How this year became the Year of the Mum in Hollywood

Hollywood’s male stars haven’t been afraid to let Mother share the limelight. But is it a PR stunt or are they really Mammies’ boys, asks Claire Droney

THERE are plenty of ‘red carpet’ mums who will be expecting something big on Mother’s Day on Sunday if this really is the ‘Year of the Mum’, as the tabloids are calling it.

It really did seem to be the year for mothers posing for photographs, clutching gold statuettes, and kissing, hugging and gazing at their tuxedo-clad, alpha male superstar sons, who gushed openly about their devotion to these women.