Infographic: Does Oscar Favor Married Men?
Leonardo DiCaprio and his mother, Irmelin Indenbirken, at the 2014 Academy Awards. (Photo: Jeff Vespa/WireImage)
It goes without saying that we’re taken with the Oscars, but, until now, we hadn’t realized how taken the Oscars were with men being taken.
Over the past 25 years, 76 percent of Best Actor winners were married (one of the gents, Jeremy Irons, flew solo because his wife was out of town) and another 8 percent brought their serious girlfriends. So, given those stats, will it matter come this Sunday that Leonardo DiCaprio inevitably will have his mother, Irmelin Indenbirken, on his arm?
Probably Definitely not.
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Still, it’s worth pointing out that last year’s winner, Eddie Redmayne, married his longtime love, Hannah Bagshawe, just two months before picking up his statuette. Perhaps he noticed the trend?
Infographic by Hanifa Abdul Hameed for Yahoo Celebrity
Among those with girlfriends, Philip Seymour Hoffman was the most recent unmarried man to win the coveted prize. When he won for Capote in 2006, his plus-one was longtime love Mimi O'Donnell, whom he was with from 1999 until 2013. In 2001, Russell Crowe brought his eventual wife (and eventual ex-wife), Danielle Spencer.
In case you were curious, Jamie Foxx was the fella that arrived with his kid on his arm. Corinne Foxx was just 10 years old when her dad won for Ray in 2005; she went on to serve as this year’s Miss Golden Globe.
Jamie Foxx and his little lady, Corinne, at the 2005 Academy Awards. (Photo: AP)
As for the other guy who went stag for the big night? That would be Jack Nicholson in 1998, when he won for As Good as It Gets.
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And, clearly, no winners brought boyfriends or husbands in the past 25 years.
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