Cage owes $6.3 in back taxes

It seems living the good life has caught up to Nicolas Cage.

The actor apparently owes more than  $6.3 million to the IRS in back taxes. Cage has two liens against his many properties, one for $6 million, for unpaid taxes from 2006-07, and the other for $350,000 for unpaid taxes in 2002-04.

Why were his taxes so high in 2006-07? He had two hit movies that year, Ghost Rider and National Treasure: Book of Secrets. He had to have made an assload of cash as they were both hits. It seems all those elaborate homes across the world finally devoured his wallet.

About the time the $6M lien was being put on his properties he started selling.

Cage has already sold a 16th century castle in Germany and a $6M home in Bath, England. He also is letting go of his neighboring $10M castle in Bath. [Below]

The estate features an orangery, a former priory, two cottages, a ruined chapel, and comes with 35-acres of parkland and 12 acres of woodland. Viewed from above, Midford Castle resembles the trefoil design of the ace of clubs – which folklore says was the card Henry Disney Roebuck won the fortune that funded the building of the property in 1775.

How cool would that be, to live in a castle? I can’t blame him for being into the history of these buildings and all, but geeze, he owns a castle in damn near every country – and many states for that matter. (Cage is also selling estates in California, Las Vegas, and New Orleans.)

He obviously has a rough time living within his means. He wants the best possessions, and he wants all of them. Funny, he is kind of the same way with wives..

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After Kathleen Turner’s new book, Send Me Roses came out, it had Hollywood buzzing about allegations it spewed forth about her colleages.

Nicholas Cage was one of many the book targets. Turner claims he drank tons while filming, ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’, got a DUI and even tried to steal a Chihuahua.

Once Cage heard the accusations, he immediately contacted TMZ and told them that “I have never been arrested for anything in my life, nor have I stolen a dog. I am reaching out to my fans — many of whom are children — so they know that I do not condone drunk driving or theft. The reason why you’ve never seen a mug shot of me is because it does not exist.”

Even after clearing his name it has obviously been eating at him because he’s decided to pursue a lawsuit with the High Court in London.

A spokesman said, “The libel action follows false allegations that appear in the forthcoming autobiography. As legal proceedings have been commenced, it would be inappropriate to comment further.”

Both of these two bug the hell out of me. Now that Kathleen claims to be off the juice she thinks she can go around pointing the finger at everyone. Bitch is totally known as a drunk egomaniac. So really, you can’t take what she says too seriously. Hell, she was probably drunk when she wrote the book.

And Nicholas Cage? I used to be a big fan and then he got all weird and strung out on Elvis, even marrying the King’s daughter. Then came the teeth. (or were those before Lisa?) Anyhow, I haven’t really liked him since.

I’m going to say that Nic’s going to win this one though. He’s got more cash to drag it out in court with and a seemingly more truthful story.

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Nicolas Cage is fighting back against claims made by Kathleen Turner in her new book , Send Yourself Roses.

Turner dropped the bomb on many celebrities in her book, divulging secrets about their drug use, arrogance, and quirks among other things. Regarding Cage, whom she worked with on the film, Peggy Sue Got Married, Turner alleges that he received two DUIs and even stole someone’s Chihuahua.

She wrote, “He’d come across a Chihuahua he liked and stuck it in his jacket.”

Nicolas was furious when he heard her accusations. He released the following statement through TMZ:

“I have never been arrested for anything in my life, nor have I stolen a dog. I am reaching out to my fans — many of whom are children — so they know that I do not condone drunk driving or theft. The reason why you’ve never seen a mug shot of me is because it does not exist.”

So who’s telling the truth here? Wasn’t Kathleen drunk through the entire 80s and 90s?

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Kathleen Turner reflects on her glory days back in the 80s when she was truly A-list.

However, her life wasn’t as golden as you would think. Turner writes about her crazy life in Hollywood and spills the beans on many top celebrities in her new book, Send Yourself Roses.

She pulls no punches and even names names.

She mocks Nicholas Cage’s ‘fake teeth’, claims Anthony Perkins was a raging drug addict on set, and describes Burt Reynolds as being a chauvinistic pig. This is a long read, but most definitely a juicy one with sex, drugs and massive egos!

Delish! Enjoy..

On the first day of filming on my first-ever movie, the director had a little surprise for me.

We were going to start with a sex scene in which my co-star William Hurt and I were stark naked. I didn’t have that much sexual experience – and, at that stage, I hadn’t even met the film crew.

So, wearing just a bathrobe, I launched into introductions: “Hi, I’m Kathleen. You’re the camera operator? Oh, that’s wonderful. Oh, you’re the focus puller? Uh-huh. Props? Nice.”

Handshakes all round. Then Bill Hurt and I stripped naked in front of all these people we’d just met and started filming this graphic sex scene.

Afterwards, I felt terribly vulnerable and shaken.

When we made Body Heat in 1980, Bill and I knew that it would be ground-breaking in its realistic treatment of sexuality. In fact, the first time I read it, I thought it might even be dismissed as sensationalist.

The most famous scene is when Bill smashes his way through the window of a house and grabs my character, Matty, with a sense of longing so fierce it’s shocking. As I recall, we went right down on the floor there in the hallway.

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Nicholas Cage awoke at 2:00am the other morning to some strange man wandering around inside his home. The man, Robert Furo, was wearing Cage’s jacket when discovered. Cage calmly called the gate guard who in return called police.

Cage then walked the man out to his backyard where police met up with him. Furo was arrested a short time later. There were no signs of forced entry and the arrest went smoothly.

Furo has plead not guilty and is still in captivity. He’s due back in court for a pre-trial hearing on October 10th.

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