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Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling in New Zealand

Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Oprah have flown in to New Zealand to film a new movie, and get amongst the nature (who can blame them?), and have shared plenty of snaps along the way!

While the trio are hitting up NZ, Naomi Watts meets Isla Fisher for lunch in LA, and Adele catches up with Lady Gaga.

Be right back, booking a flight to NZ ASAP.

Reese Witherspoon is in New Zealand right now to film a new movie with co-stars Mindy Kaling and Oprah and while on location she took this Insta snap: “Watch out New Zealand! We’re heeeeeerrrree & Ready to: 1. Hike these mtns, 2. Snuggle some sheep, 3. Meet awesome Kiwis,” she captioned the pic. Amazing.

“Couldn’t be more excited to discover #NewZealand with this lady!!! @mindykaling” Reese wrote which is great and all but question is, where’s Oprah?!

Oh there she is! “Welcomed with a Powhiri. Blessed with a Karakia. United with a Haka. Grateful to the Maori people, Tangata Whenua, for receiving us so warmly. Thank you! #WrinkleinTime,” film director Ava DuVernay captioned this unbelievable group shot.

Oprah even got in on the Instagram action, posting this shot of the trio “Hangin’ with @reesewitherspoon ,@mindykaling the Mrs’s from Wrinkle in Time, sending ❤️ your way Valentines. #happyvalentinesday.” Ugh, this really is the ultimate girl gang.

Aussie legend Naomi Watts posted this pic with fellow Aussie BFF Isla Fisher: “Oh hello LA Ladies who lunch!!” Hmmm… our invite must have ended up in the Junk folder.

When two legends collide: Lady Gaga and Adele pout it out backstage at the Grammys. “This one ❤ Killin it tonight like girls do,” Gaga wrote alongside the snap.

Reese Witherspoon recently took to Instagram to wish her pal Oprah a very happy birthday. “#HBD to this bright and beautiful soul!!”

Their on-screen chemistry is nothing short of fire, but off-screen, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are the best of friends. “She’s everything, all the time. There’s no one like her. As soon as she signed on for this movie, I knew it was going to be good,” Ryan once mused of his two-time co-star.

Upon taking out the Album Of The Year award at this year’s Grammys, Adele professed her love for superstar Beyonce, saying she deserved the coveted statue over her. “My life is Beyonce, and the album to me, the ‘Lemonade’ album, Beyonce, was so monumental, and so well thought out. I love you. I always have and I always will.”

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Adele praises Beyonce in Grammys acceptance speech, says ‘I want you to be my Mummy’

Long-time BFFs Nicole Richie and Kate Hudson love to take their friendship into the great outdoors, often embarking on hikes together.

Who knew Jennifer Lopez and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson were gym buddies? The mother-of-two recently took to Instagram with a happy snap after a sweat sesh with People’s Sexiest Man Alive. “Just a couple of gym rats gettin’ it in!! @therock thanks for the love and for all the positive energy and inspiration you put out into the world!!”

Olympic swimmers Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe this week joined forces to present awards at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Sharing this selfie from the event, Ian wrote: “So good to catch up with @m_phelps00 last night. It’s been far too long!!”

Upon receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from a real royal, Michael shared: “Such an honor to have been presented the BBC #spoty Lifetime Achievement Award from The Duke of Cambridge & one of the greatest, Ian Thorpe. What an amazing way to cap off my 2016!!”

We didn’t see this #squad coming, but we’re not complaining! Gwyn, Nicole and Kate make for the ultimate cool girl friendship.

And they look like they had a ball!

But Gwyn and Nicole aren’t Kate’s only mega-star friends! She was also spotted partying with the Pop Princess, Britney Spears!

Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek go way back! The two have stayed close friends since they starred in Bandidas together.

Amy Schumer (bottom right) and Jennifer Lawrence (top right) became fast friends after meeting at an awards ceremony, are set to star in a movie together as sisters and are even writing a screenplay together!

These stylish friends, Eva Longoria and Victoria Beckham, are seen out wining and dining regularly.

Funny girl friends Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have stuck close together since they made Mean Girls!

Blake Lively and Florench Welch from band Florence and the Machine are such close friends Florence sung at Blake’s wedding!

Sisters before Misters is apparently the case for royal besties Princess Beatrice and Cressida Bonas! Even though Bea was the one who introduced her beautiful bestie to her cousin, Prince Harry, the two remained fast friends after they broke up.

Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd have been friends for more than 17 years, since they starred together in 1998’s The Object of My Affection.

Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon hit it off right away on the set of their movie, Hot Pursuit, and have been besties ever since!

These two English it-girls are joined at the hip at most events.

Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts and the Women in Film Awards

The relationship between these two Aussie celebs began when the pair auditioned for a bikini commercial and shared the same taxi home together. The pair then went on to star alongside each other in the 1991 film Flirting and the rest is history!

Will has Tom’s back when it comes to him being bagged for his religion. In an interview with USA Today Will defended Tom saying that it was “painful for me to see. I’ve met very few people committed to goodness the way Tom is”. Will added “We disagree on a lot of things. But even with different faiths and different beliefs, at the end of the day, goodness is goodness.”

Since starring together in the 90’s sitcom Friends these two have been hard to keep apart. “I can tell you we’re both very fortunate to have each other,” Courteney told Marie Claire. The pals are even trying to get the cast of friends back together for an on screen reunion.

It’s hard not to love the “bromance” between Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Their carefree goofy relationship also works well on the big screen with the boys starring in a number of movies together including Oceans 11 and Burn After Reading.

Bubbly best friends Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz have been besties since filming the Charlie’s Angels movies together. Despite constant rumors that their relationship is on the rocks, the girls seem to always stick by one another.

These two were friends before they hit the big time. Together they launched themselves into the spotlight with the screen play which the co-wrote Good Will Hunting. At the beginning of their career the two were inseparable! They are not so much spotted together now, but remain great friends.

Since her 20s Oprah has been best friends with American talk show host Gayle King. Gayle is currently also the editor of Oprah’s O magazine. The pair are so close that rumors were sparked about the pair being lesbians. “I understand why people think we’re gay”, Oprah once said in O Magazine. “There isn’t a definition in our culture for this kind of bond between women. So I get why people have to label it – how can you be this close without it being sexual?”

Since this crazy pair hit the music scene they have been hard to keep apart. The two are so close that Rihanna is planning Katy’s hen’s night before she marries comedian Russell Brand. “We’re friends and we’re both kind of on this crazy roller coaster, and…it’s nice to have good girlfriends,” Katy told the Daily Mail.

Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson sparked a friendship after playing sisters in the movie the Other Boleyn Girl.

According to reports, when Kate split from her husband director Sam Mendes, she turned to pal Leonardo for support. “Leonardo and Kate have been like brother and sister since they starred in Titanic together,” a source told The Sun newspaper. “And since Kate’s marriage problems started, around the time they were filming `Revolutionary Road’, they’ve got closer again. Kate feels like she can tell Leonardo anything.”

Victoria Beckham and Katie Holmes’ best buddy relationship is all about the right clothes and the right hair. When Victoria acted as fashion editor on Harper’s Bazaar magazine she styled her close friend, Katie for the fashion shoot!

These two kings of Twitter have sparked up a best pal relationship thanks to the social networking site. The pair have also teamed up to host several charity events together.

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