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\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tHome Alone launched the career of Macaulay Culkin \u2014 and three decades later, fans are still quoting the iconic 1990s Christmas film. \u201cChristmas is my time of year,\u201d Culkin exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2019. \u201cI get recognized 10 times more between the months of November and January. I have no idea why.\u201d The [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He has been married to Laure Mattos<\/strong> since 1980. The pair share three children, including California State Senator Henry Stern<\/strong>. They renewed their vows in a surprise ceremony on now-defunct The Ellen DeGeneres Show<\/em> in 2019.<\/p>\nWhile Stern has taken a significant step back from the spotlight, he has made headlines in recent years, including a reported hospital stay in October 2025 following an undisclosed medical emergency. According to TMZ<\/em><\/a>, who reported on the incident, Stern was assessed by firefighters at his California home and eventually transported to a nearby hospital, where he was later released. At the time, a rep for the actor confirmed he was in good health.<\/p>\nStern also made headlines in 2024, when he detailed his Home Alone 2<\/em> salary disputes following the success of the first film.<\/p>\n\n![\"GettyImages-1200061706](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-1200061706-daniel-stern-citation-soliciting-prostitution.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Daniel Stern<\/span> Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for SBIFF<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI got a call saying they had redone the shooting schedule, and they would now need me for eight weeks instead of six,\u201d the actor wrote in his memoir, Home and Alone<\/em>. \u201cThey were asking me to add on 33 percent more shooting time, so I asked if they were going to raise my salary the same amount, and they said they would not.\u201d<\/p>\nStern was initially paid $300,000 for six weeks of work on the original film, he explained. After questioning his salary put his role in the sequel in jeopardy, Stern said he eventually received a call from the producers, who said they wanted him to return to the movie so they would \u201chonor the original contract and make the schedule six weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the actor, he was offered $600,000 to appear in Home Alone 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cDouble my original salary, but not quite the pot of gold I was hoping for,\u201d he wrote in his book, noting that he asked whether that was \u201cthe same\u201d amount Pesci was making.<\/p>\n
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While Stern has taken a significant step back from the spotlight, he has made headlines in recent years, including a reported hospital stay in October 2025 following an undisclosed medical emergency. According to TMZ<\/em><\/a>, who reported on the incident, Stern was assessed by firefighters at his California home and eventually transported to a nearby hospital, where he was later released. At the time, a rep for the actor confirmed he was in good health.<\/p>\n Stern also made headlines in 2024, when he detailed his Home Alone 2<\/em> salary disputes following the success of the first film.<\/p>\n \u201cI got a call saying they had redone the shooting schedule, and they would now need me for eight weeks instead of six,\u201d the actor wrote in his memoir, Home and Alone<\/em>. \u201cThey were asking me to add on 33 percent more shooting time, so I asked if they were going to raise my salary the same amount, and they said they would not.\u201d<\/p>\n Stern was initially paid $300,000 for six weeks of work on the original film, he explained. After questioning his salary put his role in the sequel in jeopardy, Stern said he eventually received a call from the producers, who said they wanted him to return to the movie so they would \u201chonor the original contract and make the schedule six weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the actor, he was offered $600,000 to appear in Home Alone 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cDouble my original salary, but not quite the pot of gold I was hoping for,\u201d he wrote in his book, noting that he asked whether that was \u201cthe same\u201d amount Pesci was making.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\n Daniel Stern<\/span> Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for SBIFF<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n