Oscars curse on marriages of award winning actresses

With Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes becoming the latest Hollywood marriage casualty it seems that a pattern is emerging that a love split seems to follow on from winning an Oscar and naming partners in the thank you speech.

Kate Winslet and Same Mendes married in 2003 in an impromptu ceremony in the Caribbean. It was so unplanned that she didn’t have the time to buy her husband a wedding ring but Mendes managed to place a very large diamond ring on her finger

When Kate Winslet won her Best Actress Oscar in 2009 for The Reader, she gushed about Sam Mendes: “I'm so lucky to have a wonderful husband and two beautiful children who let me do what I love and who love me just the way that I am.” And now just over a year later she has announced her split from the Oscar-winning director.

And there are a number of actresses who are casualties of winning Academy Awards:

Hilary Swank won best actress in 2005 for her role in Million Dollar Baby and in her speech mentioned her husband “'I am going to start by thanking my husband. Chad, you're my everything.” She married Chad Lowe (brother of Rob) in 1997, but in less than a year she had left him and started dating her agent,

Halle Berry made her name as super-heroine Storm in X-Men and married R & B singer Eric Benet after a whirlwind romance in 2001. She won best actress in 2002 saying “Thank you, my husband, who is just a joy of my life.” The couple split in 2003 following stories of Eric's serial adultery. Halle is now with toyboy supermodel boyfriend Gabriel Aubry who romantically gave her his grandmother’s diamond engagement ring after the birth of their daughter.

Reese Witherspoon has had s series of successful movies over the years including Legally Blond. She married the lesser known actor Ryan Philippe in 1999 and they had two children. He proposed to Reese in December 1998 giving her a very rare early Neil Lane, four-carat Asscher cut diamond platinum engagement ring. She won best Actress in 2006 for the Johnny Cash movie Walk the Line saying “I want to say thank you to my wonderful husband and my two children, who should be going to bed. Thank you for loving me so much and supporting me.” It turns out they had been receiving marriage guidance counselling since 2002 and finally separated at the end of 2006. They divorced in 2008 following his alleged affair with actress Abbie Cornish while Reese found comfort with Jake Gyllenhaal.

Kim Basinger is a beautiful ex-model who has appeared in a number of popular films. Her second husband was actor Alec Baldwin with whom she had a daughter. She won best Supporting Actress in 1998 for LA Confidential saying “Wow. Thanks to my husband Alec” and then divorced him in 2001 because of his bad temper and famously sold her 3.7 carat diamond engagement ring.

Emma Thompson is a well loved British actress who has also written a number of successful films. She married actor Kenneth Branagh in 1989 and made Henry V and The Fortunes of War with him. She won best actress in 1993 for Howard’s End and the couple split in 1995. He soon began dating Helena Bonham Carter and she met and subsequently married actor Greg Wise.

Geena Davis made her name in The Fly where she met husband number two Jeff Goldblum. They got married in 1987 and she won best supporting actress in 1989 giving thanks to “my other wonderful acting coach and darling husband Jeff Goldblum”. They had split by the end of the year and Geena went off with director Renny Hartlin.

Helen Hunt married actor Hank Azaria, whom she met in 1994. She won best Actress in 1998 for As Good As It Gets saying “Thank you to just the very best man I know”. They married in 1998 but it lasted less than a year.

Angelina Jolie is the daughter of Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight who married eccentric actor/musician Billy Bob Thornton and carried his blood in a locket. She won best Supporting Actress in 2000 for Girl, Interrupted and gushed “It's a real deep connection.” Not deep enough it seems, as by 2005 Bill Bob was long gone and she was famously involved with Brad Pitt. The couple famously support number of good causes and recently endorsed a ban on blood diamonds from Zimbabwe. It was after the BAFTA awards in 2009 that she left a pair of $1.6 million diamond earrings in her suite at London's Dorchester Hotel when she left to return to the USA.

Cheryl's Yo-Yo Wedding Ring Is Firmly Back On Finger

After having done both performances of X Factor WITHOUT her wedding ring - an act destined to get tongues weddding - Cheryl Cole was photographed last night with it back in situ for all the world to see.

Leaving the BBC's Maida Vale offices she paired a dressed down look of jeans, shirt, gilet jacket and cap with the humongous rock. The popstar, fashion icon and new Nation's sweetheart took a break from her usual glamorous appearance as she rehearsed with Snow Patrol, with who she will be doing a duet for Children in Need.

The £160,000 wedding ring has been the cause of much speculation and is taken as a reflection of the state of the singer's relationship at any given time. Lately she seems to be sending out more and more mix signals and was recently quoted in ELLE magazine as saying she only really trusted her mum and her dogs.

Watch this space to see what happens next with Cheryl's wedding ring!

Coleen McCloughlin Wedding Ring

After finally tying the knot, pictures have been released of Coleen and Wayne's gorgeous diamond wedding rings.

Apparently, Coleen was involved in the design of the rings, and i have to say that they look great! A lot of thought has gone into the design, which involves a total of three rings for Coleen - the engagement ring, wedding band and a third band, which is wayne's wedding gift to her. Together, the three rings join to look like one stunning ring. Wayne's ring has also been designed to match Coleen's rings.

The white gold rings are encrusted with 18 carat diamonds, and were produced by New York jewellers, Jacob & Co.

Mariah Carey Wedding Ring

So what is going on with all these secret weddings.

Mariah Carey married Nick Cannon in April whilst in the Bahamas.

According to The People Newspaper the rings were huge, proper good old bling. Mariah wore a huge Pink Diamond ring apparently worth 2.5 milion. 17 Carats! Theres also reports that Nick bought Mariah a ring costing 17 million!

All a bit much I think

If you cant quite afford that then Im sure you will be able to afford a wedding ring or engagement ring from The Diamond Store....type in "chicks" and get 5 pounds off!

Beckys Jewellery in Coranation Street

Loving Corrie at the moment. Becky is so funny. My husband sometimes says Im like Becky...not too sure which aspect of her Im supposed to be like though!

Becky´s Jewellery...what do you think? Gold rings on every finger, massive earrings, bangles. Shes such a great character and changing so much.

Poor Maria...she was right...always trust your judgement! Womans instinct and all that! That was a very quick wedding...she already through the wedding ring back him.

Gales dad arriving was a great entrance...Tina is brilliant...and she won an award the other day at the Soap Awards....funnily enough, my husband says I remind him of Tina as well....bet you are building a great picture up of this Diamond Chick

Brad & Angelina To Get Married On A Boat

Apparently Brad & Angelina will finally be getting married this summer on a luxury yacht, off the coast of France.

The boat belongs to a friend of the couple, Paul Allen, who is one of the co-founders of Microsoft.

Brad & Angelina will be in France for the final three months of her current pregnancy, and plan to marry after the birth. It will be an intimate wedding, with only closest friends and family present.

Brad designed the engagement rings and wedding rings for his first marriage to Jennifer Anniston, so it will be interesting to see what he comes up with second time around!

Kate Moss Buys Own Wedding Ring

It seems that Kate Moss is the ultimate modern woman, as she's reportedly just paid £90,000 for her own wedding ring.

The ring is said to be a diamond and platinum band with an Egyptian themed symbol of long life, from the famous London jewellers, Garrards.

The Kills guitarist, Jamie Hince, proposed to Kate last month. He got down on one knee in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and is said to be totally smitten with her.

At least Jamie seems to be a major improvement on Pete Doherty (What a loser!). It looks like Kate wants to have another baby and calm down her lifestyle, so hopefully he'll be the right person to do this with. Good luck Kate!

Beyonces Engagement & Wedding Ring

So what is going on? Are they arent they?

Beyonce and Jay Z -They apparently got married at the weekend, just a low key wedding with a family and a few close friends like Kelly Rowland and Gwyneth Paltrow...low key!

Do you ever wonder what life is really like with these celebrities...like when they wake up, what do they really look like?

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