She might be an Oscar-winning actress but to her two kids, Reese Witherspoon is sometimes, well, just embarrassing, she says in a new interview.

To illustrate her point, the actress tells the story to Parents magazine of taking her 9-year-old daughter Ava to see country star Carrie Underwood.

"She said, 'Mom I really appreciate you taking me to the concert, but will you please not embarrass me in front of Carrie Underwood by singing because she's a real singer and you're just, like a movie singer," says Witherspoon, who won a Best Actress Oscar for playing singer June Carter Cash in 2005's Walk the Line.

But apparently her vocal chops haven't impressed her daughter. "I love to sing around the house and in the car," she says, "but my daughter hates it."

Still, she appreciates that Ava and son Deacon, 5, see her as just their mom. "Realizing you're not anything special to the kids is always a great sort of reminder that you're just a regular person," the actress tells the magazine, which hits newsstands Feb. 17. "A regular embarrassing old mom."

Obviously Reese's kids aren't yet old enough to recognize the truly embarrassing things about Mommy. Like Wednesday family fun night: reruns of the Laurence Welk Show on PBS and a really challenging puzzle. Or the way that Mommy's boyfriend is always slapping his male friends on the ass in the name of brotherhood and sportsmanship.

Just 24 hours after Reese Witherspoon arrived in London to visit Jake Gyllenhaal, she coaxed him into a sex toys and underwear emporium for a private strip show.

While shopping in a Myla boutique on the West End, Reese beckoned her beau into the changing rooms, where she surprised him with a private strip show. Jake watched ó with a smile plastered across his face ó as Reese slipped out of her clothes and wiggled into various bra and panty sets, including an itsy-bitsy pair of purple panties and a matching push-up bra.

Reese's private show seemed to have the desired effect ó Jake brought some items up to the cash register, then Reese paid with her credit card.

"Clearly, that purple set did it for him," clerk Vanessa Brown tells Star. "Reese has a really fit body. She looks fantastic. She's petite… but I'm not telling her bra size!"

On the way out of the store, the lovebirds stopped, giggling at a display of sex toys. Reese pointed to a black spoon-shaped gadget designed for "all over body massage as well as more intimate use" and dissolved in fits of laughter.

Christ, these two are even boring in the porn store! Purple pushup bra and giggling at a massager. Ooooh, you naughty! Then again, the bra and panties were probably for Jake. And they were giggling at the massage toy because it was so woefully small compared to Reese's weighty, clublike shenis.

Speaking of Reese, you can see her naked at MrSkin.com.

Reese Witherspoon and her two children have just moved into a £1.9 million house in the cosmopolitan district of ìNotting Hillî to be closer to her love Jake Gyllenhaal.

The romantic 32-year-old star, which was considered as the Hollywoodís highest paid actress, took a four-month break from work so she can be closer to Brokeback Mountain actor Jake, who is currently filming in London.

Ugh, these two are so boring that we're practically falling asleep typing this. Their love nest is probably a giant den of bland. They sit around cuddling in a respectful way and discuss whether or not to get the taupe or loden sofa and then enjoy some plain Triscuits and water while watching Grey's Anatomy.

You can see Reese Witherspoon naked at MrSkin.com. No foolin'.

New mom Halle Berry is engaged to her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry after he gave her his grandmotherís ring.

ìGabriel felt the time was right to propose. He gave her the family heirloom because he wanted to show her how much she means to him, and how she will be accepted into the Aubry family,î a source close to the couple said.

ìThe ring belonged to Gabrielís grandmother ñ it was her engagement ring.î

The ëX Mení actress, 41, was snapped flashing the diamond ring in Hollywood this past weekend.

Berry gave birth to the coupleís first daughter, Nahla Ariela, in March.

Halle and Gabriel, 32, started dating in November 2005.

Way to get a jump on all those other Hollywood unwed mothers, Halle. Nicole Richie and Jessica Alba and Jamie Lynn Spears are going to have to try really hard to keep up with you, you wily minx.

Also contemplating a walk down the aisle, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, although they're planning on having the wedding first, then moving in together, then having the babies. God, what a coupla squares. Reports OK!:

Sitting in a cozy booth at the Hominy Grill in Charleston, S.C., on May 3, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal were the picture of happiness. Though the cheery couple, who arrived holding hands, brought their appetites, their minds weren't on food.

"They couldn't keep their eyes off each other," Hominy Grill manager Brandy Mangum tells OK!. "The entire time, he was so attentive. It was really sweet. They really do make the perfect couple."

Friends of the pair say it won't be long now before Jake pops the question to his lady love. "They've been talking marriage for a while," a source close to Reese reveals to OK!. "They'll be formally engaged any day now. They want to spend the rest of their lives together."

But don't expect these two to go down the route of so many Hollywood couples who move in together and start families before getting hitched. "This is a very serious relationship," the Oscar-winner's pal explains. "But Reese is very conservative and traditional. I'm sure she doesn't want her kids to see her 'living in sin.'"

When asked about their clients' plans for walking down the aisle, Reese's rep had no comment, while Jake's people claim there are no immediate plans for a wedding.

Aw, Jake will make a lovely bride. We wonder what color his bridesmaids will wear. Probably teal.


Halle Berry drops her top at MrSkin.com.

And, believe it or not, prudy Reese does too.

Reese Witherspoon is obsessed with "trash".

The 'Legally Blonde' actress often sneaks out in the middle of the night to check on her neighbours' garbage.

She said: "I'm very obsessed with trash. I like to throw a lot of things away, particularly at Christmas. It makes me a little crazy when the trash is overflowing. I put on rubber boots and I literally get into the trash can and stomp on it.

"My son Deacon calls me 'The Mommy Trash Compactor'! Sometimes I'll sneak and look at the neighbours' garbage cans and see if it's kind of empty. I'll wait, literally until the middle of the night when the children are asleep, and I'll take my extra garbage and I'll put it in the can!"

The 31-year-old beauty also revealed her bizarre obsession runs in the family.

She added to US TV chat show host Ellen DeGeneres: "At Christmas time, I was talking to my brother, and I was like, 'Sometimes I sneak out the garbage and I put it in other people's cans.'

"And he goes, 'So do I!' I'm so embarrassed, but it's so true. I just feel better after telling someone!"

We just saw the trailer for Penelope last night, and we were going to make a joke about trash and the movie (there would have probably been a reference to used kitty litter in there somewhere), but we've decided that would just be too easy. So make up your own damn joke. C'mon, it'll be fun. See how many Reese movies you can compare to items of refuse. We suggest you start with Overnight Delivery. Just ignore the fact that it costars Paul Rudd. He's made mistakes. Big, Eva Longoria-shaped mistakes.

Reese Witherspoon wants her children to be bullied at school.

The 'Legally Blonde' actress – who has two children, eight-year-old Ava and Deacon, four, from her marriage to Ryan Philippe – says being teased in school helps build character.

She said: "I wouldn't want my children to miss out on any of that teasing and bullying – don't you think it kind of makes you who you are? This drives me crazy about today. Everyone wins the award and then, you know, everybody is a Most Valuable Player (MVP)? No! They're not! OK?

"I distinctly recall the two weeks of crying because I didn't make the softball team. It made me interesting. Hopefully, it helps kids really understand who they are. You know, figure out who they are."

Reese went on to say, "I hope my kids get slapped and punched and swirlied and someone smears dog feces in their hair and sneaks rat poison into their Oatmeal Cream Pies. That stuff really builds character."

"If [actresses] take their clothes off, they objectify themselves. I am flabbergasted by how many legitimate actresses do it . . . I am a role model for my children."

Well, la-di-da, your highness. I guess we should expect as much from someone with the last name "Witherspoon", which conjures up appetizing images of retreating boners and of aged, diseased poons. She may as well call herself Reese Flaccidlance. Or Reese Wizenedwomb. Yes, Reese Wizenedwomb. That's a pretty name.

The funniest part is that Reese has gotten naked in a movie before. See what, when, and where, at MrSkin.com.

According to a family friend, the kids love Jake so much that when itís time for Reese to hand them over to Ryan, little Deacon canít stop talking about Jake. ìItís Jake did this, Jake brought mommy flowers and coffee, Jake says we should recycle,î the friend tells OK!

Itís reportedly taking itís toll on Ryan. ìRyan called Reese and suggested she stop letting him (Jake) spend so much time with the kids,î the insider tells OK! ìHe was pretty irate on the phone. Reese barely let him finish the sentence before she shot back that what she does with her personal life is her business.î

We can see how that would get pretty annoying. A three-year-old constantly bragging, "Jake smells like bubblegum, Jake has a picture of George Clooney in his wallet, Jake says you're responsible for the destruction of the rainforest," would really get on your nerves.

And in other Reese news, yesterday WENN brought us this headline: "Witherspoon's Eye Blister Stops Shooting." Well, thank God. It could've hit someone. And blood leaves a stain. Just look at Britney.

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal may have joined the ëMile High Clubí.

The Hollywood couple allegedly spent more than ten-minutes together inside an airplane bathroom, according to U.S reports.

Witherspoon, 31, and Jake, 26, were flying together from Frankfurt, Germany, to Los Angeles after a trip to the Rome Film Festival.

ìReese was dressed in all black and wearing shades when she and about six handlers entered Lufthansaís first class lounge,î an eyewitness told Star magazine.

ìIt wasnít until she was already on the plane that we realized Jake, also dressed in black, had boarded separately.î

After the two-hour flight from Rome to Frankfurt, the lovebirds were transferred to their trans-Atlantic connection on a special bus. Once onboard the group occupied ten out of 16 seats in the first class section of the 747 plane.

ìReese and Jake kissed and cuddled together under a blanket in her recliner seat in the back row,î the witness continued.

Three hours into the flight, Reese reportedly got up from her seat and walked forward to the toilet. Two minutes later Jake got up and allegedly walked into the same bathroom. ìI started timing them – they were together in there for 11-minutes,î the witness told Star.

Jake came out of the bathroom first, and Reese reportedly followed him three-minutes later. ìWhen they each walked by, it seemed like everyone in their entourage took pains to look away.

ìJake worked on his laptop, and then he and Reese took a nap side by side.î

Well, first of all, Jake obviously has a bathroom fetish. But what exactly could he do with a girl in a water closet that would satisfy his urges? Get advice on applying liquid eye liner? Trade snickerdoodle recipes? Douche?


Did you know that Reese got naked in front of a moving-picture camera when she was younger? MrSkin.com did.