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A little more concise clarification: Rainer's Curse was more specifically attributed to the fact that she won 2 CONSECUTIVE Oscars; despite Spencer Tracy winning the same soon after, her parts were infinitesimal.
 
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The '''Oscar love curse''' or '''Oscar curse''' is a superstition that the woman who wins the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] will have her boyfriend, fiancé, or husband cheat on her or divorce her soon after.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranker|first=Donn Saylor|title=The best actress curse: All the women who experienced calamities after winning an Oscar|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-rnkr-best-actress-curse-oscars-20200130-4hfx5gdvq5hxfmnkl7lleangai-photogallery.html|access-date=2021-06-18|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Is There Really An Oscar Love Curse?|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/news/is-there-really-an-oscar-love-curse/ar-BB1fYBhI|access-date=2021-06-18|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> It has also been applied to the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] and to the Best Actor winner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oscar love curse: Male actors’ divorce rates up after nomination, win {{!}} Cornell Chronicle|url=https://news.cornell.edu/media-relations/tip-sheets/oscar-love-curse-male-actors-divorce-rates-after-nomination-win|access-date=2021-06-18|website=news.cornell.edu|language=en}}</ref> A 2015 study found that divorce rates of female Oscar winners and nominees did not increase, but that divorce rates of male Oscar winners and nominees did.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Jensen|first=Michael|last2=Kim|first2=Heeyon|date=February 2015|title=The Real Oscar Curse: The Negative Consequences of Positive Status Shifts|url=http://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/orsc.2014.0951|journal=[[Organization Science (journal)|Organization Science]]|language=en|volume=26|issue=1|pages=1–21|doi=10.1287/orsc.2014.0951|issn=1047-7039}}</ref>
The '''Oscar love curse''' or '''Oscar curse''' is a superstition that the woman who wins the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] will have her boyfriend, fiancé, or husband cheat on her or divorce her soon after.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranker|first=Donn Saylor|title=The best actress curse: All the women who experienced calamities after winning an Oscar|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-rnkr-best-actress-curse-oscars-20200130-4hfx5gdvq5hxfmnkl7lleangai-photogallery.html|access-date=2021-06-18|website=chicagotribune.com|date=January 30, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Is There Really An Oscar Love Curse?|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/news/is-there-really-an-oscar-love-curse/ar-BB1fYBhI|access-date=2021-06-18|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> It has also been applied to the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] and to the [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] winner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oscar love curse: Male actors' divorce rates up after nomination, win {{!}} Cornell Chronicle|url=https://news.cornell.edu/media-relations/tip-sheets/oscar-love-curse-male-actors-divorce-rates-after-nomination-win|access-date=2021-06-18|website=news.cornell.edu|language=en}}</ref> A 2015 study found that divorce rates of female Oscar winners and nominees did not increase, but that divorce rates of male Oscar winners and nominees did.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Jensen|first1=Michael|last2=Kim|first2=Heeyon|date=February 2015|title=The Real Oscar Curse: The Negative Consequences of Positive Status Shifts|url=http://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/orsc.2014.0951|journal=[[Organization Science (journal)|Organization Science]]|language=en|volume=26|issue=1|pages=1–21|doi=10.1287/orsc.2014.0951|issn=1047-7039|hdl=1813/72218|s2cid=25862222|hdl-access=free}}</ref>


Another version of an "Oscar curse" is that if an individual wins either a Best Actor/Actress or Best Supporting Actor/Actress award, their career will collapse shortly thereafter.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Motulsky|first=Harvey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLDWAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA497&dq=%22Oscar+curse%22&hl=en|title=Intuitive Biostatistics: A Nonmathematical Guide to Statistical Thinking|date=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-994664-8|pages=497|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Malone|first=Aubrey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CcbYDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA32&dq=%22Oscar+curse%22&hl=en|title=And the Loser is: A History of Oscar Oversights [2nd Edition]|date=2020-10-06|publisher=Vernon Press|isbn=978-1-62273-969-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ruiz|first=Michelle|date=2016-02-23|title=Is the “Oscar Curse” Real?|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/oscars-2016-oscar-curse-women-hollywood|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-18|website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|language=en-US}}</ref> The 2015 study found the opposite to be true: "male and female Oscar winners and Oscar nominees appear in more films following their Oscar experiences than do other actors".<ref name=":0" />
Another version of an "Oscar curse" is that if an individual wins either a Best Actor/Actress or [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]/Actress award, their career will collapse shortly thereafter.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Motulsky|first=Harvey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLDWAgAAQBAJ&q=%22Oscar+curse%22&pg=PA497|title=Intuitive Biostatistics: A Nonmathematical Guide to Statistical Thinking|date=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-994664-8|pages=497|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Malone|first=Aubrey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CcbYDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Oscar+curse%22&pg=PA32|title=And the Loser is: A History of Oscar Oversights [2nd Edition]|date=2020-10-06|publisher=Vernon Press|isbn=978-1-62273-969-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ruiz|first=Michelle|date=2016-02-23|title=Is the "Oscar Curse" Real?|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/oscars-2016-oscar-curse-women-hollywood|access-date=2021-06-18|website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Sources indicate that the originator of the superstition was [[Luise Rainer]], who after [[List of Academy Award records#Most Consecutive Awards in Each Category|winning two ''consecutive'' Oscars]] for Best Actress in the 1930s, had fewer roles in film afterwards, which she apparently blamed on receiving the awards. She relocated back to Europe shortly thereafter.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PTI|date=2015-02-22|title=The 'Oscar curse' is just a myth, finds study|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/GufQjpKZri9cfjtMWEIjIJ/Oscar-curse-is-a-myth-study.html|access-date=2021-06-21|website=mint|language=en}}</ref> Despite this, [[Spencer Tracy]] his second consecutive Oscar for Best Actor the following year, yet did not undergo similar struggles.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The 2015 study also affirmed the opposite to be true: "male and female Oscar winners and Oscar nominees appear in more films following their Oscar experiences than do other actors".<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
*[[Nobel Prize effect]]


==References==
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The Oscar love curse or Oscar curse is a superstition that the woman who wins the Academy Award for Best Actress will have her boyfriend, fiancé, or husband cheat on her or divorce her soon after.[1][2] It has also been applied to the Best Supporting Actress and to the Best Actor winner.[3] A 2015 study found that divorce rates of female Oscar winners and nominees did not increase, but that divorce rates of male Oscar winners and nominees did.[4]

Another version of an "Oscar curse" is that if an individual wins either a Best Actor/Actress or Best Supporting Actor/Actress award, their career will collapse shortly thereafter.[5][6][7] Sources indicate that the originator of the superstition was Luise Rainer, who after winning two consecutive Oscars for Best Actress in the 1930s, had fewer roles in film afterwards, which she apparently blamed on receiving the awards. She relocated back to Europe shortly thereafter.[8] Despite this, Spencer Tracy his second consecutive Oscar for Best Actor the following year, yet did not undergo similar struggles.[citation needed] The 2015 study also affirmed the opposite to be true: "male and female Oscar winners and Oscar nominees appear in more films following their Oscar experiences than do other actors".[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Ranker, Donn Saylor (January 30, 2020). "The best actress curse: All the women who experienced calamities after winning an Oscar". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Is There Really An Oscar Love Curse?". www.msn.com. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Oscar love curse: Male actors' divorce rates up after nomination, win | Cornell Chronicle". news.cornell.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Jensen, Michael; Kim, Heeyon (February 2015). "The Real Oscar Curse: The Negative Consequences of Positive Status Shifts". Organization Science. 26 (1): 1–21. doi:10.1287/orsc.2014.0951. hdl:1813/72218. ISSN 1047-7039. S2CID 25862222.
  5. ^ Motulsky, Harvey (2014). Intuitive Biostatistics: A Nonmathematical Guide to Statistical Thinking. Oxford University Press. p. 497. ISBN 978-0-19-994664-8.
  6. ^ Malone, Aubrey (October 6, 2020). And the Loser is: A History of Oscar Oversights [2nd Edition]. Vernon Press. ISBN 978-1-62273-969-1.
  7. ^ Ruiz, Michelle (February 23, 2016). "Is the "Oscar Curse" Real?". Vogue. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  8. ^ PTI (February 22, 2015). "The 'Oscar curse' is just a myth, finds study". mint. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
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