Reese Witherspoon went casual to take Deacon to the market in LA on Saturday. She's starting to make the rounds promoting Four Christmases, while figuring out how to juggle the holidays with Ryan and their kids. In two recent interviews, Reese's inner country girl shines through as she talks about an odd Christmas gift and how she gets her Walk the Line Oscar into the holiday spirit. Here are some highlights:
On her strangest Christmas present ever: "My dad's a doctor, and his patients used to always send him weird things because we grew up in Tennessee — so it's country. One year they sent a dead squirrel . . . as dinner. So we had it in the freezer for like three years . . . my brother and I were daring each other to touch it for like $10."
On the location of her Oscar: "I keep it in my front den. We like to dress it up for Christmas. We put a little Santa hat on it and scarf because it gets cold."
On going to her Ojai farm post-Christmas: "We feed the chickens and the pigs — I have two pigs, and boy are they really pigs. They just get down in that mud and roll around. I like getting down in there and working in the garden. Oh, I want someone to build me a good chicken coop . . . like a man who can just get down there and build it . . . ooh."
Leave it to Reese to make sure her Oscar stays warm, and as for a helping hand on her farm, we think we know just the muscle man for the job.
George Clooney lounged in his cargo pants on the set of Men Who Stare at Goats with costar Ewan McGregor in New Mexico yesterday. While George's hairy lip decoration is starting to grow on me, I can't necessarily say the same for your vastly preferred mustache man Brad Pitt. There's something endearing that the good friends both have to maintain their facial hair in the same way for their respective movies, but let's just hope they both ditch the matchy matchy 'staches when filming ends.
Celebrity Style: Kristen Stewart We're in for a fun week with the release of the highly anticipated vampire movie Twilight. The movie's heroine Kristen Stewart looks every bit Bella Swan: fragile, girl-next-door pretty, pale. Here she is promoting the film with Robert Pattinson in a party-perfect French Connection plaid dress, red patent pumps, and chain jewelry.
On being a dad: "[The kids are] the funniest people I've ever met. And you know it really tells you — it's a great mirror for yourself. It really tells you a lot about yourself and who you are and how you react to things. They make me better. They make me a better person as a father."
On getting the kids ready for a day out: "We don't go to the mall. It's like a half-an-hour just to get everyone buckled in and make sure they've got their snacks, and Z.Z. [Zahara, 3] has got a blanket and Shiloh's got her silky. Angie's militant about it. She's right on top of it. Thank God, because I'm always forgetting something."
On Shiloh's love for Peter Pan: "She only wants to be called John. John or Peter. So it's a Peter Pan thing. So we've got to call her John. 'Shi, do you want . . .' – 'John. I'm John.' And then I'll say, 'John, would you like some orange juice?' And she goes, 'No!' So, you know, it's just that kind of stuff that's cute to parents, and it's probably really obnoxious to other people."
It sounds like the Jolie-Pitts are shaping up to be a pretty hilarious bunch, and we can't wait to hear more about their changing personalities from Brad and Angelina as they continue to grow up.
Last week we heard that Madonna may be the new face of Louis Vuitton. Not only will she be the face of the luxury line on ads all over the world, but apparently Madonna will earn $10 million for the job. She's made many millions in the past promoting products like Pepsi and Sunsilk and modeling for Versace. Recently she's rarely been seen without this huge LV bag. So tell us — are you excited to see Madonna's $10 million LV ads?
House Scoop, Straight From the Source Between the House/Cuddy kiss, the train wreck that is Thirteen, and the rekindling of the House/Wilson bromance, things are really getting good on House these days. The show has some big things planned for sweeps and beyond, and executive producer Katie Jacobs kindly hopped on a conference call with reporters last week to help sort out some of the things to come.
Nicky Hilton makes dressing for transition weather look so easy! Waiting for her car at Barneys New York in Beverly Hills, she wore a trendy and chic ensemble consisting of a gray blazer, a simple black tank, denim cut offs and platform booties.
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