned brands, female entrepreneurs and companies that give back. There is also the offer of complimentary home renovation project management from Maison Construction, plus three different cannabis products, including a packet of pre-rolled spliffs from Dogwalkers, which aims to provide pooch-owners with an easy hit when their mutt requests an outing.

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