THE RISE OF Reese
Two decades ago, Reese Witherspoon won hearts by playing the ultimate flaxen-haired ditz, Elle Woods, in Legally Blonde. And just as everyone in the 2001 rom-com underestimated the tenacity of Elle, few would have foreseen the Hollywood heavyweight that Witherspoon would become 20 years later.
On August 2, magazine officially declared the charming Southern belle, 45, and .
