Veering from horror to joy and back again, Elizabeth Perkins is contemplating what it would be like if her adult children moved home. âThe thing is, you miss them so much, then theyâll come back for a holiday and within a week thereâs dirty dishes everywhere, thereâs wet towels on the floor, theyâve eaten all the food. After a couple of weeks youâre, like, âWill they ever leave?ââ
This is the timely theme of Perkinsâs show The Moodys, the first season of which, in 2019, saw three grownup children return home to Chicago for Christmas. Perkins plays Ann Moody, their mother; Denis Leary plays her husband. In the new season all three children are living at the family home, with predictably messy consequences. âIt really explored that dichotomy of: you love them to death, but, man, they get on your nerves,â says Perkins.
Elizabeth Perkins on luck, sexism and Bigâs love scene: âIt would not be acceptable todayâ
âI turn down a lot of work because I donât want to be around any divasâ . Elizabeth Perkins. Photograph: Victoria Will
âI turn down a lot of work because I donât want to be around any divasâ . Elizabeth Perkins. Photograph: Victoria Will
The star of hit films in the 80s and 90s has since moved into TV. She discusses life with 10 siblings, #MeToo and why she couldnât ask for a better life
Thu 8 Apr 2021 05.00 EDT
Veering from horror to joy and back again, Elizabeth Perkins is contemplating what it would be like if her adult children moved back home. âThe thing is, you miss them so much, then theyâll come back for a holiday and within a week thereâs dirty dishes everywhere, thereâs wet towels on the floor, theyâve eaten all the food. After a couple of weeks, youâre like: âWill they ever leave?ââ
A history lesson in Donald Trump’s Home Alone 2 cameo
Donald Trump’s nine second cameo in Home Alone 2 may have taken place back in 1992, but the short appearance from former President has become a topic of conversation once more on Twitter.
Macauley Culkin, the now 40 year-old actor who played Kevin McAllister in the Home Alone films, spoke out about Trump’s appearance in the film on his Twitter account.
On January 13th, Macauley Culkin responded to a tweet which said: “petition to digitally replace trump in ‘home alone 2’ with 40-year-old macaulay culkin.”
The actor kept his response to the tweet short and sweet, simply writing: “sold.”