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Natalie Portman was a child star who went to Harvard, avoided the pitfalls, and won an Oscar. She did everything right. Her career is the model for how to do it.

Denzel Washington has two Oscars, five nominations, and four decades of excellence. He doesn't do scandals. He doesn't trend. He just works. That's the point.

Anne Hathaway won an Oscar and the internet decided to hate her. They called themselves Hathahaters. Years later, they apologized. The whole thing was bizarre.

Nicolas Cage went from Oscar winner to punchline after spending his fortune on bizarre purchases. He took any role offered to clear his debts. Now he's critically acclaimed again.

Lady Gaga has reinvented herself more times than any artist of her generation. From meat dresses to Oscar winner to Joker villain, her constant evolution is her greatest achievement.

The story behind Brendan Fraser's Oscar-winning performance in The Whale: the 6-hour makeup, the 300-pound suit, and the emotional toll of embodying Charlie.

Cillian Murphy's Oscar-winning performance in Oppenheimer required a physical transformation so extreme that his family begged him to stop. What he went through to become the father of the atomic bomb.

How Brendan Fraser went from action hero movie star to complete Hollywood exile after alleged sexual assault, a devastating divorce, and health destruction—then returned to win an Oscar.

How Joaquin Phoenix went from Hollywood's weirdest actor to its most respected—through method acting madness, a fake retirement, brother's tragic death, and the most committed performance of a generation in Joker.