Reese Witherspoon: Love or Loathe Her Style?

How do you feel about Ms. Witherspoon's look at the Los Angeles premiere of Monsters vs. Aliens?

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Date Night for Jake & Reese

Who: Jake and Reese

Where: The Lakers game in L.A.
What: Laughing and kissing courtside
Why: We just can't get enough of this oh-so-cute couple!

I Dig Them Too

"I dig Jake and Reese together. They seem happy." - Clifton Collins Jr., old friend of Reese and costar of Jake in their upcoming film Brothers.

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Idol Goes Big And Gives Back

Although Wednesday's American Idol won't be saying goodbye to another contestant, (the results will be shown Thursday night) they will be airing their Idol Gives Back show for the second year in a row. The fundraiser will be raising money for both U.S. and international charities and will feature big stars like Brad Pitt, Hollywood it-couple David and Victoria Beckham, Miley Cyrus, and former Idol winners Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks. I recommend having a box of kleenex handy as the show will also include heartfelt stories informing people firsthand on how this special will be making a difference in the lives of many.  

Randy Jackson goes from judge to performer.

Former Idol winner and country superstar Carrie Underwood shares a laugh with Teri Hatcher.

Brad Pitt shows his giving heart and waves to his adoring, not to mention screaming, fans.

Fergie, in skin-tight leather pants, cartwheeled across the stage during her performance, squashing all pregnancy rumors.

Celine Dion visits a South African orphanage.

Teen idol Miley Cyrus visits with a young girl in Kentucky, showing her support to the charity organization Save the Children. 

Paula Abdul puts a smile on a young boy's face as she spends time at Goshen Elementary School in California.

Girl-next-door actress Reese Witherspoon reads to a class at New Orleans CDF Freedom School.

No stranger to charity work, U2 frontman Bono visits with a volunteer in Tanzania.

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Ryan Phillipe Opens Up About His Divorce

“There were a good four or five months of not being able to get out of bed … It was the worst time in my life … I spend a lot of time just holed up in my house in Los Angeles. I don’t really go out because I know it’s going to turn into a photo shoot … because I was married to the highest-paid actress in the world. Even though I’m not with her any longer, there is a certain amount of notoriety that I guess sticks beyond. It’s just not interesting to me. It’s not how I want to be defined.” - Ryan Phillipe in W Magazine

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Reese tops female box-office earners

Reese Witherspoon, 31, who earns between $15-$20 million a movie, has topped the Hollywood Reporter's annual list of the highest-paid actresses. Angelina Jolie, 32, comes in second, with a similar paycheck, though she only took home $8 million for Beowulf. Third place: Cameron Diaz, 35, who cashes in about $15 million a flick. However, she banked $30 million for the third installment of Shrek this year. After a string of flops — including this summer's The Invasion — Nicole Kidman, 40, dropped two spots and now commands $10-$15 million a film. Renée Zellweger, 38, and Sandra Bullock, 43, also take home $10-$15 million, as does one-time box office champ Julia Roberts, 40 — who returns to the big screen in December's Charlie Wilson’s War. Rounding out the list: Drew Barrymore, 32 and Jodie Foster, 45, who make $10- $12 million per movie and the five-months-pregnant Halle Berry, 41, who nets about $10 million. The salary list appears in the Hollywood Reporter's "Women in Entertainment: Power 100" issue is out Tuesday.

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Reese and Jake's romantic weekend

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal spent a romantic few days in Napa Valley, California, last weekend. On November 10, Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon checked in to a private house with a rooftop jacuzzi at the exclusive Carneros Inn. Over the weekend, they relaxed and enjoyed each other's company, taking in a couple's massage, dinner, and a laid-back morning picnic. "They looked like they didn't have a care in the world," says a witness. "Reese looked like she was in heaven!"

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Gyllenspoon out and about

A dressed-down Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon head out for coffee in LA.

Reese and Jake's spooky PDA

Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon had another PDA-packed public date Wednesday, taking Witherspoon's two children, Ava, 8, and Deacon, 4, trick or treating in LA's Brentwood neighborhood. Witherspoon was dressed as a witch; Gyllenhaal as an ape. "They were holding hands and swinging them in the air as they walked around the neighborhood," says a witness, who added that Gyllenhaal often lifted up his gorilla mask to smooch his Rendition co-star. "Reese was laughing at everything Jake was saying." As Ava (also in a witch costume) and Deacon (a superhero) ran up to every door for treats, "Reese and Jake waited on the sidewalk and flirted," the onlooker says. "Jake tapped Reese on the butt and then she hit him back - they began running in a circle hitting each other!" the witness reports. "Sometimes he came up from behind and nuzzled his big hairy mask into her neck."

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Reese and Jake PDA: awww!!

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal make it official:

Reese and Jake go public (sort of)

Are they making it official? Dressed in matching black T-shirts and jeans, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal strolled hand-in-hand and smooched at LA International Airport on October 22, new photos of the rumored couple reveal. The pair had been returning from Rome, where they were promoting their new film Rendition. On October 19, Witherspoon was spotted resting her head on Gyllenhaal's shoulder while walking through the streets as they enjoyed some downtime.

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Reese and Ryan officially single

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe are legally free to marry others, court documents reveal. As of October 5, their status as a married couple was terminated. To finalize the divorce, however, they still must settle their finances and custody arrangements over daughter Ava, 8, and son Deacon, 3. Both parents are seeking a shared custody arrangement. After seven years of marriage, Witherspoon filed for divorce last November, citing irreconcilable differences. The former couple met when a mutual friend brought Phillippe to Witherspoon's 21st-birthday party. Two years later, after they had co-starred in 1999's Cruel Intentions, he proposed. They married in June 1999 and had Ava three months later.

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Reese opens up about split

Reese Witherspoon finally speaks publicly about her split from Ryan Phillippe in Elle mag's October issue. "Right around Christmastime I was sitting in a parking lot and I felt like I just couldn't get out of the car," she says about a moment of panic she experienced a month after the couple's breakup in October 2006. "It was like, I can't get out of the car." Witherspoon, however, says she found strength in realizing that so many others have made it through the pain of divorce. "I thought, okay, half of the parking lot has dealt with this. More than half of the parking lot has dealt with this," she tells the mag. "Okay, let's make it a little bigger. Half of this city has dealt with this. Okay, let's make it a little bigger - half of this country, until I finally got out of the car." The actress likens the memory to a scene from her Oscar-winning role in the Johnny Cash biopic: "There's this moment in Walk the Line where June Carter says, 'I was never aware of how much I was seen.' I was very aware of how much I was seen. It was this moment of self-discovery and loss of identity and who was stepping out of the car, you know? Who is that person?" And those close to her say both the triumph and losses in her life recently have changed Witherspoon. "She's a bit more liberated professionally and personally," says Andy Tennant, who directed her in Sweet Home Alabama. "If you're going through stuff in your life, you hope for the best and struggle to keep it together, and when it collapses - after the initial shock - you look around and find out who you are." Despite Witherspoon's image of being a woman in control, the mother of two scoffs at the notion. "Oh, come on, man!" she says. "I wouldn't be able to do what I do if I were [always in control]. I wouldn't be able to have the empathy or the capacity to understand different lives." The 31-year-old prides herself on her Southern values - and not being like some of the other young stars making headlines in Hollywood. "Everybody is hung out to dry now," she says of the coverage of young stars. "It's one thing if you're up for it and you want it, and you go out without your panties on. But if you're wearing your panties - gosh darn it, leave me alone!"

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Big stars to light up Toronto

The Toronto International Film Fest has announced the complete lineup of films and programs for its 32nd edition running September 6 - 15. Organizers unfurled a long list of celebs who will be traipsing their way through Yorkville next month. Expected to attend are: Brad Pitt, in support of his long-overdue "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," George Clooney, Charlize Theron, Clive Owen, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Garner, Jodie Foster, Reese Witherspoon, and Woody Allen. I'll be keeping my eye out!!

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Is Ryan upset about Jake?

Ryan Phillippe hasn't exactly offered a warm welcome to ex Reese Witherspoon's off-again, on-again guy, Jake Gyllenhaal, according to Us mag. "Ryan is pissed about Jake," a Phillippe insider says, adding that Phillippe told Witherspoon, "he didn't want 'that guy' around their kids and then made some crude Brokeback Mountain remark." However, a Gyllenhaal source told the mag that "Reese doesn't have Jake spend the night when the kids are around." Phillippe is rumored to be dating Aussie actress Abbie Cornish again. "They have been hanging out since June," says a source. The pair were spotted in LA's Franklin Canyon Park on August 5.

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Jake and Reese: still on?

Maybe the romance between Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon isn't over after all. A photographer snapped this shot of the supercute couple outside Gyllenhaal's Hollywood Hills home this week.

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Reese and Vince to co-star

Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn are hooking up - at least on screen. The pair are signed on to play a couple struggling to visit all four of their divorced parents' homes over the holidays. Vaughn and Witherspoon will also co-produce the flick.

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Reese and Jake call it quits

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal's brief romance is reportedly over. "They just recently broke up," says a source close to Witherspoon. "It's totally and completely over. Reese was the one who had to do it. She just got out of a divorce and was so concerned with her family, she just didn't have the time for him and he really demanded that. They're still friends. Things are fine, but it was a clean break - [with] no chance of getting back together." Reps for Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon have not commented. The pair first hooked up while doing reshoots for the film Rendition. "Jake went and reintroduced himself to Reese," says an insider. "Things slowly progressed, but it was never something she thought would happen from the start. She just kind of developed this little crush over time."

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Reese and Jake's secret hookup

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal have been doing a pretty good job of keeping their reported romance under wraps, but were photographed by paparazzi this week meeting up for a little rendezvous. The couple arrived separately at a house in Venice and after spending a few hours inside, each left in their own car. Hmm....this doesn't really prove much, but anyway.

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Ryan requests joint custody

Ryan Phillippe filed a legal response earlier this week to estranged wife Reese Witherspoon's divorce claim. In documents submitted on Tuesday, Phillippe is seeking joint custody of the former couple's two children, and cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split. The Flags of Our Fathers actor is not asking for spousal support and asks that child visitation be "equally allocated." Witherspoon filed for divorce last November.

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