After Sandra Bullock went through all that heartbreak with Jesse James (and arguably Ryan Reynolds, many people didn’t buy them as a romantic couple, but I did!) a lot of us were rooting for her to find a decent non-douchebag non-famous type. If this latest report is accurate that may have happened for her, hooray! OK! is claiming that Sandra has found love in the arms of a producer named Jonathan Komack Martin. Bullock’s rep issued a surprisingly specific denial that the two have been “best friends for 15 years” and that “he co-produced the ‘George Lopez’ show with her and is part of her and her son’s life. He is Ryan Reynolds’ producing partner and they are all very good friends. In addition, the recent photo of them was taken after being followed for two and a half hours to Palm Springs for a memorial.” So he’s just her buddy and they’ve been friends for over a decade, or did it recently develop into something more? Does the guy play for the other team? I’m getting that impression from the rep’s statement. Here’s more, thanks to Hollywood Life.

Is there a love triangle between Sandra, Ryan, and his BFF Jonathon? An insider says that she’s definitely moved on from Ryan and that she’s getting her mojo back by spending lots of time with the ‘new’ guy!

Sandra Bullock, 47, has a new lease on life — not only because she’s mom to son Louis, but also because she’s found someone who treats her right and makes her laugh, reports OK! Magazine.

On Jan. 22, Sandy and Ryan Reynolds‘s BFF, Jonathon Komack Martin, were snapped stepping out of a white Porsche to attend a private party in L.A. An insider says that Jonathon was “very attentive” and “didn’t leave her side all afternoon.”

So who’s this “new” guy?

From what we know, Jonathon’s the son of a TV sitcom producer and a successful Hollywood producer himself. And he’s actually not really new to the Oscar-winning actress; in fact, they were introduced 15 years ago and even co-produced together on the George Lopez show.

But whatever Sandy’s true feelings are towards him, her lips are zipped.

“She’s being extremely secretive, though, which is typical,” says the insider. “Even when probed, she won’t reveal much more than saying what a great guy Jonathon is.”

So how does Ry-Ry, 35, feel about his producer friend being stuck to the hip with his former rumored gf? “Ryan isn’t annoyed or angry about Sandy spending so much time with Jonathon, but it’s a surprise to him,” reveals the insider.

Unlike Ryan, who’s been busy dating 24-year-old Blake Lively, Jonathon’s been a dependable companion for Sandy to lean on.

“She’s been pretty down for months. But these days, there seems to be a spring in her step,” explains the insider who feels Jonathon’s kept her smiling. “Sandra can trust Jonathon and right now that’s what she needs most. She’s just been so let down in the past, she really needs a good guy who can be there for her.”

[Details from OK!, writeup by Hollywood Life]

I so want this to happen for Sandy, but it sounds like all they’ve got is the detail that this guy attended a party with her and was by her side, which was explained away in detail by the rep. Who knows what’s true or if OK! is only going by the paparazzi photos and doesn’t have any other source. I like that she’s got her private life on lockdown, and I like that she hasn’t jumped into another relationship and is focusing on being a mom. I don’t think there’s much to this story, but I would be happy if I’m wrong. Sandy deserves some good lovin’ and I still find her awesome. JJ didn’t taint her in my eyes.

Update: Sandra gave a really sweet statement denying this story to Gossip Cop. She said:

”For over a decade now, I have been so lucky to have Jonathon and Ryan as my friends, and I agree with the reports that they are both very handsome and a great catch!”

She continues, “But the only man who has stolen my heart is my son. And for now I wouldn’t have it any other way!”

[From Gossip Cop]

That was really nice, and I believe her. Oh well.

Jonathon Komack Martin and Sandra Bullock are shown on 8-1-11 at the premiere of The Change Up. She’s also shown at the same premiere with Ryan Reynolds. Sandra and her son Louis are shown today in LA, where she was taking him to school. Credit: WENN.com

I don’t have any interest in going to see Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (or Incredibly Loud and Extremely Close, as I keep mistakenly calling it). It’s not that I don’t like Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks – I like them both a lot, and I wish they had worked together on a “lighter” project, because then the film would be must-see. I just think that the subject matter – 9/11 drama – is still too much for fictional feature films. Give me a documentary about 9/11, sure, I’m there. Around the tenth anniversary, I watched a ton of documentaries, and they all made me cry, from the one about the construction of the memorial, to that epic Showtime 10-part series, to the one about the two French brothers who were making a documentary about a newbie fireman on what happened to be 9/11. Sobbing, weeping, sobering, mesmerizing. But I think the feelings are still too raw, and people don’t want to see the events of the day fictionalized, sensationalized, packaged in a neat, overwrought drama with a bow.

Anyway, Sandra Bullock hasn’t been all over the place promoting the film, and Tom Hanks has barely been anywhere. I don’t think Bullock even did any magazine interviews, did she? But she’s got a new interview with the AP, and… it got to me. The quote everyone is talking about is the “permanently broken” statement, but what got me was Sandra talking about a scene in which Tom Hanks’s character calls her from one of the towers. GAH. I just teared up.

Sandra Bullock wasn’t looking to return to acting when Stephen Daldry called about “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.” Bullock’s last film, 2009′s “The Blind Side,” was the kind of career apogee of which most actresses dream, winning her a best actress Academy Award in what essentially amounted to a coronation of Bullock as America’s most beloved female movie star.

But the accomplishment – which would normally be followed by a wave of projects to capitalize on the momentum – was soon marred by public scandal. Bullock’s husband, “Monster Garage” host Jesse James, was revealed to have been unfaithful. The fallout, which led to divorce, was covered relentlessly by the tabloids. Bullock still went ahead and adopted a baby boy.

When Daldry, the director of “The Hours” and “The Reader,” approached her about “Extremely Loud,” Bullock wasn’t sure she would return to acting at all.

“I was perfectly content to be permanently broken,” she says. Recognizing how that might sound in print, she smiles at the unintended hint of her personal turmoil, and adds “time-wise” to clarify the break as one from moviemaking.

“I honestly didn’t think I was in a place where I wanted to work or wanted to step out of where I was,” she says. “I wasn’t prepared. But the opportunity was louder than my head.”

The chance was to play a supporting but key role in Daldry’s adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel. In it, Bullock plays the mother of an uncommonly bright, precocious child (Thomas Horn), whose father (Tom Hanks) dies on Sept. 11. It’s a particularly wrenching story about grief and reconciliation.

“What a great way to get back on the horse,” says Bullock, who was staying at a hotel 20 blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11. “It was hard, but it was what it’s supposed to be.”

It took some courting. Daldry visited Bullock at her house, and when he asked her what she might bring to the role, the actress was frank.

“I said, `I haven’t the slightest idea,’” she says. “I was like, `The well is deep. It’s your job to stop it or get it.’”

Bullock and Daldry have a charming, easy manner with each other, showering one another with compliments. Asked why he pursued her for the part, the British director quips, “She’s cheap as chips.”

“I have watched just about everything you’ve ever made,” says Daldry. Bullock, whose self-deprecating humor is undimmed, doesn’t miss a beat: “I’m so sorry.”

“I needed a partner in the project, somebody that would be a leading lady and look after me, look after herself, look after the character, look after the kid and look after the creation of the whole process,” says Daldry. “Sandy was literally like a partner on it for me. We would write and rewrite and focus down.”

One of the film’s most striking and emotional scenes is a flashback to Bullock’s character speaking on the phone with her husband, who is calling from atop one of the burning towers.

“The thing that made it so poignant for me was that Tom Hanks showed up that day,” says Bullock. “He sat in a room not far from where I was and made that call every single time. Every time I pick up that phone, it was Tom Hanks on the other end of the line. My husband who is calling because he knows he’s going to die, giving me some gift, some joy, some jewel – something that he can leave me with so he knows I’m going to be OK.”

If Bullock, 47, was hesitant to return to acting, she’s now appears fully back. She recently finished shooting another highly anticipated movie: Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity,” a space thriller co-starring George Clooney.

[From The Associated Press via HuffPo]

Is it possible to feel a wave of sympathy for a rich, privileged actress that I‘ve never met? Because Sandra just got another sympathy wave from me. I think she’s still raw too – she got burned so badly with Jesse James, and I think that she simply picked up her son from the ashes and that’s all she thinks she deserves at this point, you know? Like, it feels like she’s given up on men, on relationships, on anything to do with that part of life. Poor Sandy.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Star Magazine has an inset story on their cover this week all about Sandra Bullock’s $20 million defamation lawsuit against her scumbag ex, Jesse James, for talking smack about her publicly. However, the story just says that Sandra could file a suit against Jesse if she were so inclined and that she could make it for around $20 million, according to some expert Star found. They only go so far as to quote a vague “source” who claims Sandra is considering it. My favorite part of this story is where Star speculates that Sandra won’t sue Jesse, also as they’ve speculated, because Jesse could potentially have some awesome dirt on her that he would bring out during a lawsuit. Isn’t this what we’ve heard all along? Like how can Sandy, “America’s Sweetheart,” have married a douchey neo-Nazi and still have kept her pristine public image? However, I think that Jesse was so butt hurt by getting rejected after cheating on Sandra that he would have already spilled Sandra’s secrets if he had any. Here’s more of Star’s story:

One month after shocking accounts of her husband’s wild cheating drove Sandra Bullock to file for divorce in April 2010, an emotional and repentant Jesse James appeared on Nightline and claimed, “I still have hopes of saving some sort of relationship with Sandy.”

Now it seems those sentiments were hollow, because the words Jesse has used over the last year to publicly describe his life with Sandra have been dipped in venom.

And his latest thinly veiled broad-side against her — when he sneeringly referred to how he had “married some Hollywood actress… I’m not what I became,” during a recent appearance on the reality series American Chopper: The Build-Off — could end up hurting him where it hurts the most: in his wallet!

An insider tells Star magazine that while Sandra, 47, “has consistently taken the high road by never talking about Jesse since their split, I don’t expect her to play the shrinking violet forever if his jabs have secretly been causing her emotional distress.”

And she has a powerful weapon at her disposal to strike back. Sources tell Star she could hit Jesse, 42, with a defamation suit, with one legal expert telling Star that “asking for $20 million in damages would not be out of the realm of possibility…”

Sandra “has every right to initiate a defamation lawsuit against her ex husband if she believes that any of the public statements he’s made about her have been defamatory,” noted NYC defamation lawyer Richard Ancowitz tells Star…

“I imagine that even the prospect of legal action would lead his lawyer to counsel Mr. James to keep his thoughts about Ms. Bullock to himself…”

“If Jesse keeps revealing personal information about Sandra, she could also stop him by suing for invasion of privacy,” Aaron Morris, a defamation attorney… tells Star…

Though Sandra’s rep denies that she is considering legal action, the legal source adds that she could also “go after Jesse for breach of contract if they had signed confidentiality agreements as part of their divorce.”

There is a possible consequence that could keep Sandra from taking action, the legal source tells Star. “It could open the door the defendant to disclose more embarrassing personal information as a defense against the claims. That information would then become public in the court record.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, December 26, 2011 and via OK!]

This “lawsuit” is as much a figment of Star’s imagination as Jennifer Aniston’s pregnancy with twins, but it’s still fun to speculate about. You know that Sandra is just actively ignoring this guy and he keeps throwing jabs at her hoping to get some kind of response. She’s not going to say a thing about him and that hurts his widdle ego more than anything.

Sandra has been doing the press rounds for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, in which she plays the widow of a 9-11 victim. She’s only in the film for about 20 minutes, and the lead is the young boy who plays her son, Thomas Horn. She has a new interview on The Today Show in which she talks about her personal experience with the September 11 attacks (sad) and about hearing the last messages that victims left their families (double sad). Families shared the messages from their loved ones to help with research for the film, and Sandra called those “an incredible gift.” She does have a fun rapport with Matt Lauer and gives him crap throughout the interview, but it’s not enough to lighten the mood. Watching the press for this film just gives me the impression that it’s not going to do well at the box office given the subject matter. It may get some nods at awards time, though, especially for Horn.

These photos are from the 12-15 premiere of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and also feature Thomas Horn and Tom Hanks. Credit: WENN.com

These are photos from the premiere of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, that film where Tom Hanks plays a father who died in the World Trade towers on 9/11 and Sandra Bullock is the widow raising a young, precocious son who has a mysterious key that unlocks something in NYC. Let’s get through the superficial stuff first – Sandra Bullock is wearing Alexander McQueen, and… I really don’t like the execution of this. I love the idea of Sandy in a smart, well-designed suit, but the shiny silk/satin (?) fabric is pretty awful, and the suit ends up looking really cheap on her. I also have a problem with Bullock’s styling – the flat-ironed hair looks dated, and she paired her shiny black suit with a flesh-colored camisole that is playing tricks on my eyes. Also: Sandra looks like she got some new boobs. I don’t like saying that, but look at them. She’s never been that well-endowed.

Should we talk about Tom Hanks? Well, at least he’s aging naturally. I get tired of men who look as nipped and tucked as the ladies, but I want to force Tom to get some sleep and use some night cream. Rita looks good, though.

Viola Davis is in this too – and I loved her premiere dress. She was the one pop of color on the red carpet, and this cotton-candy pink looks AMAZING on her.

As for the film… when it was being made, everyone thought it was possibly going to be a major Oscar contender, but as far as I know, it’s made no one’s “Best of 2011” list, and it’s actually been criticized for it’s overwrought sentimentality. I can see how it looked great on paper, though – pair America’s Sweetheart with America’s Most Beloved Leading Man, insert national tragedy and a kid who is wise beyond his years, and wait for the awards. Why didn’t that work out? Here’s the trailer:

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I think we can assume that this story was blessed by Sandra Bullock’s publicist, since it was in US Weekly. US ran a whole “Sandra’s tropical vacation” story about a year ago that was an obvious PR piece meant to show that she’s doing fine post-divorce. Well someone thinks we need an explanation why Sandra is currently single. This even took a sidebar on the cover this week. They claim that her friends are tying to get her to date, but that she’s not read. She’s supposedly not boning Keanu (boo!) and is in the best shape of her life as some sort of revenge diet and exercise plan.

Can anyone blame Sandra Bullock for being gun-shy? After her five year marriage to Jesse James became a nightmare with revelations last year of his multiple infidelities, “she’s still not ready to date,” says an insider. “Her friends are always trying to get her to go out and meet guys, but she just wants to stay in and watch movies. She says dating is the last thing on her mind.” (So, in other words, those rumors this fall of a real life Speed hookup with Keanu Reeves, 47, were just that. “Sandy thinks it’s funny because they’re, like, best friends,” says the source.) Instead, the actress, 47, has kept her focus on son Louis, 23 months, as well as a grueling new get-git regimen. “She’s perfectly tight and toned!” a friend marvels of her killer bod, adding “She wanted to do this for herself – and as a kind of f–k you’ to her ex.” (She has plenty of anger to burn: James, 42, recently dissed her as “some Hollywood actress” on his Discovery show, American Chopper.) Bullock will be showing off the results “in a big reveal” in Gravity, the fall 2012 drama she recently shot in London with George Clooney. Says the pal, “It’s hard to believe her age.”

[From US Weekly, print edition, December 26, 2011]

Notice how Ryan wasn’t mentioned at all. (So the title of this story was misleading, my bad.) I do think she dated him briefly and that it didn’t end well. It’s cool, Bullock doesn’t need a boyfriend. I still want her life. I just feel like she’s slipping a little with these dumb planted stories. She’s not J.Lo or Aniston, she don’t need to keep reminding us how hot and fit she is. It’s like these publicists have a formula and they have no idea how to deviate from it. She should go back to staging cute photo ops with Louis.

Speaking of Louis, Sandra has a new interview with Access Hollywood in which she says that she’s going to go all-out for his Christmas this year. She joked that she’ll use the Christmas photos to show teenage Louis that she was a good mom when he was little. “I want the photo ops to be really great because he’s not going to remember it, but he’ll remember it by the photos and when he’s 16 and says, ‘I hate you — you’re a horrible mother,’ I’ll go, ‘Do you see this Christmas? Do you see that I got you that life-size lion? Shut up! Get in your room and do your homework. I was a good mother then.’” She must have some experience with teenagers. Sandra also shared her personal experience as a witness to the September 11 terrorist attacks. She’s been asked about it as she’s promoting Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, a story about a young boy who loses his father on that day. It’s out on Christmas day. The trailers got me all choked up so I doubt I’ll see it.

Sandra is shown outside the gym in NY on 12/13 and 12/14. Credit: Fame and PacificCoastNews.com

This is one weird ass story that I have to repeat. The mental image has been burning in my brain for too long now, and now I must inflict it on you. The National Enquirer has excerpts this week from Hollywood bodyguard Lee Weaver’s new memoir. In an earlier story today, Kaiser mentioned an anecdote the guy told about Lindsay Lohan yelling at her dealer and nearly getting shot. Weaver also worked for Eddie Murphy and Sylvester Stallone, and he has a mouth-dropping story of a hookup Stallone had with Sandra Bullock in a hotel room. The time frame is in the early 90s, when the two were filming Demolition Man together. Apparently Sly invited Sandra up to his room, they stripped down to their underwear and rolled around while pretending to re-enact Rocky. Really. The thing is, I thought that the bodyguard actually witnessed this, but this is what Sandra told the bodyguard about what happened. I’m thinking she probably made up this whole scenario to try and explain away the fact that she hooked up with Sly.

Weaver shares a hilarious story about the night Stallone invited his co-star Sandra Bullock up to his room, but instead of hooking up with her, the two stripped down to their underwear and had a “Rocky” moment!

Weaver says that when Sandra went up to Stallone’s room, Sly ducked into the bathroom and came out wearing boxer shorts.

“I’m a lady, but I got excited because he has a beautiful body,” Weaver says Sandra told him.

And according to the bodyguard, Sandra then went into the bathroom, came out in her underwear – and that’s when things got weird!

Sandra reportedly told Weaver that Stallone started “jumping around like he was in a boxing ring.”

The actress shared: “I said, ‘OK, I can play around with him.’ As soon as he said, ‘Ding! Ding!’ he turned into Rocky, like in his movie.

“That’s the thing that bothered me the most because he was punching me in the arm! He grabbed me and we rolled on the carpet. I’m not going to lie… it did turn me on. Until he said ‘Ding! Ding!’ one more time, and right then, he screamed out, ‘Adrian!’”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, December 19, 2011]

So Sandra claimed to have had this bizarre boxing/wrestling session with Sly and admitted to the bodyguard that she was turned on? Ok I guess. That’s just out there and sounds totally made up, although I bet Sly is a weird duck like that. Sandra was around 28 in 1992 (Demolition Man came out in 1993) and Sly was 46. He was also single, having divorced Brigitte Nielsen in 1987 and not remarrying again until 1997. I wonder if Sandra and Sly ever hooked up after that, or if that was the only night they “wrestled.” That story cracks me the hell up and it sounds straight from Sandra’s imagination. That’s one way to explain a one night stand.

You can learn more of the strange things this guy witnessed at leetweaver.com

Here’s a photo of Weaver with Sandra Bullock, from his website:

Last week, Sandra Bullock was photographed out and about looking only slightly tweaked. We don’t have the photos, but you can see them here, at The Mail. Her lips looked slightly fuller, her skin looked fantastic, but she basically looked like the same woman, which means that the work was good. OK! Magazine devoted an entire article to Sandy’s “plastic surgery makeover” though – even though they’re claiming that she only went in recently for some fillers and injections, not surgery.

As Sandra Bullock made her way through the check-in line at JFK airport, the actress sported lips that looked noticeably poutier and fresh-looking skin. “It looks like she got a little bit of help with her lips and her smile lines,” says a friend. “Her skin looks smoother and her pores look smaller.”

A CONFIDENCE BOOST
Sandra, 47, has been frequenting the same plastic surgeon for the past 15 years, says a source.

“She appears to have had a forehead lift a few years ago and now undergoes a regular regimen of injectables,” the source explains. “It looks like she’s had Botox injections on the upper and lower outer corner of her eyes, which soften crow’s feet and pulls up the outer edges of the brow and lifts the lid. It also seems like she’s a regular fan of Radiesse, a filler injected into the folds around her mouth.”

Although her rep denies Sandra has done anything to her lips or face, the friend explains that Sandra’s stalled relationship with Ryan Reynolds may have had something to do with her recent overhaul.

Sandra and Ryan, 35, spent time together this summer when he admiringly called Sandra “the ultimate catch, no matter what — age, particularly with her, is completely irrelevant.” However, after their relationship cooled (Sandra’s rep consistently denies they had a romance), he began dating Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively, 24, and suddenly, age seemed to matter a lot.

“Sandra’d never admit it, but losing Ryan to Blake has been a big blow to her ego and she is definitely panicking,” says the friend. “Things didn’t really work out the way she planned. She probably never imagined she’d wind up competing with the young kid from Gossip Girl!”

SHE’S EMBRACING LIFE
And she’s not only looking younger, she’s been acting it. In 2009, Sandra made a resolution to enjoy her life more.

“Right now, I’m kind of getting into my childhood,” she said. “I didn’t have a teenage or early-20s experience that was free and without worry. I missed the ‘screw everything, have-a-good-time’ phase. Now I’m trying to have fun.”

Her divorce from Jesse James the following year made her even more determined to stay young and embrace life. Her fresher face, says the friend, is just one more way of taking revenge on everything that threatens to curtail her happiness — especially aging. “She has kind of thrown the whole ‘growing old gracefully’ thing out the window,” says the friend. Although, the friend says Sandra is taking a “conservative approach to her makeover. Sandra always wants to look like herself, just a little bit better.”

[From OK! Magazine]

I actually think OK! Mag and their “experts” are right on the money – about a decade ago, I think Sandra had some real plastic surgery in the form of an overzealous eye job or something in that area. Remember Two Weeks Notice and how funky her face looked? That’s when it happened, and I think that since then, Sandra has only been doing little stuff, like fillers here and there.

As for Sandra and Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively – meh. Whatever was happening between Sandra and Ryan, it either wasn’t romantic or it wasn’t romantic for very long. At this point, I just believe that they were really close friends. And I don’t think Sandra’s fillers have anything to do with Blake specifically – they’re probably more to do with aging in the industry generally.

Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.

I feel like designers these days take the easy way out by making too many dresses that are either sleeveless or strapless. Whatever happened to the elegant sleeved gown or cocktail dress? Whatever happened to making weather-appropriate dresses for ladies, so they don’t have to add layers to something cute, just so they won’t freeze their asses off? That was my thought when I was looking through these photos of Sandra Bullock at last night’s amfAR Inspiration Gala. I would love to see Sandra’s little gold dress on its own, but I fear that it probably has spaghetti straps, so Sandra paired it with this tuxedo jacket. I don’t hate the jacket-over-cocktail-dress trend, but I’m just saying, it’s sad that there needs to be a trend for that. Designers should make more dresses with sleeves.

Sandra’s date was Kevin Huvane, an agent with CAA (and brother of Stephen Huvane, who represents Aniston and the like). Huvane purchased a Warhol at the auction event – but he bought it for Sandra’s son!

At this rate, Louis Bardo is going to become quite the art collector. During Thursday’s amFAR Inspiration Gala at the Chateau Marmont in L.A., Andy Warhol’s iconic “Peaches” print was auctioned off for $14,000. The lucky bidders happened to be Sandra Bullock’s agents, who bought the artwork as a gift for the actress’ 1-year-old son, Louis.

“I want to thank Kevin Huvane and Bryan Lourd for not being cheap f-cks and gifting my son with his first Warhol,” a radiant Bullock joked.

The 47-year-old Oscar winner, who reunited with her Speed costar Keanu Reeves for dinner in New York City on Wednesday, was on hand to honor the late Elizabeth Taylor, who helped created amfAR in 1985.

“Earlier this year, the world lost a radiant woman of courage and compassion. She lives on in every person she touched,” Bullock said of the actress and philanthropist, who passed away at age 79 in March.

“She never thought twice to put her arm around someone who was suffering, and that is the gift we have a human beings, the ability to reach out and touch another human being. Tonight we can honor this extraordinary woman and finish what she started.”

[From Us Weekly]

That was nice of her agents. Baby’s first Warhol! Must be nice. And it was great that Sandra was on hand to honor Elizabeth Taylor too! There were photos of Colin Farrell leaving the event as well – but I guess he didn’t do the red carpet. He was probably just there for Elizabeth, his dear friend (he spoke at her funeral too).

Photos courtesy of WENN.

As we mentioned in a recent story on Sandra Bullock’s adorable pirate-dressed son, it was only a matter of time before a tabloid seized on the “poor Sandra Bullock” angle in regards to the new romance between Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Sandra’s recent photo op with Louis, which multiple photo agencies were privy to, was a loud message that she’s totally fine, happy and remains one of the hottest and highest paid women in Hollywood, thank you very much. OK! just didn’t get the message. Their new cover story is all about how Blake Lively stole Ryan out from under Sandra. Ryan was seen out with another maybe-manstealer, Olivia Wilde, just prior to his hookup with Blake. So I don’t think it’s fair to blame Blake, who is surely an opportunist when it comes to dating and may not have a lot of boundaries when it comes to taken men (see possibly Ben Affleck), but might not be responsible for this breakup. (I could be mistaken though.) Ryan probably had his eye on the door for a while. He’s been all over the place post-split with Scarlett and it’s not like he was ready to settle down with Sandy, for as much as we were hoping he would. Here’s more from OK!’s story. They go for some low blows by mentioning Sandra’s age in comparison to Blake’s.

In another soul-crushing blow, Ryan has dumped America’s Sweetheart for his Green Lantern co-star Blake Lively, recently split from Leonardo DiCaprio – and at 24, young enough to be Sandra’s daughter.

Sandra is hurt
While Sandra’s rep denies she and Ryan were dating, a source insists, “Sandra is crushed. She’s doing her absolute best to hold her head high and act as if she’s not bothered, but the truth is, she’s very hurt.

In recent weeks Ryan and Blake have been seen kissing all over Boston, where he’s filming his supernatural thriller R.I.P.D.

“For a while things between [Sandra and Ryan] were going so well, and she really got her hopes up,” the source adds. “That’s why she surprised Ryan by going to the premiere of his movie, The Change-Up. And then last month they had an incredibly intimate trip to her place in Wyoming. But then all of a sudden, Ryan went cold on her…”

“Blake always had a crush on Ryan,” the friend tells OK!. When she first got Green Lantern, she told everyone how excited she was. She always thought he was hot.” Adds another pal, “Blake’s been texting Ryan all week – every free second. They had instant chemistry on Green Lantern, but she said because he was married [to ScarJo], they didn’t see what could happen.”

[From OK! Magazine, print edition, October 24, 2011]

I doubt OK! has a source as they’re just recounting known details of Ryan and Sandra’s possible romance. I do think that Ryan and Sandra were together and I like to imagine it as sweet and hot for both of them while it lasted. As for how Sandra’s faring now, she’s probably hurt but I doubt she’s pining for Ryan. I bet she was cautious about it too, and didn’t fall too hard for him. I would love to see her with a guy who is fully committed to her, though. We’ve seen how horrible her taste in men can be.

Sandra Bullock and Louis were photographed looking super cute while dressed up as pirates to go to a birthday party in Brentwood yesterday. At least Louis was all decked out like a pirate while Sandra put on a jaunty hat to go with her casual jean outfit. I’m pretty sure Sandra tipped off the paps since all the photo agencies we subscribe to have really clear gorgeous photos of this party. So at least I don’t have to feel bad about publishing these pictures. Sandra seems to have signed off on them, and she’s having fun so why not? It’s better to get the press to focus on how much fun she’s having with her adorable kid than to maybe realize that she got ditched by Ryan Reynolds for a chick who seems to date everyone. She’s making sure she gets some good photo ops, and these are the best. Here’s more on the party:

Dressed for the high seas, the adorable 21-month-old and his mom attended a friend’s birthday party in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, Calif. Sunday.

Sandra Bullock joined in on the fun, sporting a pirate’s hat as she toted around her pride and joy. The 47-year-old actress, who stars opposite Tom Hanks the upcoming movie Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, adopted Louis Brado from New Orleans in January 2010.

Nicknamed her “Cajun Cookie,” Bullock says she “got lucky” with her her son. “Motherhood has made me a better person,” the star has said. “I really appreciate where I am.”

[From US Weekly]

I love these photos! Louis looks like he’s having so much fun, and it’s so great to see him smile. Most of the time when we see him he looks like he’s being rushed somewhere, and there’s probably a bunch of photographers yelling his name and confusing the poor toddler. He’s relaxing and having fun here, and so is his mom. Bullock really is a PR master. She gets it right every damn time. Even when it’s obvious she’s doing it, she still works it like no other. Well, someone else does come to mind but I’m not starting anything.

Photo credit: Pacific Coast News and Fame