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Reese Witherspoon has had an interesting time lately: the producer of Gone Girl, nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Wild, and the recent star of the not-so-funny Hot Pursuit. But Witherspoon is funny — she’s also immensely charming and versatile (obviously), and she knows how to light up a room. Unfortunately, she’s not really the star of this week’s SNL, suffering from the same fate that befell Scarlett Johansson in last week’s underwhelming episode. Throughout the bulk of the episode, Witherspoon is more like a supporting player than the star, and I’m growing concerned about how terrible these female-hosted episodes have been lately and what that says about SNL in general.

Last night’s generally unremarkable episode of SNL peaked early when it took advantage of its proximity to Mother’s Day to do something kind of remarkable. As part of her opening monologue, guest host Reese Witherspoon declared that the show was going to mark the occasion by bringing each cast member out with his or her mother...and then forcing them to apologize for their childhood transgressions.

Actress Reese Witherspoon, 37, and her 42-year-old husband, talent agent Jim Toth, apparently kicked off their weekend early: He was arrested for DUI on Friday, April 12. And Reese found herself in handcuffs too -- for running her Oscar-winning mouth at the cops.

Get out your Celebrity Womb scorecards, kids, and mark Reese Witherspoon's uterus as "currently empty." The actress had her third child on Thursday, Sept. 27 -- a boy she named Tennessee James.

The New Year will bring many new movies to the theatre!

CRYSTAL HARRIS SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT - HEF'S LIFESTYLE WAS THE REAL DEAL BREAKER: HUGH HEFNER'S former fiancee, CRYSTAL HARRIS, went on RYAN SEACREST'S L.A. radio show yesterday to set the record straight about her break-up with Hef.

ARE SCARLETT JOHANSSON AND SEAN PENN SHACKING UP???!!!: They haven't confirmed they're even a couple yet, but that's not stopping SCARLETT JOHANSSON and SEAN PENN from taking things to the next level.

KIRSTIE ALLEY FALLS ON "DANCING WITH THE STARS": About twelve seconds into the beginning of KIRSTIE ALLEY'S "Dancing With the Stars" performance last night, she and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy took an embarrassing tumble.

CHRISTINA AGUILERA RAUNCHY PICS FOR SALE:CHRISTINA AGUILERA has another P.R. problem -- hundreds of scandalous photos of her have found their way into someones greedy hands and that someone has shared them with RadarOnline.

MARIAH (ALMOST) GIVES BIRTH ON HER BIRTHDAY: MARIAH CAREY thought she was going to became a mom late Saturday night. Mariah was rushed to the hospital thinking she was having contractions, but it turned out to be a false alarm.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS (3/22/11): WILLIAM SHATNER - 80  Captain James Tiberius Kirk,  AND Sergeant T.J. Hooker. You might also know him as the Priceline guy or the dad on " My Dad Says"

GYLLENSWIFT -- IT'S OVER!: One of the most talked about celebrity couples of the last few months, TAYLOR SWIFT and JAKE GYLLENHAAL, are DONE!!!