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Reese and Jake's Steamy Weekend Getaway

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal's Steamy Getaway

Originally posted 04/20/2009 03:15PM

Talk about hot! Reese Witherspoon and beau Jake Gyllenhaal spent a steamy weekend in the desert looking cozy and attending the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

Temperatures reached the 90s while the Hollywood couple spent time at the La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, Calif. They were spotted having breakfast at Twenty 6 restaurant at the hotel and lounging by the pool in the afternoon.

"Reese looked cute in a hat and bikini," says an eyewitness. "She was in a great mood and kept chatting with Jake between sips of a piña colada."

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Robert Downey Jr. Turns 44 with A-List Bash | Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Turns 44 with A-List Bash

Originally posted 04/06/2009 04:40PM

Iron Man sure knows how to throw a birthday party! Robert Downey Jr., with wife Susan by his side, celebrated turning 44 Saturday night at Beverly Hills's Thompson Hotel, in their second level BondSt Beverly Hills Lounge.

The party of 75 guests included pals Sting and wife Trudie Styler, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor, Jon Favreau and Sam Rockwell.

"Gwyneth and Jake talked for a while about an upcoming project," says a guest. And during the night, "Jake and Reese looked very in love. They were being super affectionate, holding hands as they sipped on glasses of wine. They laughed a lot!"

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Reese Witherspoon's 33rd Birthday Surprise | Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon's 33rd Birthday Surprise

Originally posted 03/23/2009 01:25PM

Reese Witherspoon had to work on her 33rd birthday on Sunday – but she got a star-studded surprise all the same.

Witherspoon arrived the Los Angeles premiere of Monsters vs. Aliens – in a shimmering, super-short dress by Rodarte – and had just made her way into the Gibson Amphitheater when she and her co-stars were called to the stage by DreamWorks studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg.

After Seth Rogen, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rudd, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett and Amy Poehler gathered onstage with Witherspoon, Wilson announced that the group was about to stage an "intervention" for the Oscar-winning actress.

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Which Flick Got Reese in a Pink Bikini? | Reese Witherspoon

Which Flick Got Reese in a Pink Bikini?

Originally posted 03/19/2009 12:15PM

Flip & match the Southern sweetie's movie roles!

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Reese Calls Divorce Humiliating and Isolating

Reese Calls Divorce Humiliating and Isolating

Originally posted 03/04/2009 02:20PM

At Reese Witherspoon's low point after her very public divorce from Ryan Phillippe, the actress found some efforts to console her far from helpful.

"When people get in your face and say, 'This will pass,' you think: Are they crazy?" Witherspooon, 32, tells the April issue of Elle. "I'm never gonna feel any better than I feel right this minute and nothing's ever gonna make sense again. And I still have moments where I'm like, 'Nothing's ever gonna make sense again.' "

But while she calls the split in 2006 "very humiliating and very isolating," Witherspoon came to realize, "If it's not painful, maybe it wasn't the right decision to marry to begin with. Those are the appropriate emotions."

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Even Reese Witherspoon Can Be an Embarrassing Mom | Reese Witherspoon

Even Reese Witherspoon Can Be an Embarrassing Mom

Originally posted 02/10/2009 11:45AM

She might be an Oscar-winning actress but to her two kids, Reese Witherspoon is sometimes, well, just embarrassing, she says in a new interview.

To illustrate her point, the actress tells the story to Parents magazine of taking her 9-year-old daughter Ava to see country star Carrie Underwood.

"She said, 'Mom I really appreciate you taking me to the concert, but will you please not embarrass me in front of Carrie Underwood by singing because she's a real singer and you're just, like a movie singer," says Witherspoon, who won a Best Actress Oscar for playing singer June Carter Cash in 2005's Walk the Line.

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Reese & Jake Take a Hike – with Robert Downey Jr. | Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Downey Jr.

Reese & Jake Take a Hike – with Robert Downey Jr.

Originally posted 12/29/2008 08:45AM

Santa must've brought someone new sneakers this Christmas!

Just after the holiday, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal were geared up and power walking the hills in Ojai, near Witherspoon's farm getaway.

The couple's surprise dates? Gyllenhaal's Zodiac costar Robert Downey Jr. and his wife, Susan.

"It was cute, they were all wearing hiking gear," says a source, "They seemed really relaxed. There were no kids around and they seemed like they were having a great time."

Not to fear, the couple brought Jake's dog and also squeezed in time to engage in another trademark routine: grabbing a morning cup of coffee together.
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Reese a 'Little Strict' About Kids' Xmas Presents | Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon a 'Little Strict' About Kids' Xmas Presents

Originally posted 11/29/2008 01:25PM

Ready to start her Christmas shopping, Reese Witherspoon says she's going to set limits on the presents for her kids.

"I'm a little strict about that kind of stuff," Witherspoon, 32, the mother of Ava, 9, and Deacon, 5, tells the BBC. "I think kids do best when they only have a couple of things that they really enjoy. I try and stay away from the gluttony of things. They don't appreciate it as much. When they only get one or two things they really like it."

Busy promoting Four Christmases with Vince Vaughn, Witherspoon says she's "just not getting into the spirit" of Christmas – an ironic issue she'll soon remedy.

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Reese Witherspoon Wary of Marrying Again

Reese Witherspoon Wary of Marrying Again

Originally posted 11/20/2008 05:00PM

Reese Witherspoon, still recovering from her split from Ryan Phillippe, says it's too soon to think about remarrying.

"There are things in my life that are hard to reconcile, like divorce," the mother-of-two tells Parade magazine. "Sometimes it is very difficult to make sense of how it could possibly happen. Laying blame is so easy."

Yet the 32-year-old actress says instead of finding fault, she focuses on moving forward.

"When you make wrong choices, you have to take responsibility for them: 'What part of this do I own?'" she says. "I struggle to figure out what made me make those choices. All I can hope for is that I've learned something from it and won't make the same choices again."

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Reese Witherspoon's Christmas Wish? 'A Good Chicken Coop' | Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon's Christmas Wish? 'A Good Chicken Coop'

Originally posted 11/18/2008 03:30PM

Forget buying diamonds or shoes, Jake. Reese Witherspoon only has two things on her Christmas wish list: a chicken coop, and someone to build it for her.

"Oh, I want someone to build me a good chicken coop ... like a man who can just get down there and build it ... ooh," the actress, who dates Jake Gyllenhaal, tells USA Today.

Witherspoon, who stars in the upcoming comedy Four Christmases with Vince Vaughn, says Christmas at her house this year will offer a chance to feast on her southern specialities – turnip greens, pecan-coated sweet potatoes and sugar-baked ham – and escape to the family farm outside of Los Angeles with kids Ava, 9, and Deacon, 5.

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