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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|last=Edwards|first=Kasey|date=2018-03-04|title=It appears the Oscar love curse is real|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/it-appears-the-oscar-love-curse-is-real-20180304-p4z2t3.html|access-date=2021-06-18|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jirak|first=Jamie|title=All 41 Women Who Were Victims Of The Oscar Curse|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jamiejirak1/every-single-woman-who-was-a-victim-of-the-oscar-love-curse|access-date=2021-06-18|website=BuzzFeed|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Celebritology 2.0 - The Oscar love curse: Is Sandra Bullock the latest victim or is it total bunk?|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2010/03/the_oscar_love_curse_is_sandra.html|access-date=2021-06-18|website=voices.washingtonpost.com}}</ref><ref>http://movies.about.com/od/movienews/tp/best-actress-curse.htm</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>
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|last=Edwards|first=Kasey|date=2018-03-04|title=It appears the Oscar love curse is real|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/it-appears-the-oscar-love-curse-is-real-20180304-p4z2t3.html|access-date=2021-06-18|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jirak|first=Jamie|title=All 41 Women Who Were Victims Of The Oscar Curse|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jamiejirak1/every-single-woman-who-was-a-victim-of-the-oscar-love-curse|access-date=2021-06-18|website=BuzzFeed|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Celebritology 2.0 - The Oscar love curse: Is Sandra Bullock the latest victim or is it total bunk?|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2010/03/the_oscar_love_curse_is_sandra.html|access-date=2021-06-18|website=voices.washingtonpost.com}}</ref><ref>http://movies.about.com/od/movienews/tp/best-actress-curse.htm</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>


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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> 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" />
In their paper published in ''[[Organization Science (journal)|Organization Science]]'', Michael Jensen and Heeyon Kim use the "Oscar Curse" to examine the negative consequences of upward mobility following a sudden positive status shift.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2012/02/01/why-do-successful-woman-fall-victim-to-the-oscar-love-curse/?sh=1218cf73eaf1</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=June 2021|reason=Forbes contributor, needs verification if the contributor is a RS}} With an empirical study, the authors find "Oscar nominations/wins have positive professional consequences for male and female actors but more enduring negative personal consequences for male actors, thus emphasizing an important conundrum for male actors: Oscar nominations/wins can help a career but can also ruin a marriage."<ref>Michael Jensen and Heeyon Kim (2015) "The Real Oscar Curse: The Negative Consequences of Positive Status Shifts" published in ''[[Organization Science (journal)]]'' {{DOI|10.1287/orsc.2014.0951}}</ref>

== Other versions ==
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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>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 17:28, 18 June 2021

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][3][4][5][6] It has also been applied to the Best Supporting Actress and to the Best Actor winner.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9][10] 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".[8]

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References

  1. ^ Ranker, Donn Saylor. "The best actress curse: All the women who experienced calamities after winning an Oscar". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Edwards, Kasey (March 4, 2018). "It appears the Oscar love curse is real". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  3. ^ Jirak, Jamie. "All 41 Women Who Were Victims Of The Oscar Curse". BuzzFeed. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Celebritology 2.0 - The Oscar love curse: Is Sandra Bullock the latest victim or is it total bunk?". voices.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  5. ^ http://movies.about.com/od/movienews/tp/best-actress-curse.htm
  6. ^ "Is There Really An Oscar Love Curse?". www.msn.com. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "Oscar love curse: Male actors' divorce rates up after nomination, win | Cornell Chronicle". news.cornell.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  8. ^ 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. ISSN 1047-7039.
  9. ^ Motulsky, Harvey (2014). Intuitive Biostatistics: A Nonmathematical Guide to Statistical Thinking. Oxford University Press. p. 497. ISBN 978-0-19-994664-8.
  10. ^ Malone, Aubrey (October 6, 2020). And the Loser is: A History of Oscar Oversights [2nd Edition]. Vernon Press. ISBN 978-1-62273-969-1.
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