March
12,
2009
Career Rehab: Oscar Redux
Jamie Foxx nabbed an Oscar for his uncanny work in Ray. The follow-up? The stink bomb Stealth, ego-stroking albums, and long nights in the champagne room. Cue the new biopic The Soloist, Foxx's effort to restore squandered cred. Now, where have we seen this before?
GWYNETH PALTROW
oscar, celebrity, winners, losers, career, films, movies
gwyneth paltrow
SCORES: Rocking dialogue in iambic pentameter as the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy merchant in Shakespeare in Love (1998). THE DISMAL FOLLOW-UP: The fat-suited Shallow Hal, the grounded airplane comedy View from the Top.
BID FOR REDEMPTION: Rocking dialogue in iambic pentameter as the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy king in the upcoming film adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear.
ODDS OF OSCARING AGAIN: 5-1
ADRIEN BRODY
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adrien brody
SCORES: In The Pianist (2002), the gripping true story of an acclaimed musician. THE DISMAL FOLLOW-UP: Shilled for Diet Coke, dabbled in rap music, starred in flops The Jacket and Hollywoodland.
BID FOR REDEMPTION: Last year's blink-or-you'll-miss-it Cadillac Records, the gripping true story of an acclaimed record-label exec.
ODDS OF OSCARING AGAIN: 8-1
HALLE BERRY
oscar, celebrity, winners, losers, career, films, movies
halle berry
SCORES: As an unhinged woman who learns to live with her racist lover in Monster's Ball (2001). THE DISMAL FOLLOW-UP: The chills-free thriller Gothika, the Razzie-worthy Catwoman.
BID FOR REDEMPTION: Playing an unhinged woman who learns to live with her racist alter ego in the upcoming Frankie and Alice.
ODDS OF OSCARING AGAIN: 7-1
ROBIN WILLIAMS
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robin williams
SCORES: As a therapist with misguided facial hair who helps a gifted-but-troubled foster kid in Good Will Hunting (1997). THE DISMAL FOLLOW-UP: Cavalcades of earnestness that included kiddie-cancer-doc flick Patch Adams, the treacly Jakob the Liar.
BID FOR REDEMPTION: Playing a con artist with misguided facial hair who helps a gifted-but-troubled orphan in 2007's August Rush.
ODDS OF OSCARING AGAIN: 20-1
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