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NEWS ABOUT: Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage stories: 16 news summaries
MOVIE REVIEW

 Bad Lieutenant Is 
 Terribly Fantastic 

Cage's unhinged performance dazzles, and Herzog keeps up

Nov 20, 09 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - What is Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, exactly? Most critics haven't the foggiest, but they like Werner Herzog's not-at-all-a-remake and Nicholas Cage's performance. Some reactions:
  • Cage’s “sublimely deranged lead performance” compares favorably to Herzog’s work with Klaus Kinski, Scottt Tobias writes for the Onion
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Hurricane Katrina • film • movie review • Nicolas Cage • film noir • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans • Bad Lieutenant movie review • Werner Herzog

CELEB LAWSUITS


 Manager: I 
 Warned Nic 
 Not to Buy 
 That Castle... 

Broke Nicolas Cage countersued by business manager

Nov 19, 09 9:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The business manager Nicolas Cage is suing for fraud is suing the actor right back, claiming he warned Cage he would have to make $30 million a year to support his extravagant lifestyle. Samuel J. Levin’s suit also claims he cautioned the actor—who recently lost two New Orleans... More »

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entertainment • bankruptcy • foreclosure • celebrity • lawsuit • spending • Nicolas Cage • business manager • Nicolas Cage broke • Nicolas cage foreclosure

How Nicolas Cage Really Went Broke

Actor 'spent money
like it was water,'
friends say

Nov 7, 09 3:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Nicolas Cage’s money woes aren’t all his money manager’s fault. Cage “lived like a sheik,” a friend tells the Daily Beast . “Spent money like it was water.” Here’s a sample of what he spent it on:
  • More than a dozen homes,
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wealth • Germany • England • cobra • Bahamas • Lamborghini • rich • Nicolas Cage • Nicolas Cage broke

TIPS FOR THE MANSIONLESS


 What Broke 
 Celebs Can 
 Teach Us 

Don't make the same mistakes as Nicolas Cage and Annie Leibovitz

Nov 6, 09 9:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Celebrities really are just like us: During these financially stressful times, they’re suffering, too. On Huffington Post, Manisha Thakor points out the takeaway from four high-profile meltdowns.
  • NBA Player Antoine Walker: Squandered away his $110 million fortune by age 33. The lesson? If you have a variable
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entertainment • debt • celebrity • recession • Antoine Walker • credit crisis • Annie Leibovitz • Nicolas Cage • Nicolas Cage broke

 Nicolas Cage 
 Selling Vegas 
 Mansion to 
 Cover Debt 

Actor owes IRS $6.6M, is suing former manager

Nov 3, 09 2:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Nicolas Cage must sell his $10 million Las Vegas mansion to help cover the $6.6 million he owes to the IRS in back taxes and penalties. The Nevada estate is just the latest property Cage has been forced to put up for sale to cover his mounting debt, and... More »

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taxes • debt • Nicolas Cage • back taxes • Nicolas Cage broke




 Celebs Feel 
 Pinch of 
 Recession 

Jacko, LiLo among high-profilers with tight finances

Apr 9, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - We already know the recession has hit celebs like Michael Jackson, forced to auction off his belongings and stage 50 concerts in London to earn cash. But what other stars are feeling the pinch? ABC News reports on a few:
  • Nicolas Cage sold one—yes, just one—of his
... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • recession • Michael Jackson • Nicolas Cage • Ruben Studdard • Jodi Sweetin • Nicolas Cage broke

Beverly Hills High Aims
to Market Its 90210 Image

Clothing, cosmetics may make up school's budget shortfalls

Jan 30, 09 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Beverly Hills High School is considering starting lines of clothing and cosmetics in an attempt to capitalize on the glamorous image perpetuated by television’s 90210 series and famous alumni like Angelina Jolie. A smaller population of school-aged children in the neighborhood has sapped the tax base, leaving it with... More »

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Angelina Jolie • high school • brands • merchandise • Beverly Hills • cosmetics • Nicolas Cage • 90210 • apparel

 Kidman Is Most Overpaid Actor 

Ex-husband makes the list, too

Sep 10, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With an ignominious 1:1 ratio of salary to receipts, Nicole Kidman snags the top spot on Forbes’ list of most overpaid movie stars. In other words, her films make a mere $1 for every dollar she’s paid, an average $15 million per flick. Ex-husband Tom Cruise is close... More »

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Hollywood • Nicole Kidman • film • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Cate Blanchett • Jennifer Lopez • Cameron Diaz • Drew Barrymore • Jennifer Garner • Nicolas Cage • actor • Will Ferrell • movie industry • movies • Jim Carrey

 Bangkok 
 Dangerous
 Hobbles to
 Top Spot

Hitman flick knocks Thunder from top spot in slow weekend

Sep 7, 08 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Cage action flick Bangkok Dangerous stumbled to box office victory during an unusually slow Labor Day weekend, Variety reports. With sales down 17% over last year's holiday, Bangkok needed just $7.8 million to top Tropic Thunder's $7.5 million. Completing the top 5 were The House Bunny ($5.... More »

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film • box office • The Dark Knight • Nicolas Cage • Tropic Thunder

MOVIE REVIEW

 Bangkok Dangerously Bland 

Cage-starring remake of Asian hit lacks the spice of the original

Sep 5, 08 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pang brothers' Hollywood rehash of their 1999 hit Bangkok Dangerous lacks spice despite the exotic locale, say critics. The "rough, Bangkok underworld-set story" has morphed into "a cleaner tourist's take on crime and corruption," Jordan Mintzer writes in Variety, with Nicolas Cage playing a more conventional... More »

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Bangkok • movie review • Nicolas Cage • action movie • movies

 The 10 Best-Paid Actors 

From the Fresh Prince to Captain Jack Sparrow, stars aren't sweating the small notes

Jul 23, 08 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hancock isn't the "have you seen it" superhero movie of the season, but star Will Smith isn't crying in his beer: The ex-Fresh Prince raked in $80 million in the year that ended June 1. The rest of the Forbes top 10:
  1. Johnny Depp ($72 million)
  2. Eddie
... More »

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Hollywood • Leonardo DiCaprio • Johnny Depp • list • celebrity • salary • Adam Sandler • Ben Stiller • Forbes • Eddie Murphy • Will Smith • Nicolas Cage • Will Ferrell • Bruce Willis • movies • Mike Myers

 Nic Cage Not a Chihuahua Thief  

Turner backs off accusations, loses court case

Apr 4, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s official: Nicolas Cage is not a chihuahua kleptomaniac, former co-star Kathleen Turner admits. Turner settled a libel lawsuit with Cage, confessing that she’d lied when she wrote that Cage had been “arrested twice for drunk-driving and, I think, for stealing a dog.” Turner and her... More »

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celebrity trials • libel • Nicolas Cage • Kathleen Turner • Karen Turner • chihuahua

Peggy Sue Got...Sued for Libel by Charlie

Nicolas Cage sues former co-star Kathleen Turner over claims in new book

Feb 13, 08 3:43 AM CST
(Newser) - National Treasure star Nicolas Cage is suing siren Kathleen Turner for libel over a passage in her autobiography, "Send Yourself Roses," in which she claims her co-star was drunk and difficult on the set of the 1986 movie Peggy Sue Got Married. Cage filed the lawsuit in London... More »

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libel • defamation • Francis Ford Coppola • Nicolas Cage • Kathleen Turner • Peggy Sue Got Married • High Court • dog • chihuahua

Bucket Tops Box Office List

First Sunday debuts in second as Juno holds strong at third

Jan 13, 08 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The Bucket List kicked National Treasure: Book of Secrets from top spot this weekend in the best-ever debut for a Rob Reiner flick, Variety reports. First Sunday nabbed a close second and Juno kept crowds giggling in third. Tonight's toned-down Golden Globes will not help Juno as expected, but the... More »

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Hollywood • Morgan Freeman • film • box office • Jack Nicholson • Nicolas Cage • Ice Cube • movies

Treasure Shines Again

National Treasure: Book of Secrets keeps top spot as Alvin out-sings Legend

Dec 30, 07 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - National Treasure: Book of Secrets shone in the top spot again this weekend as filmgoers kept flocking to the movies, Variety reports. Alvin and the Chipmunks crooned its way into second, humbling I Am Legend, as Mike Nichols-directed Charlie Wilson's War claimed fourth over Juno, an offbeat dramedy that nabbed... More »

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Morgan Freeman • film • movie review • box office • Mike Nichols • Jack Nicholson • No Country for Old Men • Juno • Charlie Wilson's War • There Will Be Blood • Nicolas Cage • Persepolis • Paul Thomas Anderson • The Bucket List • I Am Legend • Alvin and the Chipmunks • National Treasure: Book of Secrets • movies

Book of Secrets Opens Big

Spurs record sales on oft-quiet weekend

Dec 23, 07 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - National Treasure: Book of Secrets dug up $45.5 million this weekend, taking top spot and spurring record sales at a time often stymied by Christmas prep, Variety reports. I Am Legend helped by clearing $34.2 million in second place, and Alvin and the Chipmunks kept singing with $29... More »

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film • Johnny Depp • box office • Will Smith • Nicolas Cage • movies

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