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>Sandra Bullock Marries at 40 / A Pinay Helps Street >Children > >" Sandra Bullock Marries Jesse James " > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >In Cristy Fermins nasty blind item article on Regine >she seems >to be hinting about Regine not being married yet. >Well, look at >Sandra Bullock who just got married at 40. >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >SOLVANG, California - The actress Sandra Bullock >married mechanic >and reality TV star Jesse James at a ranch near Santa >Barbara, >according to reports. > >Bullock is 40. > > >------- > Street Kids: Close topic to RV's heart >------ > > > >Giovannie Pico opens foundation to help Pinoy street >children >By ROME JORGE > > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >( STREET CHILDREN AND CHILDREN IN GENERAL HAS BEEN A >MAJOR CONCERN >OF THE SONGBIRD. THERE IS A U.N. STORY ABOUT REGINE >AND STREET >CHILDREN ON THE NET. -M.I.B. ) >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > >It is not just another celebrity endorsement. When >Commission on >Filipinos Overseas (CFO) Secretary Dante Ang thought >of the idea >that Giovannie Pico should be the face of a campaign >that would >engage caring and well-to-do Filipinos to fiscally >sponsor street >children in the country, he could not have chosen a >better person >for the job. > >Giovannie Pico, 26, Hollywood actress of the >multiawarded television >series E.R., is not just another balikbayan star; she >is a Filipina >back on her native soil with a mission. The Giovannie >Pico >Foundation, besides partnering with the CFO in >endorsing its program >for street children, is also setting up a house in her >hometown of >Tondo, where victims of domestic violence can seek >refuge. > >Pico is a woman whose personal life endears her to >street children >and victims of domestic violence. A young mother with >a 5-year-old >son, she couldn’t help heave a sigh upon witnessing >the street >urchins outside a restaurant in her hometown. "I can’t >imagine my >son being in that same situation," she confides. "It’s >so common >here, people forget it’s a problem. Sometimes apathy >is worse >than >hate." > >Breaking the cycle of abuse > >This Hollywood actress is also twice a victim of >sexual, physical >and emotional abuse. Her first stepfather, an >American, molested her >between the ages of 3 and 4. Her mother went to >America at age 18 as >an illegal immigrant. Her mother found out about the >abuse when Pico >was 12 and broke up with Pico’s first stepfather >immediately >after. >Later in life, the hurt estranged Pico from her mother >and her >second stepfather. "I thought she hadn’t stood up for >me," the >young >lady recalls. > >Later in life, the patterns of abuse repeated >themselves. Her >abusive ex-husband, a half-Filipino church deacon much >older than >her, cloistered her in her own home, forbade her from >going out, and >even threw things at her. "Victims of abuse fall into >modes of >relationships that they think they deserve," confesses >Pico. After >seven years of marriage, she separated from him in >2003. It was only >after she freed herself from her own abusive >relationship that Pico >reconciled with her mother and her new stepfather. >"We’re really >close right now," she says. > >Survivor > >Pico’s sense of advocacy is built on these life >experiences. "I >admire Angelina Jolie, not because she’s got Brad >Pitt, but >because >she gives back so much. As a United Nations >ambassador, she’s a >role >model," she gushes. As she rises to fame in Hollywood >she keeps her >feet firmly planted in her home country and its social >issues. > >Pico’s family left Tondo for America when she was but >2 years of >age. Throughout her young life, she enrolled at >various acting and >theater schools such as Adda Clavenger Theater School, >the American >Conservatory Theater, the Lefler Academy of the Arts, >Bressi and >Company and the First Take Company. Nancy Berwid, her >mentor at >First Take, later became her manager. > >She began to voice-over for cartoons, games and toys >in 2002. Her >unique voice, demure, perky and sassy all at the same >time, allowed >her to play the roles of both young boys and girls. >But more than a >gifted voice, Pico possessed a unique Asian charm with >morena >complexion and a megawatt smile. > >Her role in E.R. as the medical student named "Ludlow" >is but her >most prominent among many appearances. The television >pilot >series "The Shadowlands" with Gary Busey and the films >American >Yearbook and Mail Order Bride for both of which she >played the lead >character are but some of the ever increasing roster >credits to her >name. Consistent with her convictions, Pico also >starred in the >staging of Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues in the San >Francisco >Bay >area. > >The future is bright for Giovannie Pico. But even as >her star >brightens Hollywood, it also promises to illuminate >the lives of >street children and abused women here in the country. > >For more information about Giovannie Pico, log on to >www.giovannie.com. For information about the >Commission on Filipinos >Overseas, log on to www.cfo.gov.ph. > > >Posted in Regine fans Bird Nest and Forever In My >heart groups > >--- :-) -------------->

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