9 Most Insane Things Happening In Movies & TV Right Now (Jan 4th)

8. Macaulay Culkin Has A New(Ish) Name

After reviving Home Alone's Kevin McAllister for a great Christmas advert last year, Macaulay Culkin has hit the news again for a slightly weirder reason.

As everyone who witnessed the brilliant Boaty McBoatface incident can attest, giving the Internet the opportunity to vote on the name of anything can be a disaster, so it's incredible that Culkin gave the online community of weirdos control over his own ACTUAL name.

And wouldn't you know it? The Internet came through! Thanks to a poll on Culkin's own site BunnyEars, his new name is officially going to be “Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin.”

The winning name beat Shark Week (7,515 votes), Kieran (after his brother Kieran Culkin - 13,559 votes), TheMcRibIsBack (14,558 votes) and Publicity Stunt (9,644 votes).

And why'd he do it? The most wholesome of reasons:

"So, if somebody comes up to me at the airport, and says, 'Excuse me, are you, Macaulay Culkin?' I'd go, 'Well Macaulay Culkin is my middle name."