The Crying Game
PA PhotosIt’s hard to believe but Gwyneth Paltrow was known as a bit of an ice queen before her now-notorious Oscar acceptance speech in 1999. Paltrow won Best Actress for Shakespeare In Love and set the bar for sobbing speeches.
Bigpicturesphoto.comJustin Timberlake cried a river when Ashton Kutcher well and truly fooled him on Punked in 2005. In the episode, Justin’s $8m home and all its contents were seized by the Federal Police for non-payment of taxes.
WennThings got a bit ugly for America Ferrera at the 2007 Golden Globes. The actress ruined her immaculate red carpet make-up by blubbing her way through a speech in which she thanked just about everyone she’d ever worked with.
Rex FeaturesNot even Paris Hilton can escape jail it seems. In 2007 the socialite threw a crying fit in the back of a sheriff’s car on her way to court, after the judge ruled that Hilton must serve out her full 45-day sentence.
Rex FeaturesFollowing in the tear-stained footsteps of Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron’s dramatic weeping when she won the Best Actress Academy Award in 2004 was worthy of an Oscar in itself.
PA PhotosFamous for her steely pout, Victoria Beckham seems to be the most unlikely of criers. But the singer did shed a tear at the 2000 Brits when the Spice Girls were given an Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.
WennLiz Hurley has done a bit of acting in her time but the tears she shed for Roberto on Project Runway were all real. The former model, a judge on the programme, had to tell the contestant that he’d been voted off the design talent show.
PA PhotosJennifer Aniston was still happily married to Brad Pitt in 2002 but she was reduced to tears on accepting the Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy for her part in Friends.
Rex FeaturesI’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here proved a bit too much of an adventure for Natalie Appleton. The former All Saints singer started sobbing during her Canopy Calamity trial, saying: “Mummy I can't do this,... I'm not happy. Help me, help me!” She managed to collect seven meal tickets but quit the jungle after the first week.
PA PhotosHalle Berry has made a habit out of crying at Hollywood events – remember her Oscar acceptance speech in 2002? Five years later, the X Men actress still wasn’t able to control herself and had to wipe away the tears when she received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
WennPaul McKenna has many powers but even he must have been surprised that he made Ellen DeGeneres cry live on her chatshow. During a trance which was supposed to stop the comedian from smoking, Ellen started sobbing as she remembered times when she’d had cigarettes at social events.
Rex FeaturesOne thing Avril Lavigne learnt after the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto is that tears and mascara definitely don’t mix. The singer gave a whole new meaning to black eye make-up as she stepped up to accept the Favourite Canadian Artist Award.
