What’s going on here?
Three years ago, Business Insider interviewed Chris Columbus, director of “Home Alone 2.” He told them that Donald Trump bullied his way into the movie because he owned the Plaza Hotel, where a scene was shot.
I’m not even sure that was the first time Columbus told that story.
Anyway, this week Rolling Stone is running the same story, with recycled Columbus quotes, using the word “bullied” in the headline.
And everyone is picking it up like it’s new.
I thought I was having a deja vu. Hadn’t I already read this story? I guess Rolling Stone didn’t.
Here’s the link to Business Insider’s story by Jason Guerrasio. I’m told the anecdote may have originated in The Hollywood Reporter in 2017. If you don’t have a BI subscription, you can read it here.
And here’s the link to Rolling Stone’s scoop.
In Canada, CBC TV has apparently cut the scene from the broadcasts. In the US, star Macaulay Culkin is among those who’ve asked for it to be removed from the film now.
