We all know that Oscar nominees get treated to incredible swag bags every year which are always filled with amazing things from luxurious trips to delectable snacks, to all kinds of must-have beauty and skincare. If you’ve ever wondered what’s actually included in these amazing gift bags, you’re in luck! We’ve got all the info on the over 50 gift items that Oscar nominees like Will Smith, Andrew Garfield, Denzel Washington, Jessica Chastain, Olivia Colman, Kristen Stewart, J.K. Simmons, Jesse Plemons, Ariana DeBose, Kirsten Dunst, Jane Campion and Steven Spielberg will be receiving this year.
Los Angeles-based entertainment marketing company, Distinctive Assets, created the “Everyone Wins” Nominee Gift Bags for 2022. This year, they put together a swag bag that’s sure to be a hit with recipients. After all, the gifts include plots of land in Scotland (and a title of Lord or Lady of Glencoe) from Highland Titles, the world’s first ever flavor wrapped popcorn kernels from Opopop which are sure to be delicious, and a deluxe skincare gift set from Byroe.
In addition to these stellar gifts, nominees will also receive vouchers for cosmetic procedures, personal training sessions, life coaching and so much more. Clearly, everyone’s going to go home a winner this Sunday night.
If you want to see what kind of gifts nominees will get this year, check out the 50-plus gift list below.
2022 Oscars Nominee Swag Bag
Highland Titles
Highland Titles was created to help conserve Scotland “one square foot at a time.” Nominees can become Lords and Ladies of Glencoe when they receive a gift sized plot of land that they can actually visit at any time.
An assortment of delicious Bahlsen Biscuits will also be included in this year’s swag bag. Their premium chocolate biscuits and wafers are sustainably sourced and crafted in Germany, and each pack comes with 10 biscuits for recipients to indulge in.
Byroe
Nominees will receive a carefully curated gift set from Byroe, which is a women-led skincare brand that uses their platform to give back and empower women. The nominee gift set includes best-sellers like the Bitter Green Essence Toner, the Tomato Serum, and the Salmon Cream.
Whipped Drinks
This kit contains everything you need to make the perfect whipped coffee at home in just 60 seconds.
Opopop
Opopop created the world’s first Flavor Wrapped Popcorn kernels where each kernel is individually “pre-wrapped” in flavor. Some of their most popular flavors include Fancy Butter, Cinnalicious, Maui Heat, and Lightly Salted, and nominees will get a chance to try these tasty treats.
The Rev. Bill Farmer reached the point where he couldn’t stay in the United Methodist Church anymore — but the congregation he attended was staying.
Michael Hahn always wanted to stay in the UMC — but his congregation was leaving it.
Each has found new church homes, and they’re not alone.
Thousands of United Methodist congregations have been voting on whether to stay or quit one of the nation’s largest denominations amid intractable debates over theology and the role of LGBTQ people. There are sharp differences over recognizing same-sex marriage and ordaining LGBTQ clergy.
But the dividing line isn’t just running between congregations. It’s running right through the pews of individual churches, separating people who had long worshipped together.
Those who come up on the short end of a disaffiliation vote face the dilemma of whether stay or go.
People are also reading…
The splintering — often grievous and tense — has spurred new initiatives to provide havens for the unmoored. Some United Methodist regional conferences have begun designating “Lighthouse” congregations — ones that actively welcome people who wanted to stay United Methodist but whose former churches voted to leave. Other conferences use different names, such as “Beacon” or “Oasis,” but the idea is the same.
“The pain is real, and there is a lot of grief and a lot of heartache over the split in the United Methodist Church,” said the Rev. Lynda Ferguson, the great-grandchild of a circuit-riding Methodist pastor.
Her North Carolina church, First United Methodist Asheboro, became a Lighthouse congregation. That assures newcomers that it’s committed to staying United Methodist, so they won’t have to worry about another disaffiliation vote. More than 400 congregations have disaffiliated in North Carolina.
Ferguson said she can personally relate to those from departing congregations. Her childhood church — the one that shaped her faith and where at age 12 she felt the call to ministry — also voted to leave.
“Part of the Lighthouse mission is to let people know the United Methodist Church is still here and still welcoming,” said the Rev. Ed McKinney, pastor of Stokesdale United Methodist Church in Stokesdale, North Carolina, which also became a Lighthouse congregation.
Michael Hahn and his family are among a group of newcomers who have begun participating in Stokesdale after their previous congregations left the denomination.
Hahn, whose family has been Methodist for generations, said he couldn’t imagine leaving the denomination, which he values for blending faith and rationality.
Many of the departing churches are joining the conservative Global Methodist Church, created last year. Others are going independent or joining different denominations.
While the Global Methodist Church doesn’t have a program like the Lighthouse initiative, it has begun launching or adopting congregations that can become homes for those who want to leave the United Methodist Church but whose congregations are staying.
That was the case with the founders of Grace Methodist Church. They launched the church in January in Homosassa, Florida, after their previous congregation voted to stay in the UMC. The new church immediately affiliated with the Global Methodist Church. Farmer came out of retirement to serve as the church’s pastor.
The group’s previous congregation “was a good church,” Farmer said, and he wished it well. But “my struggle was with the United Methodist structure, what’s going on in the United States, particularly.”
The ongoing schism has been long in the making. The United Methodist Church — with about 6.5 million members in the United States and at least that many abroad — has long debated its bans on same-sex marriages and the ordination of openly LGBTQ clergy.
The denomination has repeatedly upheld the bans, largely through the voting strength of the growing, more conservative churches abroad. But conservatives chose to form a new denomination amid growing defiance of the bans in U.S. churches.
More than 3,500 U.S. congregations have received their local conferences’ permission to disaffiliate from the UMC, according to United Methodist News Service.
With conference season underway, disaffiliations are closing in on 4,000 and could rise even more by the end of the year, said the Rev. Jay Therrell, president of the Wesleyan Covenant Association, a conservative group advocating for departing congregations.
That’s a fraction of the United Methodists’ 30,000 U.S. churches, though several of the departing congregations are among the largest in their states.
In the Arkansas Conference, more than 100 churches — out of roughly 600 total — have received permission to disaffiliate. That leaves parts of the state with few or no remaining United Methodist congregations, said the Rev. Michael Roberts, director of the conference’s new Restart Initiative, which is hoping to enlist congregations to be Beacon churches. Such churches would invite self-described “exiles, refugees, nomads” to worship services, help them start home groups or develop other ways to keep them connected.
“We’re just really simply inviting churches to consider how they can provide this kind of hospitality,” Roberts said. “I love the word ‘hospitality’ because the word ‘hospital’ comes from that word. It is about providing healing.”
From Stonewall to today: 50+ years of modern LGBTQ+ history
From Stonewall to today: 50+ years of modern LGBTQ+ history
1969: Stonewall Riots
1969: Gay Liberation Front forms
1972: Sweden allows people to legally change gender
1972: UK has first Pride parade
1973: Homosexuality is no longer classified as a mental illness
1974: First openly lesbian officials elected
1977: First openly gay man elected
1978: The rainbow flag is created
1981: Norway enacts anti-discrimination laws
1981: Gay men affected with ‘rare cancer’
1982: Wisconsin passes LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination law
1983: BiPOL forms
1986: Bowers v. Hardwick
1986: New York passes anti-discrimination bill
1987: UK opens first HIV/AIDS clinic
1987: Barney Frank comes out as gay
1987: ACT UP
1988: National Coming Out Day starts
1989: Denmark legalizes same-sex unions
1990: First Pride parade in South Africa
1994: ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ enacted
1995: Gay and lesbian workers can get government security clearance
1996: President Bill Clinton signs Defense of Marriage Act
1996: High schooler starts Gay-Straight Alliance
1997: Ellen DeGeneres comes out
2000: Vermont recognizes same-sex unions
2000: Netherlands recognizes same-sex marriage
2003: US legalizes consensual same-sex acts
2004: Massachusetts performs first same-sex marriage
2009: Hate Crimes Prevention Act
2010: Same-sex marriage legal in Iceland
2011: ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ repealed
2012: First openly LGBTQ+ senator
2013: Supreme Court recognizes same-sex marriage
2014: Transgender students get federal protection
2014: First transgender person nominated for Emmy
2016: Ban lifted on transgender troops
2017: First openly transgender state legislator elected
2018: ‘Rainbow wave’ in politics
2019: Taiwan passes same-sex marriage
2019: Transgender troops banned from military
2019: Mayor Pete runs for president
2019: Being transgender no longer a ‘disorder’
2020: NYC Pride March canceled by coronavirus
2021: Biden reverses Trump-era ban on transgender people in the military
2021: Gender-affirming care for minors is blocked—then overturned
2021: Switzerland and Japan make strides toward marriage equality
2022: Hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in US states
2022: First openly lesbian women elected governor
2023: Gender-Affirming Care
STL Life
Stay up to date on the best of STL Life: parenting, home fashion, travel, restaurant reviews, recipes and more.