Modern Beauty Trends: In: Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club

Thursday, January 4, 2018

In: Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club | Out: Coachella Surprises

Brad Pitt is out there flirting again. Reese Witherspoon has been busy reading.
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“I have always stressed to my girls that outer beauty fades, but inner beauty lasts forever.” – Tina Knowles

Beyoncé, Queen of Coachella

Surprises

The Coachella 2018 lineup is here, though perhaps the biggest part of it was actually released way back in 2017. Remember when Beyoncé was announced as a (rare female) headliner last year but then had to bow out in order to give birth to her gemini twins? Well, she’s back on board this year as the main event of night two. The other two nights’ headliners? Eminem and The Weeknd. Among the three mainstream, radio-friendly headliners, the fest’s other “big” get is the return of Jamiroquai after a seven-year hiatus. Despite a stacked lineup otherwise (St. Vincent, SZA, Haim, Cardi B, and David Byrne are also slated), the lineup has inspired some shade. For one thing, there’s nothing much in the way of an “OMG! No Way!” surprise to get hyped about (No return of Kanye? No Oasis reunion? No Rami Malek as the hologram ghost of Freddie Mercury?). It’s a pretty safe and unsurprising bill—although, that rumored Destiny’s Child reunion is still possible—and in any event, if you do decided to go, we’ll still be jealous of your Instagrams.

Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club

Putting Off Finishing That Novel on Your Nightstand

Reese Witherspoon is one of Hollywood’s busiest readers, and she finds it enriching—we assume mentally, but also in terms of her bank account. The actress has quietly amassed a reputation in the past half-decade as one of Hollywood’s most trustworthy book-to-screen producers. She started with producing Gone Girl, which she didn’t even star in, and continues with projects like Wild and Big Little Lies. Now her production company is developing a series for Apple TV based off true crime podcast-themed novel Are You Sleeping to star Octavia Spencer. The book follows a woman whose difficult past explodes after a popular podcast digs into the circumstances of the death of her father. Of course, if you want to see what Witherspoon may be working on next, or just need a good book recommendation, she actually has an Instagram book club you can follow.

William Pitt

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is just out there trying to be a normal 54-year-old father of six picking himself up, dusting himself off, and trying to get his life back in order. According to recent gossip reports, he’s ever so slowly putting himself out on the dating market again more than a year after his split with Angelina Jolie. In the latest dispatch from Page Six, he was apparently spotted at an L.A. coffee shop where he struck a conversation with a woman in line and introduced himself as William (his birth name; Bradley is his middle name). The ever-so-confident woman apparently shot back, “Oh, you look like a Bradley.” Apparently it all ended with some winks and smiles and the woman bidding farewell with “Nice to meet you, Bradley...I mean William." No numbers were exchanged, according to the spy (and/or fan fictionalist). In other Pitt news, he was also spotted in the crowd at the Rose Bowl in which the Oklahoma boy’s favorite college football team, the Oklahoma Sooners, played. So, just more 54-year-old single father stuff.

Ellen Page

@EllenPage

Ellen Page took a very minimal approach to announcing her wedding to Emma Portner on Instagram. We don’t know much otherwise about the nuptials, but everything else that we do know can be found here.