A lot of superstitious people follow sports: there's the Sports Illustrated curse (in which an athlete who appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated is said to be jinxed and will suffer a slump or injury or some other ill luck), the Madden curse (which says basically the same thing about football players appearing on the cover of Madden Football), the well-known "Dirty Underwear/Unsightly Facial Hair/Not Having Sex/Eating Only Gruel will Keep My Streak Unbroken and Bring Me Success in the Playoffs" Myth, and God knows what others that irrational sports fans/players have come up with to explain things in their lives that are in anyway not obvious.
(Is it coincidence that so many NFL players are also born-again Christians? You decide.)
Then in the light of Mr. Gibson's and Mr. Osment's recent troubles, is this the beginning of a Shyamalan Curse? Will stars of M. Night Shyamalan movies from now on abuse alcohol and drive their cars under the influence? Let's not wait to check this out when it'’s too late: after Joaquin Phoenix or Paul Giammatti has died in some drunk driving accident or Bryce Dallas Howard has publicly called the Iraqi people "sand niggers."” No, let's get to work on this now-- set up some sort of elite task force of scientists and ninja-commandos and see if they can figure out how to stop this thing before it leaves Hollywood in ruins.
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