Macaulay Culkin for Best Villain for his performance). He also appeared, while a student at the School of American Ballet, in a filmed version of "The Nutcracker" as the title role in 1993, which was staged by Peter Martins from the 1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version of the work. He was in the films "Getting Even with Dad" (1994), "The Pagemaster" (1994) and "Richie Rich" (1994), which were all only mildly successful at the box office. In 1994, Macaulay took a break from acting after his 15th film in seven years. Desiring a "normal life", he went to a
Kit Culkin went from modest means to wealth. Macaulay became extremely popular due to his starring roles in the "Home Alone" feature films, and he was the first child in Hollywood to receive a million dollar salary (for "My Girl" (1991)). From 1995 to 1997, Kit was part of a child custody trial. He has fathered eight children: Jennifer Adamson (1970–2000) with Adeena VanWagoner; Shane (b. 1976), Dakota (1978–2008), Macaulay (b. 1980), Kieran (b. 1982), Quinn (b. 1984), Christian (b. 1987) and Rory (b. 1989) with Patricia Brentrup (b. 1954). Culkin and Brentrup were together for 21 years from 1974–1995, but never