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Legally Blonde 3 was announced on Witherspoon's Instagram and will be produced by Hello Sunshine. As a feminist Reese may still associate herself with Elle Woods explaining her happiness to revist this character and highlights her use of social media to promote her upcoming projects

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It's been 17 years since the release of , and with Reese Witherspoon announcing that Legally Blonde 3 is officially in the works, we couldn't help but wonder: How does that woman look exactly the same as she did in 2001?

The 42-year-old has shared many aspects of her healthy lifestyle, and she's clearly doing something right. We know that she regularly hikes mountains, practices yoga, enjoys Kimberly Snyder's Glowing Green Smoothie, and even told People her one beauty product on a deserted island would be sunscreen.

Also, she and her 18-year-old daughter are practically twins.

But Witherspoon's greatest anti-aging secret may be even simpler: She takes a water bottle practically everywhere she goes.

Seriously- everywhere.

Imagine having this level of commitment to hydration.

Water is crucial for youthful skin

"Drink lots of water" is one of those health rules we all know about but often slack on. Yet the fact remains: Drinking water doesn't just help you lose weight, boost physical and mental performance, lubricate and cushion your joints, help filter waste out of your body, and keep your temperature at a normal level-it's also excellent for your skin. Many people find that drinking more water leaves their skin extra radiant and even helps clear acne and blemishes.

"One of the most important things I remind my patients is that your skin really is an outward sign of your internal health. The best anti-aging trick is to be healthy (and sun protect, of course). Hydration is just one, but important, part of that," says Tara Rao, MD, of Schweiger Dermatology Group in New York.

"On average, our bodies are roughly 60 percent water," Dr. Rao tells Prevention. "Water is important for healthy function of all vital organs and to maintain proper blood pressure. So drinking water, eat hydrating fruits and veggies, and keeping dehydrating things like coffee and alcohol at the minimum are great."

Is there such a thing as too much water?

While 6 to 8 cups of water every day is a good rule of thumb for most people, there's no need to go overboard on H2O to make a positive difference, say Dr. Rao. "One can drink too much water, so don't overdo it!" she says. "The reality is that the amount of water needed depends on various factors, such as an individual's weight, activity level and underlying medical problems."

An easy way to measure how hydrated you are: "Be mindful of your thirst and the color of your urine-the lighter the pee, the better!" says Dr. Rao.

Most people don't even feel thirsty until they're already dehydrated, especially older adults, according to the Mayo Clinic. It's easy to forget how much water we need, especially in hot weather or after a long workout. Consider this a much-needed reminder for all of us! 💧

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Reese Witherspoon Makes 42 Look Like 25 With This Incredibly Simple Trick

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It's been 17 years since the release of , and with Reese Witherspoon announcing that Legally Blonde 3 is officially in the works, we couldn't help but wonder: How does that woman look exactly the same as she did in 2001? The 42-year-old has shared many aspects of her healthy lifestyle, and she's clearly doing something right.

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Her book Whiskey In A Teacup highlights her southern nature and how it has shaped her identity, this is in line with the star image she has created

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Founded by Reese Witherspoon, Hello Sunshine is a media brand that aims to promote and encourage female authorship and agency. Pacific Standard films (Reese's production company) is now a subsidiary of it

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First major role (1990) in Robert Mulligan's Man in the Moon. Despite starting acting at a young age she is still a very successful actress now

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Major breakthrough role came in Legally Blonde (2001) playing the main role of Elle Woods, this is a role she is still heavily associated with

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Currently a main character on the HBO series Big Little Lies which was renewed for a second season, keeping her in the spotlight as an actress

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Official Big Little Lies Trailer - 2017 HBO Series Starring Shailene Woodley, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman Subscribe Now: http://goo.gl/KKBrix Who knows what lies out there beneath the surface. Based on the best selling book, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Scott, James Tupper, Zoë Kravitz star in HBO's limited series "Big Little Lies," coming 2017.

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Top ten performances by Reese Witherspoon according to youtuber Ms Mojo. Unsurprisingly Legally Blonde is no.1, once again emphasising the popularity of this film, leading to Elle Woods contributing to Reese's star image

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73 questions with Vogue, they ask a lot about her southern identity as well as her domestic life. Set up and questions portray her as very domesticated and family orientated, this is actually something she portrays quite a lot herself

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Interview talking about her political involvement in Times-Up, Me Too and her media company Hello Sunshine, all of which aid women in the industry keeping in line with her image

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This article looks at Reese's DUI incident and highlights how she dealt with it, apologising immediately, preserving her 'pristine image'. This highlights how although her star image was challenged she managed to quickly and gracefully claim it back. This is also not reported on too much, preventing it from further 'tainting' the image she's created. This emphasises that even when her image is challenged she manages to claim it back

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As an Oscar-winning actress with a pristine image, Reese Witherspoon was one of the last people anyone expected to throw a fit and pull the fame card when her husband, Jim Toth, was pulled over and arrested for DUI in April 2013.

Her refusal to get back in the car after she was repeatedly told to do so by a police officer earned her a disorderly conduct charge, to which she plead no contest and paid a $213 fine.

While the actress already apologized long ago, on Monday, she opened up about the experience at a press conference for her latest film "Wild" at the BFI London Film Festival.

"I think it was a moment where people realized that I wasn't exactly what they thought I was," she told reporters. "I guess maybe we all like to define people by the way the media presents them, and I think that I showed I have a complexity that people didn't know about. It's part of human nature. I made a mistake. We all make mistakes. The best you can do is say sorry and learn from it and move on."

It's not the first time Witherspoon has spoken about the arrest. In May 2013 the actress appeared on "Good Morning America," where she told George Stephanopoulos:

"I saw him arresting my husband and I literally panicked. I said all kinds of crazy things. I told him I was pregnant. I'm not pregnant! I said crazy things. You only hear me laughing because I had no idea what I was talking about and I am so sorry. I was so disrespectful to him. I have police officers in my family. I work with police officers every day. I know better."
H/T The Hollywood Reporter

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Witherspoon starred in 3 'love triangle' films in a row between 2010-2012, How Do You Know, Water For Elephants and This Means War. She refers to this as her 'love triangle period' suggesting its a genre she has moved on from

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If you've noticed a recurring theme in actress Reese Witherspoon's recent film roles, you're not alone. During last night's MTV First: This Means War, featuring a 30-minute interview with the starlet, host Josh Horowitz addressed the important issue-namely that Reese's last three movies ("How Do You Know," "Water for Elephants" and "This Means War") feature the 35-year-old toying with two men's emotions.

What did the actress have to say for herself? "This is my love triangle period," she joked. Okay, okay, we can dig it, but have you ever engaged in tumultuous trio in real life?

"No, but I sure wish I had!" she enthused. "Particularly in this one. This is a really good one. I don't think that happens a lot in real life. That's why it's a movie."

Reese, however, may have been too quick with her denial, because upon further pressing from Josh, she did admit to dating more than one man at once.

"I was dating a while ago. I was dating two people who knew each other. That was kind of weird," she revealed. "But I didn't know they knew each other. As soon as I figured it out, I was like, 'Ugh, I can't do that.'"

Of course, Reese doesn't have to worry about the fraught dating world anymore, as she married agent Jim Toth last March. And for the most part, she doesn't miss singledom.

"I think it's hard," she said of dating. "But it's also exciting too. It's fun meeting new people. You have that feeling like, 'I don't know if they're going to call. I don't know if I'm supposed to call them. Am I supposed to call them?'"

If we knew the answer to that one, Reese, our blood pressure would be at least 10 points lower.
Have you ever been involved in a love triangle? Will you be seeing "This Means War" when it hits theaters on Valentine's Day? Sound off in the comments and on Twitter!

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If you've noticed a recurring theme in actress Reese Witherspoon's recent film roles, you're not alone. During last night's MTV First: This Means War, featuring a 30-minute interview with the starlet, host Josh Horowitz addressed the important issue-namely that Reese's last three movies ("How Do You Know," "Water for Elephants" and "This Means War") feature the 35-year-old toying with two men's emotions.

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Is this the hottest movie love triangle of all time? We can't think of a better movie threesome than this: Reese Witherspoon, British hunk Tom Hardy, and blue-eyed pretty-boy Chris Pine in This Means War.

Is this the hottest movie love triangle of all time?

We can't think of a better movie threesome than this: Reese Witherspoon, and British hunk Tom Hardy, and blue-eyed pretty-boy Chris Pine fighting each other in and out of the bedroom in next year's raunchy action comedy, (watch the trailer above).

Hardy and Pine play two spies dating the same woman (Witherspoon), so what do they do? Hijack each other's chances using every weapon at their disposal, of course.

It's a change of pace for Reese, better known for light rom-coms and the occasional Oscar-worthy dramatic turn, so it's fun to see her kick some butt in this Mr and Mrs Smith -style romp.

If you had the choice between Tom Hardy or Chris Pine, who'd you choose? Tell us in the comments form below!

Don't forget to vote 'want to see' or 'not interested' for this movie to see how it ranks on MovieBuzz now!

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Sexiest movie love triangle ever: Reese Witherspoon hits up Hollywood's hottest hunks in This Means War

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By MovieFIX| Is this the hottest movie love triangle of all time? We can't think of a better movie threesome than this: Reese Witherspoon, British hunk Tom Hardy, and blue-eyed pretty-boy Chris Pine in This Means War. Is this the hottest movie love triangle of all time?

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Led to a Legally Blonde sequel (2003), the popularity leads fans to see many of Elle's qualities in Reese

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At the age of 30 her career 'floundered' following her divorce and she was frustrated at being offered roles of 'wife, girlfriend or sidekick' so decided to start making films herself. Charlie Rose highlights she is seen as "Southern, blonde, friendly, cute" key aspects of her star image

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The following is a script from "Reese Witherspoon" which aired on Dec. 21, 2014. Charlie Rose is the correspondent. Ruth Streeter, producer.

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon started making movies when she was 14. Ten years later she broke into the elite group of "highest- paid" actresses in Hollywood and, at 29, she won an Oscar for best actress. But her career floundered when she couldn't get the roles she wanted and so she did something unusual. She started making the movies herself. And it has paid off handsomely.

Today, at 38, she's successfully produced two of the most talked about movies of the year: "Gone Girl" and "Wild." She also stars in "Wild." Both are about flawed, dynamic women and both are getting Oscar attention.

Charlie Rose: A lot of people think of Reese Witherspoon as Southern, blond, friendly, cute.

Reese Witherspoon: I'll take all four of those. Those are all good.

Charlie Rose: "America's sweetheart."

Reese Witherspoon: That's the one that confuses me. 'Cause I feel like I've done such a range of different roles. Some are sweet, for sure, but all of them have a ferocity of spirit.

Why didn't Reese Witherspoon star in "Gone Girl"?

["Legally Blonde": Hi, my name is Elle Woods.]

Spirit is what her character, Elle Woods, had in "Legally Blonde."

["Legally Blonde": I'm going to tell all of you at Harvard why I'm going to make an amazing lawyer.]

Witherspoon played a perky Harvard law student who became an unlikely modern feminist and the film became an international box office hit. Four years later, in "Walk the Line," she portrayed June Carter Cash and won every major award, including the Oscar.

["Walk the Line": Let's go, times a wastin'...)

Yet despite that, she was offered roles as wife, girlfriend and sidekick. All of which frustrated her.

Charlie Rose: Is the image of you changing?

Reese Witherspoon: Yeah. And I'm ready for a change. I'm definitely ready. I remember a few years ago, I was asked to do an interview for 60 Minutes. I was too scared.

Charlie Rose: You said no.

Reese Witherspoon: I didn't know what to say. And, now, when I was approached, I was just-- I felt like, "No, yeah. This makes sense. I have something to say now."

"...I'm ready for a change. I'm definitely ready. I remember a few years ago, I was asked to do an interview for 60 Minutes. I was too scared."

["Wild": Oh my God. What have I done?]

She says it through her new film, "Wild."

["Wild": You got to be kidding me.]

She plays a broken woman seeking to reclaim her life by hiking a punishing 1,100 miles alone on the Pacific Crest Trail.

["Wild": Hey. Where am I?]

It is based on the brutally honest, best-selling memoir by Cheryl Strayed.

["Wild": I wouldn't do a single thing differently. What if all those things I did were the things that got me here?]

Reese Witherspoon: That is about grief and loss and self-harm and how we have to choose to save ourselves.

In the movie, she shows how Cheryl reacted to her beloved mother's early death. She became self-destructive, destroyed her marriage, took drugs and had random sex with anonymous men.

Reese Witherspoon: I don't think I've ever in my life had to do scenes that were so-- exposing. And--raw.

Charlie Rose: So what are you calling on in yourself to make those scenes so real?

Reese Witherspoon: Well I mean a lot of my own personal life experience. I mean, I've certainly had relationships that didn't work out that were devastating, you know?

Charlie Rose: So you've known unhappiness, you've known--

Reese Witherspoon: Yeah. I've known grief. I've known loss. I've known saying goodbye to people that I loved.

Reese surprised us when she revealed that her mother, like her character in the movie, had lost her mother when she was very young. And Reese relived her mother's grief in preparing for the role.

["Wild:" I miss you. God, I miss you.]

"I've known grief. I've known loss. I've known saying goodbye to people that I loved."

Charlie Rose: There's a scene at the end of the movie where you're-- Cheryl falls to her knees and she says, "I miss you, God. I miss you."

Reese Witherspoon: Yeah.

Charlie Rose: What's that?

Reese Witherspoon: That's probably my mother. My mother's mother died when she was 20. I didn't understand as a little girl why she was crying. And she would say, "I miss my mom." And I held her grief in my body. I didn't even realize I held her grief for her for so long. Then when my mom saw the film, she said to me, "I know that you saw me. 'Cause that's my story." And she's a beautiful, amazing woman. She's definitely become the woman that her mother wanted her to be. And I'm named after my grandmother. I hope I make movies that make them laugh and I hope I make movies that make them feel proud of how strong they are.

Reese Witherspoon's grandmother - a strong influence

Charlie Rose: There's a tradition of strong women in the South.

Reese Witherspoon: Oh sure. There's strong women everywhere, Charlie. I go all over the world--

Charlie Rose: It's-- absolutely. It's all over the world--

Reese Witherspoon: --and people say to me, "Wha-- why don't y-- you know, you don't ever seem to play, like, weak characters." I said, "I don't know any weak women."

Reese grew up in Nashville. Her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse. No one encouraged her to be an actor. They wanted her to go into medicine.

Reese Witherspoon: --s-- oh, and some junk.

Charlie Rose: You study over there.

Reese Witherspoon: Wait. Some junk.

Charlie Rose: Oh my God.

Reese Witherspoon: --that's our old mailbox and my mother's old mailbox.

In order to be close to her mother, she is renovating a new home in Nashville.

Reese Witherspoon: It's great, isn't it?

Charlie Rose: Oh, yeah. This is great.

Reese Witherspoon: You have to have vision, Charlie.

Charlie Rose: It's perfect for you.

Charlie Rose: There she is.

Reese Witherspoon: This is my mom, Charlie.

And while she was showing it to us, her mother stopped by.

Charlie Rose: When you saw the movie, what did you see?

Betty Witherspoon: It just tore me apart.

Charlie Rose: Because?

Betty Witherspoon: It was my story.

Charlie Rose: It was your story?

Betty Witherspoon: And I lost my mother. Then I named my baby after my mother. This is my baby. This is the baby.

Charlie Rose: This is?

Betty Witherspoon: Uh-huh (affirm).

Her baby started taking acting lessons at seven. At 14, Reese went to an open audition downtown for a major motion picture. She stunned everyone when she won the starring role in "Man in the Moon."

["Man in the Moon"

Dani: I'm not a little girl. I'm 14.

Court: My goodness.

Dani: You're not much older. 16?

Court: I'm 17.

Dani: My goodness.]

She played an innocent but feisty tomboy who falls in love for the first time.

Reese Witherspoon: I just loved making movies. I was just-- and my mother had to stand in front of me and say, "You are going to high school. You are not going to do this movie thing. You know, you're going to have a real job."

Instead of going to Hollywood her parents insisted she go to Harpeth Hall, a prep school nearby. She was an excellent student who loved reading. And she told us... the school left an indelible impression.

Charlie Rose: Tell me about Harpeth.

Reese Witherspoon: Well, it's an all-girls school, which I-- I really enjoyed.

Charlie Rose: Why?

Reese Witherspoon: It was just a place that you did not-- you weren't distracted by boys, and I was boy crazy. I was boy crazy when I was a teenager.

Charlie Rose: Even then?

Reese Witherspoon: Even then, Charlie. No, but-- that and it just-- it had a great focus on, you know, feminism and that we could accomplish anything we wanted to.

What she really wanted, was to be an actress.

Reese Witherspoon: --that's the phone. (laugh)

Charlie Rose: This is the phone where you called your boyfriends--

Reese Witherspoon: Where I used to call my boyfriends.

It was also how she communicated with her agent. Throughout high school she made movies in the summer.

Reese Witherspoon: I also used to call my agent on this phone.

Charlie Rose: So you went from boyfriend to agent?

Reese Witherspoon: Well, if-- if he sent me a script, I'd have to call him during L.A. time, so I'd come down here and I'd be like, "Tell Mr. Wert that I'll be back in class in just a second," and I would be like, "I read this script and I'm not gonna do it. Okay, thanks, bye."

She did well enough at Harpeth Hall to be accepted by Stanford but dropped out after a year and moved to Hollywood. There she successfully made the transition from child actor to movie star. And, by age 23, she was married to actor Ryan Phillippe and had started a family. At 29, she had a series of box offices hits and an Oscar. Reese Witherspoon was at the peak of her career.

Charlie Rose: So the Hollywood community says, "Here's an Oscar. Big moment? Big moment.

Reese Witherspoon: Yeah.

Charlie Rose: What follows?

Reese Witherspoon: That was a tough year that followed.

Charlie Rose: What's tough?

Reese Witherspoon: I got divorced the next year and I spent, you know, a few years just trying' to feel better. You know, you can't really be very creative when you feel like your brain is scrambled eggs.

Charlie Rose: Feel like you failed in your personal life?

Reese Witherspoon: Yeah, and then I was just kind of floundering career-wise, 'cause I wasn't making things I was passionate about. I was just kind of working, you know. And it was really clear that audiences weren't responding to anything I was putting out there.

Charlie Rose: There's a story that you read New Yorker magazine.

Reese Witherspoon: Yeah. Oh, lord.

Charlie Rose: And there was a list of people who were no longer box-office magic.

Reese Witherspoon: Yeah. I was one of 'em. I thought I was reading, like, a profile on another actor. Then somewhere down-- at the end, it said, you know, 'The people who are washed-up,' and I think it included me, Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson. And I remember just being like, "OK." I-- that just-- I mean, it really hurt my feelings. Really hurt my feelings.

Charlie Rose: And your self-esteem.

Reese Witherspoon: And my self-esteem. And made me feel like I contributed nothing. And that you're only as good as your last movie. Which is a pretty crummy feeling for an actor. But it's also a great motivator.

Three years ago, Witherspoon decided to make her own movies. She and seasoned producer, Bruna Papandrea, put up the money to start a production company. Called Pacific Standard, it focuses on projects that feature interesting, complicated women in leading roles.

Charlie Rose: But yours is a lean and mean company. I mean, you guys figure out a way that you can get it done by total involvement yourself.

Voices: Yeah, yeah.

Charlie Rose: Choosing the writer, choosing the director, choosing the material. Yes?

Reese Witherspoon: Yeah, we make all the phone calls. We-- she does all the budgets. She looks at the budgets, goes over everything.

Bruna Papandrea: We are ultimately the two decision makers.

Their first two decisions have been right on the money. "Gone Girl" has brought in nearly $350 million at the box office so far. "Wild," which opens nationwide this week, has gotten strong reviews. Both movies are based on books they optioned before publication.

Reese Witherspoon: I think right when "Gone Girl" and "Wild" were both number one on the New York Times best seller list at the same time. I think that's when people started going, "Whoa."

Charlie Rose: Whoa.

Reese Witherspoon: "What are they-- (laugh) how did they get--" and people started calling us and like, "Wait, how did do you guys get that book?"

Bruna Papandrea: Shocked.

Reese Witherspoon: Because we're not the big powerhouse. But we read and read and read and read.

Charlie Rose: You know it says Hollywood is a boy's club in part. That more of these films aren't being made. Yes?

Bruna Papandrea: Yes. 100 percent.

Charlie Rose: Is it cracking?

Bruna Papandrea: Yes, may be a little bit, yeah. The thing that really needs to change is this idea that "Wild," for instance, a movie about a woman who goes on a hike is not just a movie for women. You know, they would not put that label on it if it was a man who was taking that hike. They would assume that women would want to go see that movie as well. But they do put the label on it. And I think that's really the big thing that we're trying to break down.

Their fledgling production company is off to a good start. It has 16 television and movie projects in development.

"The thing that really needs to change is this idea that 'Wild,' for instance, a movie about a woman who goes on a hike is not just a movie for women. You know, they would not put that label on it if it was a man who was taking that hike."

Reese Witherspoon: I'm at a point in my life, it's like, I can make 20 more movies. But I want to make 20 more movies that matter to me. I just don't want to just do anything.

Charlie Rose: And at long last, you feel in control.

Reese Witherspoon: Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. And I feel like my perspective matters, for the first time.

Charlie Rose: And if you succeed, that it will change Hollywood.

Reese Witherspoon: I hope so. I think it's time. I think it's time that we start seeing women for how complex they really are. I want to see those movies.

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When she's not busy cleaning her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Reese Witherspoon is definitely busy doing something else. Over the past few months, you may have noticed Witherspoon's name popping up in the news more than usual. Perhaps you saw the actress's face in promos for Disney's A Wrinkle in Time; maybe you watched Home Again multiple times on a very long flight, like I did during my Christmas holiday. (You should definitely watch Home Again.)

Witherspoon is busy right now - like, Donald Glover-level busy, Michael Stuhlbarg-showing-up-in-practically-every-Best Picture-nominee-level busy. A Wrinkle in Time is just one of Witherspoon's many current projects. The next couple of years could spawn a new Golden Age of Witherspoon, the likes of which we haven't seen since the days of Election and Legally Blonde  - except this time, she's doing a lot of work behind the scenes, too.

To keep track of Witherspoon's ever-expanding portfolio, we'll go through all of her pending projects, offering progress reports and letting you know just how excited you should be for each one. To give you an example of how this works, Home Again is available on demand (progress report!) and you should be extremely goddamn excited about it. Let's get started.

A Wrinkle in Time

What Is It? A live-action adaptation of the fantasy novel of the same name from Madeleine L'Engle. Ava DuVernay ( Selma, 13th) is at the helm, and is the first black female director to direct a movie with a budget over $100 million. Witherspoon plays Mrs. Whatsit, one of three immortal beings (the other two are played by Mindy Kaling and Oprah) that help young protagonist Meg Murry (Storm Reid) find her missing father across the universe.

Progress Report: A Wrinkle in Time drops this Friday. This one's ready to go.

Hype Rating: 8/10. This would be a full 10/10, but it's a tiny bit concerning that the review embargo for the movie doesn't drop until two days before release, and that social media reactions from most film critics were either nonexistent or a bit negative. Still, if nothing else, the movie looks absolutely stunning, and is a decent bet to make a boatload of cash.

Untitled Morning Show Drama With Jennifer Aniston

What Is It? One of a few original shows Apple has up its sleeve for its streaming service. Witherspoon and Aniston will costar in a drama that is an "inside look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the women (and men) who carry out this daily televised ritual." Basically, imagine Morning Glory turned into a TV show (in a good way!). The show comes from Witherspoon's production company, Hello Sunshine. Semirelated: Hello Sunshine is an adorable name for a production company.

Progress Report: The program has a straight-to-series order for two seasons, but there have been no updates on filming - or even a title. This may or may not have to do with Witherspoon's other TV commitment over on HBO (more on that in a second).

Hype Rating: 9/10. This doesn't just sound like fun material for Witherspoon to work with, but it's also Aniston's first major return to television since starring in some sitcom called Friends.

Big Little Lies Season 2

What Is It? A rather unexpected follow-up to HBO's Emmy-winning miniseries, returning to the affluent, picturesque Monterey, California, and the quintet of compelling women at its center. Amazingly, Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman, Zoë Kravitz, and Bearded Adam Scott will be joined by even more star power in Season 2, in the form of 21-time Oscar nominee Meryl Streep. She'll be playing the mother of Perry (Alexander Skarsgard), who was killed in the Season 1 finale. Yes, it's lit.

Progress Report: Final negotiations with Season 1's stars are wrapping up, and HBO expects the second season to air sometime in 2019. Filming is reportedly going to start in the spring, so with any luck, we could get a teaser trailer by the end of the year.

Hype Rating: 10/10. Didn't you hear me earlier when I said MERYL STREEP?!

Little Fires Everywhere Limited Series

What Is It? An adaptation of Celeste Ng's book of the same name, which focuses on a custody battle over a Chinese American baby in an Ohio town. So far, Witherspoon and Scandal 's Kerry Washington are set to star. Witherspoon is also executive-producing the series, which is also under the purview of Hello Sunshine.

Progress Report: Witherspoon's company hasn't decided on a home for the series yet, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, a "parade of network execs" took meetings and bid on the series. Once Little Fires Everywhere lands a network, they'll round out the rest of the cast and go from there.

Hype Rating: 8/10. I didn't know I needed Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon in a series together, but now I can't stop thinking about it.

A Live-Action Tinker Bell Movie

What Is It? Exactly what it sounds like, and Reese Witherspoon is going to play Tinker Bell.

Progress Report: The news/casting was first announced in 2015, and there haven't been any tangible updates since 2016. It probably hasn't helped matters that Witherspoon is suddenly involved in multiple TV projects. Consider the Tinker Bell movie on the backburner for both actress and studio.

Hype Rating: 5/10. Disney's live-action-adaptation craze is a bit exhausting. We definitely don't need a Tinker Bell movie at the expense of Witherspoon's other projects - especially only a few years removed from Pan.

What Is It? A psychological thriller based on the true story of Anita Hemmings, who became the first black woman to attend Vassar College by passing as white. Zendaya will play Hemmings. (Side note: The movie's title is pretty great.) Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine - typing out "Hello Sunshine" will never get old - is producing the project along with Zendaya.

Progress Report: TriStar Pictures just acquired the distribution rights in January, so filling out the rest of the cast is next on the docket before filming begins.

Hype Rating: 9/10. Zendaya has shown off her post-Disney acting chops in Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Greatest Showman, but in minor roles that saw her cede time to male protagonists. A starring role is an exciting step for her acting career, and kudos to Witherspoon for supporting this project.

Are You Sleeping

What Is It? A somewhat meta drama based on Kathleen Barber's novel of the same name, which focuses on the craze behind true-crime podcasts. The series, which stars Octavia Spencer, "challenges its viewers to consider the consequences when the pursuit of justice is placed on a public stage." In addition to Spencer - fresh off an Oscar-nominated turn in The Shape of Water -  Serial cocreator Sarah Koenig is consulting on the series. Are You Sleeping gives off some American Vandal vibes, but with a more serious tone and (almost assuredly) fewer penis jokes. Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine (are you sensing a trend?) is producing the series.

Progress Report: The series was announced in January, so it's still a ways away from premiering.

Hype Rating: 9/10. Are You Sleeping sounds like an exciting vehicle for Spencer, who's been great in supporting roles ( Shape of Water, The Help, Fruitvale Station) on the silver screen. Leading a TV drama clearly worked for Witherspoon in Big Little Lies. It should work for the equally talented Spencer, too.

An Untitled Kristen Wiig Comedy Series

What Is It? A half-hour series inspired by a forthcoming short-story collection from Curtis Sittenfeld, who's perhaps best known for a fictionalized interpretation of former first lady Laura Bush's life. Once again, Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine is producing.

Progress Report: The comedy seems to be in its early stages: It doesn't have a title or additional casting announcements yet. Plus, if Wiig is actually going to play the villain in Wonder Woman 2, which is a rumor I'd very much like to see come to fruition, that might delay things further.

Hype Rating: 8/10. Wiig hasn't returned to the small screen with much regularity since Saturday Night Live outside of a recurring role on The Last Man on Earth and voicing a talking vagina (really) on Big Mouth. However, after a somewhat tepid post- Bridesmaids career on the big screen, a return to television could benefit Wiig as well as Apple, which can boast a supremely talented SNL alum for one of its first comedy series.

What Is It? A Disney comedy about "an overly imaginative little girl who makes 10 wishes at a wishing well." Witherspoon will play the girl some 25 years later, when her kid-wishes actually come true.

Progress Report: Witherspoon's casting was unveiled back in 2011, and aside from a 2012 rumor that Bridesmaids director Paul Feig could head the project, there's been radio silence from Disney regarding the project. A director still hasn't been announced. Clearly, with all the Star Wars, Marvel, and live-action Disney movies on the docket, Wish Lis t isn't a priority.

Hype Rating: 3/10. I'll be honest, it sounds like the Mouse House saw When in Rome and thought "What if that, but Reese Witherspoon?"

In a Dark, Dark Wood

What Is It? A film adaptation of Ruth Ware's novel about a writer getting an invite to a bachelorette party from a high school friend who she hasn't seen in 10 years. Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine is producing, but according to Deadline, there are currently no plans for Witherspoon to star in the project.

Progress Report: News of the adaptation came on Wednesday, so this is the project that's perhaps the furthest away from being actualized on screen.

Hype Rating: 8/10. At this point, you've probably sensed a trend with all of Witherspoon's forthcoming projects. Whether she's starring in them, producing - or both - these are films about women, written by women, and starring women. And minus a few Disney projects, they all sound compelling and worthwhile.

I would encourage Reese to continue adding projects to her slate, but at some point, I'm gonna become worried about her health. One thing at a time, Reese! We can be patient - we know it's worth waiting for.

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A Comprehensive Guide to All of Reese Witherspoon's Projects

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When she's not busy cleaning her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Reese Witherspoon is definitely busy doing something else. Over the past few months, you may have noticed Witherspoon's name popping up in the news more than usual.

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Interview on Ellen looks at her family life including how she spent mothers day and embarrassing her kids. This interview concentrates on the domesticated side of her

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Graham Norton show interview, while talking about her getting hit by a car the summary focuses on the fringe she got to cover the scar emphasising how her looks are focused on in the press to attract readers

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REESE WITHERSPOON: Car Accident Hairdo! (The Graham Norton Show)

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In one of her more recent films Witherspoon plays a mum dealing with the aftermath of divorce. This shows how her roles have evolved alongside her, but they often have a theme of finding yourself

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In 2009 Witherspoon starred in the animated film Monsters vs. Aliens, which was more family friendly than her usual films

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In the 2016 family film Sing Witherspoon used her vocals as one of the main cast demonstrating her range of talents

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Her first animated film was in 2001, this shows Reese is capable of doing a range of different projects

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Fan-made video of Reese Witherspoon singing as June Carter Cash in Walk The Line. It has 83% on Rotten Tomatoes and Witherspoon won an Oscar for best performance by an actress in a leading role, this role also emphasised Reese's southern nature

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Walk The Line June Carter - Juke Box BLues- Reese Witherspoo

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Jennifer Garner following instructions in Witherspoon's book to curl your hair, this is one of several examples on Witherspoon's social media of celebrities cross promoting each others products or films creating the impression Reese is well liked

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She uses social media to promote new, upcoming and old films and tv that she's in. Promoting her upcoming films and tv shows is often part of an actors contract with the production and using social media to promote it will encourage her followers to watch it simply because she is in it

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This article looks at some of Witherspoon's previous red carpet looks and highlights her 'good legs' and aversion to wearing pink due to its association with Legally Blonde emphasising the obsession with celebrity's looks

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According to her stylist, Ms. Witherspoon can be wary of both pink (because of its "Legally Blonde" association) and black (traditionally reserved for mourning in the South, where she's from). Perhaps ...

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GossipCop outlines some of the tabloid stories that surfaced about her apparent 'marriage struggles' and debunks them, showing that her domestic life is often reported on

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By Gossip Cop Staff |

Exactly one year ago today, a magazine claimed Reese Witherspoon's busy career was "putting a strain on her marriage." At the time, Gossip Cop reported it was untrue. Now 12 months later, it's clear her marriage to Jim Toth is perfectly in tact.

On February 15, 2018, the NW alleged Witherspoon's "crazy workload" was causing "issues in her marriage." The tabloid also asserted the actress's friends felt she was "burying herself" in projects precisely to avoid dealing with her relationship falling apart. An unnamed "source" was quoted as telling the magazine how Witherspoon and Toth were like "two ships passing in the night" and, as a result, their marriage would undoubtedly "suffer."

To sell its tall tale, on the cover of the publication it ran a quote which read, "I can't do this anymore," with the implication that Witherspoon said somewhere how she could no longer continue being married to Toth. But, as Gossip Cop noted 365 days ago, the actress never said that. More significantly, Witherspoon and Toth's marriage did not have problems then, nor do they have any a year later.

Following the false report about her always working and not spending time with Toth, after they were photographed in Cabo San Lucas over Memorial Day weekend, the same tabloid concocted yet another tale about how Witherspoon and her husband went on vacation to save their marriage . Shortly after that inaccurate article, NW ran a cover story about Witherspoon and Toth having a "divorce crisis."

Not one of those articles were remotely true. The reality is Witherspoon often documents her time took off with Toth and her love for him on social media. In fact, just one day ago, Witherspoon posted a photo on Instagram of her hugging Toth , along with a sweet message that reads, "Love my Valentine!"

That's hardly the only time she's gushed about Toth, a powerful Hollywood agent who fully understands the career demands of his Oscar-winning wife. Right after last year's bogus piece about their supposed marriage problems, Witherspoon posted on Instagram a photo of the couple in front of a private jet , with a note that says, "Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband who keeps me smiling everyday! ...I love you." And on his birthday, she wrote, "Happy birthday to the best husband, friend, and father in the world!! I love you JT."

While Witherspoon has her hands full with a number of film and TV projects that she's producing or in which she's starring, she makes sure to have time for her family. Last March, the actress told USA Today she generally doesn't work on weekends, and when she returns home from work during the week, "I put the phone down," so they can all enjoy a family dinner together.

As Gossip Cop has noted in the past, we'll occasionally revisit an article from the previous year to help readers better assess which outlets they can and cannot trust. It's readily obvious the premise that Witherspoon's marriage was in jeopardy didn't hold up over time. The tabloid simply made unsubstantiated claims, while Gossip Cop presented the facts, some of which were directly from Witherspoon herself.

Weiss, Shari. "Reese Witherspoon NOT Having Marriage Problems, Despite Report." Gossip Cop, 15 Feb. 2018.

Shuster, Andrew. "Reese Witherspoon Went On Vacation With Husband To Save Marriage?" Gossip Cop, 5 June 2018.

Shuster, Andrew. "Reese Witherspoon NOT Having 'Divorce Crisis,' Despite Report." Gossip Cop, 18 June 2018.

Witherspoon, Reese. "Love my Valentine! #9years of love and putting up with all my picture taking." Instagram, 14 Feb. 2019.

Witherspoon, Reese. "Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband who keeps me smiling everyday! Here's to many more adventures together! I love you , JT." Instagram, 26 Mar. 2018.

Witherspoon, Reese. "Happy birthday to the best husband, friend, and father in the world !! I love you JT. ( and you make me laugh EVERYday! what's better than that?!)." Instagram, 27 July 2018.

Mandell, Andrea. "'A Wrinkle in Time': Stars get frank about motherhood, parity and Oprah for president." USA Today, 6 Mar. 2018.

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Reese Witherspoon's Busy Career Putting "Strain On Marriage"?

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Exactly one year ago today, a magazine claimed Reese Witherspoon's busy career was "putting a strain on her marriage." At the time, Gossip Cop reported it was untrue. Now 12 months later, it's clear her marriage to Jim Toth is perfectly in tact.

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She uses her social media to promote her other brands including her book and clothing line, both these brands emphasise her southern identity, highlighting that this is a key part of her star image she wants to be seen

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Reese's speech at Glamour's 'Women of the Year Awards' highlights the gender gap, presenting her as an advocate for women's rights

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At tonight's Glamour Women of the Year Awards, Goldie Hawn presented Reese Witherspoon with an award for her work creating stronger roles for women in film. The superstar's speech was so inspiring and powerful, you'll want to see every bit of it in its entirety. Watch the video and read every word, below.
Reese Witherspoon:

I can't thank Glamour magazine enough and Conde Nast and Cindi for asking me to be here. You just made this night so amazing. These incredible, inspiring women are doing so many things to change how we perceive women, and I hope Amy Schumer and all the other nominees that when you consider making your biopic, you'll give me the rights first, which would be great. Although Amy, I'll have to play your grandmother in the movie (by Hollywood standards), and you'll probably have to play your own mother.

I'm so excited that so many young women are here tonight.This all started for me when I was a little girl. I was 14 years old when I learned that I love acting, and I still do. Acting allows me to slip into the skin of all kinds of different women, and not in a creepy Silence of the Lambs way...but in a way that lets me explore the full spectrum of humanity. Every woman I've ever played is passionate and strong and flawed, except for Tracy Flick. She's 100% perfect, but she made me say that. But I also learned at 14 years old that I was ambitious. Really ambitious. Did I say that out loud? Let's talk about ambition.

I want everybody to close their eyes and think of a dirty word, like a really dirty word. Now open your eyes. Was any of your words ambition? I didn't think so. See, I just kind of started wondering lately why female ambition is a trait that people are so afraid of. Why do people have prejudiced opinions about women who accomplish things? Why is that perceived as a negative? In a study by Georgetown University in 2005, a group of professors asked candidates to evaluate male efficient versus female efficient in politicians. Respondents were less likely to vote for power-seeking women than power-seeking men. They also perceived ambitious women as looking out for themselves. They even reported ambitious women as provoking feelings of disgust.

Now, in my life I have always found more comfort in being the underdog. Whether people thought I couldn't do something or they said it was impossible, I always rose to the challenge. I enjoyed reaching for the impossible. I remember when I was 18 years old and applying to colleges, I had this male college counselor, and he said, "Don't even bother applying to Stanford, sweetie. Your SAT scores aren't good enough." But I did it anyway, and I got in. (But it wasn't because of my SAT scores!

When I got into the film business, I was doing dramas, and casting directors didn't know if I could be funny. So I did a comedy, Legally Blonde, and then my entire career I was pigeonholed. I did comedies, they didn't think I was serious. I did dramas, they didn't think I was funny. And I got older and they didn't think I could still be viable. So about three years ago, I found myself very curious about the state of the movie business. I really wondered how the digital evolution was affecting the landscape of filmmaking and specifically why studios were making fewer and fewer movies. So I started asking questions, and I decided to meet with the heads of each of the different movie studios that I had been friends with for years and I had made many movies with them. Each of the meetings started with something very casual like, "How are your kids?" and "Wow, has it really been that long since Walk the Line?" At the end of the meeting, I sort of casually brought up, "So, how many movies are in development with a female lead?" And by lead, I don't mean wife of the lead or the girlfriend of the lead. The lead, the hero of the story. I was met with nothing, blank stares, excessive blinking, uncomfortable shifting. No one wanted to answer the question because the fact was the studios weren't developing anything starring a woman. The only studio that was was turning a man's role into a woman's role. And the studio heads didn't apologize. They don't have to apologize. They are interested in profits-and after all, they run subsidiary companies of giant corporations.

But I was flabbergasted. This was 2012, and it made no sense to me. Where was our Sally Field in Norma Rae or Sigourney Weaver in Alien or Goldie Hawn in, you name it, any Goldie Hawn movie: Overboard, Wildcats, Private Benjamin? These women shaped my idea of what it meant to be a woman of strength and character and humor in this world. And my beautiful, intelligent daughter, who is 16 years old now, would not grow up idolizing that same group of women. Instead, she'd be forced to watch a chorus of talented, accomplished women Saran wrapped into tight leather pants, tottering along on very cute, but completely impractical, shoes turn to a male lead and ask breathlessly, "What do we do now?!" Seriously, I'm not kidding. Go back and watch any movie, and you'll see this line over and over. I love to ask questions, but it's my most hated question.

I dread reading scripts that have no women involved in their creation because inevitably I get to that part where the girl turns to the guy, and she says, "What do we do now?!" Do you know any woman in any crisis situation who has absolutely no idea what to do? I mean, don't they tell people in crisis, even children, "If you're in trouble, talk to a woman." It's ridiculous that a woman wouldn't know what to do.

So, anyway, after going to these studios and telling people about how there's barely any female leads in films and the industry's in crisis, people were aghast. "That's horrible," they said. And then they changed the subject and moved on with their dinner and moved on with their lives. But I could not change the subject. I couldn't turn to some man and say, "What do we do now?" This is my life.

I've made movies all my life, for 25 years, since I was 14 years old. It was time to turn to myself and say, "OK, Reese, what are we going to do now?" The answer was very clear. My mother, who is here tonight, a very strong, smart Southern woman, said to me, "If you want something done, honey, do it yourself."

So, I started my own production company, Pacific Standard Films, with the mission to tell stories about women. And I was nervous, y'all. I was spending my own money, which everyone in the movie business always tells you, "Don't spend your own money on anything." I was warned that on the crazy chance Pacific Standard would acquire any good scripts we would never make it past our first few years in business because there just wasn't a market for buying female-driven material. But like Elle Woods, I do not like to be underestimated.

I'm a very avid reader. In fact, I'm a complete book nerd. So is my producing partner, so we tore through tons of manuscripts and read so many things before they were published, but we could only find two pieces of material that we thought were right. We optioned them with our own money, and we prayed that they would work. Both had strong, complicated, fascinating women at the center and both were written by women. And lo and behold, both books hit number one on the New York Times bestsellers list. One is called Gone Girl, and the second is called Wild. So we made those two films last year, and those two films rose to over half a billion dollars world wide and we got three Academy Award nominations for women in acting performances. So that is year one. Against the odds, Pacific Standard has had a year two and year three. We bought five more bestselling books.

Next year, we're going to make two of those, Big Little Lies and Luckiest Girl Alive, into films. We have over 25 films in development and three television shows, and they all have female leads of different ages and different races and different jobs. Some are astronauts, some are soldiers, some are scientists, one is even a Supreme Court justice. They're not just good or bad; they're bold and hunted and dangerous and triumphant like the real women we meet every single day of our lives. But our company isn't just thriving because it feels like a good thing to do. It's thriving because female-driven films work. This year alone, Trainwreck with Amy Schumer, Melissa McCarthy's Spy, Pitch Perfect 2, Cinderella, the Hunger Games franchise, those made over $2.2 billion worldwide. Films with women at the center are not a public service project, they are a big-time, bottom-line-enhancing, money-making commodity.

I think we are in a culture crisis in every field. In every industry, women are underrepresented and underpaid in leadership positions. Under 5 percent of CEOs of fortune 500 companies are women. Only 19 percent of Congress is women. No wonder we don't have the health care we deserve or paid family leave or public access to early childhood education. That really worries me. How can we expect legislation or our needs to be served if we don't have equal representation? So here's my hope: If you're in politics, media, the tech industry, or working as an entrepreneur or a teacher or a construction worker or a caregiver, you know the problems we are all facing.

I urge each one of you to ask yourselves: What do we do now? That's a big question. What is it in life that you think you can't accomplish? Or what is it that people have said that you cannot do? Wouldn't it feel really good to prove them all wrong? Because I believe ambition is not a dirty word. It's just believing in yourself and your abilities. Imagine this: What would happen if we were all brave enough to be a little bit more ambitious? I think the world would change.

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Reese Witherspoon's Moving Speech at Glamour's Women of the Year: "Like Elle Woods, I Do Not Like to be Underestimated."

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At tonight's Glamour Women of the Year Awards, Goldie Hawn presented Reese Witherspoon with an award for her work creating stronger roles for women in film. The superstar's speech was so inspiring and powerful, you'll want to see every bit of it in its entirety. Watch the video and read every word, below.

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Ariana Grande's recent music video featured scenes from iconic films from her childhood, including Legally Blonde highlighting how popular the film still is

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'Nothing less than perfect: female celebrity, ageing
and hyper-scrutiny in the gossip industry' by Kirsty Fairclough considers how the gossip industry report on female celebrities ageing. Witherspoon would most likely fit into the 'sanctioned' category mentioned, as she is often celebrated for 'well ageing' and managing to stay youthful

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Legally Blonde was adapted into a musical in 2007, this contributes to Witherspoon still being associated with Elle Woods

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Pacific Standard, a subsidiary of Hello Sunshine, produced Oscar nominated films Wild and Gone Girl and the HBO series Big Little Lies. Reese stars in Wild and Big Little Lies

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“We very intentionally chose strategic investors who passionately and unequivocally support our mission of changing the landscape for women by putting them at the center of every narrative we create, elevate and champion,” said Sarah Harden, chief executive officer of Hello Sunshine, highlighting Reese's passion for gender equality

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Chapter 4 by Carol Dole in Chick Flicks: Contemporary Women at the Movies (edited by Suzanne Ferriss and Mallory Young) Elle is discussed as a 'girlie' third wave feminist and it's highlighted that third wave feminism was mostly spread through popular culture, such as Legally Blonde, rather than petitions and rallies linking to Reese spreading feminism through playing these roles

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From An Affair to Remember to Legally Blonde, "chick flicks" have long been both championed and vilified by women and men, scholars and popular audiences. Like other forms of "chick culture," which the editors define as a group of mostly American and British popular culture media forms focused primarily on twenty- to thirtysomething, middle-class-and frequently college-educated-women, chick flicks have been accused of reinscribing traditional attitudes and reactionary roles for women.

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Here Reese is seen as fun and just like 'everyone else' as she is randomly chosen to dance with her husband at the Globetrotters game. This is in line with her star image of being fun and friendly, and adds to her being a 'normal person' as she was chosen at random for something that has been done at other Globetrotter games, not because of who she is

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Reese Witherspoon Dances with Harlem Globetrotters

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Interviewer introduces her as a 'true southerner', not only does Reese emphasise this as a big part of her identity but other people think of it as a big part of her too. Reese also continues to reflect on herself as a big family person in this interview

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Reese Witherspoon talks new book, throwing ice cream at Meryl Streep

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Witherspoon wishes luck to the 2019 Oscar nominees and shares a picture on Instagram of her winning an Oscar for June Carter, saying being able to share the moment with her mum was the best part highlighting how important family is to her

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Reese Witherspoon is keeping the 2019 Academy Awards nominees in her thoughts on Sunday.

The actress shared a photo of her and her mother during the 2006 Academy Awards ceremony. Witherspoon took home an Oscar that year for Best Actress after portraying June Carter in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. Joaquin Phoenix portrayed Johnny Cash in the film. Walk the Line was Witherspoon's first Oscar win and was an "unforgettable" moment for the Legally Blonde star.

Witherspoon's photo was shared on her Instagram page for her 16.6 million followers to see. In the photo, she is sitting with her mother, Betty Reese, smiling as Witherspoon holds her Oscar. She said sharing the moment with her mom was "the best part of the night." The photo received more than 37,000 likes and more than 140 comments from fans of the actress and producer.

"This is the sweetest picture-you look so much like your beautiful mom!!" one commenter exclaimed.

"No stronger bond... beautiful picture," another commenter wrote, followed by heart emojis.

Witherspoon also won a Screen Actors Guild for her role in 2006. She was reportedly handpicked by Carter to play the singer in the biopic, which shows the origins of her marriage with Cash, which lasted from 1968 until Carter's death in 2003. In March 2018, Witherspoon reflected on the role on Instagram and the work it took for her to become Carter, Entertainment Weekly reported.

"This moment was so special in my life," she wrote on Instagram, along with a photo of her as she accepted the award. "I worked really hard on #WalkTheLine, taking singing lessons for 6 months, learning to play the auto-harp (which was REALLY Fun!) and watching endless tapes of June Carter. So, when I won the Oscar on March 5, 2006, it meant the world to me to be recognized by my peers. Overwhelmed, excited and truly humbled, I will never forget that moment."

The Cruel Intentions star was nominated for her second Academy Award in 2015 for her role in Wild. The film was another biopic for the star, as she portrayed writer Cheryl Strayed in her adaptation of her memoir of the same name. The film follows Strayed's 100-mile solo hike to recover from the death of her mother. Witherspoon told magazine in 2015 that one reason she took the role was to stray away from Hollywood's "wholesome" image of her, as she played a drug addict and had multiple sex scenes in the film.

"I've had so many frustrating conversations with the studios," she said while laughing. "They say: 'We don't want to see you curse in a movie or do drugs. We don't want to see you have sex.'"

The 91st annual Academy Awards airs at 8 pm EST.

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Reese Witherspoon Shares Throwback Photo From Her Oscar Win: 'This Moment Was So Special In My Life'

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Reese Witherspoon is keeping the 2019 Academy Awards nominees in her thoughts on Sunday. The actress shared a photo of her and her mother during the 2006 Academy Awards ceremony. Witherspoon took home an Oscar that year for Best Actress after portraying June Carter in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.

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When Reese appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair for the Hollywood Issue the concentration was on her apparent 'third leg' instead of why she was on the cover for involvement with Times Up. This highlights women's physical appearance being the central topic, linking to Charlie Rose's qualities of her being appearance based

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Reese Witherspoon has asked fans to accept her for who she is - after Vanity Fair's latest cover revealed her to have a secret third leg.

She's one of 12 film stars photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the magazine's Hollywood issue, which is published every year during awards season.

Vanity Fair said the appearance of Witherspoon's third leg was, in fact, "the lining of her dress".

Either way, the actress wasn't the only one to be given an extra appendage.

In a different image, which has now been removed from Vanity Fair's website, Oprah appears to have a third hand.

The two stars had a sense of humour about it though.

Vanity Fair tried to make a joke of it too - asking how Oprah could be expected to juggle everything ( though not, apparently, a presidential bid) - with just two hands.

Meanwhile, James Franco was digitally removed from the issue after originally being photographed by Leibovitz and interviewed by the magazine.

It's after Franco was accused of sexual misconduct or inappropriate behaviour by five women, including students from his acting school.

A spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter: "We made a decision not to include James Franco on the Hollywood cover once we learned of the misconduct allegations against him."

No reshoot was needed because those chosen for the cover are photographed separately in small groups.
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Reese Witherspoon has asked fans to accept her for who she is - after Vanity Fair's latest cover revealed her to have a secret third leg. She's one of 12 film stars photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the magazine's Hollywood issue, which is published every year during awards season.

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In chapter 2 of Graeme Turner's book Understanding Celebrity, he highlights that the film producers contract stars to advertise and promote the film they preform in, Reese can be seen doing this through social media as well as interviews. Her seemingly happiness to do this is again in line with her happy persona

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Example of Reese promoting a film through interviews, in this case Sweet Home Alabama. Even in 2002 she was insisting that we all have a little bit of our home and our heritage in us, highlighting that being southern has always been part of her star image has always been

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Reese Witherspoon in 2002 'On Sweet Home Alabama'

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Hello Sunshine and her political involvement

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Hello Sunshine and her political involvement

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Reese Witherspoon speaks up about her experiences being sexually assaulted at Elle's Women in Hollywood event in 2017. Speaking up and being truthful and genuine about why she kept quiet for so long reinforces her authenticity for her political action and beliefs in the movements for gender equality

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Reese Witherspoon revealed that she has had "multiple experiences of harassment and sexual assault" throughout her Hollywood career, adding her account to many that have arisen after multiple allegations of sexual harassment were made against producer Harvey Weinstein. Before introducing her Big Little Lies co-star Laura Dern at ELLE's Women in Hollywood event on Monday night, the actress and producer spoke up about the director who assaulted her when she was just 16 years old.

Read her full speech below:

I didn't sleep at all last night. This is going to be a real emotional rollercoaster because, before we get started honoring one of my very favorite people in the whole world, I just want to say, this has been a really hard week for women in Hollywood, for women all over the world, for men in a lot of situations and a lot of industries that are forced to remember and relive a lot of ugly truths.

I have my own experiences that have come back to me very vividly, and I found it really hard to sleep, hard to think, hard to communicate. A lot of the feelings I've been having about anxiety, about being honest, the guilt for not speaking up earlier or taking action. True disgust at the director who assaulted me when I was 16 years old and anger that I felt at the agents and the producers who made me feel that silence was a condition of my employment. And I wish I could tell you that that was an isolated incident in my career, but sadly, it wasn't. I've had multiple experiences of harassment and sexual assault, and I don't speak about them very often, but after hearing all the stories these past few days and hearing these brave women speak up tonight, the things that we're kind of told to sweep under the rug and not talk about, it's made me want to speak up and speak up loudly because I felt less alone this week than I've ever felt in my entire career.

And I've just spoken to so many actresses and writers, and particularly women who've had similar experiences, and many of them have bravely gone public with their stories. And that truth is very encouraging to me and to everyone out there in the world because you can only heal by telling the truth. Very smart, wise women have told me that in the past three days, and I feel very encouraged by this group of people tonight who have created a community of people who are champions now of a new attitude toward harassment in our industry and every industry that's going to address the abuse of power in this business and every business and I feel really, really encouraged that there will be a new normal.

Reese Witherspoon with her daughter Ava Phillippe

For the young women sitting in this room, life is going to be different for you because we have you, we have your back. And that makes me feel better because, gosh, it's about time. I just also want to say as a course of action because sometimes people, they talk about things but I was really thinking last night, what can we do, what can do we do? And I just want to say, there's a lot of people here who negotiate quite frequently with different companies and heads of companies, and I think maybe during your next negotiation, this is a really prudent time to ask important questions like, who are your top female executives? Do those women have green-light power? How many women are on the board of your company? How many women are in a key position of decision-making at your company? Asking questions like that, I found, it seems so obvious, but people don't ask those questions.

If we can raise consciousness and really help create change, that's what's going to change this industry and change society. So I'm so sad that I have to talk about these issues, but it would be, I would be remiss not to.

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Reese Witherspoon Reveals She Was Assaulted by a Director at 16

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The actress and producer told the story at ELLE's Women in Hollywood event, in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment against producer Harvey Weinstein. She says she has "had multiple experiences of harassment and sexual assault​" throughout her Hollywood career.

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Eva Longoria and Reese highlight they don't see themselves as the leaders of the movement, as the interviewer suggests, but continuing the work others have been doing for decades, accentuating Reese's modest demeanour

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Reese Witherspoon & Eva Longoria Talk Starting Time's Up and Eva's Pregnancy  | Access

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Mark Wheeler in his book Celebrity Politics emphasises the rise in celebrities using their fame to raise awareness of campaigns that have existed outside the scope of partisan-based politics. Witherspoon is an example of this through her raising awareness of the gender inequality and discrimination that still exists, especially in Hollywood

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Reese positions herself as a feminst, which can be seen through her political activism in The Times Up campaign among other things, as well as through media reports. This positions herself alongside many of the characters she plays who fight for equality including Elle Woods

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Reese Witherspoon Shares 3 Reasons Why She’s a Feminist– Glamour

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Reese also uses her social media to promote her business, which aligns her 'star image' and her 'political persona' further

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She raises awareness through social media by sharing image for the #TimesUP movement for example, merging her star and political image

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Even her divorce is reported on as friendly, Reese gives the appearance of not having any bad blood with anyone

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They were divorced over a decade ago.

And time certainly seems to have healed all wounds as Resse Witherspoon reunited with ex Ryan Philippe.

The formerly married couple were joined by their 14-year-old son Deacon while seen out and about on a rare outing together in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Reese, 42, and 43-year-old Ryan have not been spotted together much since they announced their separation in October 2006.

No doubt the Shooter actor has a close bond with his children as Deacon wrapped his arm around him on the stroll and gave him a loving embrace before they went their separate ways.

Reese looked fashionable as always as she sported blue denim button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up tucked into a pair of white trousers.

She accessorized with large brown designer shades and a blush pink bag draped over her shoulder.

Her blonde locks were worn down in a middle-part as she accentuated her evergreen looks with natural, complimentary make-up.

Ryan looked very muscular under a plain white T-shirt which he wore with a pair of skinny blue jeans.

Not seen on the outing was their daughter and Deacon's 18-year-old sister Ava Elizabeth.

Reese met Ryan at her 21st birthday party in March 1997 and were engaged a over a year-and-a-half later in December 1998.

They married near Charleston, South Carolina on June 5, 1999 before announcing their separation in October 2006. The divorce was finalized a year later.

There had been rumors that he cheated on Reese with actress Abbie Cornish, however, Ryan said that it was actually more of an age issue.

Back in March 2015 Ryan said during an interview on Larry King Now: 'When we got together we were so young.

'I think it can create issues with two people in this industry because there's so much noise that goes along with it.'

Reese has since moved on with talent agent and co-head of the motion picture talent agency Jim Toth as they were married in March 2011.

The Oscar-nominee and the 48-year-old have a five-year-old son named Tennessee together.

Ryan is currently single after splitting with Elsie Hewitt last year and ending his five-year relationship with Paulina Slagter a year before that.

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Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe on RARE outing together with son

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They were divorced over a decade ago. And time certainly seems to have healed all wounds as Resse Witherspoon reunited with ex Ryan Philippe. The formerly married couple were joined by their 14-year-old son Deacon while seen out and about on a rare outing together in Los Angeles on Thursday.

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Reese reflects on her previous marriage to Ryan Phillipe and only refers to the good things she got out of it, once again we fail to see any tension in the image she has created

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'I was ridiculously young': Reese Witherspoon talks about her first marriage and her joy at walking down the aisle again

She got married when she was 24 which she admits was a 'ridiculously young' age.

But Reese Witherspoon has revealed that her seven-year marriage to Ryan Phillipe taught her a lot about being a good wife and friend.

The actress, 35, walked down the aisle for the second time last month when she married Hollywood agent Jim Toth.

And she said she is confident that marriage will be better the second time round, having learned a lot from being with Phillipe.

Speaking to UK ELLE magazine, the Water For Elephants star said she was 'ridiculously young' when she and Phillippe, 36, decided to marry, two years after they met at her 21st birthday party in 1997.

She said: 'I was so, so young. I was, like, ridiculously young. I learnt a lot, though. It was an excellent opportunity for me to really find out what it means to be a partner and to be in a marriage and it's not anything that I thought it was.

'You can't say, "I don't want to talk about that". You just can't. You've got to talk about it all.'

Miss Witherspoon and Phillipe - who have two children together, Ava, 11, and seven-year-old Deacon - divorced in October 2007.

Now, after three years, she said it was an 'exciting feeling' to be walking down the aisle again, even though it came as a surprise.

The Legally Blonde star said: 'It's an exciting feeling. [Somebody saying], "You're the one". And it's a surprise. You know, I'm surprised when people who aren't related to me see my movies.

'And you're surprised somebody wants to be with you because, boy, I've got a lot of quirks and wrinkles.'

Quirks and wrinkles that she says have been brought on by the stresses of Hollywood, adding that the rejection and judgments never end.

She said: ' It doesn't ever stop. Judging. Rejecting. They can really kick ya, you know? You're constantly criticised. It's really hard to pick yourself up every day.

'How hard we are on people who are just doing their best.'

Miss Witherspoon is starring in a new film, released at the end of this month, called Water For Elephants, in which she plays glamorous circus star Marlena Rosenbluth alongside Robert Pattinson, who plays circus vet Jacob Jankowski.

But she said that her life as an actress is not glamorous, especially when she works hard to juggle her career and motherhood.

She said: 'There's this fallacy that we can have it all. I get it often, "Oh, you have it all" - and I don't. It's hard. And there are times I take two years off and I don't work.

'And there are times I go to work and I feel sick because I can't see my kids for five days. And it's real hard to go. Work is important to me. The kids are important to me. My relationship's important to me. But all three can't be functioning at 100 per cent at all times.'

Read the full interview in the May issue of Elle, out on Wednesday.

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She got married when she was 24 which she admits was a 'ridiculously young' age. But Reese Witherspoon has revealed that her seven-year marriage to Ryan Phillipe taught her a lot about being a good wife and friend. The actress, 35, walked down the aisle for the second time last month when she married Hollywood agent Jim Toth.

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Reese's current marriage to Jim Toth is reported on as a 'whirlwind romance', similarly to her divorce there are no bumps or problems reported on, but instead it simply focuses on how good they are together

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Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth have been mastering the marriage game since they tied the knot in 2011. They recently celebrated their seventh anniversary, with Reese praising Jim as the man who "keeps me smiling everyday!" While you've probably seen one, or several, of the adorable couple shots she's posted to her Instagram, you may not be aware of just how inspiring their love story is.

Reese and Jim met at a party.

Reese, 42, and Jim, 48, first met through a work connection: Jim is a talent agent at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where Reese is a client. Jim has never been her agent, but he does rep a lot of A-listers including Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, and Robert Downey Jr. According to Reese, though, their first interaction was not actually in a professional setting, but at a friend's party where Jim came to Reese's rescue.

"This really drunk guy was hitting on me, making such an idiot of himself, yelling at me," she told . "He was like, [slurring, scowling, pointing finger in her face] 'You don't know me.' And I was like, 'Yeah, I know. I don't know you!' Jim came over and said, 'Please excuse my friend. He's just broken up with someone.' Jim was a really good friend, pulling him out of that situation. That's just kind of who he is, a really good person."

They started dating shortly after her breakup with another actor.

The pair started dating around January 2010, shortly after her split from Jake Gyllenhaal, and went public with their romance for the first time in March of that year, during a birthday getaway in Ojai, California. Two years later, Reese explained in a touching interview how Jim had swept her off her feet by making her feel safe and cared for.

"Jim said 'I'm gonna show you every day what a good partner is, what a good person is. I'm going to take care of you. I'm gonna do this so much that you're gonna get used to it,'" she told . "I was like 'What are you talking about?' I've never had anybody like that in my life."

A source told that Jim's maturity was another factor in Reese falling for him so quickly. "He's someone who's more mature and in a place in his life where he's ready to settle down," the source said. "The relationship happened very fast. I think for the first time in a very long time, she feels as if she's with a grown-up."

Their whirlwind romance quickly led to something more.

Things between the couple got serious quickly, and after less than a year of dating, Jim proposed to Reese. "They are extremely happy," their reps told when the news emerged.

They were married in March of 2011, in an intimate ceremony at Reese's $7 million estate in Ojai. Reese wore a custom-designed gown by Monique Lhuillier, and celebrity attendees included Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellweger, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey, Jr., Alyssa Milano, Isla Fisher, and Salma Hayek. Per , the nuptials were rustic, featuring a wood-plank dance floor and deliberately mismatched furniture, while The Daily Mail reported that eighty white doves were released after the couple exchanged vows. "Reese and Jim were beaming all night," an anonymous guest told Us.

It wasn't long until they started a family.

A year after the wedding, the couple confirmed that they were expecting their first child. Reese gave birth to a baby boy, Tennessee James Toth, on September 27, 2012. She also has two children from her first marriage to Ryan Phillippe: daughter Ava, 18, and son Deacon, 14.

Reese opened up to in 2016 about what makes Jim such a great husband and dad: "He's an incredible man, a wonderful organizer, a great leader," she said. "He's very patient and funny with the kids, and he really encourages them to see the humor in life."

Reese's husband is now her number one supporter.

In addition to her on-screen acting work, Reese has taken an increasingly powerful role behind the camera in recent years, developing and producing a number of acclaimed projects including , Gone Girl, and Big Little Lies.

According to Reese in a 2016 interview with Harper's Bazaar, it was Toth who inspired her to make this shift: "He said, 'You should produce movies. You read more books than anybody I know. You should just buy some of them and turn them into films,'" she recalled.

She also revealed that Jim has encouraged her to make her voice heard in Hollywood. "I get a lot of support from my husband," she told Marie Claire. "He cares deeply about equality and always tells me,'Why wouldn't you call the person in charge of a company and have a personal relationship with them?' He's encouraged me to be outspoken."

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The Real Story Behind Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth's Whirlwind Romance

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Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth have been practically inseparable since they started dating in 2010. The actress and the talent agent have one child, Tennessee, together, and Reese also shares daughter Ava and Deacon with ex husband Ryan Phillippe.

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This is another article highlighting how well suited Jim and Reese are together and how well he gets on with her kids. Reese's star image consists of no issues or feuds, and her strong marriage being reported on adds to this

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Look, a small part of us will always think fondly on the roaring '90s, when Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe fell in love, co-starred in Cruel Intentions (ICONIC) and got married. But much like Ryan's permed hair, their love wasn't meant to last, and the Oscar-winning actress is currently in a super-solid relationship with her talent agent husband, 48-year-old Jim Toth. Here's what you need to know about him.

He's a Small-Town Guy

Jim originally hails from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, and moved to L.A. in order to attend Loyola Marymount University, where he got a degree in political science. Fun times! Maybe!

He's a Celebrity Talent Agent

Jim's job basically = hanging out with famous people. He works as a talent agent at CAA- joining their New Media division in 1995, going from trainee to agent in 2000, and becoming one of their Motion Picture Talent department heads in 2010. Apt, considering he's married to one of the most ~talented~ women in the game. And while Jim doesn't represent Reese, he does work with major celebrities like Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr.

He Met Reese After Rescuing Her from His Drunk Friend

The story of how Reese and Jim met is truly legendary. Basically, she was at a bar, a random drunk dude started hitting on her, and Jim came to the rescue.

"This really drunk guy was hitting on me, making such an idiot of himself, yelling at me," she told . "He was like, [ slurring, scowling, pointing finger in her face] 'You don't know me.' And I was like, 'Yeah, I know. I don't know you!' Jim came over and said, 'Please excuse my friend. He's just broken up with someone.' Jim was a really good friend, pulling him out of that situation. That's just kind of who he is, a really good person."

Jim eventually blew Reese away with his kindness. She told Elle that he said: "I'm gonna show you every day what a good partner is, what a good person is. I'm going to take care of you. I'm gonna do this so much that you're gonna get used to it."

HI, WHERE CAN WE FIND A JIM OF OUR OWN, PLEASE?

Rumors of His Relationship with Reese Cropped Up in 2010

Shortly after Reese split from Jake Gyllenhaal (definitely forgot THEY dated!), reported that she and Jim were seen being "very flirtatious" during a cozy Italian dinner. Reese and Jake broke up in December 2009 and she and Jim were spotted in February 2010, so clearly he made an impression!

He Popped the Question to Reese After Less Than a Year of Dating

Flash-forward ten months from that cozy Italian dinner and reports were circulating that Jim had proposed to Reese-and she said yes! Reps confirmed the news to, saying "They are extremely happy."

Jim popped the question with a 4-carat Ashoka cut diamond ring set on a diamond and platinum band, designed by jeweler William Goldberg.

Their Wedding Was Epic

Reese and Jim got married at a $7 million estate in Ojai, California (CASUAL), packed with celebrities including Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellweger, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey, Jr., Alyssa Milano, Isla Fisher, and Salma Hayek. Just out of curiosity, how many of these celebs will make the invite list to your wedding?

Also fun fact: Reese wore a Monique Lhuillier gown, and apparently eighty white doves were released during 'I dos'. Again, SUPER CASUAL!

He and Reese Have One Child Together

Jim and Reese welcomed their son Tennessee on September 27, 2012. He looks just like them!

He and Reese Were Arrested Together

Back in 2013, Reese and Jim were arrested and "briefly jailed" after Jim was pulled over under suspicion of a DUI in Atlanta (at the time, reported that he was driving in the wrong lane). The incident garnered a lot of attention due to Reese asking the police officer "Do you know my name?" and saying "You're about to find out who I am."

Per , Jim was sentenced to perform 40 hours of community service, had to enroll in an alcohol education program, and was given 12 months probation.

"I saw him arresting my husband and I literally panicked," Reese told Good Morning America. "I said all kinds of crazy things. I told him I was pregnant. I'm not pregnant! I said crazy things. You only hear me laughing because I had no idea what I was talking about and I am so sorry. I was so disrespectful to him. I have police officers in my family. I work with police officers every day. I know better."

He's Super Supportive of Reese

Reese says Jim fully supports her push for more equality in Hollywood, telling Marie Claire, "I get a lot of support from my husband, who cares deeply about equality and always tells me,'Why wouldn't you call the person in charge of a company and have a personal relationship with them?' He's encouraged me to be outspoken."

In 2016, Reese told that Jim is "an incredible man, a wonderful organizer, a great leader." She added that "He's very patient and funny with the kids. And he really encourages them to see the humor in life."

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Everything You Need to Know About Reese Witherspoon's Husband Jim Toth

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Look, a small part of us will always think fondly on the roaring '90s, when Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe fell in love, co-starred in Cruel Intentions (ICONIC) and got married. But much like Ryan's permed hair, their love wasn't meant to last, and the Oscar-winning actress is currently in a super-solid relationship with her talent agent husband, 48-year-old Jim Toth.

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Another example of where tension would be expected but instead both star images remain intact after Jack Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon split highlighting the lack of negative press about Reese, maintaining her star image

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Jake Gyllenhaal on ex Reese Witherspoon: 'One of the smartest, strongest people I've ever met'

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon never appeared onscreen together in the 2007 film Rendition, but they met on the set...

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Ava Phillipe (Reese's daughter) is almost robbed of her individuality with the amount of referencing to her mum she is given, as can be seen in the comment on this Instagram post. Her younger brothers are not given as much media attention implying it is because of her likeness to her mother.

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Reese and Ava are portrayed as extremely close, with Reese asking her daughter for fashion and make up advice. This solidifies the close knit family that Reese portrays as part of her star image

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Despite no specific reasoning for the split, Reese and Bruna Papandrea appear on good terms admist Witherspoon gaining full control of Pacific Standard (their production company) after Papandrea left highlighting the lack of negative press surrounding Reese, preserving her image

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EXCLUSIVE 'There's no bad blood': Australian film producer Bruna Papandrea laughs off rumours of feud with Reese Witherspoon after the pair dissolved their four-year partnership

She announced the dissolution of her four-year partnership with actress Reese Witherspoon in September last year.

And Australian producer Bruna Papandrea has assured fans there is no ill-feelings toward Reese, with whom she produced Hollywood hits such as Gone Girl, Hot Pursuit and Wild.

Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail Australia at Tropfest in Sydney on Saturday, Bruna confirmed: 'There's no bad blood, in fact we have many, many more movies and TV shows to do together'.

'She's doing her thing, I'm doing mine. We're partnering on a lot of stuff together,'

'We have a lot of things that are really close to being made so hopefully we'll announce something really soon,' she added.

She and Reese launched production company Pacific Standrd in 2012.

Gone Girl was the pair's biggest hit, earning a whopping $US369 million at the box office with a comparatively small $US61 million budget.

'I'm very proud of the projects that Bruna and I have produced together,' said Reese in a statement about their split.

'Bruna is a hard-working, extremely talented producer. I'm happy to further collaborate with her on the strong slate of Pacific Standard properties.'

Reese will stay on as the main principle of Pacific Standard, while Brunna will part ways to start her own venture.

However, the duo will continue to work on several productions they currently have in development, including HBO mini series 'Bit Little Lies', in which Reese stars apposite Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravitz.

The duo are also still working on a television series titled Broken starring Anna Paquin, and a program following the life of the creator of the Barbie doll brand, titled Barbie and Ruth.

The Legally Blonde star met Bruna five years ago at a party where they bonded over their shared love of books.

The pair swiftly decided to start their own production company to tell stories with strong female characters they felt were lacking in the movie industry.

'I started noticing that the female roles that were coming to me were just, frankly, terrible. They were so one-note. They were usually the wife or the girlfriend of some famous actor,' said Reese said in an interview with Sunday Night earlier this year.

'And so I thought "well, what if I just develop them myself?"...over 25 years of being in this business, I know exactly what audiences like,' she explained.

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Bruna Papandrea laughs off rumours of feud with Reese Witherspoon

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She announced the dissolution of her four-year partnership with actress Reese Witherspoon in September last year. And Australian producer Bruna Papandrea has assured fans there is no ill-feelings toward Reese, with whom she produced Hollywood hits such as Gone Girl, Hot Pursuit and Wild.

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Witherspoon left her manager of 19 years in 2013, but stayed on with her agency CAA. Her ex-manager Evelyn O'Neill will have played a large role in shaping Reese's star image and controlling the lack of negative press available about Reese

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EXCLUSIVE: One of the longest-running relationships between an actress and her manager has just come to an end. I've confirmed that Reese Witherspoon has exited Management 360. That ends the 19-year long run between the Oscar-winning actress and her manager Evelyn O'Neill. I haven't heard a specific reason for the exit, but it has to be a tough day for the founding partner of Management 360, who guided Witherspoon's career since she was a teenager. The split is amicable, per both sides. Witherspoon's star power was at its highest when she headlined comedies like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Alabama and won her Oscar for 2005's Walk The Line, but she has been doing fine as an actress and producer. She most recently starred in the Jeff Nichols-directed Mud and has the Atom Egoyan-directed Devil's Knot opening in Toronto. She next stars in The Good Lie and Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice. She's also a producer on numerous projects including Gone Girl, which is David Fincher's next film with Ben Affleck starring.

Witherspoon remains with CAA. Said O'Neill: "The time has come for us to go our separate ways after 19 years. I am so proud of her career and everything we accomplished together." O'Neill continues to rep clients that include Julianne Moore, Salma Hayek, 42 's Chadwick Boseman, Zach Braff, Bryce Dallas Howard, Greta Gerwig, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bartha and Michael Chiklis.

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Reese Witherspoon Ends 19-Year Run With Manager Evelyn O'Neill

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EXCLUSIVE: One of the longest-running relationships between an actress and her manager has just come to an end. I've confirmed that Reese Witherspoon has exited Management 360. That ends the 19-year long run between the Oscar-winning actress and her manager Evelyn O'Neill.

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Despite David Fincher rejecting her for the lead role in Gone Girl Reese shows no hard feelings towards his decision, keeping in line with her image of a happy and understanding individual

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Movie-goers paying attention to the credits for may have found themselves wondering why Reese Witherspoon didn't wind up starring alongside Ben Affleck in the acclaimed drama. The actress served as a producer on the film, and since she is roughly around the same age as Rosamund Pike, some might find it curious why she didn't end up taking the role of Amy Dunne for herself. Now that query has been answered, as Witherspoon has revealed that it all came down to what sounds like a frank conversation she had with director David Fincher.

Reese Witherspoon was recently a participant in a Hollywood Reporter-organized roundtable that saw her seated alongside the likes of Julianne Moore, Laura Dern, Hilary Swank, Amy Adams and Patricia Arquette, and during the conversation the Academy Award-winning actress explained why she didn't end up with the titular role in Gone Girl. She noted that she was always open to the idea of playing Amazing Amy in the film, but what it ultimately came down to was David Fincher's decision - and what Fincher decided was that he wanted someone else for the part. Said Witherspoon,

"Whenever David Fincher says he wants to do a project, you just sit back and say, 'Whatever you want to do.' We had a long conversation where he was like, "You're not right for it. And this is why.' And I actually completely agreed with him."

While it would certainly be interesting to know the exact reasons why David Fincher didn't feel Reese Witherspoon wasn't the right fit for Gone Girl, I also completely understand why the actress might not want to go about blurting what they were. She may have ended up agreeing with the director's decision, but I imagine that was still a rather rough conversation.

Reese Witherspoon actually had a very big hand in getting Gone Girl made in the first place, as it was the company that she co-founded, Pacific Standard, that first picked up the rights to Gillian Flynn's novel back in 2012. A key part of the production company's mission statement is finding and creating more great roles for women in Hollywood, and that's exactly what Gone Girl provided Rosamund Pike. Of course, Witherspoon has also been using the company to help herself as well, as she is both a producer and the star of the new drama Wild, which has been earning quite a lot of buzz.

Gone Girl is still in theaters and has proven to be a big box office hit, with a global take of $319 million (making it the third biggest David Fincher film behind The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Se7en). We'll likely continue hearing about it in the next few months, as it stands a chance in more than a few award categories - including Best Actress.

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Gone Girl Almost Starred This A-List Actress Instead

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Movie-goers paying attention to the credits for Gone Girl may have found themselves wondering why Reese Witherspoon didn't wind up starring alongside Ben Affleck in the acclaimed drama. The actress served as a producer on the film, and since she is roughly around the same age as Rosamund Pike, some might find it curious why she didn't end up taking the role of Amy Dunne for herself.

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Reese visiting her walk of fame star, looking happy, youthful and having fun is the image that she has successfully created for herself, with even her films portraying characters that fit this coherent and continuous image

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This article highlights that Reese has always been a bit 'wild' following the release of her film of the same name, and is not actually 'america's sweetheart', emphasising the character profile Reese portrays is very much the girl next door, especially as it portrays her being more wild in a very positive way, adding to the lack of negative press available about her

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"W hoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed."

More like whoever said Oscar darling Reese Witherspoon was America's Sweetheart was seriously disturbed!

Okay, maybe that's a bit too aggressive (sorry, RW-please don't take our Wreath Witherspoons away!). Reese, up for yet another Best Actress statue this year, isn't the total opposite of the wonderfully upbeat, colour-conscious and giving character who once uttered *those immortal words* we just mentioned (that would be Elle Woods of Legally Blonde, FYI). But when you look back at her history, both professionally and personally, she actually kind of lives up to the name of the movie that earned her yet another nomination. She's a little bit wild.

Shall we look at the Reese's pieces (yeah, we went there) of evidence?

She's played "bad" in a lot more movies than you think

While, sure, she started off with some more family-friendly stuff in her early teens (i.e. tearjerker Man in the Moon), she quickly moved into some seriously risqué territory with movies like this:

ICYMI, that's Freeway, where she played a young prostitute who gets picked up by a sexual predator played by Kiefer Sutherland and ends up in a real messed up Red Riding Hood scenario. And no, this is not the most violent scene in the movie BY A LONG SHOT.

Oh, and she followed up that hard R-rated flick with another overtly sexual thriller, Fear co-starring Mark Wahlberg where she was seen gettin' hers on a roller coaster.

And then, of course, there was Election, where she not only played the insanely driven high school student with a penchant for having hallway temper tantrums and staring you down something fierce from the school bus...

And for uh, "sucking up" to certain teachers.

And we can't forget about Cruel Intentions, where she was technically the virginal good girl, but also had a definite devilish side.

Or that she agreed to be in Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde. (Sorry, but we all know how painful it is next to Legally Blonde, the best movie of all the time.)

She's technically got a criminal record

In addition to committing some career crimes, Reese has committed some actual ones too.

Okay, so that's a screenshot of her mug shot from Sweet Home Alabama. BUT Reese also got arrested in real life. Back in the spring of 2013, she and her hubby, agent Jim Toth, were pulled over for drunk driving.

He was eventually charged with Driving Under the Influence. And she-get this!-was booked for Disorderly Conduct after drunkenly arguing with the police officer and repeatedly asking him if he "knew who [she] was."

You gotta wonder if she's just doing this new movie with Sofia Vergara where she plays a cop just to show up the boys and girls in blue who just hadn't gotten around to watching Four Christmases on Netflix yet.

She knows how to partay

We might not want to admit it, but we were all more shocked that Reese was drunk during that DUI incident than we were that she was kinda know-it-all-y in the face of authority. But the truth is, she's no stranger to getting smashed and lettin' it all hang out.

Remember that time Cara Delevingne posted a video of her, Reese, Zooey Deschanel and Kate Upton having slurry, nonsensical conversations in an elevator at the Met Ball?

"[You know] what's the most important thing in a name-for a girl? It's that a man can whisper it into his pillow." (Oh, Reese, don't we know!)

And then of course there's the fact that when she gets a few dranks in her, she's fully willing to make fun of herself while also having a very anti-Best Actress snack attack.

Reese, you've just been pulling the J. Crew wool over our eyes this whole time, haven't you?
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Let's face it: Reese Witherspoon was always kinda 'Wild'

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"W hoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed." More like whoever said Oscar darling Reese Witherspoon was America's Sweetheart was seriously disturbed! Okay, maybe that's a bit too aggressive (sorry, RW-please don't take our Wreath Witherspoons away!).

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Archer's (2006) article From Legally Blonde to Miss Congeniality: The Femininity Conundrum highlights the role popular media currently play in reinforcing stereotypes of women in their careers. Archer argues Elle Woods changes to fit in, creating a conflict with Reese's image as an advocate for gender equality in the workplace, however this isn't often critiqued as Elle Woods is such a popular character and is seen as a strong role model

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As Reese's look-a-like daughter Ava garners a lot of attention, getting positive press like her mother. Nearly all the press on her refers back to her mum and how she looks like a young Reese suggesting her and her mother's beauty is all the press are bothered about

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Her mum is one of the most famous faces in Hollywood, known for her iconic role as Elle Woods in 2001's Legally Blonde to winning critical acclaim for the 2014 drama, Wild.

And despite her mega-star status, Reese Witherspoon ensured that her daughter Ava Phillippe works hard on her own accord, as the 17-year-old was spotted working as a hostess in a pizza restaurant in an affluent Hollywood suburb.

The teen, who is the spitting image of her mother, looked stylish in a white top and edgy choker as she greeted guests with a smile and led them to their table.

Ava, who's dad is actor Ryan Phillippe, looked in a great mood as she continued her summer job in a bid to make her own money.

Combining the elements of style and comfort, her hostess uniform consisted of a white top and skim-fit navy trousers - complete with white trainers.

Ava replied on her naturally pretty features as she sported a subtle slick of make-up, concentrating on blusher on her cheeks.

She pinned her blonde locks back on both sides, ensuring that they didn't come in her way as she happily greeted hungry diners.

Ava looked like a natural during her summer job as she worked her charisma and kept in high spirits during the long day up on her feet.

The teen is Reese and Ryan's eldest child and the former lovers also share a son Deacon, 13.

The Oscar winning actress is now married to talent agent Jim Toth, with whom she has son Tennessee, 4.

Ava has been stunning her social media followers in recent months, thanks to a number of lookalike selfies with her mum Reese.

In February, Reese posted a snap of the two gazing at each other on the Big Little Lies red carpet - no doubt, looking like the ultimate mirror image.

Despite some celebrity children who seem to bristle at comparisons, Ava seems quite proud of her famous mom.

After the premiere, she shared her own red carpet snap on Instagram with the caption: 'So proud of my awesome mama and her passion for this project. It is so nice to see these wonderful, talented women in roles just as dynamic as they are.'

In early January, fans freaked out when Reese Snapchatted an image of herself with Ava in which it's almost impossible to tell them apart, save for Ava's nose ring.

Earlier this year, doting mum Reese gushed about her daughter to Vanity Fair: 'I do see the resemblance. She's a beautiful person inside and out. She's just a good soul.'

Referencing any potential desire Ava has to follow in her Hollywood footsteps, the star admitted: 'She's still in school so she has a lot of time to think about what she wants to do. I want for her whatever she wants for herself.'

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Reese Witherspoon's daughter Ava Phillippe, 17, has summer job

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Her mum is one of the most famous faces in Hollywood, known for her iconic role as Elle Woods in 2001's Legally Blonde to winning critical acclaim for the 2014 drama, Wild.

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Sean Redmond's book Celebrity and the Media considers the distinctive types of celebrity Chris Rojek (2001) proposes. Witherspoon is an achieved celebrity through her career in film as well as more recently her political involvement.

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As part of Hello Sunshine Reese has a monthly book club, promoting female writers. This adds to the growing platforms she has promoting women's involvement in the creative industries and has a continuous message of female empowerment

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This an extract from the Reese's book club x Hello Sunshine Instagram page, the continuous message of female empowerment Reese fights for adds a new level to her consistent star image

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Reese gives 13-18 year-old women a chance to learn film production in order to start changing the gender imbalance in the film industry. This is very 'on brand' for Reese who has recently been an advocate for equal rights for women in the media industry

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AT&T and Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine To Give Girls A Chance To Learn Filmmaking This Summer Through Collaboration With Fresh Films

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Creative Visions is non-profit organization to celebrate "creative activists" like Dan Eldon while sparking awareness & igniting change through media.

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Alongside media reports memes have also been made about the similarity between Witherspoon and her daughter Ava, highlighting that her youthful looks are not just an obsession of the media industry but society as a whole

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Reese has always been very open about being a feminist and refusing roles that don't match her values - her persona as a strong-willed, bright individual has always been present, often attributed to her southern roots which Witherspoon encourages. She also bought awareness to campaigns she cared about early on in her career including the Children's Defense Fund, which ties in to her family orientated image

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Oh, she's decorous all right, sitting there in her black ballet flats, her ankles crossed neatly, her blonde hair folded into a knot at the nape of her neck. She's even reading a novel, by Kazuo Ishiguro, while she waits patiently for a table at her neighborhood café in Brentwood. She didn't even pull rank; she just took a seat outside and calmly pulled out her book. But looks can be deceiving, especially in Hollywood. The day Reese Witherspoon is busy playing "Just Another Soccer Mom" is the same day that the 29- year-old star issued a broadside ‑- in a front-page story in the New York Times, no less ‑- condemning the paparazzi for their increasingly "chaotic and lawless" behavior. After years as a favorite target of photographers, Witherspoon, along with a handful of other A-list celebrities, was drawing the line. "Oh, did that run today?" she asks when finally seated comfortably at a corner table. "I'll have to pick up a copy. What did it say I said?"

So much for the soccer-mom act. In fact, so much for pretty much whatever else you thought you knew about Witherspoon, who is often depicted as leading the perfect, have-it-all-life: her perfect southern upbringing (in Nashville, the daughter of a doctor), her perfect career ($15 million per film), her perfect marriage (to actor Ryan Phillippe), her two perfect children (a daughter, Ava, and a son, Deacon) and her perfectly adorable little nose. But spend 90 minutes breaking bread with her (yes, she actually eats bread, along with real butter), and you walk away with a completely different impression of the cool blonde A-lister, your head reeling with her many, many opinions. Call them "Witherspoonisms" if you will:

She thinks she's too short.

She doesn't think she's as thin as she used to be.

She doesn't care about not being ultra-thin, but short's another matter.

She isn't too worried about turning 30 next year, even in Hollywood.

She thinks her surgeon dad should join Doctors Without Borders when he retires, instead of playing golf.

She read serious novelists, like Ishiguro and Faulkner, even before Oprah made it cool.

She is really sick of being hounded by the paparazzi, and she's starting to fight back.

She is really, really sick of all the other young, blonde starlets in Hollywood who think it's cute to act stupid.

Okay, time out. let's catch our breath and remind ourselves that Witherspoon was once dubbed "Little Miss Type A" by her mother for, among other things, announcing when she was in third grade that she intended to become the first female president of the United States. That is, if her first career as a country singer and OB/GYN didn't pan out. "I didn't lack for confidence," Witherspoon says, rolling her eyes at the memory of that opinion.

No, she didn't. Nor does she now. A southern debutante who started modeling back home in Tennessee when she was barely 7, Witherspoon had made her first film ( The Man in the Moon) by age 14. Four years ago, after starring in 17 films over 10 years, including critical darlings Election and Pleasantville, Witherspoon became an overnight sensation with Legally Blonde, transforming what should have been a low-budget, blink-and-you'll-miss-it comedy about a fashion-addled law student into a $100 million megahit.

When she brought home her two follow-up comedies, Sweet Home Alabama and Legally Blonde 2, Witherspoon found herself lofted into Tinseltown's stratosphere. Add to that box-office muscle her ability to avoid the meltdown antics, rumors and gossip that have bedeviled so many other actresses, and it's no wonder she has hyperventilating studio execs insisting that she's Julia Roberts's heir apparent.

"I'm not 'the next Julia' or 'the next Meg,'" she says, launching into one of her many "and you can quote me" opinions. "I'm just me, and they are who they are. I think there is room for everybody," she adds, dismissing the idea that "actresses have to go away at a certain age."

Witherspoon's defiance is unwavering. It's clear that despite a stumble in last year's film Vanity Fair, she is now back and stronger than ever. There's the upcoming Just Like Heaven, her first romantic comedy since Legally Blonde 2. Then, in November, she lays down an astonishing performance in Walk the Line, a gritty biopic about Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, in which Witherspoon jettisons her sweetly comedic persona (and natural blonde locks) to play the legendary singer. The film is al ready generating serious Oscar buzz. What is certain is that, several months shy of hitting 30, when she might normally be expected to reassess her place as Hollywood's reigning ingenue, Witherspoon has chosen to defy the industry's playbook ‑- and the pigeonholing it does so well ‑- to chart her career just as she has her entire life: as she sees fit.

Witherspoon made Just Like Heaven, in which she plays a hardworking medical resident who falls for a grieving widower, because it reminded her of the movies she loved as a teen, such as Say Anything...and Singles. She made Walk the Line because she has always loved country-western singers like June Carter Cash and Dolly Parton (her childhood hero, whom she still adores), and she wanted to help tell the story of where country music comes from. "It's not like there's any grand plan," she insists. "I just look at whether the material appeals to me or not. I like to do my job, go home and play with my kids."

Come on, cross her heart and hope to die, she has no secret hopes of hearing, "and the Oscar goes to..."? "Oh, honestly, it just doesn't occur to me that much," she says, her honeyed southern drawl on full display. "Obviously it would be a great honor, but really, I never expect to be in that position."

What Witherspoon does expect is to keep a firm handle on her sense of self-worth in an industry that she sees as too often inhospitable to smart, talented, self-respecting women. "What gets me is how many women ‑- young women ‑- give up their power and their sense of self," she says heatedly. "Thinking they're going to get more out of life if they take off their clothes and objectify themselves, instead of functioning on the principle that they're smart and capable, that you can be an actress and not be on the covers of T&A magazines. I'm flabbergasted by how many legitimate actresses do that. It blows my mind."

Does she believe that perhaps the whole feminist movement never materialized in Hollywood?

"I feel there are certain people who are systematically ripping [feminism] down because of their lack of regard and their ignorance about what the women before us had to go through." Is she referring to Hollywood power brokers, or to starlets like Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton, whose fame plays on certain stereotypes? She doesn't even pause. "I don't think these women are stupid. I think they're selling a personality that's very marketable: 'Wouldn't it be fun if we were all gorgeous and didn't have a care?' But creating a cultural icon out of someone who goes, 'I'm stupid, isn't it cute?' makes me want to throw daggers at them! I want to say to them, 'My grandma did not fight for what she fought for, and my mother did not fight for what she fought for, so you can start telling women it's fun to be stupid.' Saying that to young women, little girls, my daughter? It's not okay."

That's the sort of thinking that fuels Witherspoon. It's why she has refused to take roles that don't jibe with her values, preferring to do movies like Legally Blonde, in which she can demonstrate that a woman "can be successful and accomplished and still be feminine." It's partly why she opened her own production company, Type A Films, joining a handful of actresses (like Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock) who have taken a more direct role in controlling their careers.

It's also why she decided to speak out against the paparazzi so publicly. Along with stars like Cameron Diaz and Halle Berry, Witherspoon is cooperating with Los Angeles police in their criminal investigation into the aggressive tactics of photographers. All of this comes in the wake of the well-publicized car accident involving Lindsay Lohan and a freelance photographer in May ‑- and the investigation of that incident, which has already led at least one magazine, US Weekly, to alter its policy on the use of freelance photographers.

"There's a new type of magazine out there, which has insatiable needs for photographs of about 20 people, most of whom happen to be women," says Witherspoon. "There's illegal behavior going on ‑- the way they procure the photographs, the way they drive, the verbal harassment, preventing you from getting away ‑- and I feel good about going on the record about it."

Witherspoon is all passion, but she isn't fighting this alone. For the past six years, she's been married to actor Ryan Phillippe, a former soap star who has become a regular on the indie-film circuit, starring in such films as Crash, Gosford Park and Igby Goes Down. Witherspoon met Phillippe at her 21st birthday party, and by all accounts, she was positively smitten at first sight. "We both come from families in which our mothers worked, and we approach [our marriage] like a job: We work at it," she says, adding that it also helps that they have both made raising their two children, 6-year-old Ava and 2-year-old Deacon, their top priority.

Witherspoon and Phillippe take turns with their filming schedules so they can remain together as a family, whether on location or at home in L.A., where she takes her daughter to school and doctor's appointments and cooks dinner for the family. "I like to cook," she says, adding with a laugh, "I also have a few regular places I call for takeout a couple nights a week, and Ryan cooks, too. He's really amazing with the kids." She also hasn't ruled out the idea of having a third child, although at just 29, "I have the luxury of having some time to think about it."

Her devotion to family has led Witherspoon to the Children's Defense Fund. The organization, which fights child poverty by helping families access social services and benefits, is run by Marian Wright Edelman. Edelman's inspirational book, The Measure of Our Success, won Witherspoon over when she first read it during her year at Stanford University (she left college at the end of her freshman year to pursue her acting career). Then, as a new mother five years ago, she went through what she calls "a little bit of a rough patch." "It was before Legally Blonde, and I was having a hard time getting a job. There were all these questions about my weight, and I was asking myself, Why am I an actress? What is life about?" she recalls. "So I started reading the book again, and I called the Children's Defense Fund to see if I could help."

In addition to contributing financially, Witherspoon also meets with each year's college-scholarship winners. This year's scholarship party took place at a Los Angeles bowling alley, where Witherspoon spent hours eating pizza and chatting with the slightly starstruck high schoolers.

Her experiences with the charity, as well as her struggles to raise her own children amid privilege, have caused Witherspoon to start questioning the values she's encountered in Hollywood. "My kids are not just getting my values and morals but are getting outside influences," she says. "I feel like there's a race being run in Los Angeles for some unattainable goal ‑- to be the best, the skinniest, the most beautiful. I just admit that that's what I'll never be."

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Oh, she's decorous all right, sitting there in her black ballet flats, her ankles crossed neatly, her blonde hair folded into a knot at the nape of her neck. She's even reading a novel, by Kazuo Ishiguro, while she waits patiently for a table at her neighborhood café in Brentwood.

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"when Witherspoon tries, she usually succeeds", even before her more recent political involvement, Witherspoon offered a determined and businesswoman persona which people take seriously

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Reese's mother Betty Witherspoon often appears in articles as Reese looks up to her, often citing her mother as inspiration - Reese comes from a family of strong women reinforcing her image as a strong woman

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Reese Witherspoon is the latest Vogue cover star, and she features with her lookalikes: mother, Betty, and her daughter, Ava, in an intergenerational family shoot.

The trio are pictured together in the new February issue of Vogue, wearing matching hairstyles - slicked back blonde ponytails - and orange-red lipstick, which only highlights the family resemblance.

Ava, 19, and Reese, 42, stand either side of Betty, 70, in the image, which was shared on Vogue 's Instagram account last Friday.

"She does everything!" Meryl Streep says about our February cover star, @ReeseWitherspoon. "On top of the acting and producing and the books and @draperjames, she also carves the pumpkins! She raises three kids. She maintains friendships. I know what it's like to be in this business and also raise kids. You remember that book I Don't Know How She Does It? That's Reese!" Witherspoon was a young mom. She gave birth to @avaphillippe when she was 23, just a year before making #LegallyBlonde-"There are pictures of her as a baby on the set," she says. Her own mother, Betty, was a labor-and-delivery nurse at Nashville's Vanderbilt hospital, and Witherspoon remembers going to work with her and watching her "take care of seventeen babies at once. There would usually be two women, and they'd be doing all the diapering, all the feeding-everything, all at once," Witherspoon recalls. "And the crying of the babies! The noise! She said she didn't even hear it. I remember being so in awe of my mom. She always had a positive attitude, always laughing, always telling a joke, and she always had a billion friends at work. She just loved the women she worked with." Tap the link in our bio to read the full profile. Photographed by @zoeghertner, styled by @tonnegood, written by @Meghan_daum, Vogue, February 2019. A post shared by Vogue (@voguemagazine) on Jan 10, 2019 at 9:06am PST

The 'Legally Blonde' actress gave birth to Ava aged 23, her daughter with now-ex husband Ryan Phillippe, just one year before her starring role as Elle Woods.

Reese's mother, Betty, is a former labor-and-delivery nurse at Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville. Reese tells the publication how she remembers going to work with her mother and watching Betty look after 'seventeen babies at once'.

She says: "There would usually be two women, and they'd be doing all the diapering, all the feeding-everything, all at once.

@reesewitherspoon may still bear the imprint of the perky-blonde roles that kept her in American-sweetheart mode for the better part of two decades, but something's changed beneath the surface. Witherspoon has become a formidable businesswoman, launching a company that has a hand in just about every imaginable sector of contemporary media, and she's become a formidable activist as well, fighting for greater representation in Hollywood of people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and-most of all-women. Tap the link in our bio to read the full cover story. Photographed by @zoeghertner, styled by @tonnegood, written by @Meghan_daum, Vogue, February 2019. A post shared by Vogue (@voguemagazine) on Jan 11, 2019 at 1:45pm PST

"And the crying of the babies! The noise! She said she didn't even hear it. I remember being so in awe of my mom.

"She always had a positive attitude, always laughing, always telling a joke, and she always had a billion friends at work. She just loved the women she worked with."

Reese isn't the only celebrity to star in an intergenerational magazine shoot recently.

Last month, Jada Pinkett-Smith, together with her daughter, Willow Smith, and her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris, starred on the first digital cover of Harper's Bazaar.
Gallery: Celebrity kids who look like their famous parents (Photos Services)

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Reese Witherspoon, 42, stars in Vogue cover shoot with lookalike daughter Ava, 19, and mother Betty, 70

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Reese Witherspoon is the latest Vogue cover star, and she features with her lookalikes: mother, Betty, and her daughter, Ava, in an intergenerational family shoot. The trio are pictured together in the new February issue of Vogue, wearing matching hairstyles - slicked back blonde ponytails - and orange-red lipstick, which only highlights the family resemblance.

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From Reese's close relationship with her mother to the strong relationship portrayed between Reese and her kids, family is seen to lie at the centre of Reese's life

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Can't wait to celebrate Mother's Day! Reese Witherspoon shares Flashback Friday photo as a child alongside her nurse mum Betty

She's always proudly stayed connected to her Southern roots.

And Reese Witherspoon paid tribute to her Tennessee-born mom in a Flashback Friday post to celebrate Mother's Day.

She posted a sweet picture in a frame of her as a child alongside her mother Betty, on Instagram, on Friday.

The 40-year-old star captioned: '#fbf to me and my Mama ❤️ Can't wait to celebrate her on Sunday ☺️ #MothersDay #Memories.'

She's seen looking up at her mother, still sporting the same glossy blonde hair and sparkling smile she radiates around 30 years and three children of her own later.

Her mother was born Mary Elizabeth Reese and is known as Betty Witherspoon.

Hailing from Harriman, Tennessee, she worked as a professor of nursing specialising in child care and mental health, at Vanderbilt University.

She is still technically married to Reese's father Dr. John Draper Witherspoon, although they separated in 1996.

And while Reese may be celebrating her mother, no doubt her own children will be pampering her on Sunday too.

Her daughter Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, 16, was spotted out and about with the Hot Pursuit star and looking the image of her famous mum.

She also has son, Deacon, 12, with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe and three-tear-old son Tennessee James Toth, with current husband Jim Toth.

The hands-on mum has also been busy with her fashion business Draper James, which celebrated its first anniversary this week.

The Water for Elephants star is currently filming her new TV show, Big Little Lies, alongside Laura Dern, Nicole Kidman, and Shailene Woodley.

Additionally, the actress lent her voice to the animated flick, Sing, set for release later this year.

She will also begin shooting films Tinker Bell and Wish List, for which she has been announced as an actress.

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Reese Witherspoon shares Flashback Friday photo alongside mum Betty

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She's always proudly stayed connected to her Southern roots. And Reese Witherspoon paid tribute to her Tennessee-born mom in a Flashback Friday post to celebrate Mother's Day. She posted a sweet picture in a frame of her as a child alongside her mother Betty, on Instagram, on Friday.

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Witherspoon's accomplishments in the political sphere, as well as as an actor, have made her a role model for many women as an entrepreneur, advocate and actress

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When she was 24, Reese Witherspoon played Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. To this day, Elle is arguably her most iconic character - her pink pleather skirt suit, stylish chihuahua, and sweet nature charming audiences across the globe. Almost 20 years later, when I think of Reese Witherspoon, I don't think of Elle Woods. I think of the powerhouse blonde behind her character who is doing it all today. But if you would have asked me how I felt about the actress 10 years ago, I would have had a different point of view.

Legally Blonde hit theaters in 2001 and was a box office hit upon its release. It raked in an impressive $141 million on an $18 million budget. Back then, though, I didn't care if you told me you loved the film or hated it: I was in awe. I fawned over Elle's bright, fun outfits and body confidence when, meanwhile, I could barely wear a plaid skirt at my conservative school without causing a stir. Elle's sunny outlook and supportive demeanor defined everything I wished my friends would have been. She put her mind to becoming a lawyer and absolutely killed it. The character influenced me more than I'd like to admit. Thanks to Elle, I started telling family and friends I aspired to be a lawyer. I researched language, rhetoric, and historic court cases to prepare myself for what I thought was my dream job. I was emboldened to wear whatever I wanted to wear because I liked it. But what I didn't realize then was that Elle had taught me many lessons, and they weren't all positive.

I was somewhere in my early teens when I heard the word "feminism," an idea that would make the world a better place for women. After that, I started to question everything in my life - including Elle Woods, the character who had inspired me for so long. It was during this time that Legally Blonde started to leave a bad taste in my mouth. It's true that Elle Woods was smart, driven, and kind - qualities we should all appreciate and aspire to possess. Even Witherspoon had sung the character's praises, and attributed Elle with "opening up [her] life" to being a role model for young women. But there were issues in Legally Blonde that, eventually, I couldn't ignore. Elle was inarguably driven, but that drive was the direct product of being dumped by her boyfriend, Warner. Without his rejection, it wouldn't have existed. She was kind and thoughtful toward those around her, but that kindness was presented mostly in the form of naivety and harmlessness. When she was sexually harassed by her mentor, Professor Callahan, her first instinct was to run away and give up on everything she'd worked so hard for. In my child's mind, Elle - and in a way, Reese Witherspoon - had been the ultimate role models, but were they really?

However, somewhere along the way, Reese and I hit a turning point... or rather many turning points. Let's embark on a brief timeline of Reese's career since Legally Blonde, shall we?

In 2006, Witherspoon won an Oscar for her performance as country star June Carter Cash in Walk the Line, and became an actress whose talent was acknowledged and celebrated by her peers - "That's new," my 16-year-old self thought.

After that, Reese would also become the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globes - "Wow, that's a lot..." I said to myself in my late teens.

In 2012, she merged her 11-year-old production company, Type A Films, with another, Pacific Standard, in order to create empowering feminist projects like Gone Girl and Wild - at 22, I started researching what she ate for breakfast: "Is liquid badassery a thing? To Amazon!"

In 2015, Reese founded a clothing brand called Draper James - at 25, I was more than impressed.

By the time the gift that was Big Little Lies Season 1 debuted on HBO in 2017, I was ready to let her back into my life.

It wasn't until the New York Times published its shattering exposé on earth-bound troll Harvey Weinstein later that year that I realized exactly how much Reese was truly everything I wanted to be. In the wake of the prominent producer's downfall, it was Reese who stood out from the crowd. Instead of quietly bemoaning Weinstein and the many, many men like him who were being outed for their predatory behavior, she helped spearhead the Time's Up movement. "It was emails and friends telling friends, and everyone getting to each other through Reese," actress Allison Janney would later reveal. "A lot of friends, and [Reese's] friends, told their friends. It was sort of a network of women who found out. So, yeah, it happened like that."

Forget Elle Woods, I decided. Forget Legally Blonde. This Reese Witherspoon was the role model I had wanted and needed this whole time.

As I sit here today, I no longer idolize Elle Woods for everything she is. I do, however, look to Witherspoon as a role model for everything she is - a talented actress, a gifted entrepreneur, a lady who needs no sleep, and a formidable advocate for women's rights... and, perhaps most of all, the woman who laid ruin to the "dumb blonde" stereotype that made her famous.

Thank you, Reese. If I can accomplish half what you did in your career, I will be happy.

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Reese Witherspoon Is My Role Model - But It Took Me 20 Years To Get There

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When she was 24, Reese Witherspoon played Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. To this day, Elle is arguably her most iconic character - her pink pleather skirt suit, stylish chihuahua, and sweet nature charming audiences across the globe. Almost 20 years later, when I think of Reese Witherspoon, I don'...

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Reese often pays tribute to her grandparents influence on her, such as in this Facebook post, reminding us of her southern roots and how much she values family

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In this article she's described as "one of the most down to Earth celebrities on the planet", emphasising the authenticity of her star image

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We're going to go ahead and state as fact that Reese Witherspoon is one of the most down to Earth celebrities on the planet-both in real life and on Instagram. One scroll through the Legally Blonde star's feed, and it's clear she embodies much of the same fun-loving spirit as her character Elle Woods. When the 42-year-old actress isn't obsessing over coffee or her adorable French bulldog, Pepper, she's filling our 'grams with her latest reads, photos of her Big Little Lies co-stars, and hilarious memes.

Whether you could use some beauty advice or just a little dose of Southern charm, here are 12 reasons why you should join 16 million other fans and check out Reese Witherspoon's Instagram.

She loves...books!

We love that Oprah's A Wrinkle in Time co-star loves scouting out the next exciting read just as much as we do. And not only has Witherspoon starred in several book-to-movie adaptations-like Big Little Lies and but she's also responsible for bringing some of our favorite stories to life on the big screen as a producer (who can forget the creepy thriller ?). Now, she's gearing up to produce two book-based films featuring female authors and storytellers: Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Catherine Steadman's Something in the Water.

And after establishing a cult following of her favorite reads over the years, just like Oprah, Witherspoon started her own book clubs-# RWBookClub and #ReesesBookClub, which have since morphed into the celebrated Hello Sunshine book club. And as you can see in the photo above, Witherspoon has already shared her first pick for 2019 with fans: The Library Book, by Susan Orlean. Happy reading.

And adores Dolly Parton.

Witherspoon has always openly shared her fondness for country music icon Dolly Parton, especially on Instagram. Most recently, she posted a birthday tribute to the " Jolene" singer, who just celebrated her 73rd birthday on January 19. Parton was also Witherspoon's first guest on her new DIRECTV show, Shine On with Reese. Just like she ended up playing June Carter in Walk the Line, here's hoping the love extends beyond Instagram into a...movie? One Tennessee native as another Tennessee native...one can hope, right?

Her mini-me's will make you do double takes.

Warning: If you do end up scrolling through Witherspoon's Instagram feed, you'll likely end up squinting your eyes to check if you're seeing double. Whenever the actress posts family photos of her daughter, Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, 19, son, Deacon Reese Phillippe, 15 (whom she shares with ex-husband and fellow ruel Intentions actor, Ryan Phillippe) and son, Tennessee James Toth, 6 (with husband, Jim Toth), commenters marvel over the resemblance. Clearly, beauty and blonde hair run deep in this family.

Pepper the French bulldog is #doggoals.

There's another family member that gets lots of love on the 'gram: Witherspoon's blue-gray bulldog, Pepper. The famous Frenchie joined the Witherspoon-Toth family in late 2016, in familiar furry company with their chocolate Labrador Hank and German Shepherd Nash. Since, he's become a frequent star on Witherspoon's feed-and we must say, he's rather photogenic.

Food, food, and more food.

Witherspoon is not shy about being a big foodie who loves to cook. The proof is in the photos she takes in the kitchen, showing off her go-to recipes and favorites from her own cooking-and-lifestyle book, Whiskey in a Teacup. But she's also not afraid to show us her kitchen failures-like the time her baked brie didn't exactly come out like she hoped. Stars: they're just like us.

She's as nostalgic as the rest of us.

Each week, Witherspoon delights '80s and '90s babies with throwback photos from the sets of her old films, such as and American Psycho. But that's not all. She also sprinkles in childhood pics from growing up in New Orleans and Tennessee-like the sweet photo of her above during her cheerleading heyday. Even better, she turns some of these nostalgic moments into funny memes for followers to share. You gotta love a celebrity who can meme themselves.

And has great beauty recommendations.

Leave it to a Southern woman to always look so put together-even when she's not trying. When we think of the people we'd want to steal beauty tricks and receive skincare advice from, Witherspoon is definitely among them. Spoiler alert: Judging from her Instagram, she's a major Elizabeth Arden fanatic. We'll let you guess her favorite lipstick shade...

Okay, fine. A little hint:

She uses social media to fight for inclusion in Hollywood.

In 2015, Witherspoon went to Instagram to promote the hashtag, #AskHerMore, encouraging reporters and the media to ask female actors meatier red carpet questions beyond the standard: Who are you wearing? A proud feminist, the actress has also been at the forefront of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, recounting her own story of sexual assault at a United Nations event in 2018. She also helped to lessen the gender pay gap at HBO, which is home to the show she stars in and produces, Big Little Lies. And she continues to fight for equal pay and champions more diverse, female-driven voices in Hollywood.

Oh, and then there's all the behind-the-scenes tea on Big Little Lies.

When we're thirsting for news and updates on the women of Monterey, Witherspoon always satiates our appetites with exclusive clips and rare photos of her Big Little Lies co-stars Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz, and Laura Dern. Until season 2 ( Meryl Streep!) hits our small screens later this year, we'll be turning to Witherspoon's feed to tide us over.

She fuels our sense of wanderlust.

Need a few more sunsets or snapshots by the water to inspire your next vacation? Look no further than Witherspoon's feed. Though, true to celebrity form, she rarely shares the exact location of her little slices of paradise, it's still fun to live vicariously through her inspiring adventures and travels with her family.

And gives us Draper James inspo.

Witherspoon doesn't just show off her sense of style on the red carpet or when gracing the silver screen. She also launched her own clothing line in 2015, Draper James, which pays homage to her grandparents, Dorothea Draper and William James Witherspoon. The line features wardrobe essentials and accessories that nod to her Southern roots. From the popular " totes y'all" bags to Witherspoon's signature fit and flare dresses, Instagram is the first place where you can find out about all the new items and savings.

Last, but not least: She always shows love to her fans.

Witherspoon doesn't take her followers for granted. For every million milestone reached, the Whiskey in a Teacup author posts a celebratory post, sometimes with cake-as seen above!-or with donuts and giveaways.

From best-selling books and biscuits to Draper James and dogs, we're willing to bet hitting that follow button on this American sweetheart will add a little dash of sunshine to your feed.
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12 Reasons Reese Witherspoon Might Just Be the Most Delightful Person on Instagram

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We're going to go ahead and state as fact that Reese Witherspoon is one of the most down to Earth celebrities on the planet-both in real life and on Instagram. One scroll through the Legally Blonde star's feed, and it's clear she embodies much of the same fun-loving spirit as her character Elle Woods.

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7 Things We Learned About Reese Witherspoon at the 2015 American Cinematheque Gala

"The truth is I grew up on back lots and movie locations and I've had my entire childhood on film. I went through puberty on film, which is something I don't feel totally great about it, but I don't regret it at all. It's all preserved forever," said Witherspoon.

The actress-producer was honored at the 2015 American Cinematheque Gala for her significant contributions and continuing influence in film. She was present in Los Angeles on October 30 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza to receive the mid-career achievement award, where she was recognized as a role model by the likes of Alexander Payne, Jennifer Garner, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey to name a few.
READ MORE: Reese Witherspoon Explains How Feeling Uninspired Led Her to Reinvention
Below are some highlights of the special evening.
1. Robert Mulligan's "The Man in the Moon" was more than just her first lead role.
"I was 14 when I got my first call back for a movie. It was called "The Man in the Moon," and on that movie I had my first kiss - in life, my first nudity clause, my first crying scene, my first lead role and I was hooked. It's a wonderful and rare blessing in this world to know that you love something so much and that it's going to be the passion of your life."
2. She was terrified of her second audition with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese.
"My second audition was actually in New York City. I was 14 and I was flying alone with one of those passes on my neck because my mom had a job and she was like, 'You go do that [alone] cause I got a job.' So I put on my best Laura Ashley dress and it had a big sailor collar. I got on the plane and I was really excited about this incredible adventure that I was about to have, but I had no idea what I was auditioning for and the man next to me - I was reading the script and he said, 'Hi, little girl. So what are you going to New York for by yourself?' and I said, 'Oh I'm going to audition for a movie with some guy name Robert De Niro and a guy name Martin Scor-scheska-scheskaznee or something like that.' His eyes got huge and I said, 'What? Oh do you know them?' and he said, 'Umm yes, they're the two most important filmmakers of our time. That's insane! Are you prepared? Have you studied? Do you know the lines? Do you know what you're doing?' That moment terrified me so bad I started shaking and I shook [throughout] the entire plane ride... I was literally sweating through my Peter Pan collar. I walked into the audition room and there was Mr. De Niro and Mr. Scorsese - see I know how to pronounce it now - and they were waiting so pleasantly and I couldn't even say a word. I was so nervous I couldn't even get the sentence out of my mouth... We tried to run the lines and Robert De Niro had to finish all of my lines for me," remembered Witherspoon. "So I take that one and if anybody here knows Martin Scorsese would you just tell him I'd like a do-over, maybe?"
3. She was a star ever since the start of her career.
Many of the presenters who attended Witherspoon's big night expressed their first impressions of the "Wild" actress including Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, and Alexander Payne. The "Friends" actress was the first of several presenters who spoke on Witherspoon's behalf. Aniston said, "Reese is not only an extraordinary actress, but she also knows how to make an excellent first impression. The late great critic Roger Ebert wrote, 'Her kiss is one of the most perfect little scenes I've ever seen in a movie,' and that was just Reese's first screen performance. Right from the start, Reese somehow understood how to achieve her own kind of big screen perfection."

Alexander Payne - director of "Election," in which Witherspoon played high school student Tracy Flick - added, "I resolutely reject when some go on to say, 'You put her on the map.' My answer is that she was going to get there anyway with or without me."

Soon after, Kate Hudson came forward and shared how she first met Witherspoon when she was only 11 years old at "The Man in the Moon" premiere. "I was very intimidated. I could say I kind of met my match. I watched the film, I was mesmerized and I remember even at such a young age recognizing her depth, her piercing eyes, her sass, her confidence and her vulnerability. That performance marked the beginning of a true star."
4. She's just as great behind the camera as she is in front of it.
Having been presented with last year's American Cinematheque Award by none other than Witherspoon herself, Matthew McConaughey returned the favor and presented Witherspoon with this year's honor and praised her not only as an influential actress, but also as a headstrong producer behind the camera. "If there is a lesson to shine a light on tonight it's probably that the roles you were the most passionate about are the ones that still resonate the most today," he said. "Elle Woods, Becky Sharp, Cheryl Strayed, June Carter and Tracy Flick - all very different complex characters whose only common denominator was that they were played by you. What about when those kinds of roles weren't being offered to you? You sure as hell didn't sit around and wait for them to show up. No, you put on your producer's hat and said 'I have to find them,' like Cheryl Strayed in 'Wild.'"

T-Bone Burnett, the executive music producer for "Walk the Line," shared a story of how Witherspoon was determined to capture June Carter's "Wildwood Flower" for the film. "It is the holy grail of American vernacular music and Reese was recording it on a particular day. I was in a room upstairs above the studio where Reese was working with a vocal coach practicing and recording vocals for 'Wildwood Flower' for maybe three hours. I can hear her beginning to get frustrated. By the time I got to the doors to the backyard that she had thrown open, she was bent over absolutely in half and emitted through her legs the seriously loudest scream I've ever heard. It was an actual blood-curdling scream. All the birds flew away and the neighbor's burglar alarm went off. Then she stood straight up and spun around, bemused and surprised, radiating something like that first shot of Rita Hayworth in 'Gilda.' So I said something like, 'Well, you sound like you're ready to sing,' and she laughed and said she was merely clearing her throat. We went back into the studio and I picked up the guitar and said, 'Let's just do this the two of us right here and just sing it like you're singing Ava a lullaby.' Then she did that amazing thing that actors do. She channeled Maybelle Carter. She gave a completely true authentic reading of that song. We did one take and we didn't touch it. That's the take that's in the movie. A movie for which she won the Oscar."
5. Among other things, she's also a humanitarian, entrepreneur and mother of three children.
One of many presenters who went on to accolade Witherspoon was Jennifer Garner. The "Dallas Buyers Club" actress mentioned many of Witherspoon's enterprises, including her humanitarian effort and clothing line: "Reese has been a longtime supporter of 'Save the Children' and has served on the Board of the Children's Defense Fund since forever. She's always been a multi-achiever and as a producer, mom and actress - well she's still at it. Just this week in Nashville she opened the flagship store for 'Draper James,' her Southern-style fashion line named after her grandparents. It's impossible to talk about what Reese has achieved without mentioning her kids and I almost didn't want to because Reese is so fiercely protective of her children, something I admire deeply, but they're here [tonight] so we have to at least admit that Ava, Deacon and Tennessee do exist."
6. She is a natural caretaker.
Laura Dern characterized the generosity and compassion of her on-screen daughter. The "Wild" co-star told the audience, "Recently, I asked Reese's mom, Betty, to explain how this magical creature, artist, genius and friend came to be and Betty said, 'Weller, maybe it was Reese's innate desire to take care of other people and other women.' She reminded me that Reese grew up in a home of healthcare providers. You find home wherever Reese is. I can tell you I feel better whenever Reese Witherspoon is around and I feel safer."

"I'm literally just a girl from Nashville who had a big a dream. My dad was a doctor and my mom was a nurse. There's no reason I should be here," Witherspoon remarked.
7. She is a modern day feminist.
"I'm very blessed to have people support my newest endeavor which is my production company Pacific Standard Films," Witherspoon said. "I started it three years ago to create more leading roles for women in film. Women are 50 percent of the population so we should be 50 percent of the roles on screen. We need to see more female surgeons, astronauts, soldiers and Supreme Court Justices on screen. Not just mothers and girlfriends of famous men."

Matthew McConaughey noted her powerful femininity as well. He said, "When you get restless you create a way. You make it happen and you can't help it. Upon meeting you, I remember thinking, 'This lady is nobody's fool. If she wants something she's going to take a straight line to it. To hell with what's in your way.'"

Kate Hudson made sure to emphasize many of Witherspoon's strongest qualities and passions. "She's the kind of woman that can inspire a movement. I've had the pleasure of listening to her discuss the things she's passionate about such as supporting women in film. She's determined to seeing and creating more female driven material. She actively tries to understand why the percentage of female politicians is so low and wonders how we can shift that while wanting to see women take on more leadership roles and positions. It's safe to say we share a passion for feminism. She is a true modern day feminist."
READ MORE: Reese Witherspoon Rings The 'Opening Belle'
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7 Things We Learned About Reese Witherspoon at the 2015 American Cinematheque Gala

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7 Things We Learned About Reese Witherspoon at the 2015 American Cinematheque Gala "The truth is I grew up on back lots and movie locations and I've had my entire childhood on film. I went through puberty on film, which is something I don't feel totally great about it, but I don't regret it at all.

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Stacey argues spectators look for similarity in celebrities as well as valuing the differences. Reese's emphasis on her family values and close relationships can be seen as similarity many of her fans can relate to, adding authenticity to her celebrity persona. This can also be applied to the press published on her break ups, as fans feel they can relate to her as they have shared similar experiences.
Stacey, Jackie (2006) 'Feminine Fascinations: A question of identification?' in David P. Marshall (eds) The Celebrity Culture Reader New York: Routledge pp. 252-285

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In many of her films she plays characters that reaffirm her star image of friendly and cute, such as her role in Cruel Intentions

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A few of her earlier films contradict the star image Reese is known for, but these aren't roles she's heavily associated with, such as Fear (1996)

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Academy Award winning actress Reese Witherspoon joins Elizabeth Arden UK as our Storyteller in Chief. Reese brings her passion for career, family and business to her collaboration with Elizabeth Arden UK.

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Reese Witherspoon fansite uses Elle Woods as their main image, further affirming the strong association Reese has with this character, as well as her popularity as an actor to have a fansite

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Crate & Barrel
Elizabeth Arden
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Mont Blanc
Avon (2007 - ????)
Gap
Opryland '89 (1989)
Ames Department Store (1988)
Nashville Florist (1983)

Opryland '89 (1989)
Ames Department Store (1988)
Nashville Florist (1983)

Reese started out her acting career by starring in a few local TV commercials. Listed above are the commercials we know she has been involved with. While the full spots have yet to be discovered, in 2002 whilst promoting Sweet Home Alabama, Reese gave an indepth interview with Jules Asner. 'Revealed' aired on September 25th and during the broadcast, the E! channel showed brief moments of Reese in two commericals - Opryland and Nashville Florist.
Avon (2007)
In 2007, Reese Witherspoon was named the first-ever Honorary Chairperson of the Avon Foundation. In this newly-established role, Ms. Witherspoon will work with the Avon Foundation on its mission programs focused on breast cancer, domestic violence and emergency relief initiatives.

Her part with the Avon Company will include a contract in which Reese will appear in advertisements and commercials. As of October 2007, no ads have appeared but Reese was snapped on set on September 17th filming her first commercial so we can expect that soon!

Reese has done some modeling for clothing adverts in the '80s and in 1990 she had a contract with AMAX modelling agency. Reese has also appeared in a campaign for GAP. Her ad appeared on a 6-storey high building on Sunset Blvd.

Elizabeth Arden (2017 - )
"It was very important to us as a brand to find somebody who would truly embody the story of the brand," explained Kara Langan, Elizabeth Arden's svp of global marketing. "We believe in our heritage and who Elizabeth Arden was as a person, and despite the fact that she started her company over 100 years ago, the way she thought about women and beauty is relevant and contemporary. A lot of women don't know that story anymore. We wanted someone who could embody that heritage of the brand"

"Of course, Reese is gorgeous," Langan continued, "She has flawless skin, which is amazing for a brand founded in skin care-but as a person, the way she talks about wanting to empower women [and] to tell stories about strong and fascinating women-[that] goes along with who Elizabeth Arden was as a person and therefore who we are."

And as Elizabeth Arden's storyteller in chief, Witherspoon will be entrusted to tell the brand's story, too. "[We're] looking for her to be part of [our] creative content, particularly in social media," Langan said, adding that the brand will "brief" the actress in the messaging it would like to get across "but then really allow her to craft how that message is put out there so that it really comes from her perspective."

Langan added that down the road, Elizabeth Arden's partnership may even expand to include Hello Sunshine as well. More immediately, however, ads featuring Witherspoon will appear in May in glossies including Harper's Bazaar, Town & Country and Vanity Fair. Witherspoon will also be taking to social media with messages of beauty, empowerment and presumably a few history lessons on Elizabeth Arden, the person behind the brand.

For her part, Witherspoon appears to view the new partnership as more than just another endorsement check. "One of the first things that drew me to the brand was its rich heritage and history of supporting women," the actress said in a prepared statement. "As one of the first female entrepreneurs, Elizabeth Arden paved the way for women like me."

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Crate & Barrel Elizabeth Arden Lindex Mont Blanc Avon (2007 - ????) Gap Opryland '89 (1989) Ames Department Store (1988) Nashville Florist (1983) Opryland '89 (1989) Ames Department Store (1988) Nashville Florist (1983) Reese started out her acting career by starring in a few local TV commercials.