Macaulay Culkin Awards and Young Artist Awards. At the height of his fame, he was regarded as the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple. Culkin ranked at number two on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars" and E!'s list of the "50 Greatest Child Stars". He stopped acting in 1994, making his return in 2003 with a role on the television show "Will and Grace" and in the film "Party Monster" (2003). He wrote an autobiographical book, "Junior", which was published in 2006. In 2013, Culkin co-founded the New York-based, pizza-themed comedy rock band the Pizza Underground, of which he
Macaulay Culkin cancelled the remaining U.K. shows, though they claimed the cancellation had nothing to do with the Rock City performance. On July 10, 2016, Culkin revealed that the Pizza Underground was splitting up and their next album will be the last. In July 2016, Culkin had joined the meerkats Aleksandr and Sergei in Compare the Market's new ad. In late 2018, Culkin made guest appearances in famous internet shows including "Half in the Bag", "Best of the Worst" and "Angry Video Game Nerd" either as a character or as a parody of himself. In January 2018, Culkin launched a comedy website