Top 10 Celebrity Tax Troubles

Company going 'gangbusters,' boasts CEO

(NEWSER) - Hard times elsewhere haven't done any damage to Google's bottom line. The company has announced a whopping 26% year-on-year jump in profits for the third quarter of this year, with net income of $2.73 billion on nearly $10 billion revenue, most of it from advertising, the BBC reports. "The word that springs to mind is 'gangbusters,'" CEO Larry Page boasted, hailing Google+ as a success—although one senior engineer has a different opinion . More»

Country music star must still like to get high

(NEWSER) - Apparently, Willie Nelson still enjoys the occasional doobie. The country music star was arrested—right out of his tour bus—at a border patrol checkpoint in Texas yesterday for possessing 6 ounces of marijuana, KVIA reports. He was booked in county jail but later freed on bond. This is just the latest of several run-ins with the law Nelson’s entourage has had, including a citation earlier this year at the very same checkpoint. More»

'You can arrest me,' he offers talk show host

(NEWSER) - What could be better than two old guys discussing marijuana on national television…especially when said old guys are Larry King and Willie Nelson? Nelson, nearly as famous for his love of pot as he is for his singing, admitted (shocker alert!) he still smokes, but explained he has “a huge tolerance for it” that us mere mortals don’t. He went on to admit he smoked before the show, causing Larry King to get all shouty: “So you! Have pot in you! Right now!” More»

Let's cool the hatred before someone else gets killed

(NEWSER) - Watch coverage of the Tax Day rallies and you'll no doubt hear all about the evil IRS and the "jack-booted thugs" who work there. It's way past time to stop the demagoguery, writes EJ Dionne. Anyone remember the nut who flew his plane into IRS offices in Austin in February and killed an innocent man? "We should call this propaganda what it is: a sweeping falsehood that libels the work of committed federal employees," writes Dionne at the Washington Post . More»

Making bundles of cash doesn't guarantee you won't evade

(NEWSER) - Not too many of us are celebrating Tax Day, but some celebrities are probably even less happy about it than you. The Frisky rounds up 10 who owe back taxes:

• Pamela Anderson: Perhaps Dancing With the Stars will help her pay some of the $493,144 she owes California.
• Wesley Snipes: He actually went to prison after failing to file for a few years and racking up $2.7 million in debt. He was released on a $1 million bond.