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Macaulay Culkin paid a heartfelt tribute to Catherine O'Hara at the 2026 Emmy Awards on Monday night. During the In Memoriam segment of the ceremony, the former child actor remembered the late Canadian actress-comedian, who played his mother in the 1990 comedy Home Alone and its sequel, 1992's Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. O’Hara died at the age of 71 in January after suffering a pulmonary embolism, with cancer the underlying cause. ”We remember her as the forgetful mother, right? But I will never forget about her," he began. ”There are all kinds of words I could use to describe Catherine. She was encouraging, she was warm, she was funny. But the word I think of is 'mama.' She wasn't just a wife and mother to Bo and Matthew and Luke, she was my mom. And by extension, she's all of our mama.” "Like a good mom, she always showed up when I asked her to. Because that was Catherine. That's what she did. She showed up, and this is the best that we can do for her tonight. We're showing up for her.” To conclude, Culkin made a light-hearted reference to the Home Alone movies: "She may have forgotten me - twice - but we will always remember her.” In addition, Dan Levy and Annie Murphy honoured O'Hara, who played their screen mother, Moira Rose, on the sitcom Schitt's Creek. ”Catherine's laugh was a perpetual 'yes and,'" shared Murphy. "It challenged anyone who heard it to join in and be as delighted as she was, and she spread that delight everywhere.” Levy reflected on the "greatest lesson" he learned from O'Hara, adding, "Say yes to her instincts, all of them, as radical as they may sometimes seem, she is miles ahead of you and you will learn to catch up."
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