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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Stuart Heritage

The Oscars red carpet was in a skip. Then a woman took it home for her flat. What else could be repurposed?

Paige Thalia hoovers her find.
Cut some rug … Paige Thalia with her new floor covering. Photograph: TikTok/hellopaigethalia

The Oscars are over, and the world has moved on. No longer are we debating the merits of any particular film, or the validity of any given win. Now there are only two sets of people who care about the Oscars; the agents of the winners, who are all busy renegotiating their clients’ contracts, and amateur Los Angeles-based carpet fitter Paige Thalia.

Thalia found a small amount of viral fame this week, after she discovered the Oscars red carpet languishing in a skip the morning after the ceremony, and decided to kit out her home with it.

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