
It’s been a long time since we saw the names Ryan and Reese in the same conversation, but in Hollywood, exes have a very funny way of creeping back into someone’s life…and conversation. And it seems that even Reese Witherspoon is not exempt from this, as here she is seen out and about shopping at the trendy Brentwood Country Mart looking just ever so fabulous. But you know, what’s really going on with her? It sounds like her and Ryan are being found in the same conversation again, as former Hollywood golden couple Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe seem to be following a suspiciously similar relationship trajectory. We would think someone as sweet and seemingly innocent as Reese Witherspoon wouldn’t have much to gab about, but….really? Let’s see if we can follow these two. Phillippe split with long-time girlfriend, Australian actress Abbie Cornish a month ago just after Witherspoon bid adieu to her leading man of two years, actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Now the parents of two have been spotted holding hands in public for the first time with their new flames – within days of each other. The “New York Post” reports Phillippe walked into the launch party for Snoop Doggs latest album at the Roosevelt Hotel on Monday night – Witherspoon’s birthday – holding a pretty brunette’s hand and kissing her throughout the bash. A source said the mystery woman was in her 20s, had long dark brown hair and wore “very tight jeans,” adding that she and Phillippe shared four bottles of champagne with friends. Just two days before, Witherspoon had been photographed enjoying a cozy birthday weekend getaway with her hunky new boyfriend, CAA agent Jim Toth. The low-key duo was snapped in ball caps and sweats, strolling hand-in-hand through a farmer’s market in Ojai, California, where the bubbly blonde star has a vacation home. They were papped again mid-week back in L.A. loading up on groceries and wine and looking very much like a comfortable old married couple. Life and Style magazine reports the lovebirds have gone from casual to committed in a matter of weeks. “They spend several nights a week together,” said a source, adding that Toth, who had a reputation for being a player in the past, lost his father last year and has since “reassessed his life.”
“Jim feels it’s time to settle down. He’s definitely grown up from his younger days as a cocky agent.”
While Witherspoon, 34, seems to be focused these days on revelling in her red-hot relationship, her career is about to take centre stage again. She recently signed up to star in “The Pioneer Woman,” about a woman who falls in love with a cowboy while on a cross-country road trip and winds up living on an Oklahoma ranch. The LA Times reports the Oscar-winner is also in talks to star in the new rodeo love story, “Paper Wings,” opposite Tom Cruise, who would play a rodeo champion who falls for an up-and-coming country singer, played by Witherspoon. Well, it is sweet that Reese has a smile on her face again, and since we like her so much, we won’t whine about where the smile is coming from. As for Ryan? Well, it doesn’t sound like he’s changed much, has it? And it seems that the only way he can get back in the same sentence with Reese Witherspoon is if he is seen with a drunk skank on the night of Reese’s birthday. Shocking.
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