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Wilson Chapman editorSteve Fickinger, the Broadway producer who won a Tony for “Dear Evan Hansen,” died suddenly on Friday in Laguna Beach, Calif., representatives confirmed to Variety. He was 62.Born in Winnetka, Ill., Fickinger began his career at Disney as a temp mail room worker, and worked his way up to become director of creative development for Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he oversaw the production of animated films including “Mulan,” “Tarzan” and “Lilo and Stitch.”He later transitioned to the Disney Theatrical Group, where he served as V.P.

Home Alone has finally revealed what Kevin McAllister’s parents had done for a living – specifically, to be able to afford such a big house in Chicago, as featured in the film.The five-bedroom, six-bathroom residence in Winnetka, Illinois has often been at the centre of discussion online, with fans of the 1990 festive film and its sequels questioning how the family were able to live in such a luxurious property.Now, director Chris Columbus has spoken about what the parents of Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin do for work to be able to afford the house in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast.Revealing the discussions he had with Home Alone screenwriter John Hughes about the characters’ backstories, he said: “Back then, John and I had a conversation about it, and we decided on what the jobs were.”Catherine O’Hara’s Kate McCallister, he revealed, “was a very successful fashion designer,” which he said is evidenced by the presence of mannequins in the house’s basement.John Heard’s Peter McCallister, meanwhile, he was less clear about. “The father could have, based on John Hughes’ own experience, worked in advertising, but I don’t remember what the father did.”He did, however, confirm that he did not have connections to a criminal underworld, which some have suggested is the reason that Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern’s Wet Bandits are drawn to the house.

went on the market in May for $5. 25 million.“I had half a mind to buy it — just for giggles,” the 44-year-old actor recently said at the Rosemont Theater in Illinois at the screening of the 1990 film, according to the New York Times.Culkin added that he wanted to turn the house located in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, Illinois, into a “movie fun house” where people could sled down the stairs like Kevin did in the movie.As for why he didn’t ultimately purchase the home, Culkin said, “I got kids.

Home Alone turned the house that the movie was filmed at into an iconic landmark. But now we’re learning that Macaulay Culkin left another permanent mark on the property while filming.

Fans of the beloved Christmas classic 'Home Alone' have been left stunned after discovering the truth about the iconic house featured in the film, which has recently been put on the market with a $5.25million (£4.2million) price tag.

Home Alone is back on the market for an exorbitant amount of money.Built in 1921, the Winnetka, Illinois house has been listed for sale on Zillow and comes with five rooms and six bathrooms. Fully renovated and expanded in 2018 while still preserving its original look from the 1990 Home Alone film, the house is now fetching an asking price of US$5.25million, or GBP4.13million.Pictures of the listing on Zillow reveal the massive house sitting on a half-acre plot of land that includes an indoor basketball court, a movie theater, a poker room and a statue of the movie’s star Macaulay Culkin in his iconic scream pose, constructed entirely out of Lego pieces.The house previously went for US$1.58million or GBP1.24million in 2012.

For the second time in just under six months, a key piece of the Home Alone film franchise is on the market.

Stranger Things star Brett Gelman has spoken out after a third bookstore cancelled his signing event, following backlash surrounding his views on Israel.Book Soup in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, was set to be the next stop on the star’s debut book tour, promoting his short story collection, The Terrifying Realm Of The Possible: Nearly True Stories (set for release on March 19).However, similarly to bookstores in San Francisco and Winnetka, Illinois, Book Soup have cancelled his appearance. The decision comes after Gelman has been outspoken in support of Israel, particularly following the attack by Hamas on the Supernova music festival in October 2023.An initial statement released by Book Soup said that it “feels very strongly that a free society should protect individuals’ freedom of thought and expression,” before clarifying that the cancellation was in the interest of safety for Gelman, the staff and the attendees.According to the Los Angeles Times, the Fleabag star responded: “I am really wondering if there was any direct threat made.

Citing safety concerns, Book Soup has canceled a March 27 appearance by Stranger Things actor and author Brett Gelman.

Jake Johnson knows all too well about why you should trust a mother’s intuition sometimes.

“Dope as Usual” podcast that he narrowly missed a 1988 school shooting after his mom barred him from going in.Johnson attended Hubbard Woods Elementary School in Winnetka, Illinois, and on May 20, 1988, a woman named Laurie Dann walked into a second grade class and began firing shots.“I was sitting next to my mom, I was in fourth grade,” Johnson said. “Out of nowhere, my mother turns to me and goes, ‘You’re not going to school tomorrow.’”The “Mummy” star explained that he was set to go on a field trip that next day and begged her to let him go since he wouldn’t physically be in class.He noted that she had a “gut feeling” that she would “never” see him again if he attended that day.Johnson recalled how Dann, who reportedly suffered from mental illness, “walked into the school wearing a robe and nothing underneath” and went into his class.“The room was empty, she walked through, walked down the hall, walked into another room, shot seven kids, killed one of them.

A mother’s intuition saved Jake Johnson‘s life when he was a kid.

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.

A mansion dubbed 'the UK's version of the Home Alone house' has gone up for sale - for a whopping £7 MILLION. The sprawling pad in Cobham, Surrey, has seven bedrooms as well as a heated swimming pool, private cinema room, a gym and even a wine cellar.

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed, the latest in-depth documentary portrait by Sid & Judy director Stephen Kijak.Kijak’s films, both narrative and nonfiction, have delved into cultural icons from Judy Garland to Lynyrd Skynyrd to the Backstreet Boys. For this entertaining bio, he worked closely with author Mark Griffin — whose 2018 All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson is considered definitive — “to look at all the facets and angles, and the reflections and double meanings and mirror selves” presented by the bright, ex-Navy seaman from Winnetka, Illinois, who became Rock Hudson.“He was in some of the more indelible films of those classic eras,” Kijak says, ticking off Hudson’s famous Douglas Sirk-directed romances Magnificent Obsession and All That Heaven Allows.

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