• Nicolas Cage sues ex-manager for 'financial ruin' (Reuters)
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link [url=http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/nicolas-cage-sues-exmanager-quotfinancial-ruinquot-reuters][quote=yahoo.com]LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Nicolas Cage filed a $20 million lawsuit against his former business manager on Friday , accusing him of negligence and fraud that sent the "National Treasure" star "down a path toward financial ruin." Cage claimed that his recently-fired business manager had failed to pay taxes when they were due and had placed him in speculative and risky real estate investments "resulting in (the actor) suffering catastrophic losses." In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and first obtained by celebrity web site TMZ.com , Cage said he had now been forced to "sell major assets and investments at a significant loss" because of the actions of his business advisor and accountant over the past seven years. The lawsuit said the advisor had also failed to alert Cage to the fact that his money was running out, and had over-extended his lines of credit with banks. The former business manager, Samuel Levin, could not be reached for comment on Friday . Cage, 45, is one of Hollywood's most prolific actors with more than 50 movies to his name, including an Oscar-winning role as an alcoholic in "Leaving Las Vegas" and action movies such as "Face/Off" and "Gone in Sixty Seconds". Cage earned some $40 million last year according to Forbes.com and has six movies expected to hit theaters in the next two years. He was recently hit with a claim for $6.6 million dollars in back income taxes, interest and penalties by U.S. authorities. Cage said he did not realize the extent of his problems until September 2008 when he hired a new business manager. He asked for $20 million in damages, saying that his reputation has been "irreparably tarnished."[/quote][/url] well wow
pff, it was his acting
Can i have my 5 pound back for paying to watch The Knowing?. That left me in financial ruin.
[QUOTE]saying that his reputation has been "irreparably tarnished."[/QUOTE] Worse than after Ghost Rider? Pity, though. Lord of War was one of my favourite movies.
Good. All his money was unwarranted. [editline]05:52PM[/editline] [QUOTE=macacan;17867422]Pity, though. Lord of War was one of my favourite movies.[/QUOTE] Only bad thing about Lord of War was Nicholas Cage.
Nicholas Cage has been going down the acting drain lately. Sad, really.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;17867198]Can i have my 5 pound back for paying to watch The Knowing?. That left me in financial ruin.[/QUOTE] Really? I heard The Knowing was pretty good.
I liked National Treasure :blush:
His acting blew in Ghost Rider and everything after that. He deserves no compensation.
seriouspost this is going to be one of the greatest movies ever made: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24zP3iApurM[/media]
Gone in 60 Seconds was good, and Lord of War was one of my favorites.
Yes curse you for my financial ruin, I can now only afford one paltry house of dodo butlers instead of the required two.
I really am sad about this, I remember back when Nicholas Cage was actually good at acting, shame it's come to this.
Cage, 45, is one of Hollywood's most prolific actors ahahhhah
Not the bees!
Ghost Rider was the mark of his downfall, anything before that was decent.
I saw nicolas cage in real life during my vacation in LA. I was on a bus tour of celebrity houses and he was getting on his motorcycle. also, i liked him in national treasure but thats about it.
His best movie was Valley Girl. [img]http://www.lazydork.com/movies/valleygirl.jpg[/img] For sure.
The last good movie he was in was [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaving_Las_Vegas]Leaving Las Vegas[/url]
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[QUOTE=One Long Sausage;17867157]pff, it was his acting[/QUOTE] I dunno, he's not such a bad actor if he's in the right film. I think he just acts shit 'cause he knows he's doing all these shit films lately.
[QUOTE=TH89;17870044][img]http://images.dailyfill.com/45ba051368a749a6_b20ba851ada668e1_o.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] And the only reason he isn't going to get banned because hes an admin.
[QUOTE=Billiam;17867587]Really? I heard The Knowing was pretty good.[/QUOTE] Reading this comic is probably more entertaining then the whole movie, and it takes up a lot less time. [IMG]http://i33.tinypic.com/2jfg7xy.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=thisispain;17870008]The last good movie he was in was [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaving_Las_Vegas]Leaving Las Vegas[/url][/QUOTE] Uh, Faceoff, Gone in 60, The Rock? Those were all pretty good, especially Faceoff. That was the start of John Travolta playing the same villain in every film.
The Rock was good because Sean Connery is a fucking badass. Nothing more.
[QUOTE=TH89;17870044][img]http://images.dailyfill.com/45ba051368a749a6_b20ba851ada668e1_o.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6i2WRreARo[/media]
[QUOTE=thisispain;17870137]The Rock was good because Sean Connery is a fucking badass. Nothing more.[/QUOTE] Come on, it wasn't bad. There have been way worse action movies, even if The Rock didn't have Connery.
the dude has a shit ton of money. suck it up. [editline]01:54AM[/editline] he was good in his earlier movies
[QUOTE=Talat112;17867444]Good. All his money was unwarranted. [editline]05:52PM[/editline] Only bad thing about Lord of War was Nicholas Cage.[/QUOTE] He made it good you fool. [QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;17869968]His best movie was Valley Girl. [img]http://www.lazydork.com/movies/valleygirl.jpg[/img] For sure.[/QUOTE] Great one too. [img]http://www.masculinity-movies.com/wp-content/gallery/lord-of-war/lord_of_war_1.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Waals Vander;17873207]the dude has a shit ton of money. suck it up.[/QUOTE] What the hell does it matter if he has $1 million or $100 million? He earned it (debatable, I think actors are over paid but that's beside the point) and someone fucked him, so he has every right to pursue legal action and compensation. [editline]07:50AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Amez;17873251][img]http://www.masculinity-movies.com/wp-content/gallery/lord-of-war/lord_of_war_1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Thank you for reminding me about this movie. I wanted to see this but had other movies in mind when this was out, so I didn't rent it, but now I think I'll see it.
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