Halle Berry won The Oscar in 2002 for "Monster's Ball," and called husband Eric Benet "just a joy of my life" as she made her acceptance speech. The couple split the next year, after reports Benet cheated.
This week's Sandra Bullock and Kate Winslet love dramas are only the latest in a long string of Hollywood heartbreak that goes back to March 1998, when rom-com sweetheart Helen Hunt thanked boyfriend Hank Azaria as she got the award for "As Good As It Gets."
She called him "the very best man I know" and married him later that year. In just six months, they were divorced.
The Daily Beast's Nicole LaPorte tells cnbc that Sandra Bullock and Kate Winslet are just the latest victims in a long line of marriages a little guy named Oscar helped break up.
The rest of the Best Actress list reads like a roll call of romantic ruin.
* Gwyneth Paltrow won in 1999 for "Shakespeare in Love." At the time, she was in love with hunky actor Ben Affleck. Just two months after she accepted the award, the couple were broken up.
* Hilary Swank won in 2000 for "Boys Don't Cry." It was her first of two Oscars in five years.
But all that success couldn't help her personal life. A year after winning in 2005 for her role in "Million Dollar Baby," she split from husband Chad Lowe, whom she had called "my everything" during her acceptance speech.
* Julia Roberts, who won in 2001 for "Erin Brockovich," broke up with boyfriend Benjamin Bratt just three months after she got the award. They had been together for four years.
* Halle Berry won in 2002 for "Monster's Ball," and called husband Eric Benet "just a joy of my life" as she made her acceptance speech. The couple split the next year, after reports Benet cheated.
* Charlize Theron, who won in 2004 for "Monster," split with her longtime actor boyfriend, Stuart Townsend, this past January. As she accepted her Oscar, she said of Townsend: "I have to thank my incredible partner in crime. You are one hell of a partner to have. Thank you for standing by me."
* Reese Witherspoon accepted the Best Actress award in 2006 for playing Johnny Cash's wife, June Carter, in "Walk the Line." By the end of that year, she was done with her husband, actor Ryan Philippe. He had reportedly met actress Abbie Cornish as they were filming the movie "Stop Loss."
* Kate Winslet, who won for playing a Nazi in "The Reader" in 2009, saw her marriage to director Sam Mendes go kaput this week -- amid reports that he had grown close with actress Rebecca Hall.
* Sandra Bullock won for "The Blind Side" earlier this month, only to suffer through reports that her husband, famed motorcycle builder Jesse James, was cheating on her with a tattoo model.
The only other two winners to escape heartbreak are Helen Mirren, who won for "The Queen" in 2007, and Marion Cotillard, who won for "La Vie en Rose" in 2008. They are both still with their significant others.
On February 19, 2010, Hilary Duff got engaged to Mike Comrie after a courtship of over two years.
Edmonton Oiler Mike Comrie and actress Hilary Duff are engaged, confirms the team.
"Hilary Duff & Mike Comrie were engaged this weekend while vacationing in Hawaii. After having been together for over two years, they are very excited to share this happy news. They are thankful for all of your warm wishes," reads the statement.
Comrie reportedly popped the question Thursday night while the couple was in Maui.
Mike Comrie, The NHL is on a two-week break for the Olympics...
Hilary Duff Engaged to Hockey Player Mike Comrie... Hilary Duff gets engaged to hockey stud Mike Comrie in Maui.
Fan comment... A couple things.. Hilary Duff, she was my idol since lizzie mguire...I feel like 13 yrd old lizzie is getting married...I wish her the best...but this guy doesn't give me trust and I think it won't work out. Could of done better. And she is to young. I'm 21 and I don't wanna get married. Married when u r 28 and over.lol hope it works out...
She appeared in Frankie and Alice as Frankie/Alice. Frankie and Alice is the first film that Berry undertook after the birth of her daughter Nahla in March 2008.
Frankie and Alice is an unreleased drama film directed by Geoffrey Sax. Frankie and Alice stars Halle Berry in the main role.
Frankie and Alice Filming began in Vancouver, Canada in November 2008 and ended in January 2009.
A young Multiracial American woman with dissociative identity disorder struggles to retain her true self and not give in to her racist alter-personality.
Halle Berry arriving at the Spike TV's 2009 "Guys Choice Awards" May 30 at Sony Studios in Culver City, CA United States.
In a June 2006 interview with Elle magazine, She was quoted as saying: "...(virginity) is definitely something I like about myself. It doesn't mean I haven't thought about sx, because everyone I know has had it and you want to fit in". She later told MuchMusic that she did not say the quotes attributed to her in the article and that the subject was "definitely not something that I would talk about..." Hilary Duff denied the quotes again in a 2008 interview with Maxim magazine.
She began dating singer Aaron Carter in 2001. They met on the sets of Lizzie McGuire, during Carter's guest appearance in a Christmas episode. The relationship lasted two years. It was reported that Carter left her for Lindsay Lohan, but soon broke up with Lohan and resumed dating her. Carter later stated that he also cheated on her with her best friend, and that She "got her heart broken" and he was "sorry" for his actions.
She began dating Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden in 2004. After a long period of tabloid speculation, her mother Susan announced their relationship in a June 2005 interview for Seventeen magazine. She and Madden broke up in November 2006. The same year, her parents separated after 22 years of marriage, due to infidelity on the part of Hilary Duff's father. Hilary Duff wrote about the pain caused by the separation in Hilary Duff's songs "Stranger" and "Gypsy Woman".
Hilary Duff-Boyfriend.. a Hilary Duff Video ... The Song is by Ashlee Simpson, Bofriend.
She began dating NHL player Mike Comrie in 2007. Hilary Duff frequently attends his games. Comrie bought her a Mercedes-Benz for Hilary Duff 's 20th birthday.
Hilary Duff she is involved with various charities, is an animal rights enthusiast and a member of Kids with a Cause.
Hilary Duff also donated $250,000 to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. In 2005, Hillary Duff donated over 2.5 million meals to Hurricane Katrina victims in the south.
In August 2006, she traveled to a New Orleans elementary school and worked with USA Harvest to distribute meals. Hilary Duff has also served on the Advisory Board of the "Audrey Hepburn Child Benefit Fund" and the Celebrity Council of "Kids with a Cause".
On October 8, 2008, she starred in a public service announcement for The Think Before You Speak Campaign by Ad Council and GLSEN, to prevent youth from using anti-LGBT vocabulary, such as the phrase "That's so Gaay".
In July 2009, She was named as a Youth Ambassador to the children of the Colombian capital, Bogota.As a Youth Ambassador, Hilary Duff 'll spend 5 days in the country, distributing backpacks filled with food to needy children.
She has stated numerous times that Hilary Duff’s a strong animal rights supporter and has commented, when asked what Hilary Duff would be doing if she weren’t a celebrity, "I always wanted to be a veterinarian when I was younger, but then I figured out that animals actually die there, so that was not the job for me. Definitely something with kids or animals or something like that."
Hilary Duff Brings Her Charity Work to Colombia
Hilary Duff brought her Blessings in a Backpackcharity to Bogota, Colombia (Aug. 17, 2009) to distribute 3,000 knapsacks of food to poor children.
Hilary Duff She launched her clothing line, "Stuff by Hilary Duff", in March 2004, with clothes distributed through Target in the US, Kmart in Australia, Zellers in Canada, and Edgars Stores in South Africa. The company, initially started as a clothing line, has expanded its business into furniture, fragrances, and jewelry, targeted at the teen and preteen crowd.
In 2007, the Internet website Stardoll.com previewed Hilary Duff's clothing line to customers by allowing them to dress up a paper doll on the website (which include Hilary Duff's own doll) with the clothes.
In February 2009, Hilary Duff and DKNY Jeans announced their new design partnership and the launch of their collaborative apparel line. She co-designed a collection of special pieces with DKNY Jeans brand called Femme for DKNY Jeans. The clothing line will debut in fine department and specialty stores nationwide in August 2009.
In September 2006, She released Hilary Duff 's perfume, "With Love... Hilary Duff", which was distributed by the Elizabeth Arden company. The perfume was initially sold only in Macy's in the U.S. and soon it was being sold in other regions like Japan and Canada. "With Love...Hilary Duff" was one of the three best-selling fragrances launched at U.S. department stores in late 2006. In 2007, she announced that she will be releasing a summer version of the perfume titled, "Wrapped With Love". It was released in January 2008, and a Spring Gift Set version was released in time for Valentine's Day.
She and her pet dog Lola made an appearance in the Electronic Arts game The Sims 2: Pets, which was released on October 2006. In console versions of the game, Hilary Duff's character visits public areas and allows the players to let their Sims socialize with her and Lola. Animal rights' organization, "Animal welfare league" have criticized Hilary Duff and celebrities such as Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson for displaying their dogs as fashion accessories rather than pets.
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