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Why Reese Witherspoon Sobbed When Her Company, Hello Sunshine, Sold For A Billion Dollars · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. When Reese Witherspoon sold
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Speaker 1: her production company Hello Sunshine, which focuses on female driven projects,
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Speaker 1: the deal made headlines for closing right around a billion dollars,
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Speaker 1: which is a big number for any kind of company,
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Speaker 1: but reaching that specific amount was monumental to Reese for
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Speaker 1: what it's represented. She tells in Style, I was really
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Speaker 1: clear about what women's stories mean in a marketplace, So
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Speaker 1: it had to be a number that's signified that it's
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Speaker 1: big business because women are big business. Female audiences are
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Speaker 1: big business. Female filmmakers are big business. You can't ignore
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Speaker 1: half of the world population and say that they don't
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Speaker 1: economically matter. They do, and Reese admits after learning the
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Speaker 1: deal was finalized, she was overcome with emotion. Addie, I cried.
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Speaker 1: I thought about my grandma and all the women who
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Speaker 1: haven't gotten these opportunities. I feel really lucky that I'm
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Speaker 1: standing in a path other women created for me. Season
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