When CB first glanced at this story, she read “Sandra Bullock” as “Julia Roberts” and she was excited at the idea that The Grand Bitchfight had begun between Julia and Meryl Streep. But it’s not Julia! It’s Sandra Bullock who is trying to (playfully!) start a fight with her old friend Meryl. Meryl and Sandy have a surprising awards-show history with each other. When Sandra was picking up most of the major Best Actress awards in 2010, Meryl was seen as her biggest competition that year – Meryl was nominated for everything too, for her role in Doubt. Sandy and Meryl even tied for the Critics Choice Award that year, and they got to play-fight AND make-out on stage.
And it’s looking like the same thing is going to happen this year – Sandra will probably get nominated for all of the awards for her work in Gravity, and Meryl will get nominated for August: Osage County. So Sandy’s starting the throwdown early:
While we were speaking to Bullock for the release of heart-racing space thriller Gravity, she revealed the truly harrowing details of just how nasty things get between the pair…
“If Meryl and I get in a ring, she’ll kick my ass,” she told us exclusively. “People don’t realise that there’s a side of Meryl that’s just mean. You walk away and she’ll just rip your dress…I know not to turn my back on her.”
Bullock also confessed that she’s convinced that the Oscar-winning star of The Devil Wears Prada will eventually lead to her untimely end.
“I will try to kick her ass but she will kill me,” she confessed. “That’s just how it’s gonna end and then she’ll be lovely Meryl again and I’ll just be dead.”
Okay so just in case you’re worried she wasn’t joking…
“We will have a nice sparring I hope until the day we die,” she also said. “I love nothing more than hanging out with that woman and having a glass of wine.”
What is more amazing, the idea of Sandra and Meryl play-fighting and play-shading each other for the next three months, or the idea of Meryl and Sandy hanging out constantly getting wasted all the time? But they’re forgetting the most important thing: Cate Blanchett is probably going to be a major contender too. Sandra needs to start smack-talking Blanchett too. Then Blanchett can drop a quote to Page Six about how Meryl sucks. And then Meryl will take down both of the young ones. We shall call them The Magnificent Triad.
Here are some photos of Sandy out with Louis last night. Louis loves his skeleton costume, right?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Hey kid, i can see your pelvis.
I adore them both. By the way Gravity was amazing.
Ah, her Halloween outfit is awesome!! How did they know it was her under there, I wonder?
That costume! For the win! Totally inspired.
The paps recognized Louis.
Her bearded fisherman costume reminds me of The Mighty Boosh episode “The Legend of Old Gregg” and a Groton’s fish stick box.
“do ya love meh? Ever drink Bailey’s out of a shoe?”
I could have used her costume last night. It was pouring here 🙁
I am so gonna steal that idea of hers for next year. AWESOME
I didn’t hate Bullock in Gravity.
That’s the best I can do.
Meryl FTW, always and forever.
See, now *this* is the kind of Oscar Campaign I’d like to watch. None of that “oh I worked so hard” bullshit, I want quality smack talk. This is blood sport! You tell the world why you are going to slay the competition! For bonus points, I want ESPN to send over the college football commentators. My life won’t be complete until I see Lee Corso dressing as his pick for Best Actress.
If only the majority of the actors had the intelligence and sense of humour of Sandra Bullock… the Oscars lead up would be much more entertaining. I think Meryl loves playing along with this sort of thing and she does it well.
Meryl was up against her for her performance in Julie & Julia; Doubt was the year Kate Winslet won. But other than that, I love everyone involved in this story.
Correction: When Sandra won the Oscar, Meryl was up for her role in Julie & Julia, not Doubt. The year Meryl was nominated for Doubt, she lost to Kate Winslet.
Meryl Streep is so overrated. I hope she’s not nominated again this year.
Blasphemy!
Actually, I agree with you.
Agreed! I am so so sick of the adulation for Streep, she is *way* over-rated. One of those people who are a ‘brand name’ and thus famous for being famous. There are far better actresses out there than her. I’m not saying shes not a good actress, just that she is so far over-rated and doesn’t deserve all the Oscar noms and adulation she gets, people like Meryl Streep BECAUSE she is Meryl Streep and its popular to but she is far from an acting great to me. Shes just a hip brand name that sells for the sake of it. Too over-rated, too over-hyped. Too over-exposed. I’m so sick of it. Shes had enough time in the sun, time to give others a go. Its long overdue for Sandra’s chance to shine, and for others.
Meryl has been in the showbiz long enough for me to think she is a strong woman, driven, sometimes a bitch but she always is classy, funny and lovely. Hollywood is a bitchy world but she comes out of it as a private person, with a nice family and a humble background. Love Meryl but i think she too has skeletons in the closet.
She is one of my favorite actresses so… as much as i like Sandra… Meryl for the win always!!!
I like Sandra Bullock, but I think it’s a stretch to see her in the same league as Meryl, acting-wise. I’m not sure she was worthy of the Oscar when she won it. She’s a good actress, just not a great actress, but she seems like a fun-loving person in real life. Am I the only only who thinks so? Whenever I see her in something, I always still see her as Sandra Bullock, I never get lost in her characters.
Personally, I would say that calling her a “good” actress is a bit generous.
She is mediocre with rare moments of being rather decent in certain roles.
…and I AM sure that she didn’t deserve that Oscar.
That being said, she does seem like a cool chick. I’d like to throw back some beers with her, although I doubt she’d want to hang with me after hearing my opinion of her acting.
Thanks O’Kitten. She definitely does the buddy role well, I think, because she’d make a good buddy in real life.
Completely agree. I like Sandra Bullock for her personality, she just seems super fun to hang out with, but she isn’t setting the world on fire with her acting skills, that’s for sure.
Although I thought she was surprisingly good in Gravity.
Having said that, I think Meryl is overrated. And Osage:County looks awful (based on the trailer).
I never thought she deserved the Oscar. I do enjoy her in movies, though, except a few bombs she’s done that she was bad in. That one where she was a nurse in the war. She was so bad.
I love them.
Trust the Gordon’s Fisherman!!
IMO gravity was too much hyped movie. I do love Sandra a lot and go to most of her movies but this one was meh . I did not root 4 her to reach earth . I sort of was there rooting 4 big bang. lol
story was nothing , can not blame it all on her.
excuse me but gravity with its very simple story and lack of actors it depended on so much of an actor face.Sandra failed to show us her struggling soul, her face was so blank, she needs to Layoff Botox.
I was wondering if Susan sarandon was captain Ryan? what her face and eyes will tell us.
I think Alfonso frailer was his attempt to make it documentary is big part why its even failed to be as creative scifi.
The movie could not satisfy scientifically to forgive lack of story and acting , nor the plot was so good to appreciate all the creative special effect made for it.
P.S i did not like avatar too, i actually slept after 30 minutes.
I thought Gravity was overrated, too. It was suspenseful, and the special effects were good, but I don’t think she should get an Oscar for it.
I like how they’re friends, though. They both seem like good people.
Sandra seems like such a genuinely nice and funny person. I like the attitude she and Meryl both seem to have towards all the award stuff – it’s a lovely honor, but not the be all, end all worth selling yourself so hard for (Anne).
Haven’t seen Gravity yet, or Meryl’s, but Cate Blanchett was amazing in Blue Jasmine.
Don’t forget Emma Thompson is also a likely contender this year! Sandra Bullock had better just step aside now. Seriously, there should be no acting nominations for Gravity. It was visually stunning but the dialogue and acting were cringe-worthy.
I love Gravity. It’s so nice see a well-made and serious sci-fi movie… So, for me is
Best Film – Yes
Best Director – Yes
Best Actress – No.
Sorry Sandra. Team Cate. FOREVER !
Cate played against type in “Blue Jasmin” and was an early Oscar contender. With many more films opening now through Jan. 1, it’s up in the air if she will get an Oscar nod. The GG noms will give Cate an edge.
I can’t wait for the 2014 awards season, it will be great and I hope Cate Blanchett will get the oscar next year!
Sandra is an amazingly great actress, any award she received she earned and deserved. She hasn’t lasted this long in hollywood for being nice only. Gravity was an exceptional movie all round including Sandra’s acting.
Louis is adorable in his costume, cute lil boy.
Sandra’s comments were clearly made in fun. Why are the gossip mags trying to make this a thing?
Her kid is truly the cutest kid in Hollywood, in my opinion. I love Sandy. I would watch a douche commercial if she was the star.
On a side note, my town wouldn’t let adults dress up for Halloween to accompany their kids. I thought that was silly.
She went trick-or-treating with Melissa McCarthy! They were both dressed in the fisherman costumes. I love the idea that they are buddies in real life, girl friends are a wonderful thing! I really liked The Heat!
Trust the Gorton’s Fisherwomen!
Cate Blanchett need only mutter an aside in her cut glass accent whilst throwing a side eye to effortlessly outclass both Meryl and Sandy.
Is she a prescholer? ‘She’s mean’.
Idiotic.
I think you’re missing the part where Sandra’s kidding.
Meryl was really good in Devil Wears Prada. That role could have easily been overplayed to be cheesy….but she didn’t.
If she wore that costume on the East Coast, people would just think it was Old Billy, coming home from work.
I want to hang out with Sandra and Louis for a day.
p.s. why is Sandra wearing a ring on her left finger?? Anyone know something about that that I don’t?
Both of these ladies are class acts! I saw headline and was going to slam this down asap (at least with my little humble comment 🙂 because really ticked off if someone was trying to say this seriously ! They are wonderful women, beautiful, great Moms, self deprecating and endlessly talented. I think a few idiots out there desperate for all this attention, and with the PR and endless employees to get them out there, are making all us women look so bad it’s embarrassing. So let’s show some more of the amazing ones like these two!