Kate Winslet put on a bra before fleeing a house fire on Sir Richard Branson’s island. The actress was holidaying in the Great House on Necker Island, the British businessman’s private Caribbean island, with her two children Mia, 10, and seven-year-old Joe in August when the blaze ripped through the property. Richard praised Kate for carrying his 90-year-old mother Eve to safety from the burning house, but the 36-year-old star admits he mind was all over the place when realised what was happening. ...

Kate Winslet "refuses" to be skinny. The curvy actress insists she is not interested in dieting and would rather encourage young girls to have a healthy body image. She said: "I am not a twig – and refuse to be a twig. I would like young girls who are screwed up about their bodies to think that it's possible to have a healthy shape. Everyone gets a bit screwed up about themselves, physically, when you're growing up. ...

Kate Winslet has described her escape from Sir Richard Branson's island as a "dramatic chapter in a movie". The Oscar-winning actress – who was holidaying on the private Caribbean island of Necker with her boyfriend Louis Dowler and children Mia, 10, and seven-year-old Sam when the blazing inferno struck last week – insisted the party have the tycoon's daughter Holly, 29, to thank for her "totally unflappable and utterly practical" attitude. ...

Sex scenes with Kate Winslet are "easy" according to Guy Pearce. The ‘King's Speech' actor appears alongside Kate in new TV miniseries 'Mildred Pierce', in which he plays her titular character’s lover Monty Beragon, and insists he had no problems filming intimate encounters with the screen beauty. He joked: "Doing the (sex) scenes was easy – going home to my wife afterwards was tricky.” Guy insists his wife of 14 years, psychologist Kate Mestitz, was quite accepting of the erotic sequences, but only as they were with Kate. ...

Kate Winslet has reportedly reunited with Louis Dowler. The British actress has sparked speculation she and the Burberry model have reconciled their relationship after they were spotted together in Woodstock, New York over the weekend, seven months after they first ended their brief romance. A source told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "They look like they've patched things up." ...

Kate Winslet reportedly has a new love interest. The Oscar-winning actress - who recently split from Burberry model Louis Dowler - is said to be enjoying a new romance with a mystery man and the pair were spotted having a three-hour lunch together last week at exclusive London restaurant Scott's. An onlooker told The Mail on Sunday newspaper: "Kate enjoyed oysters and a chocolate fondant dessert - she was eating the food of love. ...