Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Macaulay Culkin Reunites With 'Home Alone' Mom Catherine O'Hara For Hollywood Walk Of Fame Ceremony

Catherine O'Hara and Macaulay Culkin
Anna Webber/Variety via Getty Images

O'Hara was on hand to make a speech for Culkin's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, noting how he was 'the reason families all over the world can't let a year go by without watching and loving 'Home Alone' together.'

Macaulay Culkin and his Home Alone mom Catharine O'Hara shared a heartwarming reunion at his Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony, and we know what you're all thinking.

O'Hara, who played Culkin's mother in both Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, was on hand to honor the former child actor with some very touching words.


O'Hara first joked:

“As a very neglectful fake mother, I’m very glad that he’s given me another chance to show up for him."

She continued, commenting on his undeniable talent:

“I’d seen him in ‘Uncle Buck’ with dear John Candy and thought, ‘Where did this beautiful little boy come from?’”
“He was most obviously gifted with a beautiful face, but he was also a really natural actor. He was so relatable and real.”
“It was as if this real boy, Kevin, was surrounded by actors and just went along with it for the fun.”
“He is the reason we have all made watching ‘Home Alone’ a family holiday tradition.”

O'Hara talked about his massive success as a young actor and the rather mature way he handled his fame.

“It was more like either the Beatles or Elvis Presley — or Gandhi! It’s crazy to put that on a child.”
“He was cool, he was a kid, but he was the reason it was this hit. How many adults have ever been subjected to that kind of adoration?”
“He never seemed he was in show business to build a worldwide fan club."

She commended him for his decision to make his own choices.

“I think Macaulay survived it to become a fine young man."
“He had, somehow, the wisdom and self-preservation at the age of 14 or something to say ‘stop.’ He chose to allow himself a life outside of the work, and he’s been making his own choices since.”

O'Hara finished her speech:

"Thank you for including me, your fake mom who left you home alone not once, but twice, to share in this happy occasion. I'm so proud of you."

You can watch below.

Viewers of O'Hara's speech were filled with all the warm fuzzies.












Fellow former child actors Seth Green and Natasha Lyonne also joined in on the celebration, honoring Culkin with speeches, as well.

Green gushed over his pal:

“This kid hit the scene like Anakin Skywalker and everybody is saying ‘He is the literal new coming.'"
“He handled himself so well with all of the chaos and silliness swarming around him."
"I watched him literally take control over his own existence — to become emancipated and get married — and start to shape how he wanted to be seen.”

He finished:

“We definitely saw eye to eye about the grain of salt with which you can take the things that get thrown at you in this life — especially trying to be the person inside the icon.”
“That sidewalk, it’s meant to convey the permanent icons of Hollywood — and if there is anyone who has made an impact, it is this kid.”

Lyonne commented on the bond they shared as child actors.

“There is this unspoken language that child actors seem to have — granted, Macaulay Culkin was as ubiquitous as Shirley Temple! [But] immediately our relationship was one of a deep, intuitive understanding, and this protective instinct for each other.”

You can watch the full ceremony below.

More from Entertainment/tv-and-movies

Gavin Newsom; Emperor Palpatine; Donald Trump
Kimberly White/Getty Images for World; Disney/Lucasfilm; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Newsom Just Trolled Trump Hard With Video Of Emperor Palpatine's Voice Reciting Truth Social Post

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has responded to MAGA Republican President Donald Trump's multiple Truth Social posts promoting his decision to take military action in Los Angeles to suppress protests against the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.

Governor Newsom neither requested nor consented to Trump's use of the California National Guard for his attacks on L.A. protesters, nor to his deployment of United States Marines to the area.

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshots from @elise_carlin's TikTok video
@elise_carlin/TikTok

Woman Weirded Out After Uber Driver Starts Playing AI Songs With Her Name Inserted

Whether we like it or not, AI is living among us and surely won't be departing anytime soon. That said, its uses and ubiquity can still be surprising at times.

TikToker Elise Carlin hopped into an Uber on the way to the airport, and the driver played music, which is pretty par for the course. But she soon realized this wasn't just any music! No, this was AI-generated, and each song was personalized with her name inserted into it.

Keep ReadingShow less
Aquilino Gonell
Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images

Capitol Officer Who Witnessed Jan. 6 Insurrection Goes Viral With Tweet About LA Protests

Staff Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, who lived through the January 6 insurrection and later testified before Congress, criticized President Donald Trump's demand to "bring in the troops" amid ongoing protests in Los Angeles against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's immigration raids.

Gonell testified after the attack that he and his fellow officers "were punched, pushed, kicked, shoved, sprayed with chemical irritants and even blinded with eye-damaging lasers by a violent mob who apparently saw us law enforcement officers, dedicated to ironically protecting them as U.S. citizens, as an impediment in their attempted insurrection."

Keep ReadingShow less
Martin Scorsese at the “Kundun” screening for the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival.
Dominik Bindl/Getty Images

Scorsese sparks debate on theaters

Martin Scorsese won’t be watching the latest summer blockbuster in a movie theater anymore.

Film critic Peter Travers interviewed the 82-year-old famed director of Goodfellas and The Irishman for his blog, The Travers Take. The website is the latest project from Travers, a film critic for Rolling Stone and Good Morning America, as well as a longtime friend of Scorsese.

Keep ReadingShow less
Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans on TODAY
TODAY/YouTube

Dakota Johnson Stuns 'Today' Viewers With Her Hilariously Blunt Dating 'Non-Negotiable'

Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans are excited about their upcoming film Materialists and have been actively touring to discuss the movie and its central themes of dating and dating expectations, often to hilarious effect.

Some highlights have been Pascal calling out Johnson for not remembering the first time they met, and Evans epically winning a round of identifying romance films based on one, sometimes incredibly obscure, line.

Keep ReadingShow less