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Kate Winslet Loves Her Body, For Mia's Sake

Splash News Online

Actress Kate Winslet has never been shy about disrobing onscreen, and while much has been made of her comfort with nudity, she says that her motivation comes from an unlikely source — 8-year-old daughter Mia Honey. “I don’t know a single woman who doesn’t stand up and check the tushie before she walks out the door,” Kate tells Nightline. “I’ve decided I am going to start loving my backside, really just saying, yes.” She adds,

“Because I don’t know anyone who does that, you know? And for my daughter, I want to be able to say to her, I love this.”

While shooting The Reader, a performance which has garnered her an Oscar nomination, Kate was absent from the lives of Mia and her little brother Joe Alfie, 5, for several weeks — the longest she’s ever gone without her children. “In those moments of being away from them, you know, that was very new to me,” Kate explains. “And they were fine, of course. I was the one falling apart, going, ‘OK, I’ve unpacked my things, and now I don’t know what to do because I’m in a hotel room by myself, which I can’t remember what that feels like.’”

Calling her effort to maintain career and family a “massive juggle,” she says she often “jumps through hoops” to make it all work.

“I’m on a plane tonight. I’ll be home at five in the morning. And I will be on that school run tomorrow morning. I absolutely will be…It’s crucial for our kids that we are the key people in their life. And I wouldn’t want to have it any other way.”

Mia is Kate’s daughter with ex-husband Jim Threapleton; Joe is her son with husband Sam Mendes.

Source: Nightline

Sandra Bullock Has 'Family In Spades'

Courtesy InStyle

While many have waited and wondered whether Sandra Bullock will someday have a child of her own, the 44-year-old actress notes that together with husband Jesse James she has “family in spades” already. A step-mom to Jesse’s children Chandler, 14, Jesse Jr., 11, and Sunny, 5, Sandra tells the March issue of InStyle “everything we do is about the kids,” adding,

“My greatest joy is making our home what it’s supposed to be. Being a good wife, a good stepmom, a good current wife to the ex-wife. We’re a family.”

That’s not to say that Sandra has ruled out motherhood entirely – though she admits there was a time when she had. “I had shut that off…then I met Jesse, and it turned on again,” she explains. “I was like, ‘Oh, that’s that feeling.’” The couple wanted “to take care of some other things on this planet first” before welcoming a child. “I hope to God when we get to a place where all is safe, calm, happy and healthy, it’s not too late,” Sandra adds. If it is, the couple are open to adoption.

“If I waited too long, it’s because we were supposed to do other things. If it is just too late? There are millions of children on this planet that I would be honored to call my own.”

Chandler, Jesse Jr. and Sunny are Jesse’s children from two previous marriages. He and Sandra were married in 2005.

Source: InStyle via People