Nov 10 2009Nicolas Cage outbid Leo for a $276,000 dino skull
Nicolas Cage owes the IRS an assload of money and is suing his manager for leading him "down a path of financial ruin," but a brief look at his purchases shows he has the spending habits of two women permanently glued to a MasterCard. Via Us Magazine:
In 2007, he outbid Leonardo DiCaprio for a dinosaur skull, shelling out $276,000 for the artifact.
His homes included three castles -- plus two islands in the Bahamas. Among his "dozen or so" mansions, one Bel Air home, purchased in 1998, features a billiard room with a 1955 Jaguar parked inside plus an array of "shrunken heads."
Out of his 50 cars, the most Cage ever shelled out was $495,000 on Lamborghini -- used. (Its former owner was the shah of Iran.)
Obsessed with superheroes (he was once set to star in a Superman sequel), he sold his comics collection in 1997 for $1.6 million.
While portraying an alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas (his Oscar-winning role) in 1995, he hired an "on set drinking-consultant-poet."
An "on set drinking-consultant-poet," really? Talk about the easiest/most awesome job in the world: "Yeah, so, mostly you just sit around drinking bottles of whatever you can steal from your ex-wife's liquor cabinet until they're empty and/or you piss yourself in a fit of tears. That poetic enough for you? Good, now shut up and watch me lay here in my own vomit."
Photo: Getty
Reader Comments
1. Antonio - November 10, 2009 3:49 PM
No Kidding this guys Broke.
2. Scwitzengiggle - November 10, 2009 3:49 PM
First?
3. Antonio - November 10, 2009 3:49 PM
No Kidding why this guys Broke.
4. GhostRider - November 10, 2009 3:51 PM
FIRST!!!
5. amoi - November 10, 2009 3:53 PM
Cage rocks no matter what.
6. E.M. Augusr - November 10, 2009 3:58 PM
Nic Cage may be cash poor right now but he is still asset rich - combine that with his residuals and upcoming films and I suspect he will be OK.
7. Mr.Mr. - November 10, 2009 4:04 PM
i thought he was like... 2 mil in the shitter for bad taxes?
8. Mr.Mr. - November 10, 2009 4:06 PM
ah. i shouldve made the effort to read it it before commenting
9. greenman - November 10, 2009 4:07 PM
3 Castles? Glutan.
I don't need much, just one castle would be fine with me.
10. See Alice - November 10, 2009 4:10 PM
Its his dough . Who cares how he spends it !
11. Stef - November 10, 2009 4:15 PM
Next up: the Elephant Man's Skeleton.
12. EricLR - November 10, 2009 4:17 PM
Obviously, he learned his financial skills from his uncle, Francis Ford Copolla.
13. Dave - November 10, 2009 4:22 PM
I think he was going for a skull transplant.
It had to have a better shape than the thing he's got now.
14. Ashley - November 10, 2009 4:38 PM
Who cares how he spent his money. He earned it, and admittedly I did pay to see some of his movies. His accountant screwed up, not him.
However, Nick, just let it go. The combed back look isn't working. Shave it and rock it Bruce Willis style.
15. Anon - November 10, 2009 4:51 PM
Ahaha! Fucking ridiculous.
16. dawnalex - November 10, 2009 5:01 PM
It’s not ‘His’ money that he is pissing away.
If he owes it to the IRS then it is ‘OUR’ money that he is pissing away.
What in the hell are movie starts doing buying dinosaur bones?
Dinosaur bones are for museums.
Childish behavior.
17. Sport - November 10, 2009 5:08 PM
fag.
18. Barter and Work - November 10, 2009 5:13 PM
Wow! And to think that the average asshole works their life away and many have lost their jobs and their homes (well the banksters have found them tee hee). Ahhhhh it's a good system for those at the top! They have our money, that's why.
19. stupidass - November 10, 2009 5:45 PM
oh fuck. IIIII need and "drinking-consultant-poet". Why haven't I thought of this before? Fuck the mansions, cars, and castles....THIS is what makes Cage great.
20. Cam Chat - November 10, 2009 6:00 PM
dont talk shit about THE Cage!!
21. hittin it - November 10, 2009 6:26 PM
This item is known as a skull fuck.
22. norcal77 - November 10, 2009 8:27 PM
I cannot believe this is even making headlines??...He owes a couple million....and his assets are worth WELL over that amount. Sell something and pay your debt little girl! I used to enjoy his movies now....I havn't much respect for any of it.
23. Bite Me - November 10, 2009 8:35 PM
ugly 'ol fuck
24. D - November 10, 2009 9:07 PM
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25. Pet Society Help - November 10, 2009 10:48 PM
I heart Korean waitresses.
26. Wobbiest - November 11, 2009 1:36 AM
I love how the same magazines that showed him getting into his Ferrari Enzo, a $650,000 car new and a $1M+ car at current rates, chooses to ignore their own information.
The Lamborghini, FYI, was a Miura SV/J which was bought for $493k was actually auctioned by the Iranian government after Shah fled the country. Shah was the former, former owner. And Cage sold that car a number of years ago.
$493k was the highest price for a Miura ever sold, but not of the cars he owns.
27. Kingston Memory - November 11, 2009 8:46 AM
I think Nicolas cage is the most gorgeous looking guy ever and is very talented i love him!
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29. fucky - November 11, 2009 10:46 AM
EEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW i hate you nicholas.....I HATE YOU. the only man in history who's famous because he looks like a horse
30. Jim Lahey - November 11, 2009 11:26 AM
Cage is looking great. His forehead is like Pac Man. Its eating his hairline.
31. whoo-hoo - November 11, 2009 10:42 PM
Doesn't. Look. Like. He. Eats. Bugs. At. All.
32. Morley - November 12, 2009 12:34 AM
"His homes included three castles" -- what kind of writing is that?
33. twellve - November 12, 2009 1:24 PM
dude, you could've put up a pic of Leo instead of 'that'. retina burn...
34. Sam - November 13, 2009 4:38 AM
He plays that hackneyed Elvis impersonation in every single one of his movies. That's what he calls "acting".
As far as this story goes...just stop bitching, baldie, and sell one of your castles and a few cars. Rich whiny celebs are so annoying.
35. Darcy - November 15, 2009 1:07 AM
I wonder if Nicolas Cage is on a Payment plan with the IRS?
That is why it is taking so long for him to pay it off?
36. Adam Savage - November 15, 2009 11:59 PM
Well theres your problem!