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Macaulay Culkin Pitches Home Alone Sequel, With a Twist

Culkin character Kevin McCallister would now be the dad, while his son sets the traps for him

(Newser) - Macaulay Culkin isn't ruling out another Home Alone sequel, and he even has a pitch for it. Speaking at a 35th-anniversary event last weekend celebrating the 1990 film, Culkin told fans he's "not completely allergic" to the idea of revisiting his character, Kevin McCallister—as long as...

Macaulay Culkin: Here's My New Middle Name
Macaulay Culkin
Confirms Name Change
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Nov 25, 2025 4:54 PM CST

Macaulay Culkin Confirms Name Change

He's Macauley Macauley Culkin Culkin

(Newser) - Macauley Culkin is officially Macauley Macauley Culkin Culkin. At an event over the weekend marking the 35th anniversary of Home Alone, the actor confirmed for the first time that he had legally changed his middle name from "Carson" in 2019 after the overwhelming favorite for a new one in...

Macaulay Culkin 'Cried' Over Brother Kieran's Academy Award

He says Kieran's category was the only one he watched

(Newser) - Macaulay Culkin is clearly proud of his younger brother. "I cried," the elder Culkin said of his reaction to Kieran Culkin's best supporting actor win at the Oscars Sunday night. Now, "he's Academy Award-winning actor Kieran Culkin," Culkin said of his little bro while...

Culkin, Song Talk About Not-Married Life

After 8 years and 2 kids, former child stars are happy but in no rush to tie the knot

(Newser) - Macauley Culkin and Brenda Song are planning to get married after eight years together and two children—but they're not in a big rush. The former child stars, who have kept their private lives so private over the years that many were shocked when their first child was born...

'One of the Most Googled' Homes on Earth Sells for $5.5M

Illinois house featured in Home Alone brought in $250K over asking

(Newser) - It's a seller's market, even for one of the most well-known residences in silver screen history. The five-bedroom, six-bath red-brick Georgian-style home in Winnetka, Illinois, where 1990's Home Alone was filmed was originally for sale with an asking price of $5.25 million, but CNBC reports that,...

Internet Shocked by Macaulay Culkin, Brenda Song's Baby

Apparently many people didn't even know they were together

(Newser) - Twitter is freaking out about Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song having a baby together, despite the fact that Culkin announced to the world last year that the couple was trying. Dakota Song Culkin (named for Mac's sister, who died at age 29 in 2008 ) was born April 5,...

Culkin on Yanking Trump's Home Alone 2 Cameo: 'Sold'

After Capitol riot, former child actor jumps on bandwagon of those who want Trump's part nixed

(Newser) - Consequences for President Trump continue to hammer down in the wake of the riot at the US Capitol last week, which he's been accused of inciting. Now, a new repercussion from the world of online cinephiles, encouraged by Home Alone actor Macaulay Culkin. Starting last month, people upset with...

'Party Monster' Is Dead at 54
'Party Monster' Is Dead at 54
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Dec 26, 2020 10:30 AM CST

'Party Monster' Is Dead at 54

Michael Alig of NYC club fame has suspected heroin overdose

(Newser) - He lived a life so wild that it was the subject not only of a Hollywood feature film but a documentary to boot. But that life ended on Christmas Eve in a way that might not be surprising to those familiar with 54-year-old Michael Alig: an apparent heroin overdose in...

Macaulay Culkin Opens Up
Macaulay
Culkin
Opens Up
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Feb 11, 2020 7:09 PM CST

Macaulay Culkin Opens Up

Former child star talks about his relationship, his sister's death, and more

(Newser) - Macaulay Culkin is on the cover of Esquire , and the magazine notes that while the former child star has been a household name for decades, "he hasn’t done a photo shoot like this in fifteen years." He's only made a few movies over the past two...

Macaulay Culkin Is Home Alone Again—for Google

Actor appears in fantastic ad rebooting holiday classic

(Newser) - What is Kevin McAllister up to as an adult? Apparently the same shenanigans he was up to back in 1990, except now with the help of Google Assistant. Macaulay Culkin is in a new ad for Google in which he plays a grown-up Kevin, still Home Alone in the same...

Macaulay Culkin Will Not Make the Home Alone Face

Actor, now 37, tells Ellen DeGeneres he's a wee bit tired of the requests

(Newser) - Home Alone may be a holiday favorite in lots of US homes, but you won't find it on Macaulay Culkin's TV. The actor tells Ellen DeGeneres on Monday's show that he generally avoids watching the 1990 flick, which he calls "background radiation at Christmastime," reports...

Macaulay Culkin's New Project: Weird or Wonderful?

If you're into pizza and/or the Velvet Underground, maybe both

(Newser) - Macaulay Culkin's latest project is a Velvet Underground cover band, which is somewhat quirky on the face of it. Then comes this tidbit: The Pizza Underground, as the band is called, repurposes all of the original songs it covers so they end up being about pizza. They have titles...

Hollywood's 22 Biggest Parent-Child Feuds

The latest: 50 Cent absolutely rips his own son, via text

(Newser) - An intense text message fight between 50 Cent and his 16-year-old son became public knowledge recently, and it is nasty stuff (see Radar for the full exchange). But the rapper is far from the first celebrity to have his family's dirty laundry aired in the tabloids. (Who can forget...

11 Child Stars Who Sought Emancipation

Some just wanted to skirt child labor laws

(Newser) - Turns out Jaden Smith doesn't really want to be emancipated from his parents —but these 10 child stars, rounded up by the Huffington Post , did:
  • Drew Barrymore petitioned for emancipation in 1991, when she was 15, in order to skirt child labor laws that were restricting the hours
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12 Celebs Who Married as Teens

Will Miley Cyrus join their ranks?

(Newser) - Remember Courtney Stodden, she of the totally bizarre tweets who married 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison when she was just 16 ? Well, she's 18 now, and E! reports that her birthday gift was a dog that she named ... Dourtney. We can't make this stuff up. In Dourtney's...

For Sale: Home Alone House
 For Sale: Home Alone House  
May 5, 2011 10:41 AM CDT

For Sale: Home Alone House

Yours, for a slim $2.4M

(Newser) - If you happen to have a cool $2.4 million, a love of celluloid history, and a penchant for making booby traps designed to keep burglars away, have we got a house for you. The red-brick Georgian of Home Alone fame is officially on the market. Located in Winnetka, a...

11 Celebs Who Fired Their Parents

Beyonce said it was a business decision, but for some, it's personal

(Newser) - You may have heard that Beyoncé recently broke up … with her dad. Father Matthew Knowles had been her manager ever since the Destiny’s Child days, but rumors recently surfaced that the daddy-daughter relationship was strained after Matthew had a baby with another woman and divorced Beyoncé’s...

Mila Kunis Splits With Macaulay Culkin

Sources say they broke it off a while back, kept it quiet

(Newser) - Wait: Mila Kunis and Macaulay Culkin were dating? And for seven years no less? Yeah, we had sort of forgotten about the couple, too—and now they're no longer a couple. The pair of former child stars have suffered an “amicable” split, a rep for Kunis tells the New ...

13 Celebs Who Lost Their Looks
 13 Celebs Who Lost Their Looks 
Jul 12, 2010 10:57 AM CDT

13 Celebs Who Lost Their Looks

Some of them used to be sex symbols...

(Newser) - The next time Demi Moore’s apparently ageless good looks have you feeling sorry for yourself, chin up and consider these celebrities. Fox News lists 13 stars who have definitely not gotten better with age. Check out the hot-to-not photos in the gallery then click here for more. But Father...

Like Home Alone? Follow Twitter Recreation

Project has accounts for all 22 characters, linked via list

(Newser) - A British studio is using Twitter’s new(ish) list feature to re-create the Christmas classic Home Alone online, with each of the film’s 22 characters having a Twitter feed. So if you can’t be near a TV, or maybe just want to experience Macaulay Culkin’s star turn...

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