好莱坞影星为何频频遭遇“奥斯卡魔咒”？-英语点津

奥斯卡影后真不是好当的，在好莱坞电影圈内就盛传着“当了影后衰三年”的传言，最可怕的则是离婚魔咒：“已婚女士获奥斯卡影后，必然会离婚。”这十多年，多位影后的经历验证了这条魔咒，哈利·贝瑞、瑞茜·威瑟斯彭、希拉里·斯万克纷纷在获奖之后离婚。就在去年的奥斯卡影后凯特·温斯莱特宣布与丈夫分手的同时，今年的新科奥斯卡影后桑德拉·布洛克的婚姻也亮起了红灯。而与魔咒相反的定律则是：如果当选影后之后再结婚，婚姻倒是会比较圆满持久，比如妮可·基德曼和茱莉亚·罗伯茨。那么，影后纷纷中招“奥斯卡魔咒”的原因是什么呢？到底是女方过于专注工作，两人聚少离多，还是男方无法忍受强势老婆呢？

The "Oscar curse" real or Hollywood invention?

They turn heads on the red carpet, are besieged by the world's top designers, give tearful acceptance speeches, and go home with a little gold man called Oscar.

But shortly after many actresses win the movie industry's highest honor, their most important relationships fall apart in what has become known in Hollywood as the "Oscar curse."

Sandra Bullock and Kate Winslet, the 2010 and 2009 best actress Oscar winners, this week joined Halle Berry (2002), Julia Roberts (2001), Reese Witherspoon (2006) and Hilary Swank (2005) on that list.

Bullock's husband of five years, motorcycle enthusiast Jesse James, responded to allegations of cheating on Bullock with an apology on Thursday for the grief he had caused. The reasons behind the separation of Winslet from her film director husband Sam Mendes have so far remained private.

好莱坞影星为何频频遭遇“奥斯卡魔咒”？

Tom O'Neil of the awards website TheEnvelope.com, pondered the link between such breakups and Oscar glory.

"Is it because victory goes to their heads and these women become impossible divas?," O'Neil wrote in a blog. "Or is it because their men are overly macho types who can't tolerate being upstaged?"

In Bullock's case, In Touch Weekly magazine this week quoted a model in California as saying she slept with James while his wife was in Atlanta last year filming what would be her Oscar-winning role in dramatic movie "The Blind Side."

New York divorce lawyer Paul Talbert dismissed the notion of an Oscar curse, saying such breakups were more likely a result of long absences by one partner in a marriage.

"The reality is that these women are extremely successful, hard working women who must spend months away from their families shooting and promoting their films," Talbert said.

"It is no different than the situations of high income New York families where one spouse is often on the road several times per month raising capital for their hedge funds or researching businesses to invest in," he added.

But Hollywood can bring extra temptations in the form of beautiful men and women and the intimacy that can spring from long hours on film sets, especially in romantic scenes. And while nearly 50 percent of marriages fail, it seems the stars have an especially hard time making marriage work.

"Celebrities are uniquely exposed to a lot of very attractive people," said Bonnie Fuller, editor-in-chief of website HollywoodLife.com. "You have to be especially strong to resist that."

Bullock's recent Golden Globe and Screen Actor's Guild acceptance speeches were ironically peppered with heartfelt tribute to James, who despite brief appearances in a number of TV reality shows does not move in A-list circles.

"You get dressed up in monkey suits, and you sit at a table with people you don't know. I love you so much, and you're really hot!," she told him, and the world, in February.

Yet for some men, playing second fiddle in such high profile occasions may be too much to take, said Fuller.

"A lot of guys cannot handle a strong, successful woman, and the Oscar has to be one of ultimate accolades one can receive," she said.

(Agencies)