Which is better: to be nominated for Oscars year after year and never win like Kate Winslet, or to win once like Halle Berry and spend the rest of your life making crap like Gothika? For a variety of reasons, from the lack of good roles for talented actors without star power, to the poor choices of a star gone wild, some Oscar winners and nominees have only tasted Academy love once in their life. Here are ten of our favorite one-hit Oscar wonders.
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Kevin Costner the actor has had his ups and downs, but Costner the director---who beat Martin Scorcese and Goodfellas for Best Director and Best Picture with 1990's Dances With Wolves---has only made two movies since that surprise coup. And one of those was The Postman.
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