Hugh Grant’s joy at fatherhood makes him a thoroughly modern man

Hugo Schwyzer: The unabashed delight with which Grant announced he has a newborn says much about changing attitudes to fatherhood

Bryce Dallas Howard: My family values

Actor, and daughter of film director Ron Howard, talks about her family

Lucy Mangan’s pick of the week: The story, the stat, the quote, the tweet

Lucy Mangan on the people and stories in the media spotlight over the past seven days

I don’t know how he does it, either

Vanessa Thorpe: The truth is that in most families today the domestically challenged, Homer Simpson-style father is a thing of the past

A tale of two childhoods

Film director Wayne Thallon grew up in Edinburgh, between two very different homes. His mother was the wife of an Italian diplomat, his father a working-class wheeler-dealer. Sharon Walker meets him

Brigitte Nielsen

The actor talks about her family

Rain Phoenix’s unusual childhood

Rain Phoenix was raised by hippies and, like her brothers River and Joaquin, has made a career in film and music. She talks about their unusual childhood

Mike Figgis: My family values

The director talks about his family

Life after Harry Potter

James and Oliver Phelps play the Weasley twins, Fred and George, in the Harry Potter films. Emine Saner meets them

Comedy comes of age with Bridesmaids

Phil Hoad: The grossout slapstick of a few years ago has given way to films for thirtysomethings dealing with the dilemmas of commitment. WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS