Just weeks after Sandra Bullock won a Best-Actress Oscar for her performance in The Blind Side, rumors of discord between her and her husband, Jesse James, the man she swooned over during her acceptance speech, have arisen. It seems Mr. James engaged himself in an extramarital affair while Bullock was off filming the movie which earned her Hollywood’s most coveted award.
Of the last 10 best actress winners, 4 are divorced, 2 encountered break-ups of long-term relationships and one, Bullock, is separated. But is there an Oscar Leading-Lady Curse? Is the award Hollywood gold, but a bad-luck charm for matters of the heart?
I doubt it. Celebrities are just people who make bad decisions and, like many, don’t always choose the right mate. And excess money, fame, to the pressures to be thin, young and unaltered by time, not to mention months away from home filming movies to the mix and you have a recipe for disaster.
I am not suggesting sympathy for the rich and famous - just no excuses for lives that become complicated by outside forces. They may be different hurdles than those us common folk face, but they are problems nonetheless. I simply don’t believe in curses.
And anyway, was anyone really surprised?
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