Kate Hudson and Brenda Song Reveal Their Surprising Macaulay Culkin Connection

Mar. 15, 2025

Kate Hudson, Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song.Photo:Jason Mendez/Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic

Jason Mendez/Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic

Kate HudsonandBrenda Songaren’t just costars on Netflix’sRunning Point. The two recently shared more on their six-degrees-of-Macaulay Culkinconnection.

“Brenda, you are[with] Macaulay Culkin, who of course is the star ofHome Alone,” a voice off camera says. “And there is a weird connection between Kate andHome Alone.”

Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern in ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’ in 1992.Century Fox Film Corp

Century Fox Film Corp

“It was my very first paid job, was singing in the chorus ofHome Alone— I think it wasHome Alone 2,” Hudson, 45, confirmed.

A scene early in the 1992 sequel finds Culkin’s character, Kevin MacCallister, performing with his school’s choir at a Christmas pageant — which, of course, goes hilariously wrong. But eagle-eyed fans looking for a young Hudson in the scene won’t find her.

“I’m not in the movie, I’m just singing,” the actress clarified. “I just went to a recording studio with my chorus and sang in it.”

“Such a small world,” Song, 36, said.

Brenda Song and Kate Hudson in ‘Running Point’.Katrina Marcinowski/Netflix

Katrina Marcinowski/Netflix

Hudson said she still gets residual payments from the gig more than 30 years later.

“I get, like, little pennies,” she joked.

“They add up!” Song said.

But Hudson joked that it likely costs more to mail her the checks than they’re actually worth.

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InRunning Point, Hudson stars as Isla Gordon, a former party girl who must prove herself capable of running her family’s L.A. basketball franchise, with Song co-starring as Isla’s bestie and chief of staff, Ali Lee. The series, which is looselybased on L.A. Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, was recently renewed for a second season.

source: people.com