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Everyone wins at the Emmy's
Daily News Los Angeles - September 7, 2000
By Barbara De Witt
Winning isn't everything.
At the Emmy awards, those TV stars who hand out the
precious little gold statuettes to others don't go home totally
empty-handed.
They get a reward for
their trouble, and it's a
hefty one. We're
talking about that
coveted 40-pound
goodie basket given by
the Academy of
Television Arts and
Sciences to presenters
and committee
chairmen.
"There are so many goodies this year, from fold-up bicycles
to roller board scooters, that we had a lot of trouble
wrapping the basket," says Wally August of Fanci Full Gift
Baskets in Hollywood. And the result is awesome, he
reports, with the huge rectangular basket with a wooden lid
(the basket, from Longaberger of Ohio, is valued at $200)
wrapped in black velvet with star-printed tulle and accented
with glittery plumes.
We recently got a quick peek inside the basket of loot valued
at $8,000, and here's what we found:
• Two-week loan and unlimited mileage of a new Cadillac
• A weekend stay at L'Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills
• Sharper Image Razor Roller Board Scooter
• Tivo personal digital recorder
• Nokia world wireless phone in matte aluminum
• M.A.C. cosmetics valued at $500
• Custom Palm Pilot Vx model with the television academy
logo
• Complimentary America Online Internet service
• Piper-Heidsieck champagne
• American Express gift check for $50
• Gift certificate for custom stationery from Creative
Intelligence Inc.
• Reflexology and pedicure from Frederic Fekkai of Beverly
Hills
• Day of beauty from Amadeus Spa in Pasadena
• Sports Club L.A. gift certificate
• Swarovski crystal body tattoos
• Reebok exercise equipment
• Two pairs of Skagen sunglasses
• Festina wristwatch
• Strida fold-up bicycle
• Acqua di Parma's Colonia fragrance
• Nautica ties and fragrance
• Philips clock/CD/radio
• A night at the Dry Creek Vineyards in Napa Valley and a
bottle of cabernet
• David Orgell silver picture frame
• Dooney & Burke leather CD holder
• Memory Mountain family tree Web site
• Harry & David gourmet fruit
• Zeffstyle Africa-scented candle
• Toblerone chocolates
• Toiletries gift pack by Fresh
• $50 gift certificate from Fanci Full Gift Baskets
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