We wondered if any of the A-listers mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein docs would release statements.
24.12.2023 - 01:53 / deadline.com
Donald Trump was accused of applying quid pro quo during his time at the White House, and Home Alone: Lost in New York director is now confirming that’s the way the twice-impeached president got himself a cameo in the holiday film classic.
Chris Columbus returned to helm the Home Alone sequel following the success of the first film starring Macaulay Culkin. In a new interview, Columbus details how Trump weaseled his way into an on-camera appearance.
“Like most locations in New York City, you just pay a fee and you are allowed to shoot in that location. We approached The Plaza Hotel, which Trump owned at the time, because we wanted to shoot in the lobby. We couldn’t rebuild The Plaza on a soundstage,” Columbus said in an interview with Business Insider.
Trump agreed to having the film shoot at his hotel under the condition that he appear In the movie.
“Trump said OK. We paid the fee, but he also said, ‘The only way you can use the Plaza is if I’m in the movie,'” Columbus explained. “So we agreed to put him in the movie, and when we screened it for the first time the oddest thing happened: People cheered when Trump showed up on-screen. So I said to my editor, “Leave him in the movie. It’s a moment for the audience.” But he did bully his way into the movie.”
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was released in 1992, two years after the original. The sequel follows Culkin’s Kevin McCallister as he finds himself lost in the Big Apple while his family travels to Florida. McCallister is sought once again by the Wet Bandits after their escape from prison.
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We wondered if any of the A-listers mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein docs would release statements.
Damn, right from the horse’s mouth.
Of course Donald Trump‘s name comes up in the Jeffrey Epstein document dump! It would have been more surprising if he hadn’t. After all, they were good friends for many years, and even a few passing acquaintances get mentioned here and there. The question is, how is it mentioned??
Every January, we get the opportunity to start fresh, wipe the slate clean: a tabula rasa of new beginnings opens before us, full of hope and promise. That was before Donald Trump. Any hope that Trump would exit like other presidents who failed to win a second term — Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush most recently — and move into the private sector and do different work were sundered forever on Jan. 6, 2021 with the violent insurrection at the Capitol.
Names of people, celebrities, and public figures mentioned in court documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein have been unsealed.
Many high profile figures have been named as associates of Jeffrey Epstein after sealed court documents were made public.
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The period between Christmas and New Year mainly involves relaxing and eating leftovers, and even Hollywood stars like Macaulay Culkin are partial to a lazy festive day at home.The 43 year old actor, who is famed for starring in the hit Home Alone films as Kevin McCalister, was spotted on Boxing Day (26 December) outside his family home in Los Angeles as he signed for a delivery in the late afternoon. Dad-of-two Macaulay was sporting a pair of patterned Christmas pyjamas complete with the word 'Papa' embroidered across the chest, along with a pair of statement bright pink Crocs.
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York.In a 2020 interview with Business Insider celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Home Alone franchise, Columbus expressed that Trump’s cameo in the film was the product of needing to film at New York’s Plaza Hotel, which he owned.“We couldn’t rebuild The Plaza on a soundstage,” Columbus told Business Insider. “Trump said OK. We paid the fee, but he also said, ‘The only way you can use the Plaza is if I’m in the movie.’ So we agreed to put him in the movie.”He added that “the oddest thing happened” when they screened the film for the first time.
Donald Trump is looking back on his cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
There was no bullying involved in the Donald Trump cameo in 1992’s Home Alone 2, says the former president, responding to claims by the film’s director, Chris Columbus, that he “bullied” his way into the picture.
Michaela Zee Donald Trump criticized “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” director Chris Columbus on Wednesday for claiming in an interview that Trump bullied his way into the 1992 sequel. On Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, the former U.S. president said that Columbus and the production team were “begging me to make a cameo appearance in ‘Home Alone 2.'” “They rented the Plaza Hotel in New York, which I owned at the time.
A Friends fan on TikTok has noticed that the show's beloved characters, Monica and Chandler Bing, move into the iconic house from Home Alone. In a video by @kazascoot, they pointed out that Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) and Monica Geller (Courteney Cox) from Friends seem to have moved into none other than house from Home Alone, which was the home of character Kevin McCallister.
Home Alone 2 star Tim Curry looks totally different, 31 years since the smash hit Christmas movie starring Macaulay Culkin.Tim, who played the mean hotel concierge Mr Hector, is now a wheelchair user after a serious health scare.The 77 year old actor's life took a turn for the worse over ten years ago, and he's been in a wheelchair ever since. It seems like Tim is another victim of the so-called Home Alone curse, with many of the film's stars facing their own battles, from drug issues to assault charges and untimely deaths. But it's not all bad news.
Home Alone is arguably one of the best Christmas films of all time.Directed by Chris Columbus, the 1990 comedy stars Macaulay Culkin as eight-year-old Kevin McCallister, who defends his family home against two robbers played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.The film spawned several sequels, with Culkin reprising his role in 1992’s Home Alone 2: Lost In New York. A third film in the franchise, released in 1997, starred Alex D.
Home Alone film has been made 33 years after the release of the original.Released in 1990, Home Alone sees Macaulay Culkin star as eight-year-old Kevin McCallister, who is accidentally left at home by his family who have gone away on holiday during festive period, leaving him to fend for himself against a criminal duo of burglars.Home Alone 2: Lost In New York was released two years later to much success. The franchise is made up of six films but only the first two received were well received.Now, a Youtube creator has created a parody trailer video imagining what might happen if the characters returned to our screens more than three decades later.