Henson Loves Home Cooking

Hollywood starlet TARAJI P. HENSON has found the perfect way to keep her feet on the ground - she cooks breakfast for her son every day.

The actress is tipped for a glittering movie career and is nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her turn opposite Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

But she is determined not to let success go to her head - and loves caring for her teenage son Marcel by sending him off to school each day with a stomach full of "brain food".

She tells USA Today newspaper, "My son gets breakfast every morning. I don't buy cereal. Sometimes he wants scrambled eggs. Sometimes he'll have bacon. Or pancakes. He gets home-cooked meals every day.

"Even if I have a 5am call, I'll cook and leave his food in the microwave before I leave. You expect a child to succeed and do well in school, but how are they going to do that if they have no brain food?"