That section tells fans all about how Witherspoon was a big reader growing up. And I couldn’t get enough.įor example, there is a chapter about how to throw the perfect book club party. 'A big treat for long-time fans is seeing how each venture she's undertaken over her career clearly feed into each other to create something larger' Reese, being typically flawless Credit: Simon & Schusterīut while any Reese-iphile (that’s a thing, right?) will enjoy flipping through this perfectly instagrammable lifestyle tome for old pics and anecdotes from the actress, a big treat for long-time fans is seeing how each venture she's undertaken over her career clearly feed into each other to create something larger.

Witherspoon's now presumably enjoying a lot of praise for all she’s built over the last several years: her production company, Pacific Standard Films her content company, Hello Sunshine her clothing line, Draper James her still-flourishing acting career ( Big Little Lies) her Direct TV channel devoted to inspiring and lifting up women her popular book club her Crate & Barrel tie-in home-wear line, etc. As she’s clearly gotten more and more comfortable with owning it, it's been a thrill to continue to watch - and to see how many more women are now joining her. That Witherspoon so consistently discussed her ambitions and goals was gratifying and electric to me in high school. Quotes like this are commonplace today among celebrities (as they should be!), but that was so not the Hollywood playbook 15 years ago. The actress doubled down and gave a similar spiel about playing to the top of your intelligence at the MTV Movie Awards (opens in a new tab) a few years later, among many other appearances.

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