Reese Witherspoon & Sofia Vergara Buddy Up at the Academy of Country Music Awards

Reese Witherspoon has always known her audience—she once said no one from Louisiana cared when she scored the cover of Vogue, but People? Well, that's when her hometown of New Orleans knew she'd made it. And tonight, the Academy Award winning actress gave her fans what they wanted, kicking off her press tour for Hot Pursuit, the cop comedy in which she co-stars with Sofia Vergara, at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Arlington, Texas. Both actresses wore embellished black dresses with nipped waists and black sandals.

Plenty of guests thought outside the box, including Miranda Lambert who wore a Grecian-looking gray gown by Bibhu Mohapatrawith expertly placed straps, and Ashley Monroe, who wore a sort of tux turned dress, said she was attending as Lambert's date (husband Blake Shelton hosted with Luke Bryan). There were creative lengths, bright colors, and even some suede on the red carpet. Nearly everyone, however, left their cowboy boots at home.