Reese Withersppon revealed that she struggled to keep it together after splitting from husband Ryan Phillippe.

The “Legally Blonde” star continued that she had to find courage for the sake of her kids — Ava, 10 and Deacon, 5. She shared that she is trying to learn from the things that have happened in her life, live more in the moment, and have more fun.

The 33-year-old actress added that the split encouraged her to take more time out from work and do things she enjoys. Now, she paraised her boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal for being a great cook as they spend weekends at her farmhouse outside LA.

Reese Witherspoon splashed $1,200 to fix a chicken’s broken leg after her kids were left devastated by the injury.

The “Legally Blonde” star rushed the chicken to a vet after it was injured on the family’s ranch in California.

She is a chicken farmer and she started giving eggs away to her neighbors, parents on the kids’ soccer team and all her friends. Her devotion to the birds has even seen her earn a special nickname among her pals as her friends joked and called her the “chicken lady”.

Reese Witherspoon helped a woman as the actress paid for the groceries when the woman forgot her wallet.

The actress took pity on a stressed mother at a Whole Foods store in Los Angeles. Fortunately the star helped her out with the food bill.

A source explained that the actress is aware that kids could make their mothers lose their mind so she picked the tab after the star saw a mom forgot her wallet.

The woman was embarrassed but Reese expressed that she is happy to pay the $70 bill and apology was not necessary as she understood the situation because she has kids too.

Reese Witherspoon revealed a vivid black eye as she stopped to fill up her car at a petrol station yesterday.

The 33-year-old was sporting the angry red bruise on her left eye socket, which looked distinctly painful.

She wore a pair of over-sized sunglasses to cover the bruise, but removed them as she used the garage pump.

Reese wore a pretty blue floral sundress with rope belt for her trip out.

She has just returned to California from Philadelphia, where she has been filming her unnamed new movie with Jack Nicholson, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson.

She was spotted with boyfriend Jake Gylllenhaal at an Elton John concert in the city earlier this month, where the singer dedicated his song Tiny Dancer to her.

The Walk The Line actress has been dating actor Jake, 28, for more than two years.

She is divorced from actor Ryan Phillipe, with whom she has two children, Ava, nine, and Deacon, five.

Reese Witherspoon and beau Jake Gyllenhaal take her kids, Ava, 9, and Deacon, 5, to the Elton John and Billy Joel concert held on Saturday night (August 1) at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Penn.

Deacon had the best view in the house, sitting stop Jake’s shoulders. During the 3-1/2 hour show, Elton dedicated the song “Tiny Dancer” to Reese, saying, “Reese, this one’s for you, girl.”

The happy family danced to “Crocodile Rock” with Reese and Jake bumping their hips together.

Reese is in town shooting the not-yet-titled James L. Brooks movie.

Meanwhile, production stopped on baseball film ‘How Do You Know’ when one of the film’s actresses went into labor during filming on Saturday.

Kathryn Hahn, who plays a pregnant secretary in the film, gave birth to a healthy baby girl on Monday, though she wasn’t due until September.

The film, which also stars Reese Witherspoon and Jack Nicholson, was set to wrap up filming and Kathryn had only one-day of filming left.

Production will continue once Kathryn has recovered.

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal have been inspired to draw up their own wedding plans, after attending the recent wedding of Jake’s sister Maggie with Peter Sarsgaard on May 2 in Brindisi, Italy.

An insider revealed that the pair plans to wed next summer.

“They just got back from Jake’s sister Maggie’s wedding and they’ve definitely got the bug,” says the insider.

Reese, 33, has been openly dating her Rendition co-star Jake Gyllenhaal, 28, since her divorce from Ryan Pillippe was finalized in October 2007. Reese and Ryan have two children: a daughter named Ava Elizabeth, born September 9, 1999, and a son Deacon Reese, born October 23, 2003.

Reese was recently spotted playing softball in preparation for an upcoming untitled film on the game. The film helmed by James L. Brooks additionally stars Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd.

Reese Witherspoon feels “pressured” to get married.

The ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’ actress – who has been dating actor Jake Gyllenhaal for over two years – is tired of the constant speculation about her love life, and is considering tying the knot to put a stop to it.

A source said: “Reese’s best friend, Heather Whitney, just got engaged. She’s got Reese thinking! People around her have been speculating that she and Jake are getting closer and closer to the altar, and Heather’s engagement only puts that much more pressure on them.”

Those close to the pair are said to be keen to see them fully commit to each other, which is making Reese even more determined to walk down the aisle.

The source added to Life and Style magazine: “At least they’re discussing it. Close friends shrug and say, ‘I don’t know anything,’ when you can tell they know something. Everyone in their circle is talking about it. It’s like any other relationship – the marriage issue has finally caught up with them.”

Earlier this year, the couple sparked rumours they were engaged after Jake was spotted ring shopping in a New York jewellers.

Soon after, the 33-year-old actress – who has nine-year-old daughter Ava and five-year-old son Deacon with her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe – reportedly removed a sparkling ring during a photo shoot.

Reese Witherspoon is renowned for being one of the most modest actresses in Hollywood with her refusal to go naked on screen.

So it was somewhat of a surprise to see the usually covered-up actress stripping down to a bikini at a music festival over the weekend. You could see her wearing a bikini here.

The Oscar winner and boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal were just two of the dozens of celebrities who attended the three-day Coachella Festival in Indio, California.

During the festival, the couple checked out sets by Paul McCartney, Morrissey and Jenny Lewis, among others.

Blending in to the rest of the audience, Reese dressed down in a denim dress, fedora hat and flip-flops while Jake opted for a hoodie and jeans.

As the weather reached the 30s over the weekend, Reese decided to catch some rays in her white and yellow stripy bikini.

The actress sipped on a Pina Colada cocktail as she chatted to Jake on a sun lounger at their hotel.

The actress is known for her preference of covering up and has vowed to do so in all her movies.

A few hours after her sunbathing session, Reese found herself getting cold after sunset as she cuddled up to Jake as they watched Jenny Lewis’s set.

Reese, 33, took time out of training for her new movie to enjoy a fun weekend away with Jake, 28.

Reese Witherspoon hates going to the gym.

The Oscar-winning actress, who is famed for her slender figure, loathes working out but will reluctantly exercise if a film role requires it.

She is quoted as saying: “If I never had to see the inside of a gym again, I’d be a very happy person. Even the idea of it, I hate. There’s people who love it and it’s just their thing. I can do it, and I can do it for my job because I’m really lucky to get this job and have a job so I will do it. But it’s not my first choice of morning activity.”

Although she has no desire to exercise, the mother-of-two recently revealed she wants to star in a high-octane adventure film.

Reese said: “I would like to do an action movie. I love to watch Angelina Jolie in movies like “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”.

“I think movies where women have great strength and the character is interesting. I’m dying to do one.”

Being a superhero’s not easy – even if you’re only doing the voice of one, Reese Witherspoon told Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson at the junket for her latest film, the animated “Monsters Vs. Aliens.”

“They wanted me to sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Bruce Willis ,” she said. “I was like, how do you do that?!”

Reese’s character, Susan, goes from being what she called a “quintessential ’50s heroine” to getting hit by a meteorite and growing to 49 feet tall, a change that necessitated some vocal tweaks as well.

“Her voice got deeper and stronger and they wanted me to be like an action hero,” Reese added. “They had to coach me a lot.”

In fact, her voice is so different in the film that her kids couldn’t believe it was her the first time they saw the film.

“We got home and they were like, ‘Do the voice! Is it really you?” she said.

Still, Reese said daughter Ava and son Deacon love the movie – and the action figures.

“I have all the action figures,” she told Shaun. “As soon as I saw my own action figure, I ripped her out of the box and started playing with her. My kids love it, every morning we play with them. I have to pretend to be a giant robot.”