Steve Carell: My family values

The comedian, now starring in Despicable Me 2, talks about how proud his parents are of his success and growing up as the youngest of four brothers. Interview by Elaine Lipworth

Sarah Polley: ‘Stories are our way of coping, of creating shape out of mess’

When Sarah Polley decided to make a documentary about the mother she lost as a girl, she had no idea of the extraordinary family secret she would unearth. She talks to Kate Kellaway

Choose a first name for Baby Rocknroll

Kate Winslet and Ned Rocknroll are expecting a baby. With a surname like that, they need to choose a strong first name. Here are our suggestions – share yours below

Billy Crystal: My family values

The actor and comedian says he and his wife were good parents because they didn't try to be their children's friends

Angelina Jolie’s mastectomy account raises awareness of gene testing

Actor's decision to tell her story of preventive breast cancer surgery is welcomed by medical experts worldwide

Chris Columbus: My dad said, ‘Don’t do a job you hate’

Director Chris Columbus is king of the family film and now he's written a children's novel. Elaine Lipworth meets him

Ang Lee: My family values

The Life of Pi director on moving out of his father's shadow and being determined to make life fun for his own children. Interview by Elaine Lipworth

Martin and Gary Kemp: ‘We complement each other’

They went from being new romantics in Spandau Ballet to playing London gangsters in the film The Krays. Now they are about to appear on TV together again. Brothers Martin and Gary Kemp tell Nick Duerden about their enduring relationship

Salma Hayek: My family values

Salma Hayek talks about her love of being a wife and homemaker. By Elaine Lipworth

I can’t hug my mother

Caroline Archer envies the bond she sees other women enjoying with their mothers. It's 15 years since she left home and her relationship with hers has got steadily worse. It's not even that they argue ...

Nick Moran: My family values

The Mr Selfridge actor and director of The Kid talks about his family. By Nick McGrath

Tim Dowling: The Hobbit

'As the plot unfolds, all my old objections to the genre resurface in the form of questions'

Emma Freud: David Cassidy, my No 1 dreamboat Santa

David Cassidy was everything to Emma Freud when she was 13. So what happened 20 years later when she met him and asked him to her Christmas party?