Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/roberto-benigni/81377/main'target='_blank'>Roberto Benigni</a>

<b>Won for:</b> Best Actor, <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/life-is-beautiful/1117548/main"target="_blank">'Life Is Beautiful'</a></font> (1998)<br><b>Where Is He Now?</b> Benigni followed 'Life' with another award-winning performance -- he earned a Worst Actor Razzie for his turn as a very (weird) adult <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href=" http://movies.aol.com/movie/pinocchio-2002/12493/main"target="_blank">'Pinocchio.'</a></font> Alas, his 2006 bid to return to 'Beautiful' form, with <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/the-tiger-and-the-snow/24058/reviews"target="_blank">'Tiger and the Snow,'</a></font> evoked near-universal disdain.

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/kim-basinger/4427/main'target='_blank'>Kim Basinger</a>

<b>Won for:</b> Best Supporting Actress, <a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/l-a-confidential/4759/main"target="_blank">'L.A. Confidential'</a> (1997)<br><b>Where Is She Now?</b> Recently, Basinger has been in the news mostly for her 2002 divorce from <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/alec-baldwin/3515/main"target="_blank">Alec Baldwin</a></font> as well as their subsequent bitter custody disputes. Her next-highest-profile role was as a less-devoted mom, <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/eminem/287398/main"target="_blank">Eminem's</a></font> in <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/8-mile/10948/main"target="_blank">'8 Mile'</a></font>; and she showed up as First Lady in <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/the-sentinel/23169/main"target="_blank">'The Sentinel.'</a></font>

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/cuba-gooding-jr/27665/main'target='_blank'>Cuba Gooding Jr.</a>

<b>Won for:</b> Best Supporting Actor, <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/jerry-maguire/3239/main"target="_blank">'Jerry Maguire'</a></font> (1996)<br><b>Where Is He Now?</b> Taking Rod Tidwell's "Show me the money!" mantra to heart, he's since acted in such "masterpieces" as <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/chill-factor/6498/main"target="_blank">'Chill Factor'</a></font> and <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/boat-trip/13735/main"target="_blank"></font>'Boat Trip.'</a></font> In 2007 he starred in Fred Savage's 'Daddy Day Camp' AND <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/ridley-scott/110579/main"target="_blank">Ridley Scott</a></font>'s <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/american-gangster/19137/main"target="_blank">'American Gangster.'</a></font> That's range.

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/mira-sorvino/167475/main'target='_blank'>Mira Sorvino</a>

<b>Won for:</b> Best Supporting Actress, <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href=" http://movies.aol.com/movie/mighty-aphrodite/1639/main"target="_blank">'Mighty Aphrodite'</a></font> (1995)<br><b>Where Is She Now?</b> Sorvino was a classic Best Supporting Actress surprise, and though she fulfilled two dreams that year -- winning gold and working with <font color="#1C5BB0"><a href="http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/woody-allen/79388/main"target="_blank">Woody Allen</a></font> -- her star faded soon after. She was mostly relegated to TV movies like 'Covert One: The Hades Factor' (actual title) until coming back strong in 2007 with a supporting role in <a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/reservation-road/27139/main"target="_blank">'Reservation Road.'</a>

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/mercedes-ruehl/62063/main'target='_blank'>Mercedes Ruehl</a>

<b>Won for:</b> Best Supporting Actress, <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/the-fisher-king/9141/main'target='_blank'>'The Fisher King'</a></font> (1991)<br><b>Where Is She Now?</b> Ruehl was among the best women working in Hollywood in the early '90s, but unfortunately Oscar's honor was her pinnacle. Though <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/the-minus-man/6556/main'target='_blank'>'The Minus Man'</a></font> (1999) was her last major film (ouch), she's enjoyed a bit of a resurgence as Vince Chase's mom on HBO's <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://tvshows.aol.com/show/entourage/SH6654200000/main'target='_blank'>'Entourage.'</a></font>

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/joe-pesci/56237/main'target='_blank'>Joe Pesci</a>

<b>Won for:</b> Best Supporting Actor, <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/goodfellas/2277/main'target='_blank'>'Goodfellas'</a></font> (1990)<br><b>Where Is He Now?</b> Yeah, where is Joe Pesci? Everybody loves Joe Pesci. But after winning us over in <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/martin-scorsese/110533/main'target='_blank'>Scorsese</a></font> mob flicks, Pesci's career closed for business (see <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/gone-fishin/3975/main'target='_blank'>'Gone Fishin''</a></font>). His tiny, barely publicized appearance in <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/robert-de-niro/17593/main'target='_blank'>Robert De Niro's</a></font> <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/the-good-shepherd/26924/main'target='_blank'>'The Good Shepherd'</a></font> was his first film role in eight years.

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/marlee-matlin/46423/main'target='_blank'>Marlee Matlin</a>

<b>Won for:</b> Best Actress, <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/children-of-a-lesser-god/24859/main'target='_blank'>'Children of a Lesser God'</a></font> (1986)<br><b>Where Is She Now?</b> Although she never hit it big in film, TV has been kind to the hearing-impaired actress. She's currently keeping busy with a hilarious recurring role on <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://tvshows.aol.com/show/my-name-is-earl/SH7538600000/main'target='_blank'>'My Name Is Earl'</a></font> and a saucy lesbian turn on <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://tvshows.aol.com/show/the-l-word/SH6236670000/main'target='_blank'>'The L Word.'</a></font> Yep, deaf becomes her.

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/f-murray-abraham/138/main'target='_blank'>F. Murray Abraham</a>

<b>Won for: </b>Best Actor, <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/amadeus/6571/main'target='_blank'>'Amadeus'</a></font> (1984)<br><b>Where Is He Now?</b> The poster boy for post-Oscar disappearing acts -- 'F. Murray syndrome' has its own Wikipedia entry -- Abraham is still acting, mostly on the stage and in films tending toward the 'big in Europe' variety: e.g., an Italian comedy whose U.S. title was 'Too Much Romance ... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers.'

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/linda-hunt/33978/main'target='_blank'>Linda Hunt</a>

<b>Won for:</b> Best Supporting Actress, <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/the-year-of-living-dangerously/1040021/main'target='_blank'>'The Year of Living Dangerously'</a></font> (1983)<br><b>Where Is She Now? </b>The only actor to win an Oscar for playing a member of the opposite sex, Hunt seems to prefer being heard, not seen: She voiced roles in Disney's <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/pocahontas/1361/main'target='_blank'>'Pocahontas'</a></font> and HBO's <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://tvshows.aol.com/show/carnivale/SH5972240000/main'target='_blank'>'Carnivale,'</a></font> and since 1997 she's been the host of NPR's 'City Arts & Lectures.'

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/louis-gossett-jr/27923/main'target='_blank'>Louis Gossett Jr.</a>

<b>Won for: </b>Best Supporting Actor, <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/an-officer-and-a-gentleman/14699/main'target='_blank'>'An Officer and a Gentleman'</a></font> (1982)<br><b>Where Is He Now?</b> Gossett's actually everywhere, you just have to know where to look. He's in theaters (<font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/tyler-perrys-daddys-little-girls/27209/main'target='_blank'>'Daddy's Little Girls'</a></font>), on HBO (<font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/lackawanna-blues/21137/main'target='_blank'>'Lackawanna Blues'</a></font>) and hopefully, in your DVD collection (they do make an <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/iron-eagle/1017802/main'target='_blank'>'Iron Eagle'</a></font> box set, yes?).

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/timothy-hutton/34188/main'target='_blank'>Timothy Hutton</a>

<b>Won for:</b> Best Supporting Actor, <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/ordinary-people/11214/main'target='_blank'>'Ordinary People'</a></font> (1980)<br><b>Where Is He Now?</b> After his Oscar win, Hutton couldn't find his leading-man groove, save for a handful of flicks (notably <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/beautiful-girls/1972/main'target='_blank'>'Beautiful Girls'</a></font>). He's tried TV -- the A&E series 'Nero Wolfe', the quickly canceled <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://tvshows.aol.com/show/kidnapped/SH8483690000/main'target='_blank'>'Kidnapped'</a></font> -- and, having co-starred in 2007's <a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/the-last-mimzy/28054/main"target="_blank">'The Last Mimzy,'</a> has a few film projects on tap, including an adaptation of David Foster Wallace's <a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/brief-interviews-with-hideous-men/1353403/main"target="_blank">'Brief Interviews With Hideous Men.'</a>

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/sissy-spacek/67043/main'target='_blank'>Sissy Spacek</a>

<b>Won for:</b> Best Actress, <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href=' http://movies.aol.com/movie/coal-miners-daughter/1006684/main'target='_blank'>'Coal Miner's Daughter'</a></font> (1980)<br><b>Where Is She Now?</b> The actress, who started in horror (<font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/carrie/10348/main'target='_blank'>'Carrie'</a></font>), has never lacked Oscar love. She's scored four noms since her Best Actress win -- most recently for '02's <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/in-the-bedroom/857/main'target='_blank'>'In the Bedroom,'</a></font> one of the smaller films & smaller roles she usually takes ... when she's not popping up in scary movies (<font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/the-ring-two/16398/main'target='_blank'>'The Ring Two'</a></font>).

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/faye-dunaway/20518/main'target='_blank'>Faye Dunaway</a>

<b>Won for:</b> Best Actress, <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/network/1024832/main'target='_blank'>'Network'</a></font> (1976)<br><b>Where Is She Now?</b> Dunaway's rep took a hit after the 1981 camp classic <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/mommie-dearest/1023514/main'target='_blank'>'Mommie Dearest'</a></font> ('NO WIRE HANGERS!'), and she was reduced to bit parts and TV movies until joining the reality TV brigade as host of <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://tvshows.aol.com/show/the-starlet/SH7266260000/main'target='_blank'>'The Starlet,'</a></font> in which she dismissed young actors with a cutting 'Don't call us, we'll call you.'</p>

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/louise-fletcher/23906/main'target='_blank'>Louise Fletcher</a>

<b>Won for: </b>Best Actress, <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href=' http://movies.aol.com/movie/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest/3169/main'target='_blank'>'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'</a></font> (1975)<br><b>Where Is She Now?</b> The actress who played AFI's fifth greatest movie villain wound up in a few horror films (<font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/firestarter/1011937/main'target='_blank'>'Firestarter,'</a></font> <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://movies.aol.com/movie/the-exorcist-ii-the-heretic/19679/main'target='_blank'>'Exorcist II'</a></font>), but to sci-fi fans she's known as Kai Winn Adami on <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://tvshows.aol.com/show/star-trek-deep-space-nine/SH0561580000/main'target='_blank'>'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.'</a></font> From power-mad nurse to power-mad religious leader ... makes sense to us.

Oscar Winners: Where Are They Now?

<a href='http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/tatum-oneal/53569/main'target='_blank'>Tatum O'Neal</a>

<b>Won for: </b>Best Supporting Actress, <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href=' http://movies.aol.com/movie/paper-moon/2261/main'target='_blank'>'Paper Moon'</a></font> (1973)<br><b>Where Is She Now?</b> The kid star's career hit the skids thanks to heroin addiction and her rocky marriage to John McEnroe, both chronicled in her 2004 book 'A Paper Life.' But things are looking up: She's had a recurring role on the past two seasons of <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://tvshows.aol.com/show/rescue-me/SH6693530000/main'target='_blank'>'Rescue Me,'</a></font> and in 2006 she made it all the way to Round 2 of <font color='#1C5BB0'><a href='http://tvshows.aol.com/show/dancing-with-the-stars/SH7473660000/main'target='_blank'>'Dancing With the Stars.'</a></font>