How Kate Does It: From Mom to Star

She's a mommy one minute and a red-carpet star the next! See how the You, Me and Dupree actress makes it all happen. By Caryn Midler

HER LITTLE ONE

"Just watching him discover every part of himself and especially his mind is just fantastic," Hudson says of raising Ryder Russell Robinson (with musician husband Chris Robinson). Indeed, the actress (in Malibu) relishes every moment she spends with her 2-year-old. "Isn't it funny how it takes over everything?" she told InStyle of parenthood. "It makes you never want to work again."