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Sandra Bullock has beaten TV's favorite vampires to top Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year list. The star of hit 2009 films The Proposal and The Blind Side beat the cast of True Blood to the top spot, while Lady Gaga came in third. Also making the top 10: Taylor Swift, Alec Baldwin, Meryl Streep, Ryan Reynolds, American Idol star Adam Lambert and moviemaker James Cameron.

"The Blind Side" is a beautiful new film based on a magnificent and heartwarming true story. But I hope that the many who see it do not simply walk out all aglow. It should also produce concern. This story about hopelessness transformed into achievement should be a typically American story. We should be concerned that, increasingly, this is not the case. That this is the exception that should be the rule. Michael Oher's story has already received much attention. How a homeless black 15-year-old winds up in a Christian private school and how a white Christian couple adopted him and...

All-American Michael Oher went from the streets as a 15-year-old son of a crack addict to potential NFL Rookie of the Year on the love and dedication of an adoptive family that wouldn’t let him fail. The movie that tells their story hits theaters in time for National Adoption Day—and recognition that about 130,000 Michael Ohers are waiting for a family to adopt them Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy adopted as a family motto, "To whom much is given, much is required," they had no idea just how much would be required, nor that they were adopting far more than...

Sandra Bullock In Child Custody Battle With Pornography Actress The Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock is embroiled in a child custody battle with her husband's ex-wife, a pornography star and convicted fraudster. Tom Leonard in New York 25 Oct 2009 Sandra Bullock is embroiled in a child custody battle with her husband's ex-wife The 45-year-old star of Speed and Miss Congeniality is married to Jesse James, a former motorcycle mechanic and television presenter. Since January this year, they have been bringing up Sunny, James's five-year-old daughter, while the girl's mother, Janine Lindemulder, was serving a six-month sentence for tax evasion. Lindemulder,...

If you've seen The Proposal, then you already know there's a nude scene between its two stars, Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. If you haven't seen it yet, Sandra Bullock thinks you're going to love it. She says she wasn't nervous about being nude on camera because she believes all eyes will be on Reynolds. He bulked up for his role as Deadpool in the Wolverine origin film, and it's been a not-so-well-kept secret since his EW cover shoot photos came out, that he has a pretty bangin' body. The Proposal may be a comedy, but it's clear that Bullock...

BULLOCK'S HUSBAND IN BUSH RANT Hollywood star SANDRA BULLOCK's husband JESSE JAMES has launched a scathing verbal attack on US President GEORGE W BUSH, calling the leader "a d**khead". The motorcycle maker visited American soldiers outside Baghdad, Iraq - and is convinced the majority of the US military agree with him. James says, "Everyone in Iraq knows Bush is a d**khead. He's the boss' kid. "Everybody I know who has a successful business who has a kid - the kid is always a f**khead. Have you ever noticed that?"

On-again, off-again Austin resident Sandra Bullock has donated $1 million to the American Red Cross for tsunami disaster relief in southern Asian and eastern Africa. "At this critical time, I am grateful to Sandra Bullock for, once again, demonstrating her leadership, compassion and belief in our global humanitarian mission," says Marsha Evans, president and CEO of the American Red Cross. "Sandra continues to enable our lifesaving work and is a model for personal generosity." In 2001, the actress donated $1 million to the Red Cross in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In October, a Travis County jury...

Albanian terrorists take Greek bus hostages My Sat news is reporting 2 Albanians took an unknown number of hostages on the bus. Bus driver escaped. A wave of such terror attacks hit Greece in the 90s. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ned=us&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Bus+hostages+Greece&lr=&sa=N&tab=nw

Movie star Bullock wins restraining order against stalker Fri Jun 6, 2003 LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Hollywood star Sandra Bullock won a permanent restraining order against an man who she claims stalked her across three US states and bombarded her with messages. Hollywood star Sandra Bullock won a permanent restraining order against an man who she claims stalked her across three US states and bombarded her with messages(AFP/File/Stewart Cook) Judicial Commissioner Scott Gordon, sitting in Los Angeles, granted the order to the star of "Speed" and "Miss Congeniality" after Thomas Weldon failed to turn up to counter her allegations. The...