Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Sandra Bullock relishes her roles as wife and stepmother




Most of us don't tend to picture Hollywood movie stars in a more domestic environment -- especially with the news littered with headlines about celebrity divorces and breakups. But actor Sandra Bullock, best known for the Speed and Miss Congeniality films, recently revealed in an interview that she loves her current family life.



Bullock, 44, married TV host and motorcycle builder Jesse James in July 2005. The couple met the previous year when Bullock arranged for her then ten-year-old godson to meet James, who hosted Discovery's Monster Garage. James has two daughters and a son from previous marriages: 14-year-old Chandler, 11-year-old Jesse Jr., and five-year-old Sunny.

The couple won temporary full-time custody of Sunny last month, after James' ex-wife, adult-movie star and former Penthouse model Janine Lindemulder, was sentenced to six months in prison for income-tax evasion.

Sandra Bullock began her acting career in the 1980s and became a star in the mid-'90s in such films as Speed and While You Were Sleeping. She received critical acclaim for her role in the Oscar-winning 2005 movie Crash. Before meeting James, she had been romantically linked to fellow actors Ryan Gosling and Matthew McConaughey and football star Troy Aikman.



Jesse James, 39, began his career as a bodyguard for several U.S. rock bands. He opened his first motorcycle shop in 1992 and, after starring in the TV documentary Motorcycle Mania, hosted Monster Garage from 2002 to 2006.