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Reese Witherspoon
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976), better known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer. In 1998 she appeared in three major movies: Overnight Delivery, Plea Santville... The following year, Witherspoon appeared in the critically acclaimed Election, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. 2001 marked her career's turning point with the breakout role as "Elle Woods" in the box office hit Legally Blonde, and in 2002 she starred in Sweet Home Alabama, which became her biggest commercial film success to date. 2003 saw her return as lead actress and executive producer of Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde. In 2005, Witherspoon received worldwide attention and praise for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk The Line, which earned her an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Witherspoon married actor and Cruel Intentions co-star Ryan Phillippe in 1999; they have two children, Ava and Deacon. The couple separated at the end of 2006 and divorced in October 2007. Witherspoon owns a production company, Type A Films, and she is actively involved in children's and women's advocacy organizations. She serves on the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and was named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007, serving as honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation.
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Reese Witherspoon appears in court over parents' bigamy case -
12 May 2012
-Reese Witherspoon appeared in a Tennessee court on Friday in a reported emergency conservatorship case as her parents are embroiled in a bigamy lawsuit.-Mary Elizabeth Witherspoon, known as Betty, filed a lawsuit in Davidson County, Tennessee on Tuesday alleging the Legal
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Witherspoon displays pregnant belly on vacation -
6 April 2012
-Actress Reese Witherspoon appears to have addressed reports suggesting she's pregnant with her third child by letting her body do the talking - as she showed off her growing baby belly during a beach vacation.-Bloggers went into overdrive last month (Mar12) when it was fi
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Witherspoon to develop children's book series as film franchise -
21 March 2012
-Reese Witherspoon and her production partner have snapped up the film rights to the much-hyped children's book series Pennyroyal's Princess Boot Camp.-The actress will now develop the M.A. Larson books via her Pacific Standard company, and she is also attached to play a s
Reese Witherspoon - what members say
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superb 2 April 2007
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intriguing 4 April 2006
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21 February 2004
Reese Witherspoon - filmography
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This Means War
(2012)
Starring: Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon
Director: McG
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STAR TREK'S Chris Pine and Tom Hardy (BRONSON) portray two spies whose close friendship is torn when an alluring female (Reese Witherspoon) comes between them in this 20th Century Fox comedy. McG directs from a script by Timothy Dowling.
 
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This Means War - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon
Director: McG
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STAR TREK'S Chris Pine and Tom Hardy (BRONSON) portray two spies whose close friendship is torn when an alluring female (Reese Witherspoon) comes between them in this 20th Century Fox comedy. McG directs from a script by Timothy Dowling.
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How Do You Know - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd
Director: James L. Brooks
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Director James L. Brooks returns to the helm for this ensemble comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Jack Nicholson, Paul Rudd, and Owen Wilson, which centres on the story of a passionate athlete who finds herself romantically torn between a narcissistic baseball star and a straight-laced businessman. ..read more »
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Four Christmases
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall
Director: Seth Gordon
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When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation--and unable to escape--they trudge to not one, not ..read more »
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Four Christmases - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Tim McGraw, Jon Favreau, Kristin Chenoweth
Director: Seth Gordon
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Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn pair up for this Christmas comedy about a couple who has to visit four different sets of parents as a result of divorce. Seth Gordon, director of the highly praised documentary THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS, makes a move into narrative territory with ..read more »
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Rendition - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Omar Metwally, Reese Witherspoon, Aramis Knight
Director: Gavin Hood
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Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon star in this timely thriller about a woman whose husband is kidnapped and taken to a foreign prison because he is suspected of being a terrorist. Gavid Hood, director of Academy Award winner TSOTSI, helms this film that also features Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep, ..read more »
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from 2,658 members
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Penelope
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara
Director: Mark Palansky
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Like Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and the TV show PUSHING DAISIES, PENELOPE is a modern fairy tale, complete with candy colours and whimsical cinematography. PENELOPE begins with a generations-old curse by a jilted lover: the next girl in the aristocratic Wilhern family will be born with a pig'..read more »
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Walk The Line
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick
Director: James Mangold
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Primarily the story of the love that grew between country stars Johnny Cash and June Carter during the early years of Cash's career, WALK THE LINE is the result of intense collaboration between director James Mangold, co-writer Gill Dennis, Johnny Cash, and June Carter Cash. Though both Cashes died ..read more »
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Walk The Line - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Dallas Roberts, Joaquin Phoenix, Shelby Lynn
Director: James Mangold
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Primarily the story of the love that grew between country stars Johnny Cash and June Carter during the early years of Cash's career, WALK THE LINE is the result of intense collaboration between director James Mangold, co-writer Gill Dennis, Johnny Cash, and June Carter Cash. Though both Cashes died ..read more »
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Just Like Heaven
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue
Director: Mark Waters
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Reese Witherspoon plays ambitious medical intern Elizabeth, who regularly clocks in 20 hour days at the hospital. Her work is her life, much to the chagrin of her sister Abby, who is married, with kids, and constantly attempting to get Elizabeth to go out more. When Abby finally succeeds in setting ..read more »
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from 46,297 members
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King Of The Hill - Season 4
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Segall
Director: Mike Judge
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Mike Judge scored another hilarious hit with this animated series, following the enormous popularity of BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD. Judge himself voices the main character, Hank Hill, around whose family the series revolves. A working-class everyman who strives to stay true to his staunch morals, Hank ..read more »
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Sweet Home Alabama
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey
Director: Andrew Tennant
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Reese Witherspoon stars in SWEET HOME ALABAMA, a charming romantic comedy directed by Andy Tennant. Witherspoon is Melanie Carmichael, a Southern girl who leaves her past behind in order to find success as a fashion designer in New York City. On the night of a hugely important show, her charming ..read more »
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Legally Blonde
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Luke Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair
Director: Robert Luketic
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In the sharply funny LEGALLY BLONDE, Reese Witherspoon gives a glittering performance as Elle Woods, the natural blonde sorority queen who enrolls at Harvard Law School. When she first appears, Elle seems to be no more than the bright cousin of CLUELESS's Alicia Silverstone. Expecting her boyfriend ..read more »
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from 13,572 members
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American Psycho
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto
Director: Mary Harron
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Patrick Bateman is young, white, beautiful, ivy leagued, and indistinguishable from his Wall Street colleagues. Shielded by conformity, privilege, and wealth, Bateman is also the ultimate serial killer, roaming freely and fearlessly. His murderous impulses are fueled by zealous materialism and ..read more »
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Little Nicky
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel
Director: Steven Brill
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Continuing in the tradition of his hits THE WATERBOY and HAPPY GILMORE, Adam Sandler stars in LITTLE NICKY, a supernatural comedy about Satan's geekiest son. Nicky (Sandler) is relieved when his father (Harvey Keitel) decides to continue as ruler of the underworld for another 10,000 years instead ..read more »
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Election
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
Director: Alexander Payne
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In this satirical comedy, a hotly contested high school election becomes a metaphor for the current state of American politics. Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is a popular and well-respected instructor at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska, but lately he's been unhappy in ..read more »
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Cruel Intentions
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Roger Kumble
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Kathryn and Sabastian, two wealthy, manipulative teenage stepsiblings from Manhattan's uppercrust, conspire in Cruel Intentions, a wickedly entertaining tale of seduction and betrayal. The stakes are high when the duo agrees upon a deliciously diabolical wager of sexual conquest without ..read more »
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Election - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
Director: Alexander Payne
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Director Alexander (CITIZEN RUTH) Payne's second film, based on the novel by Jim Perotta, takes the scandal and mudslinging associated with presidential elections and transposes them to a high school election for student council president in Nebraska- with impossibly sharp, satirical results. ..read more »
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Overnight Delivery
(1998)
Starring: Paul Rudd, Christine Taylor, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Jason Bloom
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College freshman Wyatt Trips, is in love, but his girlfriend Kim, is a thousand miles away at another college. Life on campus is teeing with temptation, but the couple swear to remain faithful.
Then Trips hears that Kim has spent the night with someone called 'The Ricker'. Stunned, Trips drowns ..read more »
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from 89 members
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Pleasantville
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Joan Allen, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Gary Ross
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Two modern American teenagers are sucked into their television set and end up living in a black-and-white fifties sitcom. Bewildered by their new world's naivete and innocence, they slowly start to add color and spice to the town's life. Eventually, however, they begin to question their influence, ..read more »
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Twilight
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman
Director: Robert Benton
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Paul Newman plays Harry Ross, a burned-out private eye who's plunged into a murder mystery tied to a long-unsolved case of Hollywood dreams, schemes and cover-ups. Susan Sarandon and Gene Hackman are among the locals who inhabit a Tinseltown world of privilege and sleaze, sexuality and desperation, ..read more »
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Freeway
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Amanda Plummer
Director: Matthew Bright
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In this postmodern exploitation flick loosely based on Little Red Riding Hood, the uneducated daughter of a drug-addicted prostitute flees the foster-care system in search of her long-lost grandmother but meets up instead with a serial killer. Vanessa (Reese Witherspoon), a nearly illiterate ..read more »
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Fear
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano
Director: James Foley
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A pretty teenager meets and falls in love with a charming, mysterious young man at an all-night rave party in Seattle. When she stops seeing him after discovering he's cheating on her with her best friend, he snaps, vowing vengeance against her and her family. A tense thriller.
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SFW
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Jefery Levy
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Teenage slacker Cliff Spab (Dorff) enters a local convenience store in the suburbs to buy some beer and is taken hostage along with Wendy (Witherspoon) for 36 days. But he gets a lot more than just a six-pack, because with a gun to his head and national television capturing Spab's nihilistic ..read more »
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Return to Lonesome Dove
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Ricky Schroder
Director: Mike Robe
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Picking up where the beloved saga left off, some familiar characters and some new ones go back to Lonesome Dove. Larry McMurtry served as a consultant on this production. Sequel: "Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo."
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A Far Off Place
(1993)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon
Director: Mikael Salomon
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A Far Off Place is based on a pair of books by novelist Laurens Van der Post. Reese Witherspoon stars as Nonnie Parker, a young girl living on an African game preserve with her parents. Ethan Embry is Harry Winslow, the snooty son of a visiting dignitary. When Nonnie and Harry witness the murder of ..read more »
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from 19 members
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Wildflower
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Beau Bridges, Patricia Arquette, Susan Blakely
Director: Diane Keaton
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from 168 members
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The Man In The Moon
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Robert Mulligan
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Robert Mulligan's graceful coming-of-age drama, set in rural Louisiana in 1957, explores the change in the relationship between two sisters when both fall for the handsome new boy next door, Court Foster (Jason London). The younger sister, 14-year-old Dani (Reese Witherspoon), gains Court's ..read more »
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from 732 members
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Rope
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Edith Evanson, James Stewart
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Rope, Alfred Hitchcock's first color film, was adapted from Patrick Hamilton's stage play Rope's End by no less than Hume Cronyn. Loosely inspired by the Leopold-Loeb case, the plot concerns two implicitly homosexual college chums, played by Farley Granger and John Dall. Their heads filled with ..read more »
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Reese Witherspoon facts
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...de, whilst also managing to address the issue of prejudice.
Tobey Macguire and Reese Witherspoon, play the brother and sister roles in this film and are a perfect foil for each...
