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Toronto Vancouver Ottawa Montreal Entertainment Oscar-winning 'Crash' producer is flat broke Friday, March 10, 2006 3:05:59 AM ET By Anne Thompson - Analysis LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's been a bumpy ride.

Accepting the fifth best picture Oscar ever awarded to a woman, independent producer Cathy Schulman landed on the stage of Hollywood's Kodak Theater on Sunday along with writer-director Paul Haggis as one of the credited producers of "Crash." But while Schulman, 40, has a lot for which to be grateful, including a supportive husband of 12 years and a 5-year-old daughter, she can't entirely savor her win.

She still faces a court fight against producer Bob Yari, who is furious that he was deprived of the chance for his own moment onstage because of rulings by the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

And at what should be a career pinnacle, Schulman finds herself flat broke.

"I have the interesting distinction of having made five movies in a row without ever being paid," she says.

"I can't pay my bills." As a g...

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