Reese Witherspoon Seems Radiant on the forty ninth AFI Life Achievement Award Gala

Reese Witherspoon is stepping out to assist her good friend Nicole Kidman.

The Oscar winner attended the forty ninth AFI Life Achievement Award Gala at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, the place Kidman was honored because the award’s 2024 recipient.

The 48-year-old appeared radiant in a black robe with a plunging neckline and wrap-style skirt that exposed her strappy black heels. She accessorized with gold bangles and classy earrings that featured pearls and inexperienced stones.

She stored her glam easy and traditional together with her blond locks worn down and straight and pure make-up that includes nude lipstick and a lightweight rosy blush.

Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman and Naomi Watts — all former costars and collaborators of Kidman’s — have been all current on the gala, with Witherspoon amongst those that gave speeches.

In her speech, the Wild actress described Kidman as, “each bit as proficient and beautiful and complex and stylish as you may presumably think about.”

She continued, “And once you’re sitting reverse her watching her work, it’s actually mesmerizing. I must cease myself generally and go, ‘Oh my God, that is Nicole Kidman. Oh my God, be profesh, be profesh.’ As a result of I used to be that blown away.”

Elsewhere, Witherspoon talked about Kidman’s achievements as an actress and producer and famous that they each needed to adapt the Liane Moriarty novel Massive Little Lies.

“However as a substitute of preventing it out in court docket or in some form of televised boxing match in Las Vegas, we determined to staff up. As a result of there’s one factor that Nicole is aware of very, very properly, that there is energy in collaboration and there is much more energy in sisterhood,” she defined to the viewers, including, “And that is why I am right here tonight, sister. And I wish to thanks for being a good friend and being the most effective colleague ever.”

Streep, who can also be an AFI Life Achievement Award winner, and Witherspoon each labored with Kidman on HBO’s Emmy Award-winning sequence Massive Little Lies. The duo additionally each served as govt producers. Watts and Kidman have a years-long friendship and each starred within the 1991 romantic drama Flirting. Freeman and Kidman each starred within the 2023 Paramount sequence Particular Ops: Lioness.

After the season two finale of Massive Little Lies in 2019, the destiny of a possible third season was left in limbo. Kidman and Witherspoon, in addition to fellow solid members Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz, have all expressed their curiosity in returning.

​​In November 2023, Kidman seemingly confirmed that one other season was within the works whereas collaborating in an undisclosed fan occasion.

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“I liked Massive Little Lies as a result of it form of got here alongside at a time in my life after I had my youngsters, and I used to be considering I used to be going to retire, after which this case got here alongside, the place Reese Witherspoon and I have been in a position to produce that present,” Kidman stated. “After which all of you watched it and made it an enormous success.”

In January, Kidman informed Leisure Tonight of the extremely anticipated third season, “We have a timeline for it now.”

“It is also letting issues discover their approach and I believe, you understand, the time is… it is now. We’re clearly all devastated on the lack of Jean-Marc Vallée,” she continued, referencing the primary season’s director, who handed away on December 25, 2021. “That made us go, ‘Can we transfer ahead?’ However Reese [Witherspoon] and I, and the entire different ladies have determined sure we will.”