7 Oscar Winners Turned Losers - Can We Get That Award Back?
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Cuba Gooding, Jr. had the entire Academy on its feet as he refused to be played off after winning the Oscar for "Jerry MacGuire." However, his post-Oscar management was terrible. They tried an actioner ("Chill Factor," with then-flavor-of-the-month Skeet Ulrich) then a broad comedy ("Boat Trip"). When both of these ideas failed they just kept trying the same thing over and over and over again (see: Snow Dogs). Can "Red Tails," the upcoming story about the Tuskegee Airmen rally him back? Well, with George Lucas on story, a writer from "The Wanda Sykes Show" scripting and a first-time feature director, I don't see him dancing off the stage any time soon.more info
date_of_birth film place_of_birth nationality children parents Date Born height_meters weight_kg gender 1968-01-02 As Good as It Gets,Boyz N the Hood,Chill Factor,Home on the Range,Instinct,Jerry Maguire,Judgment Night,Outbreak,Pearl Harbor,Radio,Rat Race,Shadowboxer,Snow Dogs,The Fighting Temptations,A Few Good Men,Norbit,Hero Wanted,Gladiator,Men of Honor,A Murder of Crows,Daddy Day Camp,What Dreams May Come,Dirty,Coming to America,American Gangster,T The Bronx United States Jan 2 1968 1.778 Male -
In one of the Academy's most brazen cases of nepotism, Mira Sorvino beat out Joan Allen, Kathleen Quinlin , Mare Wingingham and Kate Winslet for her 1995 Oscar. Her annoying hooker with a heart of gold in Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite" was a well-written role that she added nothing to except a Jersey accent. While she did show some promise in "Romi and Michelle's High School Reunion," her career went flat for 14 years as she wallowed in TV movies and straight-to-DVD fare (a.k.a. post-Oscar purgatory). Mira is going back on the big screen soon in "The Trouble With Cali," written by Amanda Sorvino and directed by Paul Sorvino. Sounds like that'll be a winner....more info
date_of_birth film place_of_birth nationality children parents Date Born height_meters weight_kg gender 1967-09-28 Barcelona,Beautiful Girls,Covert One: The Hades Factor,Mighty Aphrodite,Mimic,Romy and Michele's High School Reunion,The Replacement Killers,The Triumph of Love,WiseGirls,The Grey Zone,The Final Cut,Summer of Sam,Reservation Road,Gods and Generals,Norma Jean & Marilyn,The Great Gatsby,Quiz Show,Lulu on the Bridge,At First Sight,Free Mon Tenafly Italy,United States Paul Sorvino Sep 28 1967 Female -
The Holy Grail of Oscar flubs came in 1990. Kevin Costner's preachy, self righteous, overwritten ("I want to see the West, before it’s gone!") loooong crapfest, "Dances With Wolves" snaked the Oscar away from Martin Scorcese's masterpiece "Goodfellas." It was one of those brainfart Academy years (although they have gotten more brain-flatulent throughout the years). Oscar chose "Ghost," "Awakenings," and "The Godfather, Part 3” over "Wild At Heart" and "The Grifters," for Best Picture. Kevin Costner spent the next twenty years indulging his inner hack. Since winning, he has failed to act in or direct a in single watchable movie. Some will say “JFK” is a good movie. These people are wrong. The movie is okay at best and Costner is terrible.more info
date_of_birth film place_of_birth nationality children parents Date Born height_meters weight_kg gender 1955-01-18 A Perfect World,Bull Durham,Dances with Wolves,Dragonfly,Fandango,JFK,Mr. Brooks,No Way Out,Open Range,Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,Rumor Has It...,Silverado,The Bodyguard,The Untouchables,Tin Cup,Waterworld,The Guardian,American Flyers,Field of Dreams,Thirteen Days,3000 Miles to Graceland,Wyatt Earp,The Postman,For Love of the Game,The Wa Lynwood United States Jan 18 1955 1.85 Male -
While we are on the nepotism subject, Helen Hunt won for an uninspired performance in "As Good As It Gets." Does anyone really think she held her own against Jack in any scene? Even against Greg Kinnear? No, sir, she did not. She went on to appear in the over-manipulative "Pay It Forward," was upstaged by a volleyball in "Castaway" and phoned in another nothing role in "Bobby." She did have a nice turn in "What Women Want", but hasn't had a leading role in nearly ten years. Like Mira Sorvino, she beat out Kate Winslet. Take THAT, logic!more info
date_of_birth film place_of_birth nationality children parents Date Born height_meters weight_kg gender 1963-06-15 As Good as It Gets,Bill: On His Own,Bobby,Cast Away,Pay It Forward,The Curse of the Jade Scorpion,Trancers,Twister,What Women Want,Trancers II,Mr. Saturday Night,Project X,Next of Kin,A Good Woman,Dr. T & the Women,Girls Just Want to Have Fun,Miles from Home,Only You,The Waterdance,Pioneer Woman,Choices of the Heart,Then She Found Me Culver City United States Jun 15 1963 1.702 Female -
Kim Basinger (the former Playmate and Bond Girl) finally won Oscar gold portraying a fantasy girl for the ordinary Joe in “L.A. Confidential.” She then immediately forgot that her audience was made up primarily of men and her career went in the way of her clothes in the first part of her career (see what we did there?). She went on to star in a series of chick flick flops like: “I Dreamed of Africa,” “Bless the Child” and “The Mermaid Chair” (pictured). No, not the Daryl Hannah kinda mermaid... just a catchy name that probably got some poor people who were at Blockbuster on some lonely night to accidentally rent it. Mermaids can't even sit down.more info
date_of_birth film place_of_birth nationality children parents Date Born height_meters weight_kg gender 1953-12-08 8 Mile,Batman,Bless the Child,Cellular,Cool World,Elvis Has Left the Building,Final Analysis,Fool for Love,L.A. Confidential,Prêt-à-Porter,The Door in the Floor,The Man Who Loved Women,Never Say Never Again,Blind Date,The Natural,People I Know,No Mercy,9½ Weeks,Even Money,I Dreamed of Africa,The Getaway,My Stepmother Is an Alien,The Real Mc Athens United States Dec 8 1953 Female -
In 1998, Roberto Benigni's overly enthusiastic chair dancing victory was cute when he won Best Foreign film for "Life is Beautiful." It was tired by the time he won Best Actor, beating Tom Hanks, Ed Norton, Ian McKellan and Nick Nolte. Then he was just kind of loud and the under dog nobody wanted to win. Since then, he bombed in "Pinnochio" and in a re-release of "Son of the Pink Panther" (which tanked the first time it came out too). All told, the cutesy little Italian man has made two pictures since his 1997 Oscar win.more info
date_of_birth film place_of_birth nationality children parents Date Born height_meters weight_kg gender 1952-10-27 Coffee and Cigarettes,Down by Law,Life Is Beautiful,Night on Earth,Son of the Pink Panther,The Monster,The Tiger and the Snow,Johnny Stecchino,The Little Devil,Pinocchio,La voce della luna,Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar,Fellini: I'm a Born Liar,Berlinguer I Love You Castiglion Fiorentino Italy Oct 27 1952 1.689 Male -
7Crash/Paul Haggis2005 had an above average mix of best flicks to choose from in a very long time. We had: "Brokeback Mountain," "Capote," "Good Night and Good Luck," and "Munich." However, the long shot "Crash" won the hearts of the Academy voters. Perhaps they just identified with the mean streets of Los Angeles while watching the DVD screener, nestled away in their Bel-Air mansions, looking out the windows (and into their souls) in fear. While some may say 16 episodes of “The Black Donnoleys” was a success, this article is about BIG SCREEN success. Director and writer Paul Haggis has flailed ever since. He wrote the most underwhelming part in the Bond reboot "Quantum of Solace" and his only directorial effort since has been the forgettable "In the Valley of Elah"; an easy heart-strings-puller melodrama starring Charlize Theron. I think everyone has finally caught on to his melodramatic lines, stories and tonality to the point where he's either going to have to change his tune or fall the way of Sorvino. I think we have more than enough movies about caricatures, Mr. Haggis, they're called cartoons.more info
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