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HOT GALLERY: 10 Stars Who Fell Victim to the Oscar Curse
Winning an Oscar is the dream of almost every actor, actress, and precious stage dog—we love you, Uggie!—this side of Hollywood and Vine. What aspiring thespian hasn’t clutched a hairbrush while standing in the mirror, tearfully thanking her agent, parents, and Pilates instructor who knew the name of that discreet plastic surgeon? But what they don’t tell you when you step off the bus from Iowa—because that still happens, right?—is that winning an Academy Award can also be a curse. Or you just have a really bad knack for picking scripts. (We’ll go with cursed.) By Katherine Butler
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Cuba Gooding Jr.—Today
Oh, Cuba. How we loved your exuberant joy the night you won your Oscar. If only you or your agents had kept up those positive feelings with some positive follow-up roles. Cuba’s post-Oscar career made like Tom Cruise leaping onto a couch—both were poorly thought-out and filled with negative repercussions. He was overly earnest in What Dreams May Come—then again, who wouldn’t be while playing an angel to Robin Williams? Then there was Boat Trip, Snow Dogs, Daddy Day Camp, and Norbit. Show us the talent, Cuba! We know you have it in you.
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