Bullock receives Film Fest's American Riviera Award
Sandra Bullock graced the red carpet at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival last night, picking up the festival’s first big award of its 25th year, the American Riviera Award.
Bullock, who earned her first Academy Award nomination recently for her performance in “The Blind Side,” is coming off an impressive 2009, in which she was the No. 1 draw at the box office, according to Quigley’s Publishing, which annually compiles a list of top money-making stars.
Last year, Bullock appeared in “The Proposal,” “All About Steve,” and “The Blind Side,” for which she might well earn her first Academy Award.
Film critic Pet Hammond moderated a discussion with Bullock at a tribute ceremony at the Arlington Theatre, and actor Forest Whitaker presented her with the award.
The Film Festival will issue its highest award, the Modern Master Award, to director James Cameron, tonight at the Arlington.
Comment on this article
Poor grammar/proof-reading ... : 2/6/2010
Last year, Bullock appeared in “The Proposal,” “All About Steve,” and “The Blind Side,” for which she might well earn her first Academy Award for.
Paulo
Not so! : 2/6/2010
Actually, the grammar in the article is correct! The preposition "for" belongs where it is - before the clause, not at the end. As a rule, we try to avoid prepositions at the end of a sentence. Good try!
Shakespeare
So? : 2/8/2010
If you two are going to focus on the grammar of this article more than the article itself, then go somewhere else. Anyway, congratulations Mrs. Bullock.
Local SB Resident
: 2/8/2010
The only things worse than "Paulo's" grammer are SBFF's judgement and Sandra Bullock's acting.
Ugh.
The Voice of Reason
: 2/8/2010
That's "grammar" of course.
I hate spell checker.
The Voice of Reason again
: 2/8/2010
shakespeare is correct: you generally do not end a sentence with a preposition. but if you're going to, paulo, you need to remove the first preposition that describes the object of her potential academy award win. in other words, you don't say "for" twice.
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