Topic: Reese Witherspoon

Chapter & Verse 'Wild' movie adaptation secures a movie studio

The film adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's memoir 'Wild' will be brought to the big screen by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

Culture Cafe Reese Witherspoon stars in 'Mud,' a dreamy but scattered backwater tale

Reese Witherspoon plays Juniper, the object of drifter Mud's affections, in the new film. Reese Witherspoon is impressively muted, but her character is little more than a plot device.

Culture Cafe Reese Witherspoon will produce modern-day adaptation of 'Great Expectations'

Reese Witherspoon's modern-day take on 'Great Expecations' has received a script order from The CW. Another Reese Witherspoon-produced project, a 'Peter Pan' update, was picked up by Fox.

Reese Witherspoon arrested for disorderly conduct (+video)

Reese Witherspoon arrested: Reese Witherspoon apologized for her behavior after her arrest for disorderly conduct. Witherspoon's husband was arrested for drunk driving.

The top 25 celebrity baby names of all time

Many celebrities are creative people, but seldom does their creativity get more free rein than when they’re naming their own offspring. From Beyonce and Jay-Z's firstborn Blue Ivy to Frank Zappa's daughter's avante-garde moniker Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen, there are plenty of unusual names.

Modern Parenthood Reese Witherspoon baby, Obama Moms and more: Our parenting news roundup.

Reese Witherspoon's baby 'debut' is just one of this week's spotlighted stories. We also have Obama moms, the New Gerber Baby and a pregnant voter who went above and beyond. (And remembered to breathe.)

Chapter & Verse 'Wild': The movie adaptation moves forward

Actress Reese Witherspoon is set to star as author Cheryl Strayed, and Strayed says writer Nick Hornby is on board to write the adaptation.

NaNoWriMo: 6 things you need to know about the writing challenge

Flipping to the November page on your calendar means that it's time for NaNoWriMo again. Here's a primer on the challenge that's produced bestselling novels and made novelists of many.

Modern Parenthood Tamera Mowry: Her baby boy is due, and she talks like a normal mom

Tamera Mowry is expecting her first baby – a boy – any day now. It's great to hear a celebrity mom talk like a normal mom on the street:  She says she's very ready to have the pregnancy over, done, finished, and baby home.

Modern Parenthood Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson make up: Why it matters 101

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson: Their off-screen romance is on again. Why the make up and break up cycle of two young adults has constructive potential for the millions of average teens who hang on their every date.

Chapter & Verse 'Gone Girl' will come to the big screen

Actress Reese Witherspoon will produce the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn's bestselling new novel "Gone Girl."

Modern Parenthood Kourtney Kardashian has a baby girl. Let the gushing begin.

Kourtney Kardashian has a baby girl, Claire Danes is pregnant, so is Reese Witherspoon, and the fans are gushing. What's the deal with the Kardashians – and all celebrity baby love?

Screenwriter Nora Ephron 'loved a good New York story'

Nora Ephron, famous for her romantic comedies, has died. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city's art community will miss Ephron, who set many of her stories there. 

The Vote White House Correspondents' Dinner: Who's coming?

Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan are the latest celebs to emerge on the list for Washington's annual 'nerd prom,' the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Here's a list of other names.

Culture Cafe 'Hunger Games' sequel secures a director

'Catching Fire' will be directed by 'Water for Elephants' helmer Francis Lawrence.

West Memphis Three: $100,000 reward offered to clear their names

The West Memphis Three, convicted of killing three Cub Scouts, were released last year but not exonerated. A new $100,000 reward aims to clear their names.

This Means War: movie review (+trailer)

'This Means War' is an improbably couples' movie that stretches credibility while coasting on Reese Witherspoon's charm.

Chapter & Verse Author Tom Perrotta working on new HBO series

The series, based on his novel, "The Leftovers," about a small town post-Rapture, may just fill that creepy small town-shaped hole that "Twin Peaks" left behind.
08/16/2011 03:51 pm

Culture Cafe An interview with 'Bad Teacher' star Lucy Punch

'Bad Teacher' star Lucy Punch talks about getting vomited on by Cameron Diaz in ‘Bad Teacher,’ the inspiration for her outrageous character, shooting a love scene with Justin Timberlake and her new role in the comic book-turned-TV pilot, ‘Powers.'
06/23/2011 03:25 pm

Chapter & Verse What books will Monitor readers be enjoying this summer?

We asked our readers what they are reading this month and – on a scale of 1 to 10 – here are the books they're enjoying the most.
06/16/2011 06:24 pm

Chapter & Verse "Water for Elephants" movie reviews

"Water for Elephants" seems to be drawing less love as a movie than it did as a book.
04/22/2011 12:14 pm

Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson star in 'Water for Elephants'

Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson form two sides of a love triangle in the Depression-era story 'Water for Elephants,' where the best performance comes from Rosie the elephant.
04/22/2011 10:30 am

In Pictures Academy of Country Music Awards

In Pictures Oscar's red carpet runway

Job market's still tough. Seven ways to reenergize your job search.

For America's jobless, the labor market is sending conflicting signals. On one hand, unemployment in December dropped to 9.4 percent, its lowest rate in 19 months, the US Department of Labor reported Friday. On the other hand, a separate Labor survey showed that the economy added only 103,000 jobs, when economists were expecting about 150,000 new nonfarm jobs. What to make of it all? In fits and starts, the economy is staging a very modest recovery, but it may take years before the nation regains the jobs it lost during the Great Recession. To find a job, many unemployed Americans may need to reenergize their own job search. Here are seven ways to do it:
01/07/2011 10:46 am