" Witherspoon's performance won her the Best Actress Award at the Cognac Police Film Festival and firmly established her as a rising star.

Witherspoon's performance received good reviews and garnered her the Young Hollywood Award for Best Female Breakthrough Performance.

Witherspoon's performance earned her praise from critics, as the press began referring to her as " the new Meg Ryan ".

Witherspoon's portrayal of Carter Cash was well received by critics, and Roger Ebert wrote that her performance added " boundless energy " to the movie.

Although Witherspoon's performance was highly praised, the film overall received mostly negative reviews, and came in at # 21 on Entertainment Weeklys " Top 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made " ( 2006 ).

Following its release, the movie has received various rankings ; Election is ranked # 61 on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies and # 9 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies, while Witherspoon's performance as Flick was ranked at # 45 on the list of the 100 Greatest Film Performances of All Time by Premiere Magazine.

The film was produced by Witherspoon's company Type A Films and premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.

Rendition was released in October 2007 and marked Witherspoon's first appearance in theaters in two years, since the 2005 release of Walk the Line.

The city was founded in 1913 above the spot of the former Witherspoon's Ferry, where General Francis Marion received his commission for the Revolutionary War.

In use during the American Revolution, Witherspoon's Ferry was the site where Francis Marion accepted command of the Williamsburg Militia in 1780.

Witherspoon's Ferry was a strategic ferry in the northeastern area of Williamsburg County, vested in John Witherspoon in 1801 and remaining in his charge until his death in 1815.

Witherspoon's wife had opposed her husband's taking the position but her objections were overcome with the aid of his future son-in-law Benjamin Rush, who was a medical student in Edinburgh.

Grossing about $ 90 million in the U. S., the film was a success for the studio, though many expected it to perform just as well as Witherspoon's last big movie, Sweet Home Alabama.

It was Mulligan's last film and Waterston's last theatrical movie before he moved to Law & Order, as well as Witherspoon's first film.

Witherspoon's reign as champion would not be long however, as soon he himself was in constant war with King, and on August 31 of that year he was outpointed by Pinklon Thomas via majority decision.

Carl King was Witherspoon's manager and represented Witherspoon in negotiation's with Carl's father, Don King.

Its first book was a new 1912 edition of John Witherspoon's Lectures on Moral Philosophy.

In the 2004 film Vanity Fair, LaRue's singing was used to voice-over Reese Witherspoon's three songs: " Over The Mountains / The Great Adventurer ," " Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal ," and " The Mermaids Song ".

It was the last bout in a multi-bout fight card that included an Azumah Nelson knockout victory in two rounds over Puerto Rico's Alberto Collazo ; Jeff Malcolm's ten round decision win over future Aaron Pryor conqueror Bobby Joe Young ; a fight between two of former Holmes challengers in which Alfredo Evangelista outpointed Snipes over ten rounds, and future world champion Tim Witherspoon's spectacular first round knockout win over former title challenger ( WBA title, Mike Weaver ) challenger James Tillis.

Witherspoon was the latest addition to new coach John Fox's overhaul of the defense, and Witherspoon's versatility at linebacker helped the Panthers total the second-best defense in the league.

Although the film was popular, it was overshadowed by Witherspoon's more high-profile and almost simultaneously released blockbuster Walk the Line, for which she won an Academy Award.

In the 2010 romantic-comedy movie How Do You Know finale, Paul Rudd's character tells the story of Play-Doh to Reese Witherspoon's character, saying: " I have kept this for a long time as proof that we're all just one small adjustment away from making our lives work.

Dempsey had a high-profile role as the fiancé of Reese Witherspoon's character in Sweet Home Alabama.

In the film This Means War, Tom Hardy and Reese Witherspoon's characters share a date together on the pier.

" Above Suspicion " has been optioned by Reese Witherspoon's Type A Productions to be made into a feature film.

Taylor's movie roles have included Reese Witherspoon's tough Harvard law professor in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde ; Tina Fey's mother in Baby Mama ; The Truman Show ; Happy Accidents ; Next Stop Wonderland ; George of the Jungle ; The Wedding Date ; How to Make an American Quilt ; Romancing the Stone ; and D. E. B. S ..

Witherspoon plays the supporting role of Juniper, the former girlfriend of a fugitive ( Matthew McConaughey ), who enlists two local boys to help him escape capture and rekindle his romance with Witherspoon's character.

After the finalization of Witherspoon's divorce in October 2007, Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon became more open with their relationship, particularly due to the release of paparazzi pictures that showed the couple vacationing together in Rome.

Witherspoon and Toth announced their engagement in December 2010, and married on March 26, 2011 in Ojai, California at Libbey Ranch, Witherspoon's country estate.

He lost a 10 round decision to 19 – 0 amateur star and future world champ Tony Tubbs in an eliminator, won a 10 round decision over 18 – 1 Cuban contender Jose Ribalta, but then dropped a wide 12 round decision to ex-world champ Tim Witherspoon in a bid for Witherspoon's NABF belt.

Witherspoon's father served in the US Air Force, and so Witherspoon moved around as a child.

When describing Witherspoon's role in the movie, The Christian Science Monitor concluded, " She is not the movie's main attraction, she is its only attraction.

Witherspoon's character – Becky Sharp – is a woman whose impoverished childhood turns her into an ambitious person with a ruthless determination to find fortune and establish herself a position in society.

The film and Witherspoon's portrayal of Sharp received good reviews, as The Hollywood Reporter wrote, " Nair's cast is splendid.

Because Witherspoon's father worked for the U. S. military in Wiesbaden, Germany, she lived there for four years as a child.

2001 marked a significant turning point in Witherspoon's career, when she starred in the feature film Legally Blonde.

The movie became Witherspoon's biggest box office hit to date, earning over $ 35 million in the opening weekend and grossing over $ 127 million domestically in the US.

Witherspoon's first post-Oscar role came in the modern-day fairy tale Penelope, co-starring Christina Ricci.

Witherspoon's upcoming films signal a departure from the love triangle theme.

Witherspoon's next film will be Atom Egoyan's same-named adaptation of the true crime book Devil's Knot, which examines the controversial case of the West Memphis Three.

The couple had no prenuptial agreement and the couple would be entitled to half of all assets gained during the marriage under California law, with Witherspoon's being the more significant.

After Witherspoon's death, Witherspoon's son inherited the plantation home.