A Brit of alright

Kirsten Dunst and Johnny Borrell
The world raised a collective eyebrow when Tinseltown's princess hooked up with the prince of the UK indie music scene, but the couple seem to be going strong.

Kirsten, who used to date Hollywood hunk Jake Gyllenhaal, is keen to keep her new relationship low-profile but it looks set to get serious.

'Of course I would like to stay out of the press with personal stuff as much as possible,' she says. 'The trick is to stay under the radar. I want to have a family and a normal life and not have people following me around all the time.'

She also admits she is glad her man is famous in his own right, and not out to ride on her coattails. 'I live a really normal life, but then occasionally you've got to have a little bit of this stuff that's not so fun to deal with,' she adds.

'I need somebody who can deal with all aspects of who I am. I would stay away from somebody who wants to be part of that whole thing, pictures being taken.'

Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany
The 36-year-old actress married her London-born beau in January 2003 in Scotland and one of the things that delights mum-of-two Jennifer about Bettany is his unstinting support while she is filming.

Recalling the filming of Dark Water, she says: 'Paul cleared all his appointments and came down to the studio so that when I wasn't able to be with our son Stellan, he was.'

'He gave himself the rather appalling nickname of 'Set Bitch' but he was so supportive. He was remarkable - there all the time for us both.'

The pair live a quiet life together in New York. 'We're not going out to parties all the time and we like to be with our kids,' adds Jennifer, who isn't sure whether there will be any further additions to their brood.

'Paul would like to have tons,' she laughs. 'He's said he wants me to be like a factory, making all these babies, but a factory isn't going to happen.'

Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy
The pair met when they worked together on new film Evening and Hugh's British charm worked wonders on his co-star.

'He's such a good actor,' gushed 28-year-old Claire after filming ended. 'I mean, everybody in this film is kind of embarrassingly talented, but no, I wasn't all that familiar with his work, and was just so surprised by how carefully judged his performance was, and how sensitive it was.'

But the Romeo and Juliet beauty, who split from actor Billy Crudup in December, isn't planning to settle down with her new man just yet.

'I would love to have a family, maybe two kids, maybe three,' she says. 'But when I start making plans, everything goes wrong. I'm mapping things out a lot less now because I realise how little control I really have.'

And don't expect them to make London their home. Hugh, 31, has upped sticks and headed across the Pond to New York to be with his lady love. 'I'm seeing Claire and living in New York, downtown, which I love,' he says.

Neve Campbell and John Light
Neve, 33, wed the Birmingham-born actor in May at a small ceremony in Malibu after dating him for two years. The Party Of Five star met Light, 32, who has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, when they filmed Investigating Sex, and they have made their home in London.

'I'm honestly not that bold when meeting people,' says Neve of their first meeting. 'I tend to sort of wait to see who people are before I become bold with them.'

But she is delighted to have found her soul mate to settle down with after divorcing Jeff Colt in 1998.

'My journey is constant change, constant growth,' she says. 'I'm always looking to grow as a person and as an artist, and learn about people and more about myself.'