Monday, July 6, 2026

Feel Old Now? “Home Alone” Child Star Macaulay Culkin Turns 40 Today, Happy Birthday! He’s Still a Kid to Us

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Perennial kid Macaulay Culkin, star of “Home Alone” and many other movies, turns 40 today. I remember him as a kid, playing games at a place Hackers, Hoops, and Hitters in Chelsea back in the early 90s. He was a lovely, gracious kid then and he’s turned into a smart adult who’s weathered storms and come out stronger.

Macaulay is many things– actor, friend, unofficial godfather to Michael Jackson’s kids, and great friend to Michael during his 2005 trial. He’s always told the truth and stood up for justice.

He also has a devilish sense of humor that comes out in his Tweets, podcasts, and posts. A good humor is the best defense, and I think he’s figured that out. You can go a long way once you understand that.

He wisecracked on Twitter: “It’s my gift to the world: I make people feel old. I’m no longer a kid, that’s my job.”

Happy Birthday, Mac!

 

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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