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Lash Fary, founder of the business Distinctive Assets, with some of the gifts from the bags he’ll have delivered to 25 Oscar nominees, during an interview.
Oscars 2024

The creator of the $175,000 gift bags Oscar nominees receive: ‘You’re never too famous to enjoy getting free stuff’

Lash Fary began his business 25 years ago with the Grammys, and delivers his offerings to the individuals up for acting and directing awards, as well as presenters at the gala event. This year, his bags include pet food, an infrared grill and luxury cosmetics: ‘Basically, we connect brands with famous people and high-profile events’

The final version of 'Until August', by Gabriel García Márquez. In 2004, he sent it to his literary agent in Barcelona, Carmen Balcells.
GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ

Gabriel García Márquez’s archive in Austin reveals all the secrets about his unpublished novel

‘Until August’ — Gabo’s posthumous book — will hit bookstores on March 12. Underlying this novella by the Colombian Nobel Prize winner are doubts about his desire to publish it, as well as the reasons why his heirs made the decision to do so. EL PAÍS visited the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, where five drafts of the short novel — with his handwritten corrections — are treasured, along with the rest of the Nobel Prize winner’s legacy

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