Ex-accountant says Nicholas Cage was ‘compulsive’ spender

November 11th, 2009 more images more images more images more imagesLONDON - American actor Nicolas Cage is said to be going through a financial crisis after owing 3.5million pounds in back taxes. Cage, 45, put a large portion of his property empire up for sale earlier this year, including a 4million pounds island in the Bahamas and homes in Nevada, California, Rhode Island and Louisiana, reports the Daily Express.

November 4th, 2009 LONDON - Jordan's beau Alex Reid fears for his life over his cross-dressing antics with the glamour girl. The cage fighter, who successfully defended his UK-1 Championship in September, has been snapped wearing women's gear on several occasions.

November 3rd, 2009 Los Angeles - Can you imagine one of the highest paid actors in the world, Nicholas Cage owes IRS $6.3 million in back taxes and in deep financial trouble? Nicholas Cage filed a lawsuit on October 16th in Los Angeles claiming that his business manager, Samuel J. Levin, "lined his pockets with several million dollars in business management fees while sending Cage down a path toward financial ruin." more images more images Nicholas Cage hired Samuel J.

October 30th, 2009 DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY was almost expelled from school - after she punched a teacher who she believed was a racist. The Big Spender veteran grew up in a predominantly white town in Wales in the 1940s, but insists the fact she was biracial wasn't an issue - until she entered education.

October 29th, 2009 more images more imagesNicolas Cage's father, August Coppola, dead at 75LOS ANGELES — Nicolas Cage's father, literature professor August Coppola, has died. He was 75. Coppola is the brother of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, and he taught literature and served as dean of creative arts at San Francisco State University.

October 16th, 2009 Nicolas Cage sues former biz managerLOS ANGELES — Nicolas Cage sued his former business manager for $20 million on Friday, claiming bad advice and mismanagement led him toward financial ruin. Cage filed the lawsuit against Samuel J.

October 13th, 2009 LONDON - Former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona is said to be relieved after she was cleared of all charges over an alleged bust-up with her accountant. Katona, 29, had been arrested in August after an incident in David McHugh's office.

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - Former model Katie Price's cage fighter lover Alex Reid is alleged to be a cross-dresser called Roxanne. Reid, 34, has reportedly confessed to Jordan, 31, that he has been wearing girls' clothes in private ever since he was 16.

October 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Nicolas Cage has been slapped with a 2-million-dollar lawsuit filed by a bank over breach of contract. Officials at the East West Bank decided to turn to court after the actor failed to pay the agreed amount of 11,590 dollars every month.

September 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Compulsive hoarding may be inherited in some cases, with gene research lending some support to this suggestion. People who compulsively acquire and hoard clutter to the extent that it impairs their daily activities are labelled "compulsive hoarders".

September 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Christoph Waltz is all set to replace Nicholas Cage in the upcoming superhero flick The Green Hornet. According to the Hollywood Daily, the Austrian actor who won the Best Actor Award at Cannes this year for his role of Nazi officer Hans Landa in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds will play Mr X in The Green Hornet, reports Contactmusic.

August 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - U.S tax officials have reportedly demanded Nicolas Cage a whopping 6.2 million dollars. The actor had allegedly failed to keep up with his taxes in 2007, which eventually made Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials to take their case to a court in Louisiana.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Nicolas Cage and Cameron Diaz are reportedly in talks with the Columbia Pictures to star in the film 'The Green Hornet'. Cage could play the gangster villain in the film while Diaz may be cast as a reporter and love interest, reports Variety.

July 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - While Michael Jackson reportedly died with a debt estimated at around 400 million dollars, it has emerged that the 'King of Pop' enjoyed an excessively lavish lifestyle, and had a "thing" for cars. The 'Thriller' hit-maker was known for splashing out money to support his lavish lifestyle with private planes, zoo animals, fantasy rides, antiques, hotels, and personal staff.

June 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Nicolas Cage hired a Voodoo Priestess to remove a curse on his new movie, it has emerged. Since the shooting of The Sorcerer's Apprentice began, the film's set has been invaded by accidents.