Witherspoon quits Vanity Fair premiere

Hollywood sweetheart Reese Witherspoon has pulled out of the British premiere of her latest film Vanity Fair to spend time with her husband Ryan Phillippe.

The newly-brunette actress, 28, and the film's Indian director Mira Nair were set to attend the screening at the London Film Festival on November 1.

British newspaper Daily Express reports Witherspoon and Phillippe have been fighting to spend more time together as their hectic filming schedules keep them apart.

At Phillippe's 30th birthday party last month, which Witherspoon organised at Malibu, California's swish Nobu eaterie, the Gosford Park heart- throb left early.