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Do Academy Awards Lead to Divorce?

I hear you, Hanna, and I've sometimes thought about the downside of success for Hollywood women when their marriages fall apart. Cases in point: Hilary Swank wins an Oscar. She and her husband break up. Reese Witherspoon wins an Oscar. She and her husband break up. These are my only two examples, so perhaps I'm being too simplistic about it. Or do men really have a hard time when their wives are more successful than them? Then again, Brad Pitt doesn't seem to mind living in the shadow of Angelina Jolie (probably not many men would mind living anywhere in the vicinity of her shadow), but the paint hasn't dried yet on that relationship.

And two more examples. Why do even some of the most beautiful women in the world get screwed around on? Cases in point: Halle Berry and Elizabeth Hurley.

And the final case in point: Bill and Hillary Clinton. I think he's going mad that she can run for president this year and he can't ever again!