- Title: USA: Reese Witherspoon receives the 2,425th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Date: 3rd December 2010
- Summary: VARIOUS OF WITHERSPOON WITH HER CHILDREN
- Embargoed: 18th December 2010 12:00
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- Location: Usa
- Country: USA
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- Story Text: Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon received the 2,425th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Wednesday (December 01).
Witherspoon said that although she is a young 34 years-old, she's been in show business a long time.
"My mother was reminding me this morning that this was my twentieth year of making movies. I started when I was 14 years old, growing up in Nashville, Tennessee. So it feels like this incredible honor to have made it all the way from Nashville to Hollywood Boulevard," said Witherspoon.
Witherspoon won the 2005 best actress Academy Award for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line." The role also earned her Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards.
She's probably best known, however, for her role as Elle Woods, a ditzy fashion major who decides to become a law student in "Legally Blonde." He co-star in that film, Bruiser the dog, was on hand at her star ceremony, as were her children, Eva and Deacon.
"They said, 'Mom, do you have a star?' And I said, 'No, I don't. They haven't asked me. It takes a lot of work and it's a big honor that they bestow upon you.' And they said, 'Well, they better hurry up while you're still alive and can still enjoy it.'"
In Witherspoon's next film, "How Do You Know," she plays a former softball player trying to decide between two men. That hits theaters on December 17. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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