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Mother Teresa's birthday struggles to compete with Macaulay Culkins' 30th
Generation Y is slipping out of its roaring twenties and into its third decade, as evidenced by Macaulay Culkin's 30th birthday today. The Home Alone heir was once regarded as the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple as well as one of Michael Jackson's best friends — he's the godfather to the performer's son Prince Michael and daughter Paris.
Culkin was the first child actor to ever get paid $1 million for one film — 1991's My Girl — and while that may have been the most lucrative moment in his career, he's snagged That 70s Show hottie Mila Kunis for what looks like the long run. The party monster kicked off the bday bash earlier this weekend in London with younger brother Kieran.
Culkin's not the only Aug. 26 birthday who's Lost in New York. Were she still alive, today would be the 100th birthday of Mother Teresa. In commemoration of the Nobel Peace Prize winner's big day, Catholic League president Bill Donohue urged the management of the Empire State Building to light the building in white and blue.
When the building management declined, assuming that most New Yorkers would see a blue and white edifice as being symbolic of the New York Giants or Yankees, Donohue accused the building management as acting like "bigots."
Donohue proceeded to call upon Catholics nationwide to sign petitions to get Madame T up in lights. Mother Teresa — the Musical has yet to premiere on Broadway, but if Donohue gets his way, we hope to see a dazzling Macaulay and Mila on the red carpet at the premiere.