Hollywood actress Julia Roberts has revealed that she is a strict parent when it comes to giving her kids sweets.

Despite having a sweet tooth, the 42-year-old Eat Pray Love star admitted that she is firm with her three children over sweets.

She told People.com: “I’m a pretty strict mum when it comes to sweets.

“Even though I have such a sweet tooth myself.”

But she said she does allow her son Henry, three, and five-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus to indulge on special occasions.

She said: “You want sweets, ice-cream and cake to be a great treat and a celebration [for them].

“Something that is not every day, I think this makes them appreciate it when they do have it.”

But the Pretty Woman star revealed that she does not practise what she preaches.

She said: “I am not strict with myself. I cheat.”

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The 46-year-old actor revealed why he gave up the habit during a press conference where it was announced he would narrate a live production of Ben Hur.

He said he had smoked most of his life before giving up and now has no plans to have another cigarette.

According to Australia’s The Daily Telegraph, he said: “Do the maths – I have been smoking for 36 years, I would continuously lie to myself about how much I smoked.

“[I was] smoking 40 on an easy day, but on a day when I would be up at 4am and still up at midnight, then it was 60-plus and it just got to the point where my body was telling me I had to stop.

“The reality break was that my kids never saw me smoke and Charlie is a little older at six and is in that phase where he is sneaking up on me all the time.

“I was in my office… and I thought I heard my door open and I looked around and couldn’t see anything, so I had my cigarette.

“Later on I leant over to put my cigarette out and he was lying between the couch and the table and he very definitely saw me having a smoke. And that was my very last one.”

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Eva Longoria Parker may have a new role in the future – motherhood.

Her husband, San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker, says that starting a family is something the couple are thinking about.

“She’s got one more year with Desperate Housewives, so we’ll see what happens,” he told Us magazine.

“I’d be great. I love kids,” the sportsman said.

Addressing the question of whether they would hope for a large family, Parker commented: “We’ll see. It depends on her.

“I don’t care [if it's a boy or a girl]. I would love to have both.”

He also opened up about how the couple stay in contact when the 35-year-old actress is away on set.

“Skype helps a lot,” Parker said.

“As long as you both make an effort, it works… [but I miss] not being able to kiss her.”

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Katherine Heigl says juggling her career and being a mother is tough, but would like to adopt again.

The Killers star and her husband, musician Josh Kelley, are parents to baby Naleigh, adopted from South Korea last year.

Asked whether the couple would be adding to their family, Heigl said, according to the Daily Mail: “I hope so.”

On balancing acting and parenthood, the 31-year-old added: “I knew that I wanted to keep working, because I love what I do. But it was really hard to leave her and go to work so far away.”

The actress also opened up about how her mother, who adopted Heigl’s sister Meg from Korea, motivated her to consider the process.

“It’s so funny. My mum and I joke about it when people say, ‘You’re just doing it because it’s trendy.’

“My mum says, ‘Well, I’m trendier than everybody because I was doing it in the 1970s when I adopted your sister.’”

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Hayek, 43, was planning to go into space on the Virgin Galactic expedition but fell pregnant with her daughter Valentina, now two.

She said to InStyle magazine: "I reserved my place with the Virgin [Galactic] expedition. And then I got pregnant. And now I’m a mother. So, I’m not going to go."

She added: "I love scuba diving and used to dive where the sharks were, and now? No more sharks. Everything becomes about the baby. You are in second position, or third."

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Kourtney Kardashian thanked her own mum as she celebrated her first Mother’s Day with her son Mason.

The 31-year-old became a mum for the first time in December last year when she and boyfriend Scott Disick welcomed son Mason.

She wrote a Mother’s Day message on her blog.

Kardashian said: “This is my first Mother’s Day, and it definitely has new meaning. I now have an intense love in my life that I didn’t know existed. My entire life has new meaning thanks to my perfect little Mason.

“I also have a new incredible respect for moms, including my own. Being a mom is empowering, selfless, beautiful… so own up to it! I feel so blessed on this Mother’s Day!

“To all mothers in the world, I wish you a very happy day! Mom, thank you for doing your best with all of us every day. I admire your strength, you are beautiful in every way and I love you madly!”

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Kim Kardashian said it’s ‘fascinating’ that her sister Kourtney now weighs less than her after having a baby four months ago.

Kim, 29, told how her older sister Kourtney’s post-pregnancy diet has been working as she’s shed the pounds she put on while pregnant with son Mason, who was born in December.

She said to UsMagazine.com: “My sister weighs less than I do, and she just had a baby – so that’s kind of fascinating to me!”

Kourtney, 30, previously told how breastfeeding her son had helped her drop the pounds and her younger sister Khloe, 25, said she might take up that weight-loss tip.

She said: “If that’s all it takes, breastfeeding? Then someone breastfeed off me! I don’t care!”

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Actor Brad Pitt’s brother is the latest member of the family to be honoured for his humanitarian work.

Doug Pitt was named Goodwill Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania by President Jakaya Kikwete at Essex House in New York on April 19.

Brad was due to attend the tribute dinner, however he was unable to make the trip because the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland meant flights around Europe were grounded.

Brad, 46, is currently in Venice while partner Angelina Jolie, 34, who is a goodwill ambassador for the UN, films scenes for new movie The Tourist.

Doug is a photojournalist and the director of charity Africa 6000 International, which helps provide fresh water to the people of Africa.

He was joined at the event by his wife Lisa Pitt.

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Hollywood actress Katherine Heigl has confirmed that she is leaving Grey’s Anatomy to spend more time with her daughter.

The 31-year-old star has played the role of Dr Izzie Stevens on the show since it began five years ago but said becoming a mum has changed her need to work.

Heigl and husband Josh Kelley adopted daughter Naleigh last year and has confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that she is not going back to the show after taking maternity leave.

She said: “I am done. We just finalised our agreement. Everyone had been working really hard to find an amicable and gracious way of letting go and moving on. It’s sad but it’s what I wanted.”

Heigl took three months off when she adopted her daughter but then went to the series creator, Shonda Rhimes, and asked to be let out of her contract.

She said: “I started a family and it changed everything for me. It changed my desire to work full-time.”

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When Ellen Pompeo skipped maternity leave after the birth of Stella Luna, a few eyebrows were raised.

But the Grey’s Anatomy star, who went back to the set four weeks after the child’s birth, was not one to take her blessings for granted. She told Self Magazine: “A lot of people couldn’t understand why I wouldn’t take my maternity leave. I felt like I needed to work while I had this opportunity. The writers and producers were really gracious and wrote my scenes so I could pre-shoot them.”

Pompeo, 40, said Stella Luna is her first priority and earlier spoke about eventual plans to give up acting and live in tranquility with her family. She said: “I got pregnant and I was like, ‘Oh God, it worked! Oh, no!’ Will I know how to do everything right? Of course, nobody does everything right, but as long as your baby is the priority, that’s the best you can do.”

Pompeo, who is married to Chris Ivery, is already working on Stella’s sense of self. “I sing [Beyoncé's] Single Ladies to her: ‘Put your hands up!’ Even though it’s probably an involuntary movement on her part, I think she’s really doing it.

“I don’t believe in putting on airs. I call it like I see it. I am who I am, a Southie. I hope Stella has more self-confidence than I did as a child. Because when you believe in yourself – you don’t look for validation from others.”

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