Sandra Bullock, the girl that everyone loves to love, is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue Entertainment Weekly. As you may know, Sandra is finally talking to the media again (earlier this week she appeared on The Today Show) after taking many months off and the media is welcoming her back with open arms. EW has dubbed Sandra The Most Powerful Woman on the Planet … and while that title may be a bit hyperbolic, there’s no question that she now wields a lot of power. Here is our first look at Sandra on the cover of EW and a preview of the coverstory article:

As Sandra Bullock mulls her next move — most likely starring opposite Tom Hanks in an adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close — EW takes a look inside her stunning comeback, examining how she consciously retooled her career, how she transcended the tabloid noise, and where she might go from here. One thing’s for sure: Bullock has no shortage of options. At age 46, a decade and a half after she jumped on the bus in Speed, the actress is being courted for virtually every female starring role Hollywood has to offer … ”Every movie you hear about and every script I see, they say, ‘We’re going after Sandra Bullock for the woman,’ ” says Ben Affleck, who costarred with Bullock in 1999′s Forces of Nature. “She’s the golden girl,” says a top Hollywood agent. “Everyone is rooting for her. I’ve never seen anything like it.” Indeed, it’s been quite a year for the actress: The two biggest hits of her career. A Best Actress Oscar. A tabloid firestorm. A new baby. EW examines her rising status in Hollywood, and how, thanks to the intangible chemical reaction that creates stardom, she’s always had a knack for making audiences fall in love with her. “From the minute we saw her in Speed, she just had this quality that people want to be around,” says Bradley Cooper, who costarred with Bullock in last year’s All About Steve. “It’s like being around a source of light.”

I will forever contend that Sandra Bullock‘s best movie is The Net but, yeah, she’s appeared in a string of other beloved hits. She is in such a unique position right now … not only does she have the acting chops to take on practically any role she wants but she also has the cred (in the form of the current Academy Award for Best Actress) to demand practically any role she wants. Add to that powerful combination the fact that she has the love and support of pretty much everyone on Earth because of what she endured from her scuzzball husband AND because she’s a new mother. Sandra finds herself in a perfect storm of celebrity … AND she’s a nice person! The sky is the limit for Sandra Bullock, I’m certain that whatever she does next … she will do with flying colors. This issue of EW hits newsstands tomorrow.

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