Current:Home > InvestEchoSense:Ya Filthy Animals Will Love Macaulay Culkin and Catherine O’Hara’s Home Alone Reunion -Prime Capital Blueprint
EchoSense:Ya Filthy Animals Will Love Macaulay Culkin and Catherine O’Hara’s Home Alone Reunion
Johnathan Walker View
Date:2025-04-07 23:49:54
KEVIN! He made his family reappear.
Macaulay Culkin's onscreen mom Catherine O'Hara had a front row ticket when the Home Alone actor got his star on EchoSensethe Hollywood Walk of Fame Dec. 1. O'Hara—who played Kevin McCallister's mom Kate in the 1990 classic and 1992 sequel—attended the ceremony to celebrate who she called "dearest" Culkin and his accomplishment.
"Home Alone was, is and always will be a beloved global sensation," she said from the stage. "The reason families all over the world can't let a year go by without watching and loving Home Alone together is because of Macaulay Culkin."
The Schitt's Creek alum said the now-43-year-old delivered a "perfect performance" as the young boy whose family accidentally leaves him at home in Chicago when they fly to Paris for a Christmas vacation.
"I know you worked really hard, but you made acting look like the most natural thing to do," O'Hara shared. "It really was as if we had ambushed the home of this little boy named Kevin to make this movie, and he just went along with it for the fun of it."
The 69-year-old recalled how Culkin was labeled a "super star" and "money maker" following its release, but he fortunately held the key to navigating the spotlight.
"How does anyone survive that?" she asked. "Well, I believe you'd have to possess a certain quality, a gift, that dear [writer] John Hughes obviously recognized in you, Macaulay: Your sense of humor."
O'Hara noted, "You have brought that sense of sweet yet twisted yet totally relatable sense of humor to everything that you have chosen to do."
Better get him a lovely cheese pizza. Just for him.
And in addition to O'Hara and Culkin's heartwarming reunion at the Walk of Fame ceremony, he also celebrated with his real-life family: fiancée Brenda Song and their son Dakota, 2, and a baby boy whose birth was revealed in March.
Take a break from eating junk and watching rubbish—and keep reading for all the photos:
Macaulay Culkin received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Dec. 1, 2023.
Culkin shared a hug with fiancée Brenda Song, who he has been dating for about five years.
Culkin and Song's son Dakota Song Culkin, 2, stepped out for his first public appearance.
The couple also showed off their second baby boy, whose birth was confirmed in March.
The pair named their eldest Dakota to honor Culkin's older sister, who died in a car accident in 2008. Their younger son's name has yet to be revealed.
Culkin's Home Alone costar Catherine O'Hara delivered a speech to celebrate his milestone.
"The reason families all over the world can’t let a year go by without watching and loving Home Alone together is because of Macaulay Culkin," the actress shared on stage. "It is Macaulay’s perfect performance as Kevin McCallister that gave us that little every boy on an extraordinary adventure."
Paris Jackson also attended to support her godfather.
Michael Jackson's daughter offered a hug to Culkin—a friend of the late singer—at the ceremony.
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody alum shed a tear while watching the unveiling.
His siblings Quinn Culkin and Rory Culkin were by his side for the special day.
Also among the presenters was Natasha Lyonne, who costarred with Culkin in 2003's Party Monster.
veryGood! (7)
Related
- Realtor group picks top 10 housing hot spots for 2025: Did your city make the list?
- Man on trial in killing of 5-year-old daughter said he hated her ‘right to his core,’ friend says
- New York Archdiocese denounces transgender activist’s funeral and holds Mass of Reparation
- The Book Report: Washington Post critic Ron Charles (February 18)
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- NASCAR teams tell AP they’ve hired top antitrust lawyer on eve of Daytona 500
- Alabama court rules frozen embryos are children, chilling IVF advocates
- San Francisco wants to offer free drug recovery books at its public libraries
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- These Tarte Cosmetics $10 Deals Are Selling out Rapidly, Plus There's Free Shipping
Ranking
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- YouTuber Ruby Franke Sentenced to 4 to 60 Years in Prison for Child Abuse
- Virginia Tech student Johnny Roop, 20, was supposed to take an exam. Then he went missing.
- These Tarte Cosmetics $10 Deals Are Selling out Rapidly, Plus There's Free Shipping
- Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- Mortician makes it to Hollywood on 'American Idol' with performance of this Tina Turner hit
- Hiker rescued from mountain with 90-mph winds, bitter cold atop Mount Washington
- Why director Rob Reiner changed the ending of 'When Harry Met Sally'
Recommendation
Realtor group picks top 10 housing hot spots for 2025: Did your city make the list?
Shohei Ohtani hits home run in first live spring training batting practice with Dodgers
Can Lionel Messi and Inter Miami be MLS Cup champions? 2024 MLS season preview
Americans’ reliance on credit cards is the key to Capital One’s bid for Discover
Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
Capital One to buy Discover for $35 billion in deal that combines major US credit card companies
Student in Colorado campus killing was roommate of 1 of the victims, police say
American man admits to attacking 2 US tourists and killing one of them near a famous German castle