Reese Witherspoon found herself in hot water with animal rights organization PETA over a handbag.

The actress was photographed in California carrying a $4000 python handbag from couture fashion house Chloe. Python-skin goods are illegal in the state and PETA detailed the terrible way a skin is obtained.

“Every year, millions of snakes are impaled on hooks or nailed to trees by their heads and skinned alive,” a statement from the organization said. “Hoses are inserted into the mouths of large snakes—like pythons—and their bodies are pumped full of water to loosen their skin so that it will cut away more easily. The animals’ peeled, writhing bodies are then discarded, and it often takes days for the animals to die from the effects of shock and dehydration. We can’t imagine that she’d wish to contribute to this hidden suffering, especially for something as frivolous as a fashion accessory that can be replicated with no bloodshed.

“These days, it’s easy to have a look that kills without killing—with fake snake, mock croc, python pleather, and other designer items that pay tribute to the beauty of these animals without massacring them.”

Witherspoon, who was named one of PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarians in 2006, was sent a video from the group that her Walk The Line costar Joaquin Phoenix narrated.

After the video, Witherspoon has had a change of heart.

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Reese Witherspoon strikes a pose for the cover of Marie Claire‘s October issue.

The actress opened up about how her divorce from Ryan Phillippe affected her more than she realized.

“I was hard on myself when I got divorced. And until I got remarried, I don’t think I realized how stressed I was,” she says, referring to her marriage this past March to Hollywood talent agent Jim Toth.

“I feel so much relief. I don’t think I recognized how anxious I was about being a single parent. It was really, really stressful. It’s not easy on anybody.”

Witherspoon said she’s incredibly fortunate to have found Toth and how great he is with her kids.

“You know, somebody close to me once said, ‘Oh, no man will ever accept your children.’ And I just thought it was the most horrifying thing someone has ever said to me in my entire life,” she said.

“I was determined to find somebody who would make that not true. And I got lucky. I did. I got very lucky, and he’s wonderful. And so wonderful with the children. I’m very blessed.”

Witherspoon’s luck runs not only with finding a new man, but avoiding serious injury.

The 35 year-old actress was hit by a car while jogging yesterday and taken to the hospital. She wasn’t seriously hurt and was released the same day.

Get more of Reese’s interview when Marie Claire hits the newsstands on September 20th.

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Actress Reese Witherspoon was hit by a car while jogging in Santa Monica on Wednesday afternoon.

The Water for Elephants star was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries but was released and is already back home.

The driver, an 84 year-old woman, failed to stop while the actress was crossing the street, law enforcement told TMZ. The driver received a ticket for failing to yield to a pedestrian.

Witherspoon’s rep says the injuries were minor and she is “resting comfortably.”

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Reese Witherspoon has returned to Los Angeles after honeymooning in Paris with husband Jim Toth.

The 35 year-old actress chatted on her phone after hitting up the Chloe boutique on Melrose Avenue wearing a pink v-neck shirt with gray shorts.

Witherspoon hasn’t let a marriage slow down her movie career.

She has just signed on for Disney‘s Wish List - a comedy about a woman who dropped a coin into a wishing well as a kid and made 10 wishes that didn’t come true. What she didn’t know was that the coin never made it to the bottom of the well and after 25 years, it gets disturbed and drops into the magic. Now she has to deal with those wishes coming true after all those years.

Reese is also in talks for Mud with Matthew McConaughey.

More photos of Reese in L.A. are below.  (Read the article)

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So many people become famous or infamous for ‘leaked’ nude photos or sex tapes and no one seems to feel any remorse about it but Reese Witherspoon wants women to think about what they’re doing for the sake of fame.

The actress was the recipient of MTV’s Generation Award at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards and in her acceptance speech, she took a swipe at women like Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Blake Lively, all of whom have had sex tapes and/or photos released or star in a reality show.

“I get it, girls, that it’s cool to be a bad girl,” the Water For Elephants star told the crowd. “But it is possible to make it in Hollywood without doing a reality show. When I came up in this business, if you made a sex tape, you were embarrassed and you hid it under your bed.”

“And if you took naked pictures of yourself on your cell phone, you hide your face, people! Hide your face!” Witherspoon continued.

She ended with her own story and how she wants women to aspire to more than just fame – dignity.

“For all the girls out there, it’s totally possible to be a good girl,” she said. “I’m going to try to make it cool.”

Since Hilton and Kardashian have all made millions after those tapes were released and Lively’s career probably won’t take a hit, Witherspoon is swimming upstream but it’s a good battle to wage.

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The 2011 MTV Movie Awards were held last night and besides being a huge Twilight fan convention with lots of movie studio promotions and marketing, the evening was typically atypical, if ya know what mean.

Host Jason Sudeikis started off with a Hangover II spoof where he gets drunk with Jason Bartha, loses Taylor Lautner and wakes up to a tattooed Eva Mendes.

The comedian’s jokes tackled everything from Arnold Schwarzenegger, his own speculated-about, possible-fatherhood of January Jones baby to Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez.

The big surprise – Robert Pattinson busted out his comedic chops for the night. He kissed Taylor Lautner instead of Kristen Stewart for the Best Kiss Award and he gave Reese Witherspoon a dose of his funny when he presented her with the Generation Award.

Referencing their first film together, Vanity Fair, where he played her son but his part was cut, he said to his Water For Elephants costar “Seven years later we worked together on a movie called Water For Elephants and you played my mother…I didn’t cut you out, but I did f*** you.”

Best Well Played Award, I say.

Here is the complete winners list from the evening:

Best Female Performance: Kristen Stewart The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Best Male Performance: Robert Pattinson The Twilight Sage: Eclipse
Best Movie: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Best Kiss: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
Best Villain: Tom Felton Harry Potter
Best Jaw Dropping Moment: Justin Bieber Never Say Never
Biggest Badass Star: Chloe Moretz
Best Scared as Shit Performance: Ellen Page Inception
Best Line from a Movie: Alexys Nicole Sanchez Grown Ups
Best Breakout Star: Chloe Moretz Kick Ass
Best Comedic Performance: Emma Stone Easy A
Generation Award: Reese Witherspoon

Don’t worry if you missed any of it – MTV will run it into the ground all summer long.

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Reese Witherspoon was all smiles as she headed into the 2011 MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios’ Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles on June 5th.

The Water for Elephants actress stepped out in a turquoise and black animal print dress by Vivienne Westwood with sweetheart neckline.

Witherspoon picked up the MTV Generation Award (which is pretty much code at MTV for “you’re old”) from presenters Chelsea Handler, Patrick Dempsey and Robert Pattinson.

More photos of Reese are below. (Read the article)

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Reese Witherspoon spent an afternoon with friends chatting and having lunch but one thing she wasn’t able to do is ditch that unsightly footwear yet.

The Oscar winning actress twisted her ankle shortly before Mother’s Day and has had the cumbersome cast on her left foot for a little over a week now.

The Water for Elephants star did have a pleasant day out in Santa Monica none the less.

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Robert Pattinson suited up and Reese Witherspoon got dolled up for the London premiere of Water for Elephants held at the Vue Westfield Theater on Tuesday.

Witherspoon chose a blue sweetheart neckline dress with draped straps from Stella McCartney while Pattinson went all black in a Dries van Noten suit.

Pattinson told reporters that this movie had elements besides the character that he was really drawn to.

“I’ve always liked the thirties and I wanted to do a movie with animals, wild animals,” he said.

The 24 year-old actor also said he learned that “elephants giggle.”

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Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon hang tight at the Paris premiere of their film Water For Elephants, held at Le Grande Rex Theater in the City of Lights on Thursday, April 28th.

Newlywed Witherspoon was gorgeous in her vibrant red Giambiattista Valli one shoulder dress and Cartier earrings.

The 35 year-old actress told the LA Times that the movie is about second chances.

“She’s got her life wound so tightly and controlled down to every detail,” Witherspoon says of Marlena, but you get the sense she’s really speaking autobiographically.

“You know whenever you feel terribly out of control, you try to control everything and keep it very small. Then in comes this Jacob character: idealistic, young and hopeful…. For me, this movie is about optimism, that second chances are possible. And to be fearless in your decision-making.”

More photos of the two are below. (Read the article)

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