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Casting Roundup: Witherspoon, Hough and More Get the Gigs

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Big studio projects and small indie films alike rounded out their casts this week as show business continues to be booming in Hollywood.

Reese Witherspoon returns to — surprise, surprise — romantic comedy territory as she signs on to headline "The Beard," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The "beard" of the title is a slang reference to a someone who goes out in public with a gay person to give the illusion that he or she is, well, not gay. Secrets, lies and shenanigans will no doubt ensue — and all of them cute, due to the fact that the movie stars Reese Witherspoon. Get More »