Hillary Swank, husband call it quits

Million Dollar Baby, nice biceps.

Los Angeles: Two-time Oscar-winner Hillary Swank and her husband Chad Lowe have separated after more than eight years of marriage. "Hilary and Chad have decided to separate, but they are hopeful they'll be able to get through this tough time," Swank's manager Troy Nankin said in a statement on Monday.There was no elaboration on the reason for the split.

Swank, 31, and Lowe, who turns 38 on Jan. 15, were married in September 1997 and have managed to keep their personal life mostly private. They have no children. Swank came from nowhere to win her first best actress Oscar in 2000 for playing a transgender teen in the independent movie Boys Don't Cry.

Swank famously forgot to thank a tearful Lowe while accepting her best actress Oscar in 2000 for Boys Don't Cry. Last year, Swank won again for Million Dollar Baby — this time, thanking her husband in an effusive acceptance speech at the 2005 Academy awards ceremony, saying, "Chad, you're my
Hillary Swank now single, rich and she can box.everything." In contrast to his wife's blockbuster successes, Lowe has worked on less critically acclaimed fare over the years, such as 2000's made-for-TV movie Take Me Home: The John Denver Story, in which he played the title character. 

From ibnlive.com