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...Macaulay sought to gain control of his entire fortune, estimated at $17 million. He grew up all too speedily, marrying actress Rachel Miner at age 17; they separated, all too predictably, two years later. And one of his best friends is Michael Jackson. "He's a good guy," says Culkin. "We make sure we're there for each other." Which raises the inevitable question: Is this kid still on earth, or in Neverland...
...career, at least, is being rebuilt on a solid foundation. This week Culkin, now 20, will open off-Broadway in Madame Melville, a Richard Nelson play that drew rave reviews in London, in which he plays a 15-year-old student who is seduced by his French teacher (Joely Richardson). His performance, at least in previews, struck this viewer as a bit tentative and mannered. But offstage, Culkin--who talks politely and openly, in between puffs from a pack of Parliaments--appears to have his feet somewhere in the vicinity of the ground...
...People thought I was doing heroin and spending all of my money, the whole cliche, classic tale of a child star," says Culkin. "But I'm not going to go down that route." Sure, there's been some weird kid behavior. He dyed his hair purple and, when he got his first credit card, bought "a whole bunch of stupid stuff that I didn't even really want," like a tux-and-tails outfit, complete with top hat and monocle. But life is hardly simple for a boy who became the world's most recognizable 10-year-old with...
Though he remains close to his mother and six siblings, he hasn't spoken to his father in four years. "He was an abusive man," says Culkin. "Not so much physical, though there was a little bit of that. It was this mental abuse." Kit Culkin, a former actor who served as his son's manager, kept the movie projects coming, even when Macaulay pleaded for rest. "I just wanted a little bit of a break. I wanted a summer vacation for the first time in, you know, forever." Macaulay says he didn't even have...
...Culkin, now split from Macaulay's mother (they never married) and living in Phoenix, Ariz., won't talk about his son. But his girlfriend, reached by TIME, relates that Kit went to London to see Macaulay onstage (getting a ticket under an assumed name) and sent him a congratulatory telegram. "Thankfully I didn't see it until a week after opening," says Macaulay. "I think it's funny that he hasn't tried to make contact with me in years. The one time he tries to, it's in this very cold telegram, basically wishing me luck just because...