The Price of Being a Good Actress?

Gina Wilhelm Actress - The Price of Being a Good Actress?

Just two weeks after receiving her Best Actress Oscar, the Internet is abuzz with the news that Sandra Bullocks' husband, Jesse James, has been unfaithful to her.

According to People Magazine, Bullock left the home just a few days before the news was broken and is not currently living with James.

James is rumored to have had an 11-month relationship with Michelle "Bombshell" McGee while Bullock was filming "The Blind Side," the movie for which she won her Oscar.

Bullock is the latest in a long line of Best Actress winners whose relationships got into trouble after they received their Oscars.

Hilary Swank, Halle Berry, and Reese Witherspoon all divorced shortly after their Oscar wins (or in Swank's case, after her second win). Last year's winner, Kate Winslet has also divorced her husband.

Likewise, Julia Roberts and Charlize Theron have broken up with their boyfriends. This is a strikingly different trend than with the best actors, where only one winner in the last decade has divorced.

If you're a woman, think twice before saying, "Everything would be better if I won the Oscar."

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Best Actress Winner 2010

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Best Actress Winner 2010

It's final, it's official, the debate is over: The winner of the best actress Oscar for 2010 is Sandra Bullock for her turn in "The Blind Side."

After each actress was given a touching individual introduction, Bullock was named the winner. She jokingly rebuffed a hug from fellow nominee Meryl Streep before taking the stage.

Bullock gave tribute to each fellow nominee before thanking mothers everywhere.

With this win, Sandra Bullock becomes the first actress to be receiva a Best Actress Oscar and a Worst Actress Razzie (an award she relishes, for "All About Steve") in the same year.

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Last Chance to Debate Oscar's Good Actress

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Last Chance to Debate Oscar's Good Actress

With The Oscar ceremony mere hours away (5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on ABC), there are also mere hours to debate who will take home the best actress award.

Although the conventional wisdom is that it's between Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock, entertainmentandshowbiz.com advise not counting out Helen Mirren or Gabourey Sidibe.

Of particular import, they point to the fact that Gabourey Sidibe (as well as costar and supporting actress favorite Mo'Nique) were both honored at the NAACP Image Awards.

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Trying to Pick Oscar's Good Actress

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Trying to Pick Oscar's Good Actress

Apparently the best actor race is all tied up already (I had no idea, did you?) and will go to Jeff Bridges.

That leaves the debate open for the best actress award. Bloggers Jack Matthews and Anne Thompson both think Meryl Streep should win, but suspect that Sandra Bullock may get the Oscar instead.

Both bloggers suspect that voters may think they'll never get another chance to vote for Bullock and therefore give it to her for her role in "The Blind Side."

Matthews, who writes for Moviefone, thinks that they might honor Streep for her portrayal of Julia Child in "Julie & Julia" since voters like to honor performances they don't think they could give themselves.

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Actress Images from Critics' Choice Awards

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Actress Images from Critics' Choice Awards

The Critics' Choice Awards were held this weekend, and Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock tied for the best actress.

After coming up to the podium, Bullock kissed Streep full on the lips and said that Streep inspired her to do everything better.

In the press room, both actresses praised the other and posed for photos.

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The People Declare Sandra Bullock a Good Actress

Gina Wilhelm Actress - The People Declare Sandra Bullock a Good Actress

Sandra Bullock was a big winner at Wednesday night's 36 annual People's Choice Awards. Bullock received the Favorite Movie Actress award.


After a comeback this summer with "The Proposal," she's now receiving critical and popular acclaim for her performance in "The Blind Side."


In other actress news, Miley Cyrus received the Favorite Breakout Movie Actress award.


For television, Katherine Heigl was awarded Favorite TV Drama Actress, and Allyson Hannigan got Favorite TV Comedy Actress.


Congratulations to all the winners!


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Golden Globe Names Good Actress Candidates

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Golden Globe Names Good Actress Candidates


The Golden Globe nominations have come out, and once again, there are a lot of talented actresses vying to be named the year's best leading actress in a motion picture.


Among them are the perennials, such as Helen Mirren, Emily Blunt, and Sandra Bullock, as well as newcomers Gabourey Sidibe and Carey Mulligan in the movie drama category.


For musical or comedy motion picture, Sandra Bullock is nominated again, but is joined by Meryl Streep, Marion Cotillard, and Julia Roberts.


In fact, Meryl Streep is nominated twice in musical/comedy, both for "It's Complicated" and "Julie & Julia."

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Ronan Nominated as a Good Actress Twice

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Ronan Nominated as a Good Actress Twice

The Broadcast Film Critics Association's 15th annual Critics' Choice Movie Award nominations came out on Monday. Among those nominated were Irish actress Saoirse Ronan.

The 15-year-old actress, who plays a murdered woman in "The Lovely Bones," got dual nominations, both for best actress and best young actor/actress.

The only other actress in the young actor/actress category is Bailey Madison for her performance in "Brothers."

Other best actress nominees are Emily Blunt in "The Young Victoria," Sandra Bullock from "The Blind Side," Carey Mulligan from "An Education," Gabourey Sidibe from "Precious" and Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia."

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Sandra Bullock Back in Romantic Comedies

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Sandra Bullock Back in Romantic Comedies

After finishing 2002's "Two Week's Notice," Sandra Bullock decided she was done with romantic comedies.

Her explanation was that, "they're not funny, they're not romantic, they're not written well for women anymore...I did the last good one. I'm done."

This, of course, after she'd made several films in the genre, including "While You Were Sleeping," "Practical Magic," and "Forces of Nature."

Then she got the script for "The Proposal."

Bullock turned down the script several times before someone finally convinced her to actually read it.

In the film, she plays a hard-edged Canadian book editor who blackmails her assistant into marrying her so she can stay in the country.

She loved that her character isn't just another girl next door. Instead, she had the sort of mean and politically incorrect lines that sent test audiences gasping.

"Being nice and adorable isn't funny. I enjoyed being a bitch. Everyone does. They are always better written and it's a relief," Bullock explained.

As someone who often gets cast in the "bitch" role and whose favorite part is STILL the Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of Oz," Gina Wilhelm Actress wholeheartedly concurs!

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