Lady Gaga made a big splash during her red carpet appearance ahead of her performance of “Till it Happens to You” at Sunday’s 88th Oscars ceremony. What caught attention was not her unusually sober outfit or her bleached hair, but her choice of earrings — crafted by the very hip Lorraine Schwartz. The 90-carat drop diamond earrings are worth some $8 million (about €7.3 million). The price of two vacation homes hanging on each ear. Nothing is ever excessive enough for Lady Gaga.

She may have gone home empty-handed, after Sam Smith beat her to the Oscar for his “Spectre” theme song, but she managed to win the hearts of Hollywood for her moving performance paying tribute to sex abuse victims, a definite highlight of the ceremony that won a standing ovation from an audience moved to tears.

We all dream in gold…