At £61,000, it is the most expensive goody-bag in Oscars history.

Nominees for this year’s Academy Awards are being offered a ‘gift basket’ which includes an African safari, tickets to an all-inclusive fitness boot camp and a Tiffany crystal-studded cat collar.

Yet it seems that actors at tonight’s ceremony – who include British stars Helen Mirren, Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan – have been shying away from accepting the lavish giveaways.

In recent years, actors have been invited to ‘gifting suites’ set up in hotels before the ceremony – where they can take their pick from dozens of luxury items in return for posing for a photograph to help promote the product.

But this year few big names have showed up, with stars said to be worried about alienating recession-hit fans by being seen with heavily laden gift bags.

The dearth of celebrity endorsements has not stopped one company putting together that  £61,000 ‘consolation prize’ for  nominees who fail to win a gold statuette tonight.

The unofficial ‘Everybody Wins At The Oscars’ gift bag from Distinctive Assets includes the £30,000 African safari for 16 people, trips to Monte Carlo and a private island in the Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean and the feline collar.

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