She may have had a tough year personally, but Forbes.com has named Sandra Bullock as Hollywood’s highest earning actress of the past year.

Bullock, who split from cheating husband Jesse James in a very public and messy way earlier this year, earned a whopping US$56 million (NZ$76.3m) in the 12 months from June 2009 to June 2010.

The 46-year-old had two box office hits that helped her earnings along – romantic comedy The Proposal and The Blind Side, for which the actress won her first Oscar this year.

Forbes’ annual list is based on talking to agents, managers, producers and lawyers to establish what actresses earned as upfront pay on movies they are currently shooting, back-end pay earned after a movie came out and any extra earnings for ad campaigns, perfume and clothing lines. [Read more...]