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Sandra Bullock and George Lopez share a moment, and some Chola eyebrows

By April MacIntyre Nov 25, 2009, 16:50 GMT

George Lopez had his friend and patron Sandra Bullock on his show this past week, and things got emotional as he thanked her for giving him a leg up in an industry that had virtually no Hispanic smallscreen sitcoms until The George Lopez broke big for the comic actor. 11/17/2009 - Sandra Bullock - Bullock and Lopez shared a moment on the new late night talk show that veers off the path of the usual chatter and spin. © Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos

11/17/2009 - Sandra Bullock - Bullock and Lopez shared a moment on the new late night talk show that veers off the path of the usual chatter and spin. © Sylvain Gaboury / PR PhotosBullock and Lopez shared a moment on the new late night talk show that veers off the path of the usual chatter and spin. One of the more amusing breakout stars on Lopez Tonight is Chola makeup artist Baby Smiley, who takes the severe eyebrow-dominant makeup looks of Cholas and turns it into performance art. For those of you who live in Peoria or Thunder Bay and aren't sure what a Chola is, from the Urban Dictionary:"Chola: Hardcore latina gangbangers. They usually have thin, arched, angry looking tattooed-on or penciled-on eyebrows, brown or dark red lip liner, eyebrow and nose piercings, tats, Converse or Nikes, flannel shirts, lots of gold jewelry (with their name and crosses), crunchy gelled or moussed hair either down or gelled in a high perfect ponytail either straight back, and they go out with cholos.A true chola is down for her barrio and is in a gang, and is as ruthless as a male gangbanger if not more. It is much more common to just look like a chola, and not act like a chola.The chola style is common in southern California like east LA, San Diego, OC, and also NYC. In Miami they are called 'chongas'.