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Reese Witherspoon's Legally Blonde Contract Had Ultimate Elle Woods…

Witherspoon told Graham Norton the wardrobe clause covered Elle Woods' outfits from Legally Blonde 2; the studio's lawyers apparently read all seventy-seven pairs.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA video from Eggdar is number thirteen on YouTube's U.S. trending chart, with more than five million views, about Reese Witherspoon's Legally Blonde contract.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA contract? That sounds like paperwork, and I'm in.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentShe told Graham Norton, quote, I kept the whole wardrobe including seventy-seven pairs of Jimmy Choo shoes. I had it written in my contract.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's the clause.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's so generous of the studio!

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGenerous? Look at the turning point. A lawyer read seventy-seven pairs of shoes and signed it. That's a blown coverage.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDid she wear them?

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNot until the fifteenth anniversary, with her daughter, says Yahoo. Final score: Elle, seventy-seven. Legal, zero.

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