The bigwigs behind the Oscars spend $44m on their annual red-carpet bash. The show is the toughest ticket in Tinseltown, and it’s almost impossible to get in unless you know a nominee. Thankfully, you can still act like a winner with a few of this week’s weird ways to spend money:
- Oscars publicity campaign, $5m to $8m. Deep-pocketed filmmakers with red-carpet ambitions: This is how much an Oscars propaganda campaign will cost ya.
- 2001 Oscars ticket stub, $450. To make your impression of Russell Crowe in “Gladiator” all the more lifelike.
- Vintage Oscars parking pass, $85. It turns out parking was a rip-off back in 1981, too.
- 7-foot tall cardboard cutout of a statuette, $41.59. For when you want to pretend that you’re the real prize.
- Officially licensed Oscars webcam cover, $5. In case you don’t want to star in an internet stranger’s indie film.