Showing posts with label Michael Oher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Oher. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Sandra Bullock has her own "BlindSide" story as she shares the Super Bowl with Leigh Anne Tuohy the real life mom of Baltimore Ravens player Michael Oher

As the Ravens fought their way to victory at the Super Bowl on Sunday, Sandra Bullock and her 2-year-old son Louis were at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans to cheer on their favorite Baltimore player: offensive tackle Michael Oher.
The Oscar-winning actress even dressed her little boy in a purple Oher jersey in support of the football star.
Bullock's presence at the Superdome went beyond mere fandom, however. As Yahoo! News notes, the actress may have experienced a powerful "full circle moment" over the weekend, as she watched Oher clinch his first Super Bowl win with her son by her side.
As Us Magazine points out, Oher was the inspiration behind the 2009 biopic 'The Blind Side,' a film about a boy who had grown up impoverished before he was taken in by a woman and her family. In the movie, Bullock (who ultimately won an Academy Award for her role) portrays Leigh Anne Tuohy -- the woman who adopted Oher in real life.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Real life "Blind Side" to culminate in the Super Bowl for these two players who have overcome tough odds to reach football's world stage...

Patrick Willis, the San Francisco 49ers superstar linebacker, rose from from a life of poverty and into the ranks of great NFL players.
Michael Oher, starting offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens, literally lived out the life depicted in the movie ‘The Blind Side’.
After spending years as teammates together at Ole Miss, these two young men will face off against one another in Super Bowl XLVII. ABC World News interviewed each of them, both at Super Bowl XLVII Media Day and in Willis’ home town.
ABC also spoke to their adoptive mothers, to get a glimpse into the reactions of these women’s friends, family and neighbors.