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The actor used his LA-based company, Saturn Productions, “to wrongly write off $3.3 million in personal expenses,” and is now fighting the IRS on payment, Forbes.com reports. Cage’s business manager called the extravagancies - which reportedly included “limos, meals, gifts, travel” and his Gulfstream jet - “security needs.” Cage has filed a US Tax Court lawsuit disputing $814,000 in taxes and penalties while Saturn is refusing to pay the IRS $988,000.

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On Friday, Nic Cage’s attorney began libel proceedings against Kathleen Turner at London’s High Court.

Cage, 44, is suing Turner, his former Peggy Sue Got Married co-star, 53, for writing in her new autobiography Send Yourself Roses that the actor was busted for two DUIs and once stole a Chihuahua.

Turner writes, “He caused so many problems. 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.”

But in a statement issued last month, Cage fired back: “I have never been arrested for anything in my life, nor have I stolen a dog.”

Cage’s lawyer tells New York’s Daily News, “If he doesn’t get a retraction, he intends to go full speed ahead with litigation in the U.S.”

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Nicolas Cage has been confirmed as the favorite to play camp showman Liberace in a new movie musical.

The actor has been linked to the role for years, but now screenwriters Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have confirmed Cage is in talks to show off his musical skills as the late pianist.

Speaking at the Sundance Film Festival, where the writers are promoting their new comedy Epic Movie, Seltzer says, “We met with Nicolas Cage last year and he really wanted to star in it; he wanted to direct himself in it too.”

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Nicolas Cage was left stunned at the premiere of his hard-hitting new film World Trade Center when the firefighter he portrayed on screen handed him a special 9/11 memento.

Terrorist attack survivor John McLoughlin was so touched by the actor’s performance in the Oliver Stone movie, he gave Cage a cross made from steel salvaged from the rubble of the Twin Towers.

Cage put his hand to his chest and gasped as he realised what he was being given by the hero he plays in the film.

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