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Thursday January 11, 2007

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Golden Globe presenters have had their usual multi-thousand dollar gift bags reduced to $600 worth of merchandise for tax purposes, E! reports.

Last year's bag was bursting with over $40,000 worth of high tech gadgets, jewelry, spa certificates, and free trips. However, because vendors and other swag providers can generally write off the items they donate to presenters as the cost of doing business (advertising, etc.), the IRS is no longer recognizing the gift baskets as "gifts.”

And since the A-listers technically receive the "gifts" in exchange for appearing at an event, the bags are now considered a taxable part of an actor’s income.

The Hollywood Foreign Press, which runs the Golden Globes, responded by limiting the goody bags to a tax-free $600.

"The fact this gift bag practice grew so quickly is stranger than fiction," IRS Commissioner Mark Everson said. "We're happy the Hollywood Foreign Press Association stepped forward to resolve this issue."

In related news: This year’s Golden Globe presenters will consist of Kristin Cavallari, New York from Flavor of Love, and the kid who played the son on RV.

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3:47 PM AnonymousPatricia Says:

I think that celebrities get more than they deserve.
They are people that have a job acting.
I don't get that they think they are above people.
They think they can get away with everything.
Including the law if it was an average joe who did what
celebrities do we never get away with half of what they do.
They live in a world of thier own.They seem to date everybody in the buisness.
They don't have morals.
To me hollywood is a form of legalized prostitution.

2:34 PM Anonymous Says:

If companies are willing to give stuff away then let them.

11:52 AM Bob Says:
I don't get why celebrities, who are way overpaid, and can afford to buy pretty much anything they could ever want or need, get everything for free. I think they should have to pay for the 100 thousand dollar dress they are wearing, or the millions of dollars of jewelry they get to wear for free on the red carpet. The reason for them getting all this expensive stuff for free.... is so the designers can get free press and promote thier goods... to who???? celebs get the stuff for free, so no need to promote to them. Perhaps they want to promote to the millions of middle class people that watch the award shows, but can't actually ever afford these overpriced items to begin with.... seems silly to me....

11:44 AM Cindy Says:
I think celebrities get too much stuff for free. Celebrities have a job to do - act and entertain. It is a job.... Teachers, firemen, doctors, etc have special jobs too. I think the celebrities have too many award shows that tell them how great they are. We should have big award shows for the doctors who save childrens lives, or the scientist who finds a cure for cancer, or the fireman who saves a family from a burning building.... Actors are not nearly as important as some of these people. I would love to see a local award show for outstanding citizens in my community, and I want over the top swag bags for the people who show up to get thier awards.... just like hollywood. :-)

10:47 AM Pica Says:
I do not think celebs receive too much free stuff. What they are paid for their movies and public appearances, is their fair trade off for the loss of their privacy. They had to know that was all part of the business.

4:49 AM Anonymous Says:
So, do the Best Western heiresses get to go to the event too? How about the Motel 6 girls ???? They need to come out of the closet and claim their fame . roflmao. Maybe this is the year of the motel heiress. I'll have to find out if the missus of the local No Tell Motel wants to parade about in an old prom gown for a photo op. Right and she can tell us all to save the endangered naguahyde and polyester animajals somewhere in the arctic rain forest.

1:54 AM Anonymous Says:
Um, can we say ludicrous?!? Celebrities getting free items in exchange for less privacy than the average person is crazy. Firstly, your right to privacy is voided when you become a celebrity, so anything that supersedes your celebrity status does not validate you receiving less privacy. Moreover, celebrities become just that for one reason, fame. So, secondly, what’s the purpose of making more money than the average person when you don’t have to pay for items that the average person does? Thespians are already overpaid, and then on top of that they receive free items for appearing on television shows when those items and, more importantly, the money behind those items can go towards things of need, like charities, scholarships, underprivileged individuals, etc.

10:51 PM Anonymous Says:
Fabulous. Cheapen the gift bags and cheapen the show with presenters like Kristin and New York.

8:02 PM Anonymous Says:
Am I the only one sick of celebs looking for a pity party over their lost privacy? Funny I don't see them complaining when they shell out $1000 for shoes or $100,000 for a vacation. Please. They needed those goody bags like they need another hole in the head. Good for the IRS for cracking down on stupidity. Now, if only they could tackle the White House...

3:27 PM Anonymous Says:
I get taxed 50% on all my bonus' and gifts. And the sad part is, if it weren't for the freebees--these celebs would have sh*t. Tara Reid holding bags of free stuff??? Something is just uncomfortable about it. Besides, if I had that much money--I'd be embarassed to accept a free bee. Obviously they can't afford an image that they peddle that we buy into thus giving them attention that allows them the freebees.
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