Ryan Phillippe Still Has Sadness About His Divorce

The marriage of Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon may have ended nearly three years ago – but he admits to having unresolved emotions about the split.

"I still have sadness and complicated feelings about my divorce," Phillippe, who also recently broke up with live-in girlfriend Abbie Cornish, says in the May issue of Men's Health, on newsstands Tuesday. "But how beneficial is it to keep hanging onto those feelings?"

Phillippe, 35, who has two children with Witherspoon, is also surprised by the self-discoveries he's making as he ages. "I thought the most experience you had, the more certain you would be about life," he says. "But I'm finding the opposite, man. I'm more in wonder and confusion than I was in my 20s."

For inspiration, Phillippe says he looks to Clint Eastwood, 79, who directed him in 2006's Flags of Our Fathers. "He's in the latter part of his experience on the planet, and he's still growing," Phillippe says. "He's open to new ideas and he's changing the way he sees things ... It's something I want to encourage in myself: Don't close off."

Judging by his role in the upcoming MacGruber, Phillippe appears to be taking that mission seriously. The actor exercises his comedic chops in the movie, which originated as a Saturday Night Live sketch as a spoof of the '80s TV hit MacGyver. Phillippe appeared on SNL this past Saturday.

"I tend to internalize and analyze, but with them, there's none of that," Phillippe says of his MacGruber costars, Kristen Wiig and Will Forte. "There was no edit, no judgment. It was just a really free atmosphere."

Jake Gyllenhaal is 'Okay' with Being Single

Single since his split from Reese Witherspoon around Thanksgiving, Jake Gyllenhaal is taking stock of his life and career – but doesn't have any firm answers when it comes to love.

"It's okay," the Oscar-nominated actor, 29, says of the single life in an interview in GQ's May issue. "I think it's important for every man to find the right woman and every woman to find the right man ... Who am I to say what the most important thing in life is? The best answer I could give to any of those things is that I really don't know. Particularly right now in my life."

Uncertainty isn't such a bad thing, though. "I'm trying not to keep things so neat," Gyllenhaal says. "I think I'm realizing my strengths and my faults. I think I'm trying to see what is me ... and what is not me."

Gyllenhaal, who tackled his first true action role for the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, says his identity used to be tied almost exclusively to work. Ironically, it was the death of his friend and Brokeback Mountain costar Heath Ledger in 2008 that pushed him to embrace life.

"Life, I didn't totally understand. And I think I was afraid of life," he says. "And I had success in my work, enough success that you could keep going back there. But after [Ledger's death] … I think I recognized that it was work. And I recognized that this is for real."

And the actor's on a good path, says his brother-in-law and close friend Peter Sarsgaard, mostly because he doesn't have self-destructive tendencies.

Jake is a fundamentally positive person, Sarsgaard says, "and my thesis with Jake is that it is genuine. He is not doing it to be more popular and more successful; it is actually who he is."

Jake Gyllenhaal Steps Out – Without Reese

Jake Gyllenhaal showed up dateless to his sister's Los Angeles movie premiere Tuesday night – but he was far from alone.

While actor's relationship with Reese Witherspoon recently ended according to a source, Gyllenhaal happily showed up without her at the premiere of Crazy Heart, which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal. Jake 28, stuck close by his big sis and their family for most of the night.

"He seemed very normal and relaxed, and very happy for his sister," said a fellow theatergoer. "Tonight was all about her."

In the film, Maggie plays a journalist and single mom who struggles through an off-and-on relationship with an alcoholic West Texas singer played by Jeff Bridges, whose bravura performance has already been garnering Oscar buzz.

According to a source, at the film's heartfelt finale, Jake, 28, wiped his eyes and nose and appeared to be fighting back tears.

Otherwise, the Brokeback Mountain star, who walked out of the theater arm and arm with his sister, seemed to have fun at the premiere, which was also attended by Sharon Stone, Gary Busey, and Eric Idle.

And while Witherspoon wasn't there, that did not keep the actress from supporting both the film and the Gyllenhaal family. On Monday, she attended a special screening of Crazy Heart at her talent agency CAA alongside Colin Farrell, who has a role in the film, and Orlando Bloom and Ed Harris.

"Reese is close to Maggie," a source said. "She was beaming.”

Reese and Jake's Ups and Downs

While the precise status of the Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal relationship remains unclear – over the weekend a source close to the actress told People Magazine the couple had split, a claim denied by their reps – the two have certainly had their share of highs and lows during their two-year relationship.

Witherspoon, 33, told close friends around Thanksgiving that she and Gyllenhaal, 28, had broken up, says the source. She was seen driving alone in Los Angeles over the weekend, then on Sunday she was spotted at the Whiskey Kitchen in Nashville – without Gyllenhaal.

As a couple, the last time they were seen together was two weeks ago, when they spent time in Philadelphia (where Reese is shooting a yet-to-be-titled movie with Oscar-winning director James L. Brooks) and in Pittsburgh (where Jake is shooting his new movie, Love and Other Drugs).

Jake Wanted to Wed

"As much as everyone thinks they're right there, they're really not near the whole marriage thing," a source close to the couple said last spring. "Jake would marry her tomorrow, but Reese doesn't want to go there yet, even though he would like to."

The source adds: "There's a huge attraction between them, and they've becomes a team, partners, but Jake can be a little overbearing at times, and Reese is really happy with life right now. Why screw that up or change a good thing?"

Then there are her children – daughter Ava, 10, and son Deacon, 6 – with former husband Ryan Phillippe to consider. "The kids are her first priority," says the source. "They're not ready for that, at least as far as Jake."

Their History

The pair first met on the Morocco set of the movie Rendition in 2006. "Jake went and introduced himself to Reese," a source close to both said. From there, "things slowly progressed, but it was never something she thought would happen from the start. She just kind of developed this little crush over time."

But with Witherspoon's divorce from Phillippe still pending at the time, the actress took a step back during the summer of 2007.

"They broke up. It's totally and completely over," a source in Witherspoon's circle told PEOPLE at the time. "Reese was the one who had to do it. She just got out of a divorce and was so concerned with her family, she just didn't have the time for him and he really demanded that."

The divorce was finalized in June 2008, but moving on proved difficult for Witherspoon. "When people get in your face and say, 'This will pass,' you think: Are they crazy?" Witherspoon said in the April 2009 issue of Elle magazine, adding that the divorce was, "very humiliating and very isolating."

Still, Witherspoon came to realize, "If it's not painful, maybe it wasn't the right decision to marry to begin with. Those are the appropriate emotions."

Reese's Reluctance

Reuniting with Gyllenhaal in 2007, Witherspoon later said her beau was "really a fantastic guy."

"He's very supportive," was she told Vogue last year. "Suffice it to say, I'm very happy in life, and I'm very lucky to have a lot of really supportive people around me who care very much for me, and, you know, that's all you can hope for in life. I am very blessed in that way."

Still, Witherspoon was hesitant to discuss the possibility of marrying again. Despite repeated rumors that the duo had gotten engaged, reps for the pair denied a proposal – and Witherspoon made it clear that she wasn't ready.

"Family is all we have in life, but I don't know how I feel about marriage," she told Parade last year. "Obviously, I'm not far enough out of being married to think about doing it again. You sort of reconstitute your family. You find a family with people who come into your life for a reason."

Source Close to Reese Witherspoon Said She and Jake Gyllenhaal Have Split

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal have split, a source close to the actress has told People Magazine. No further details were given.

Witherspoon, 33, and Gyllenhaal, 28, costarred in the 2007 movie Rendition, after which rumors started flying about them as an off-screen couple.

By the summer of 2008, however, the rumors appeared to be confirmed, thanks, in part, to an extended Bastille Day holiday in Paris – followed, the next month, when they were seen in Marrakech, spending a Saturday strolling hand-in-hand, checking out bazaar stalls, before stepping into the shade for lunch, according to reports.

Come that Sunday, the couple reportedly stayed in their suites at the 5-star Amanjena Hotel, described as a beautiful, romantic getaway boasting a view of the Atlas Mountains.

'Very Supportive'

By that fall, Witherspoon was telling Vogue about Gyllenhall: "He's very supportive. Suffice it to say, I'm very happy in life, and I'm very lucky to have a lot of really supportive people around me who care very much for me, and, you know, that's all you can hope for in life. I am very blessed in that way."

This spring, in April, the two enjoyed a steamy escape to the Southern California desert, where they looked cozy together at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. "Reese looked cute in a hat and bikini," an eyewitness told reporters. "She was in a great mood and kept chatting with Jake between sips of a piña colada."

And as recently as last month, things still appeared to be running smoothly between the two, with Witherspoon telling InStyle, "We spend the weekends outside L.A, in Ojai, where I have a farmhouse. We have chickens and we grow cucumbers and tomatoes. I love it. It reminds me of where I grew up in Tennessee."

Oscar Recognition

Witherspoon, the 2006 Oscar winner as Best Actress for her role as June Carter Cash in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, was married for seven years to her Cruel Intentions costar Ryan Phillippe, until their 2006 divorce. They have two children, Ava, 10, and Deacon, 6.

Gyllenhaal's high-profile roles included those in Brokeback Mountain, which earned him a 2006 Oscar nomination.

Last year, Witherspoon costarred with Vince Vaughn in the holidays Four Christmases, about a couple who all but split due to pressures brought on by their respective families.

Star Sighting: Reese & Jake Attend Coachella Music Festival

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal laugh up a storm as they hold hands and head to the 2009 Coachella Music Festival on Saturday, April 18th in Palms Springs, California.

But poor Jake forgot to zip up his fly, as you can see in the pictures below!

The couple caught some of the big acts that performed today, which may have included Joss Stone, Paolo Nutini, M.I.A, The Killers, Superchunk, James Morrison and/or The Chemical Brothers.