In the "I can't believe it" files: Reese Witherspoon and her husband, Jim Toth got pulled over last night in Atlanta because a police officer said that the car husband Toth was driving, was swerving in and out of traffic. Allegedly, Toth looked and smelled horrible and the officer decided to give him a feild sobriety test. While this was going on, Reese got "mouthy" and after the officer told her to, "sit on (her) butt and be quiet," she got very unfriendly.
As the report details, “Mrs. Witherspoon asked, “Do you know my name?” I answered, “No, I don’t need to know your name.” I then added, “right now.” Mrs. Witherspoon stated, “You’re about to find out who I am.” The report also specified, “Mrs. Witherspoon also stated, ‘You are going to be on national news.’ I advised Mrs. Witherspoon that was fine.”(via Dlisted)
After this exchange, Jim blew a .139 on a breathalyzer and Reese was arrested for disorderly conduct. They were both released on bond a few hours later.
Reese is currently in Atlanta filming a movie.
While I am all for blowing off steam...drunk driving? Reese has three kids! What sort of example is this setting for them—or others—who look up to her? I'm not even going to talk about her "image" as a good girl, because I find those labels to be so silly, but just the sheer insanity of getting behind the wheel of a car while THAT intoxicated?
Thankfully, the kids weren't in the car with them, but they could have hurt themselves or someone else.
If you're into that sort of thing, you can see Reese's mug shot over at the Fox5 Atlanta Twitter feed.
Since her arrest Saturday night, Reese has formally apologized to the public, saying "I clearly had one drink too many and I am deeply embarrassed about the things I said. It was definitely a scary situation and I was frightened for my husband, but that is no excuse. I was disrespectful to the officer who was just doing his job. The words I used that night definitely do not reflect who I am. I have nothing but respect for the police and I’m very sorry for my behaviour.”
So, Spill it! What do you think of Reese's arrest and subsequent apology?
This week, Tori Spelling debuts her 45lb post-baby weight loss in US Magazine. In the corresponding article, she talks about her unplanned fourth pregnancy, the placenta previa which caused bed rest and her (gasp) 30lb weight gain. While I won't deny the woman had a tough pregnancy and her delivery was followed up by emergency surgery less than a month after baby Finn was born, I am sick to absolute death of how mothers are being portrayed in the media these days. Tori Spelling is a naturally slender woman who also happens to be able to afford a personal trainer, a cleaner, a live-in nanny and a personal cook. Of COURSE she is going to be slender after having 4 kids.
On the one hand, we've got Kim K. She's too fat. Her partner doesn't find her attractive. Her clothes are awful. On the other, we've got BIKINI READY IN FOUR MONTHS. This has got to just stop.
Jezebel posted an amazing article this week about mothers, too. It's really worth the read and much more in line with how we should be talking about our wonderful, beautiful bodies. With Dove's recent addition to their campaign for real beauty, we need to understand that how we see ourselves is different than how others see us, and we need to stop allowing the media to dictate to us what is beautiful. Because WE are beautiful. As women. As mothers.
I tell people this all the time — even after spending years as a model and occasional actress, I never felt more beautiful, sexy and powerful than I did after I gave birth to our first born. And I feel even more amazing today, carrying our second-soon-to-be-born son. I've even toyed with the idea of going back into modelling, just going after a different market, because I think my new-found confidence could be a real boone. And more women need to see their reflections in the pages of magazines. Because we are beautiful. We've done something amazing, and we deserve to be celebrated.
And I could give two shits if my stomach ever looks the way it did before I had Henry. Because to me, it's far more beautiful now.
With all the craziness going on these days, it's hard to be able to control what our kids are being exposed to online. They have to sift through a lot of the stuff we'd rather they not see — especially tweens and teens with the ability to surf online without mum and dad looking over their shoulder, or locking down the computer. And this past weekend, Lionsgate films released the new trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire during the MTV Movie awards.
This is the kind of thing that can be exciting for teens and scary for parents. I mean, you want to allow your kids to explore and search for their favourite movie and get excited about the books that they love. But with tragedy, comes loonies who post all sorts of non-child-friendly content online.
Something Microsoft has done though, is pretty exceptional. Working with Lionsgate, they've created The Hunger Games Explorer and I feel like it's arrived just in time. The fully interactive website is optimized for tablet browsing and includes studio updates including costumes, sets and all official Catching Fire online content while also aggregating everything floating around Facebook, Google+, Twitter and YouTube in one safe, easy to access place.
The site is fully customizable, and you know that your kids aren't going to go wandering through someone's wildly inappropriate or scary posts, photos and videos bringing up questions you might not have the answer to. This way, you don't have to restrict online time while letting them get fully immersed in the world of Katniss, Peeta, Gale and all the rest, while keeping them kids a little while longer.
The Hunger Games Explorer is available for free and can be found at www.thehungergamesexplorer.com.
So, spill it! Will you let your kids get immersed in the world of Katniss Everdeen using The Hunger Games Explorer?
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