The value of an Oscar statuette is obviously more about the sentiment and experience than anything else, but what is that little gold man really worth in cold hard cash?

There are several ways of looking at it:

• Resale value for Oscars won after 1950 are limited because the Academy makes all winning celebrities sign an agreement that if they want to sell they have to first offer the statue back to them for $1.
  
• Based on the current price of the gold if melted down each Oscar is worth about $500.
• If sold on the sly (or for pre-1950 Oscars that can be sold in the open) big-name Oscars will easily clear $60,000+, with many hitting 6 figures.

That's not all that much, all things considered. I think if I ever win one I'll be happy to just keep it (hey, I can dream!).

Travel is big business, but with today's technology the world seems to be getting smaller and smaller. Having a truly memorable experience is less about where you go and more about the details that you experience while you're there, knowing what the best options are can make or break a vacation.

The Travel & Leisure Design Awards 2008 cite the best of the best in 15 categories covering everything from the best hotel to the best restaurant to the best travel gadget. How many of them have you experienced?

With the Emmy Awards approaching in just a few weeks, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) took the time to remind celebrities that their swag bags are considered taxable income and need to be reported as such when tax season rolls around. This is no small thing, either. The value of this year's Emmy gifts is estimated to be between $27,000 and $33,000. The ATAS even sent out letters to the presenters asking for compliance with the various tax codes with a waiver to sign, proving that they read it.

One of the reasons that the ATAS is being rather strict is that the IRS reportedly stands to collect over $1million from Oscar bags alone, which were worth over $100,000 each last year, and the ATAS doesn't want to be held responsible for any tax problems stemming from the Emmy Awards.

For a full list of the goodies that the Emmy presenters will be getting, click past the jump.

Celebrities may have gotten some great baby couture at the Golden Globes, but they are also picking some out for themselves, since not too many celebrities can resist spending on their kids. A few other celebrity favorites, from Child.com, include Inky Dink Tees -- which are well liked by moms who include Angelina Jolie and Kelly Ripa -- and City Threads. For bibs, Tess and Winter and Funkie Baby are loved by Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Victoria and David Beckham. Bloomers Baby Diaper Cakes are remarkably popular as baby shower gifts and have been served to half of the A-list.

The nicest baby gifts are the ones for moms. Jill Alberts Jewelry makes one of a kind lockets so stars like Debra Messing, Julia Roberts and Kyra Sedgwick can keep their true loves close to their hearts. Designs can start as low as $650, but can range to more than double that price.  

The fragrance industry just hosted their 34th annual FiFi Awards, the industry's biggest event. The FiFis recognize the best scents, best packaging and best ad campaigns in the industry. Top honors for women's and men's luxe fragrances went to euphoria by Calvin Klein and Armani Code by Giorgio Armani, respectively. The other 2006 winners included:

• Best Women’s Direct Sell : So in Love by Victoria’s Secret Beauty
• Best Men’s Direct Sell: Today. Tomorrow. Always for Men by Avon
• Best Women’s Popular Appeal: Spirit by Antonio Banderas for Women
• Best Men’s Popular Appeal: Stetson Black
• Best Packaging Women's and Men's: Armani Privé by Giorgio Armani
• Best Televised National Advertising Campaign: Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker

The Senior Corporate Vice President of Estée Lauder, Evelyn H. Lauder, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for bringing "extraordinary ingenuity, dedication and inner resources [to her company and] to the fragrance industry as a whole."

At this year’s Golden Globes, the stars weren’t the only ones walking away with bags full of free goodies from designers. Actually, they were – but not everything in the bags was for themselves. In addition to more adult-sized offerings, vendors set up a Boom Boom Room that featured lots of stuff for kids and babies.

Crib Rock Couture has updated nursery rhyme characters on fashionable logo-tees. The tees are reminiscent of vintage rocker tee’s and are styled after classic tour shirts, but with the gentler edge that only Miss Muffet can provide. The new 3 Blind Mice tee, from the “Carving Knife Tour” is especially cute at $33.

Diapees & Wipees makes fashionable bags for toting around the most important baby tools, diapers and wipes, without lugging a carrier that looks like a picnic cooler. The bags come in bright, vibrant colors and retail for $14.99.

Snugglebug Baby makes jeweled pacifier clips, which keep fashion-forward parents from losing their baby’s favorite object and lets baby start collecting bling early in life. The clips are $25.00 and come in boys and girls styles, like the Swarovski clip pictured here, with additional customization available.

Where is the best place in the world to drink whisky? According to Whisky Magazine, it's The Pot Still, a pub in Glasgow, Scotland. It recently won the honor at the Icons of Whisky awards in London. The bar has a long history that dates back to the 1870s and features walls of just about every whisky imaginable  (483 bottles and counting). Whisky lovers from around the world have traveled to the Pot Still to make a pilgrimage to the legendary bar. They also offer hearty pub fare and ales on tap just in case you aren't there just for the whisky.

We've covered a few Oscar suites already the but The Envelope, the LA Times Oscar blog, has a round up of all the Oscar suites where the stars go to pick up free stuff, receive spa treatments and ogle jewelry. In the SoHo House LA, the Diamond Aquifer suite offers diamond-based spa treatments, astrological readings and plenty of jewels to try on. The Penninsula Hotel, The Four Seasons and L'Ermitage are all offering suites full of a dizzying array of items from gift certificates for Botox and Mystic Tans to jewelry and sunglasses to tempt the nominees and anyone else with the requisite star power. The list of stars attending the suites is always impressive which just goes to prove that no matter how wealthy you are, everybody loves free stuff.

It's good to be a presenter at the Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and "In Style" have announced the contents of the presenter gift boxes for the 2006 Awards show. The boxes have a worth of over $62,000. Details include a $22,000 VIP guest package for two to Tasmania, Antarctica and New Zealand, a $15,000 trip to the Canadian Arctic that includes a tour of diamond cutting facilities and a Canadian mounted in a pendant, a $4000 gift certificate for Lumineers tooth whitening, a $4000 six-month membership to The Sports Club LA, a $3,000 stay at the Auberge du Soleil, a Chopard ring, Denim for Immortality jeans with a diamond button, Hugo Boss fashion, Charlie Lapson bag, Walk Styles clothing, a Saeco espresso machine, a Teslar watch, a Blackberry 8700c, a cashmere blanket and much much more.%uFFFDIf you are a guest, your haul is quiet a bit less but the $1,300 package includes a Furla "Farrah" bag, Lee jeans, Blockbuster subscription, Flowerbomb perfume, and Godiva chocolates.