Sandra Bullock: HEARTBREAKING & HEALING

MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER LOSING THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, SANDRA BULLOCK IS NAVIGATING LASTING GRIEF, RAISING TWO TEENS AND A CAREFUL RETURN TO HOLLYWOOD.

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A nd just like that, Sandra Bullock slipped back into view. On Nov. 12, she was spotted driving down an L.A. street with her dark hair pulled into a bun, gold-rimmed sunglasses catching the light, her rescue poodle, Sweetie, enjoying the breeze through the open window.

Behind the wheel of her black SUV, the movie star and mom of two kept her gaze on the road, focused on the duty at hand: getting 15-year-old son Louis, who was riding shotgun, delivered to his next stop.

The quiet outing marked the first time Sandra was photographed in public in 11 months. And it's one of just a handful of sightings of the fiercely private actress since she lost her partner of eight years, photographer Bryan Randall, at 57 in August 2023 following his secret three-year battle with the progressive neurodegenerative disease ALS.

FATHER FIGURE Bryan helped Sandra raise Louis and Laila for eight years. "He's the exact right parent to be in this position," Sandra said in 2021.

Now, more than two years after facing what she called "the impossibility of saying goodbye," the Blind Side actress is moving forward on her long journey toward healing. "There are still hard days, when she really misses Bryan and feels lonely," an insider tells Star. "She's still adjusting to life without him. She's still mourning."

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