Meryl Streep scored an astonishing 16th Oscar nomination for her endearing performance as Julia Child in “Julie & Julia,” but it seems increasingly unlikely she will get past Sandra Bullock in the Best Actress race. Bullock, at 45, has scored not only the biggest hit of her career with “The Blind Side,” but it’s also the biggest grossing movie with a solo-starred woman — with the Oscar bounce probably getting it to an astounding $250 million or more in North America. Small wonder she upset Streep at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The nod is the award for another veteran, Helen Mirren (“The Last Station”) as well as a pair of newcomers who have also yet to win a major award this season: Sidibe Gabourey (“Precious”) and Carey Mulligan (“An Education”).
