Reese Witherspoon launches new banner

WitherspoonPapandrea Reese Witherspoon and "Warm Physiques" producer Bruna Papandrea have teamed to produce a brand new production banner, Off-shore Standard. Duo will fold numerous projects in to the partnership using their pre-existing shingles Type A Films making Movies. Off-shore Standard has lots of qualities prepared to visit to the marketplace, including an adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's approaching "Wild," which informs the storyline of the 1100-mile solo hike that stops working a youthful lady spinning from catastrophe and brings her to existence. Witherspoon and Papandrea anticipate with the associations they have forged with filmmakers, stars and authors to create wise, character-driven, commercial films both small and big. "I have been astounded by Bruna's taste and her abilities like a producer," stated Witherspoon. "I am very excited to become dealing with her. It is a pleasure to collaborate with someone so wise, fun and formidable." "In Reese I've discovered a like-minded and extremely passionate partner who truly shares exactly the same goals," added Papandrea. "I have were built with a wonderful time creating movies individually however i could not become more looking forward to the organization and brand we'll create together." Witherspoon gained her first creating credit for "Legally Blonde 2: Red-colored, Whitened & Blonde," and continued to create "Four Christmases" and "Penelope" through her Type A shingle. Thesp acquired Peggy Lee's existence privileges and joined with Marc Platt on the biographical film that Nora Ephron will write for Fox 2000. She also setup the initial comedies "Who Asked Her?" together with Gary Promote at DreamWorks, "My Husband's Wife" with Ryan Seacrest's company at Universal and also the Courtney Search-directed indie "Rule #1" with Kaira Epstein at Emmett/Furla Films. Papandrea lately created Jonathan Levine's zombie pic "Warm Physiques" for financier Summit Entertainment. Pic, which stars Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer, is skedded for release February. 1, 2013. Papandrea's development slate includes Jennifer Smith's approaching novel "The Record Possibility of Love in the beginning Sight" and Emily Giffin's best-selling book "Love the main one You are With." Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

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Hollywood -- When Meryl Streep showed up in the Governors Ball, she was welcomed by Wolfgang Puck, and scurrying beside them would be a press person yelling to visitors, "Mobile phones away, please!" Apparently, the customs of twenty-first century technology are a new comer to that guy. When James Earl Johnson introduced "the legendary" Tony Bennett, who sang a couple of tunes, visitors rushed towards the feet from the stage to capture the perf via mobile phone. Streep visited the Engraving Room, in which a team screwed metal nameplates onto the bottom of winners' trophies. She sitting with Octavia Spencer, Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo while people swarmed around them and a large number of photography enthusiasts clicked away, until Streep finally stated, "OK, there you have it, fellas." Simultaneously, Jean Dujardin was undetected by many people partygoers because he sitting with three youthful women, the Oscar between his ft because he gladly ate sushi. At Vanity Fair's fete, Catherine O'Hara skyrocketed with delight at meeting Katy Perry. In recognition from the football star attending, Jonah Hill attempted his best Tim Tebow pose. Although the traditional In-N-Out hamburgers made the models in the Sunset Tower, Liam Hemsworth elected for any chili aioli slider. But his date Miley Cyrus rejected, observing, "I have already had one a lot of.Inch The Elton John Helps Foundation Oscar-viewing party made its new house inside a tent in West Hollywood Park, in which a quiet auction came Steven Tyler, Gwen Stefani, Quincy Johnson, Whoopi Goldberg and Heidi Klum, who invest in such products like a tennis lesson with Rafael Nadal (it offered for $190,000, two times), an in-home cooking class with chef Cat Cora (offered for $100,000 to Steve Tisch) along with a set trip to "Vampire Journals," plus lunch with John and David Furnish ($80,000). Timothy M. Grey and Kirstin Wilder led for this report. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com