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Reese Witherspoon Goes Hiking with Her Father
Originally posted 05/21/2012 01:25PM
Reese Witherspoon went hiking with her father John in Santa Monica, Calif., on Saturday amid her parents' ongoing legal dispute over his second marriage.
The Oscar winner, 36, took her children Ava and Deacon along for what a witness says was a low-key, quiet walk together.
It has been a difficult time for the Witherspoon family, with Reese's mother Betty suing John in Tennessee, alleging that he married another woman while still married to her – though they've been separated since 1996. Betty alleged in an affidavit that John has problems with alcohol and may have early-onset dementia.
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Reese Witherspoon's Mom: My Husband Married Another Woman
Originally posted 05/10/2012 05:00PM
Reese Witherspoon's mother has launched a legal action against the actress's father in Tennessee, with Mary Elizabeth Witherspoon seeking to annul John Witherspoon's new marriage on the grounds he's still her husband.
John, 70, described as a Nashville-based physician, married a woman named Tricianne Taylor, 60, in January, according to a certificate of marriage attached to the legal papers.
The actress's mother, who goes by the first name Betty, filed a petition for annulment, saying, "No person in Tennessee can marry another while being married at the same time of the second marriage."
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Reese Witherspoon & Jim Toth Make It a Date with Kate Hudson & Matt Bellamy
Originally posted 05/01/2012 06:00AM
Skipping the parties preceding the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Reese Witherspoon and hubby Jim Toth opted instead for a double date with some famous pals!
Joined by Kate Hudson and fiancé Matt Bellamy, along with Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model Kate Upton and a talent agent, the party of six dined at Café Milano in Georgetown on Friday night for three hours.
"They seemed to be having lots of fun," an onlooker tells PEOPLE, adding that Witherspoon laughed throughout the meal and appeared to be in great spirits, while displaying her baby bump in a black dress.
On the menu for the pregnant actress? Fresh baby artichoke, salad in a lemon vinaigrette and spinach fettuccine with veal Bolognese sauce.
– Helin Jung
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Stars Will Light Up Cannes Film Festival
Originally posted 04/19/2012 06:40AM
The carpet will be red hot – with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson,Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves, Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth, and new parents Emma Heming and Bruce Willis, turning this year's Cannes Film Festival into a two-week A-lister date night.
Add in Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban – and the possibility of a Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith sighting – and you might forget they also show movies at the world's most glamorous film event.
The 65th Cannes fest, which will run from May 16 to 27, formally announced its schedule in Paris on Thursday, and organizers haven't stinted on star power.
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Reese Witherspoon: How She's Preparing Her Kids for the New Baby
Originally posted 03/22/2012 03:00PM
It's been nearly a year since Reese Witherspoon married Jim Toth, and the couple are still firmly entrenched in newlywed bliss.
"Reese still gets giddy when she talks about Jim," a source tells PEOPLE. "She says that she feels so happy that he came in to her life. They are a great couple and bring out the best in each other."
And the fact that the couple are expecting their first child together seems to be just the next natural step.
"Right after the wedding, Reese expressed a desire to have a baby with Jim," says the source. What's more, she included her other children in the decision.
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Reese Witherspoon Talks to Her Kids about Domestic Violence, Rihanna
Originally posted 02/29/2012 07:30AM
As the Global Ambassador for the Avon Foundation, Reese Witherspoon knows that in the U.S. and worldwide, one in three women will experience domestic violence in their lifetimes. As a mother, she wants her kids to know that, too.
"We talk about domestic violence and what that means," Witherspoon, 35, told PEOPLE Tuesday at the 2nd World Conference of Women's Shelters in Washington, D.C., about educating her own family.
"Although the concept is somewhat foreign to them, they're starting to understand that this happens to families in our country and all throughout the world."
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Reese Witherspoon Has a Girl Crush on Kate!
Originally posted 02/17/2012 08:30AM
Even A-Listers can get star-struck.
Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon said she was so nervous about the prospect of meeting the Duchess of Cambridge at a fundraiser that she couldn't even decide what to wear.
"I must have tried on like six outfits," Witherspoon, 35, tells Ellen DeGeneres in an interview to air Friday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "I’m meeting a princess. You don’t understand. You have to be wearing the right outfit and the whole thing. I don’t know, maybe we can be friends."
Witherspoon's preparations for the event, which Prince William also attended, apparently prompted some teasing from the star's husband, Jim Toth.
"My husband just thought I was so dorky," said Witherspoon, whose new movie, This Means War, opens Friday.
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Reese Witherspoon: Jim Toth Is 'Different from Anybody' I've Ever Met
Originally posted 01/04/2012 04:00PM
When Reese Witherspoon was hit on by a "really drunk guy" one night at a pal's party, she never guessed that the "jerk's" behavior would somehow lead to meeting her future husband.
But it was, in fact, Jim Toth who rescued the actress.
"Jim came over and said, 'Please excuse my friend, he's just broken up with someone,' " Witherspoon, 35, recalls to Elle magazine of her first encounter with the man she went on to marry last March.
"I remember thinking ... Jim was a really good friend, pulling [his drunk pal] out of that situation. That's just kind of who he is, a really good person."
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Reese Witherspoon's Family Trip to Disneyland
Originally posted 11/29/2011 08:15AM
They went to Disneyland!
Reese Witherspoon took kids Ava, 12, and Deacon, 7, husband Jim Toth and members of her extended family to the iconic theme park in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday.
The actress, 35, and her kids wore mouse ears as they navigated the park with the help of a special escort.
Witherspoon, Toth and her kids also took the plunge on Splash Mountain (pictured) and rode the Matterhorn Bobsleds, and she and son Deacon also went for a spin on the Mad Tea Party attraction, as Toth and Ava watched from the sidelines.
– Alla Byrne
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Reese Witherspoon Hosts a Family Lunch in L.A.
Originally posted 08/30/2011 06:00AM
• Family mealtime was fun for Reese Witherspoon on Saturday, as she joined husband Jim Toth and children Ava and Deacon for lunch at West Hollywood's Fig & Olive Melrose Place. The happy family shared a number of dishes, and the actress looked cute and casual in a denim skirt, beige top and oversized sunglasses.
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