Looking Back
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
Mira Sorvino, Best Supporting Actress in 1996 for Mighty Aphrodite
Mira Sorvino turned in a charming performance as Linda Ash, the prostitute/porn star with a heart of gold in the Woody Allen comedy. Critics loved the film and Sorvino’s performance, calling the film “zippy and frothy” and Sorvino’s Ash “deeply sympathetic and appealing.”
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