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News on Steve Carell and Robin Williams?

Steve Carell, star of NBC's new comedy The Office, says having kids made his career soar. Thanks to daughter Annie, almost 4, and son John, 9 months, Carell, 41, says he got the Office lead; a part in Woody Allen's latest, Melinda and Melinda; Uncle Arthur in summer's Bewitched; and the title role in a big-screen Get Smart. "I didn't care anymore, except about making enough money to support a family," the Daily Show correspondent tells us. "It really improves the way you start auditioning." Carell, hilarious in movies like Anchorman, says he once considered law because "it sounded good on paper," but his folks told him to follow his heart.[...]

Robin Williams, 53, is many things-- actor, comedian, political activist -- but at the moment he's a proud father. Daughter Zelda, 15, makes her acting debut in House of D, a coming-of-age drama, written and directed by David Duchovny, expected in some theaters next month. "It's about a kid growing up in SoHo in the 1970s," says Williams, who stars, too. "Guys could talk to the women in the windows of the Women's House of Detention." He may not be objective, but his assessment of his daughter is sweet. "She's very natural in front of the camera," Williams says. "She is actually much further along than I was [at her age]." She also makes choices Dad approves of: "There was a chance to do another film, which would have messed up school, and she said, 'No, I'll continue school.'"

I, too, have considered law school. So did Bob Wiltfong. Jon Stewart's parents wanted him going to law school as well.