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Most of us have heard about the so-called "Oscar Curse"--the theory that women who win the Best Actress Academy Award are doomed to divorce....   >>>

Most of us have heard about the so-called "Oscar Curse"--the theory that women who win the Best Actress Academy Award are doomed to divorce.



Now, researchers at the University of Toronto have the data to back it up. Their study, released last week, found that the effects of the "Oscar Curse" are actually real.



Researchers compared actresses who won Best Actress statuettes from 1936 to 2010 to those who were nominated but didn't win, and found that winners were, indeed, 1.68 times as likely to divorce as non-winners. Of the 265 married nominees, 159 eventually divorced--a whopping 60 percent. The same was not true for men--there was no significant difference in divorce risk for Best Actor winners and Best Actor nominees.



**The excerpt is taken from the Huffington Post article, "Oscar Curse study: Research Weighs in, " written by Amy Lee linked below. So please do click through to read a more in-depth discussion about this study on woman and the Best Actress Academy Award.**