Although it would seem reversed, Reese Witherspoon filed for divorce from Ryan Phillippe in Los Angeles Superior Court the day after Britney Spears filed for divorce from Kevin Federline. In the same court. Back-to-back celebrity filings like that can – and did – cause a shit storm for the court clerks, who were so swamped by reporters from the number of tabloids and Internet gossip sites clamoring for papers and documents that they’ve had to ask the court’s public information office for help with the demand. The competition to be first with the most, said a court spokesman, pressures reporters to be more and more aggressive and, frankly, “the degree of celebrity that is required to attain big story status is getting lower and lower.” (Source)