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Nicolas Cage is Broke

By Alex in Money & Finance, Movies & SciFi on Nov 3, 2009 at 2:32 pm


If you’re feeling a tad poor because of the economic meltdown, tell yourself that at least you’re not Nicolas Cage. The highest paid actor in Hollywood is broke:

How could one of Hollywood’s highest paid actors find himself owing $6.3 million in back taxes and deep in money troubles? The answer is, "Easy," if you believe Nicolas Cage.

In a lawsuit filed Oct. 16 in Los Angeles, the National Treasure star, 45, claims that his longtime business manager, Samuel J. Levin, "lined his [own] pockets with several million dollars in business management fees while sending Cage down a path toward financial ruin."

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  1. pwscott
    Nov 3rd, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    I'm not totally surprised by this. It only prove he is as goofy as he looks. At least Willie Nelson lost it all for weed. Superman? Seriously?

  2. Yo
    Nov 3rd, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    Maybe he ate at Nello's too much.

  3. BillB
    Nov 3rd, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    I like his work- even though he appears to take on any project that comes his way (Ghost Rider- seriously?)

  4. Gail Pink
    Nov 3rd, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    No millionare movie star should owe any back taxes. They should pay their taxes annually like the rest of us workings peeps. Idiot.

  5. Kalel
    Nov 3rd, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    "People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy half a slug who must tighten his belt." -- Robert Heinlein

  6. A
    Nov 3rd, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Good. I care not for nicholas cage. This guy's an annoying douche bag and a bad actor.

  7. ted
    Nov 3rd, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    Did he not claim all that gold he found in National Treasure?

    Yeah, and Ghost Rider seriously sucked balls.

  8. Brad Rifkin
    Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    What the #$%& is with that hair?

  9. Bryan Costin
    Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    Seems to happen a lot with actors and musicians, doesn't it? One of many reasons I generally ignore celebrities when they try to pose as experts on important issues. It would be sad if it weren't so easily avoided by applying a bit of common sense to the real world outside of their bubble of fame.

  10. Jamaicafest
    Nov 5th, 2009 at 6:18 pm

    It is so easy to become complacent in matters of money management when one is making so much money.

  11. Neil
    Nov 6th, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    So he got ripped off by a Samuel Levin. When you play ball with that tribe, it's only a matter of time before they shove the bat up your @##. According to chess titan Bobby Fisher, they have an "insane lust for other people's money." What's yours is really theirs. It's in the Talmud.

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