‘Home Alone’ Kicks Off Freeform’s 25 Days Of Christmas, Delivering Network’s Most-Watched Week This Year

Piers Morgan has had to deny yet again that he is the Pigeon Lady from the Home Alone films, as the festive classic once again returned to our screens for the holiday season. Every year, as fans re-watch Home Alone 2: Lost In New York to get into the Christmas spirit they have noticed a striking resemblance between Piers and Brenda Fricker, the actress who plays the Pigeon Lady in the film - and this year was no exception. As Christmas 2023 approached, Piers was flooded with comments online about the similarity between the pair and even tried to stop the rumours by sharing a picture of Brenda as the Pigeon Lady on Twitter, writing: "It's.

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.

You can be home alone, too, if you buy the Home Alone 2 townhouse.

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.

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.

Since it’s the holiday season, there springs an eternal question. No, not if Santa Claus is real (we all know that’s so, Virginia). It’s how rich was the McAllister family, who in the iconic Home Alone film owned a sprawling mansion in a tree-lined neighborhood and were too preoccupied with getting themselves to Paris to remember poor, eight-year-old Kevin.

Home Alone is one of the most beloved Christmas movies of the last three decades and one frequent question that fans have is… how much money does the McCallister family have?!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director A burning question surrounding the 1990 Christmas classic “Home Alone” has finally been answered by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Just how rich is the McCallister family? It’s a question The New York Times now has an answer to as the Federal Reserves has determined Kevin MCallister’s family is in the one percent of Chicago residents based on the value of their home.

Donna Kelce will be spending Christmas with only one of her famous, football playing sons.

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.

Wham! taking the lead for the peak position on the charts.The news follows a neck-and-neck race between the iconic ‘80s pop duo Wham! And Eurovision star Sam Ryder over the past week, with their respective songs ‘Last Christmas’ [1986] and ‘You’re Christmas To Me’ [2023].At the first look at the race last week, just 42 chart units stood between the two taking the top spot on the UK charts, however, this week it has been revealed by the Official Charts that Wham! are in pole position, and have widened the gap between Ryder’s Amazon Music original track – which remains at Number Two.However, it doesn’t seem likely that the charts will stay this way until Christmas, with Ryder set to play a fan-exclusive gig tonight (December 19) in Shoreditch, London, in a push to promote the song in time for Christmas Day.Similarly, today (December 19) The Pogues are sharing a special, limited-edition physical run of their own iconic Christmas song ‘Fairytale Of New York’ in a push to climb the charts.Originally released in 1988 and featuring Kirsty MacColl, the track is being reissued in memory of the band’s late singer Shane MacGowan, who died “peacefully” in hospital from pneumonia on November 30. He was 65 years old and his funeral took place in Nenagh, County Tipperary on December 8.All proceeds from the reissue will be donated to the Irish charity Dublin Simon Community, and the release also arrived alongside a fan campaign to get Fairytale of New York to Christmas Number 1 for the first time.The push for the top position on the charts has also been endorsed by Shane MacGowan’s widow, Victoria Mary Clarke.

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.Fans of the beloved 1990 film “Home Alone” went wild after a trailer was dropped on YouTube for an alleged third film starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.The fake trailer, which features a grown up Kevin McCallister (Culkin), reportedly takes place 30 years after the events of “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” and shows the rapscallion facing off with the Wet Bandits one final time. In the opening scene, Culkin, 43, opens the door to his home and spots a little red bag on his doorstep. Bending down, Culkin opens the card to reveal a photo of his arch-nemeses Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) with the words: “We’re back little buddy.” Looking out at his neighborhood, Culkin spots the familiar battered “Oh-Kay Plumbing and Heating” van parked nearby — a sign that trouble is about to ensue.

Sasha Obama looked stylish and super cool over the past weekend. The youngest daughter or Barack and Michelle Obama was photographed in Los Angeles, wearing a comfortable outfit perfect for every day occasions yet still showcasing her preference for eye-catching fashion and over the top accessories.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman and Helen Hunt are attached to star in Peter Greenaway‘s drama “Lucca Mortis,” which has started filming in the Tuscan city of Lucca. The new film by the 81-year-old iconoclastic British filmmaker and artist — known for arthouse hits such as “The Draughtsman’s Contract,” “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover” and “The Pillow Book” — is the tale of a New York writer (Hoffman), who in in 2001, following the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, takes a sabbatical to visit Lucca in search of his distant Italian origins.

Mariah Carey has reunited with Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson to perform ‘Oh Santa!’ in New York. The ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ star was joined by Grande and Hudson during the New York date of her ongoing ‘Merry Christmas One & All!’ tour in Madison Square Garden on Saturday night (December 9).They performed their 2020 collaboration, a re-recording of Carey’s ‘Merry Christmas II You’ cut ‘Oh Santa!’, for her Apple TV Christmas special that year, ‘Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special’.

It’s officially the holiday season and producer Jennifer Klein brought Hollywood stars together for her annual festive party this past weekend!

The wife of The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan has said the late singing icon was "so vibrant and beautiful and so determined to live only a few days ago" before his death at the age of 65.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music While it includes some of the most iconic Christmas songs of the past 60 years — most notably Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) — if there was ever an album with a problematic history, it’s “A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector.” Spector was the hottest producer in the world at the time of the album’s release, but it dropped on Nov. 22, 1963 — yes, the day President John F.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After debuting at Cannes Film Festival and then hitting theaters in October, Martin Scorsese‘s star-studded crime epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” will be available to purchase on digital and on-demand streaming beginning Tuesday, Dec. 5.

Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin has reunited with his on-screen mum Catherine O'Hara three decades after the iconic film landed on screens. He appeared alongside his fiancée Brenda Song at a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.