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Witherspoon told Entertainment Weekly that the " break " was unplanned, stating that, " I just didn ’ t read anything I liked ... There are a lot of really, really, really big movies about robots and things-and there ’ s not a part for a 34-year-old woman in a robot movie.
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Since joining Entertainment Tonight in November 2006, Andrews has interviewed many of the industry's most newsworthy celebrities, including Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steve Carell, Hugh Jackman, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, Russell Crowe, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Anne Hathaway, Kirk Douglas, Marie Osmond, and Ellen DeGeneres.
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" Following completion of Freeway in 1997, Witherspoon took a break from acting in major movies for a year and began dating actor Ryan Phillippe.
In 1987, John Witherspoon got his big break though due to the film Hollywood Shuffle, directed by Robert Townsend.
As the head writer for The Richard Pryor Show, he gave many young stand-up comics, such as Robin Williams, Sandra Bernhard, Marsha Warfield, John Witherspoon, and Tim Reid, their first break into show business.
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Edinburgh is the home town of the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, who was born in the city and attended Fettes College ; Robin Harper the co-convener of the Scottish Green Party ; and John Witherspoon, the only clergyman to sign the United States Declaration of Independence, and later president of Princeton University.
Also in 1949, a new version of a 1920s blues song, " Ain't Nobody's Business " was a # 4 hit for Jimmy Witherspoon, and Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five once again made the top 5 with " Saturday Night Fish Fry ".
From 1986 to 1988, Wright was married to actor Dane Witherspoon, whom she met in 1984 on the set of the soap-opera Santa Barbara.
Reese Witherspoon was born at the former Southern Baptist Hospital ( now the Ochsner Baptist Medical Center ) in New Orleans, Louisiana, while her father was a student at Tulane University medical school.
At the age of seven, Witherspoon was selected as a fashion model for a florist's television advertisements, which motivated her to take acting lessons.
" Witherspoon attended middle school at Harding Academy and graduated from the all-girls ' Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, Tennessee, during which time she was a cheerleader.
" Witherspoon is described as a " multi-achiever " and was given the nickname " Little Type A " by her parents.
" For this role, Witherspoon was nominated for the Young Artist Award Best Young Actress.
In 1996, Witherspoon was offered parts in two major movies.
Among them was the San Francisco Chronicle, with Mick LaSalle commenting, " Witherspoon, who does a shrill Texas accent, is dazzling, utterly believable in one extreme situation after the other.
Director Gary Ross said he firmly believed Witherspoon was going to be an outstanding movie star.
Her performance as Annette Hargrove was praised by the San Francisco Chronicle: " Witherspoon is especially good in the least flashy role, and even when called upon to make a series of cute devilish faces, she pulls it off.
When analyzing the reasons behind her difficulty to find work, Witherspoon commented " I think because the character I played was so extreme and sort of shrewish – people thought that was who I was, rather than me going in and creating a part.
Speaking about Woods ' character, Witherspoon said " When I read Legally Blonde, I was like, ' She's from Beverly Hills, she's rich, she's in a sorority.
It was called " a romantic comedy so rote, dull and predictable " by The Miami Herald, and the press widely agreed that Witherspoon was the only factor that helped the movie attract a large audience.
Witherspoon was pregnant during the filmmaking of this movie and was therefore carefully costumed to conceal her pregnancy.
This pregnancy was not a hindrance to her work, as Witherspoon believed the gestation had in fact helped her portrayal of Sharp's character: " I love the luminosity that pregnancy brings, I love the fleshiness, I love the ample bosom — it gave me much more to play with ", she said.
" At the same time, The Charlotte Observer called her work " an excellent performance that's soft around the edges " and the Los Angeles Times concluded that Becky is " a part Reese Witherspoon was born to play ".
Earlier that year Witherspoon was chosen to portray June Carter Cash, the second wife of country music singer and songwriter Johnny Cash, in Walk the Line.
She never had the chance to meet Carter Cash, as Witherspoon was filming Vanity Fair at the time Carter Cash died.
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The making of the movie also gave Witherspoon significant acting experience ; as she said, " Once I overcame the hurdle of that movie – which scared me to death – I felt like I could try anything.
Witherspoon expressed her passion for the movie: " I really like in this film that it is realistic and portrays sort of a real marriage, a real relationship where there are forbidden thoughts and fallibility.
So I enjoyed Witherspoon and the local color, but I am so very tired of the underlying premise.
" Oh, I Like your Outfit Too, Except When I Dress Up As a Frigid Bitch, I Try Not to Look so Constipated " — Reese Witherspoon ( from Legally Blonde )
William Drew Robeson I ( July 27, 1844 – May 17, 1918 ) was the father of Paul Robeson and the minister of Witherspoon Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 to 1901.
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Meanwhile, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer concluded, " Witherspoon is a talented comedian who can perk up a scene just by marching in full of pep and drive and she powers this modest little comedy almost single-handedly.
Witherspoon has just come out with The John Witherspoon Collection, which is a line of comical greeting cards known as Spoon Cards.
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At the time, Toth was a talent agent working for the Creative Artists Agency, which represents Witherspoon ; in September 2010, he was promoted to also become one of the agency ’ s two heads of motion picture talent.
According to the terms of John Witherspoon ’ s will, the ferry was then vested in J. D. Witherspoon, executor, for a term of 14 years, “ in trust for and having the sole benefit of the incorporated Presbyterian Church at Aimwell on the Pee Dee River.
Doak christened the institution Tusculum after the homestead of Princeton University ’ s then-president Dr. John Witherspoon, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.
Witherspoon ’ s stand up comedy career led to his comedian film career.
John Witherspoon ’ s career as a stand up comedian made the transition into acting very easy.
Also in 1994, Witherspoon was in the NBC ’ s Fresh Prince of Bel Air and played Augusteus in the episode “ The Harder They Fall ”.
Next in line in his television career, Witherspoon was in Fox ’ s Living Single ( 1997 ) episode " Three Men and a Buckeye " as Smoke Eye Howard who was the protagonist Overton ’ s uncle, who had a son who was the Buckeyes ' quarterback.
In 2003, Witherspoon made a showing on NBC ’ s Last Comic Standing, a reality television show that selected the comedian out of a group and gave him contract, in the Las Vegas finals.
Witherspoon plays the role of Mr. Jackson, Gerald Jackson ’ s father, and steals the spot light at the Thanksgiving dinner from other stars Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence with his quotes “ Bang!
These two quotes are some of Witherspoon ’ s most famous.
Two years later in 1995, one of Witherspoon ’ s biggest years, he played the role Silas Green in the horror comedy Vampire in Brooklyn directed by Wes Craven and starring Eddie Murphy.
Next was what is arguably John Witherspoon ’ s most well known film appearance in the 1995 box office hit Friday directed by F. Gary Gray.
Witherspoon was next seen in Hollywood in the 1997 movie Fakin ’ Da Funk directed and written by Timothy A. Chey.
Witherspoon still plays Mr. Jones, Craig ’ s ( Ice Cube ) father.
Witherspoon ’ s next Hollywood appearance was in the 2004 comedy Soul Plane starring Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg.
Witherspoon plays Vanessa ’ s father who is suspicious about Calvin from the beginning.
When talking about the potentially rising stars at the time, Rudd and Witherspoon, he says, “ Unfortunately, they ’ re not yet strong enough in Overnight Delivery ( two stars out of five stars ) to overcome predictable unimaginative writing .”
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