'Sideways' Director, Actress-Wife Split
 

Wow, this is a surprise, espcially after seeing them be all lovey-dovey for each other at the Oscars. I guess they were just putting on an act. Or maybe Payne just got a big head after winning the screenplay award and just wants to bang some fresh meat.



'Sideways' Director, Actress-Wife Split

AP

NEW YORK - Director Alexander Payne and wife Sandra Oh have gone from "Sideways" to parting ways, a spokeswoman told People magazine on Saturday. The Hollywood couple "have mutually decided to separate," the spokeswoman said. "They will remain friends."

The couple met five years ago and married in 2003.

Payne wrote and directed "Sideways," the comedy about two friends on a wine-tasting road trip through California.

The film was nominated for five Oscars (news - web sites), and he shared the Academy Award with his writing partner for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Oh, a former co-star on the HBO series "Arli$$," was one of the stars of the film.

Sad. :(

Well, we can see her in that new show about medical interns, but I cannot help but wonder why they would split so soon after one achieves such success.

time to trade up.

A marriage in the entertainment industry that didn't last? Shocking! -eek-

(isn't the divorce rate in the US around 40 percent? why is this news?)

I feel bad about this too, because their "talented filmmaker -- hot movie buff actress" relationship just seemed so cool.

You have it backwards I think. Last I checked the successful marriage rate is 40%, and divorce is around 60%.

that's weird to happen all of a sudden...is this positively accurate?

I must agree with the poster who asked "This is news?"

I mean, is anyone really surprised by this? Or, for that matter, does anyone care?

Financial success, awards and fame don't automatically translate to a happy home life?

Well, Sandra Oh's now on "Grey's Anatomy", a new show on ABC, so maybe she can play the field again.

In related news, I'm leaving my wife so I can have sex with Sandra Oh.

Not really a surprise, all that success went to his head. What a rookie.

:lol:

Wow, couldn't see this coming. I also get a hunch the movie may have had an Eyes Wide Shut-type effect on their relationship. ;)

Director-actress pairings seem generally to be not such good ideas. Although the director's already healthy ego must get quite a massage...not to mention other parts. :lol: