"Home Alone" star Culkin, separates from wife

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Macaulay Culkin, the child star of the 1990 film "Home Alone," has separated from actress Rachel Miner, his wife of two years, the New York Post reported Saturday.

Culkin, 19, met Miner, 20, in 1997 at the Professional Children's School in New York. They young couple married a year later in Connecticut.

"They have temporarily separated," Paul Bloch, Culkin's spokesman, was quoted as telling the Post. "It is very amicable, and they remain the best of friends."

Once the hottest child actor in Hollywood, Culkin starred in the original "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" in 1992 as well as "My Girl" in 1991 before taking several roles in less successful films, including "The Good Son" in 1993 and "Getting Even With Dad" and "Richie Rich," both in 1994.

His career suffered after he and his six siblings became embroiled in a custody dispute between his father, Christopher "Kit" Culkin, and his mother, Patricia Brentrup.

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