PROFESSION: Actress and Producer

Officially known as Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon. She is an American actress and producer. Have you seen Legally Blonde? Sweet Home Alabama? Four Christmases? Walk the Line? This Means War? Are you a Witherspoon fan just like me? Well then, I hope you really like this post. Reese Witherspoon is bright and chirpy. She is an amazing actress, who has a really good comic timing as well. She bagged her first lead role in the movie The Man in the Moon, way back in 1991. Following this movie, she starred in movies like Freeway, Pleasantville and Election. Her career took a turn for the better with the movie Legally Blonde, in which she plays the main female lead named Elle Woods. The story is about a pretty blonde who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard law school in the hope of getting him back. The film was a box office success. Her movie, Sweet Home Alabama, is her highest grossing movie till date.

EARLY LIFE

Witherspoon was born in 1976 in Louisiana to the proud parents John Draper Witherspoon and Mary Elizabeth. She is of Episcopalian faith. She lived in Tennessee during her childhood. When she was only seven years old, she was selected as a model for a florist’s television advertisement. This motivated her to take up acting. She was a good child through and through. She was fond of reading and got good grades. She was also a cheerleader in high school. Witherspoon was an English Literature major in Stanford University but, she left the University after completing one year of studies in order to pursue a career in acting.

CAREER

We all now know that Witherspoon’s debut movie was The Man in the Moon, in the year 1991. Her performance was widely appreciated. For this movie, she was nominated for the Young Artist Award. After this movie, she appeared on a lot of television movies like Wildflower, Desperate Choices: To Save My Child, A Far Off Place and so on. She also appeared in the miniseries Return to Lonesome Dove. She starred in the movies Fear and Freeway in 1996. With these movies, Witherspoon established herself as an upcoming star. All these roles also brought a lot of experience among Witherspoon’s way. In 1998, she starred in the movies Overnight Delivery, Pleasantville and Twilight.

Legally Blonde was a turning point in Witherspoon’s already quite brilliant career. The movie was a commercial success. She is a talented comedian. The movie got her an MTV Movie Award for the Best Comedic Performance. Following the success of this movie, she did movies like The Importance of Being Earnest, Sweet Home Alabama, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Just like Heaven and Four Christmases. She also starred in Vanity Fair. Her craft is always appreciated. She has won several awards, including Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Golden Globe Award and BAFTA. After Four Christmases, she starred in movies How Do You Know, Water For Elephants and This Means War. This Means War fared really bad on the critics and the box office front. It received a lot of negative reviews.

Reese Witherspoon’s upcoming movies include Wish List, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus Pennyroyal’s Princess Boot Camp and The Beard. She was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the year 2010.

ASSETS

- Wallace Neff Ranch worth a little less than $7 Million. It is located in Ojai, California.

- Brentwood Estate worth $7 Million.

- Nashville Home worth $760,000.

- Mercedes GL350

- Hybrid GMC Yukon

- Land Rover LR4

- Porsche Panamera

- Toyota Land Cruiser

- Mercedes Benz E Class

- Porsche Cayenne Hybrid

PHILANTHROPY

Witherspoon has a big, kind and generous heart. She believes in giving back to the community. She is very active when it comes to children and women’s rights. She is an avid supporter of Save The Children. Witherspoon also is on the board of the Children’s Defense Fund. She is the spokesperson for Avon’s cosmetic line. She also chairs its Foundation that supports women and aims at the research of breast cancer and prevention of domestic abuse of any kind.

PERSONAL LIFE

Witherspoon has dated her share of men. She has been married twice. Her first husband was Ryan Phillippe. She met the guy at her 21st birthday party in 1997. The couple got engaged in 1998 and tied the knot in 1999. The have two children: a son, Deacon Reese Phillippe and a daughter, Ava Elizabeth Phillippe. After seven years of marriage, the couple announced their divorce. They finally got divorced in 2007. Around this time, there were speculations of a brewing romance between Jake Gyllenhaal and herself. After the divorce, the two got more open about their relationship. But, even these two split up in 2009. In 2010, Witherspoon started dating Jim Toth. The two announced their engagement in 2010 and got married in 2011. The couple has a son named Tennessee James Toth, born in 2012.

FUN FACTS

- She has her own perfume called “In Bloom”.

- She was the first presenter to host Saturday Night Live after the 9/11 attack.

- Sued Star Magazine over a cover story that claimed she is pregnant with their third child in 2006.

- Was cast for a role in Mallrats in 1995.

- She is two weeks older than actress Candace Cameron Bure.

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PROFESSION: Actor, Screenwriter, Producer, Comedian and Activist

Do you like laughing? Do you absolutely love comedy movies? If you have answered yes to these questions, then I am so sure that you already know who Vince Vaughn is. He makes us laugh. He makes us cry happy tears too sometimes. He brings hope and sunshine. Vaughn is the ultimate gentle giant. I say this because he stand 6’5” and is among the tallest leading men in the Hollywood industry. This charming man has done a lot of movies like Rudy, Return To Paradise, Old School, The Break Up, Fred Claus, Couples Retreat, The Watch, The Internship, Four Christmases and Wedding Crashers. I am sure the majority of you readers have seen all these movies I just mentioned.

EARLY LIFE

Vincent Anthony Vaughn was born in Minnesota, in the year 1970. His father is Vernon Lindsay Vaughn, who is a salesman for a toy company and his mother is Sharon Eileen, who is a stockbroker and a real estate agent. Vaughn’s parents got divorced in the year 1991. He has two elder sisters named Victoria and Valerie. He was brought up by his Catholic mother and Protestant father. Vaughn has always been into a lot of sports. While living in Illinois, he played football, baseball and also wrestled. But, he says that he was not really that good in sports. He decided to become an actor when he was seventeen years old. He lists his mother as his main source of inspiration.

CAREER

After being cast in a Chevrolet commercial, Vaughn decided to move to Hollywood. He appeared in the TV series China Beach and three CBS Schoolbreak Specials. He debuted with the movie Rudy where he played the character of Jamie O’Hare. After this, he was cast Swingers. It was a successful independent film. He received a lot of critical appreciation for his acting in the movie Return to Paradise. Following this movie, he starred in movies like The Cell, Made and South of Heaven, West of Hell. From 2003 to 2005, Vaughn starred in movies like Old School, Starsky & Hutch, Dodgeball, Be Cool, Thumbsucker Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Wedding Crashers. After doing such movies, Vaughn became known as a Frat Pack. In 2006 came the movie The Break-Up alongside Jennifer Aniston.

Vaughn has always been a good actor. Following 2007, he starred in movies like Fred Claus, Into The Wild, Couples Retreat, The Dilemma, Four Christmases. He was honored to sing in the charity-single remake of We Are The World, in the year 2010. Vaughn turned producer with the movie The Risk Agent. He also developed a reboot produced by CBS to the series The Brady Bunch.

ASSETS

- La Canada Flintridge home

- Pontiac Firebird

PERSONAL LIFE

Vince Vaughn started dating Jennifer Aniston in the year 2005. However, they broke up the following year, in 2006. During this phase, there were rumors that Vaughn had cheated on Aniston and because of this reaason, Vaughn filed a lawsuit against the involved three tabloid magazines. In 2009, he started dating Kyla Weber and tied the knot in 2010, in Illinois. The couple has two children: Daughter, Locklyn Kyla Vaughn and son, Vernon Lindsay Vaughn, born in 2010 and 2013, respectively.

Vaughn supported libertarian republican presidential candidate Ron Paul in both 2008 and 2012 elections. He is a fan of University of Notre Dame and is often seen cheering for the Fighting Irish. He is a really strong supporter of Chicago Cubs. Vaughn also supports Chicago Blackhawks and is an avid hockey lover. He almost never misses home games at the United Center.

AWARDS

People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite On-Screen Match-Up for: Wedding Crashers (2005) Shared with Owen Wilson

MTV Movie Awards Best On-Screen Team for: Wedding Crashers (2005) Shared with: Owen Wilson

Teen Choice Awards Movies – Choice Chemistry for: The Break-Up (2006) Shared with: Jennifer Aniston

ShoWest Convention: Special Award – Comedy Star of the Year (2006)

33rd People’s Choice Awards: Favorite Leading Man

Spike TV’s First Annual “Guys Choice” Guy Movie Hall of Fame” for Swingers along with Jon Favreau.

FUN FACTS

- Is considered the leader of “Frat Pack” which includes actors like Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Luke Wilson.

- He had a terrible accident in which he lost a piece of his thumb.

- He is a fan of Chicago Blackhawks.

- Was included as one of 10 Sexiest Men of 1998 in Playgirl magazine.

- His father, Vernon Vaughn, appeared as the man sitting at the “$100 minimum bet table” in “Swingers” (1996).

- He is called “Mr. Sunshine” by loved ones.

- He is a dog lover and has three dogs named Viking, Vero, and Vladimir.

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