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."
Nov 29 2008Weston Coppola Cage totally doesn't need his last name to get chicks, no way
Nicolas Cage posed for this family photo in Vienna, Austria today with his wife Alice Kim and son Weston Coppola Cage. Weston brought his girlfriend along who I really want to believe isn't jockeying for that sweet Ghost Rider dough. Maybe she simply digs dudes who think dead fetuses make kickass necklaces. Who knows? Then again, she did just score a free trip to Vienna with Nathan Explosion here, so yeah....
NOTE: I'm getting axed in the face tonight, aren't I? Sweet.
Jan 23 2008Nicolas Cage stole Chihuahuas
Actress Kathleen Turner’s upcoming autobiography “Send Yourself Roses” includes dirt on her Peggy Sue Got Married co-star Nicolas Cage. The movie was directed by Nic’s uncle Francis Ford Coppola and apparently the future Ghost Rider was a pain in the ass on set, according to Page Six:
"Everything Francis wanted him to do, he went against to show that he wasn't under his uncle's wing. Which was ridiculous. Oh, that stupid voice of his and the fake teeth! Honestly, I cringe to think about it. He caused so many problems," Turner writes. "He was arrested twice for drunk driving and, I think, once for stealing a dog. He'd come across a Chihuahua he liked and stuck it in his jacket."
A Chihuahua in the jacket, huh? That’s bush league. One time I smuggled a Great Dane and two Pomeranians in my pants. I’ll let you read between the lines on that one… ladies. (Hint: I love puppies!)
Oct 3 2007Nicolas Cage gets a naked visitor and not the good kind
An Orange County tailor Robert Furo Jr. was arrested for burglary after he broke into Nicolas Cage’s house early Monday morning. FOX News reports:
Cage called a security guard at his gated community around 1:30 a.m. Monday after he saw a man wandering inside his home and wearing one of the actor's jackets, police Lt. Craig Fox said.Cage was upstairs with his wife and son, and reported seeing the man standing at the door of a bathroom.
"He was standing there naked — except for the leather jacket," Fox said.
The guard called police, and when officers arrived Cage had already asked the man to take off the jacket and escorted him outside "without struggle," Fox said.
Robert Furo Jr., if you’re reading this, I just have one simple question: How in the hell do you confuse “Go beat up Nicolas Cage for making Ghost Rider” with “Stand in Nicolas Cage’s house buck-ass naked and wear his jacket?” I mean, yeah, it’s creative, but you still could’ve at least kicked him in the nuts or something. Then kind of dangled your own in front of him, which would’ve been a greater viewing experience than Ghost Rider. In fact, in comparison, your sac should win an Oscar. For those of you who think I’m exaggerating, go watch the movie today and I defy you to say that seeing a strange, middle-aged man genitals would not be more entertaining. Think of it as homework. I’m like one of those awesome teachers on TV except I talk about balls a lot – which makes me more awesomer.
