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Hog-wild Nicholas Cage
MOTORCYCLE aficionado Nicolas Cage paid a visit to Orange County Choppers in Montgomery, N.Y. - where TV's "American Chopper" is filmed - to talk to the show's stars, Paul Teutul Sr. and his sons Paulie and Mikey, about building him a custom chopper. Cage dropped by with former Port Authority cop John McLaughlin, who is portrayed by Cage in Oliver Stone's untitled 9/11 movie. The film details the story of McLaughlin and his partner William J. Jimeno, the last two survivors rescued from the rubble of the World Trade Center. Look for Cage to be riding one hell of a hog when he stars in "Ghost Rider," the screen adaptation of the motorcyle-riding comic book antihero.
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CAGE BELIEVES ACTING CAN REFORM CRIMINALS
06/10/2005
Hollywood star NICOLAS CAGE wants to visit prisons to teach criminals how to act. FACE/OFF star Cage believes people who use their anger in negative ways could use acting skills release their frustration.

The 41-year-old tells British film magazine Empire, "One day I would love to go to a prison and maybe try to teach convicts to act. "I believe that if I could get to those youngsters when they are at a juvenile age and give them a place to express themselves, in a play or in a video, they could get their anger out there, instead of in a wrong direction.

"Art can help you, I believe. Art is like a medicine. In my own case, I was a young man, I was 16 and I was angry. I don't know why and I don't want to get into that. But acting got that out, and I'd like to give that chance to others."
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Nicolas Cage to produce the Dresden Files...
for Sci-Fi; DS9 Wolfe connection Reported at TGL by Chris Howell From Sci-Fi Wire: Nicolas Cage is set to executive-produce The Dresden Files, an original two-hour back-door pilot scheduled to air next summer on SCI FI Channel, the network announced. The project, produced by Lions Gate Television in association with Cage's Saturn Films, will be Cage's first foray into television. Based on a series of novels by Jim Butcher, the pilot, written by Hans Beimler (Profiler) and Robert Wolfe (The 4400, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), tells the story of Harry Dresden, a Chicago-based private detective and the only wizard listed in the city's yellow pages. Where others see typical crimes of assault, kidnapping and murder, Harry sees otherworldly forces at work. Whether consulting for the police on inexplicable crimes or following his own cases, Dresden does battle with the forces of darkness, always maintaining a wry sense of humor and a unique perspective on our world.

Cage is the latest in a growing list of Hollywood elite to join forces with SCI FI. This December, the Channel will premiere The Triangle, executive-produced by Bryan Singer and Dean Devlin. SCI FI is also currently in development on projects with Steven Spielberg (Nine Lives), Martin Scorsese (The Twelve) and Frank Darabont (The Thing).


`ROBIN HOOD' CAGE MASTERS THE BOW + ARROW
NICOLAS CAGE has developed a passion for archery after discovering he's a bow-and-arrow natural while preparing for his new movie THE WEATHER MAN. The movie star took his first archery lessons so he'd look authentic as a TV weather man with a love for the ancient art - and he discovered he has a natural talent for the sport.

He says, "There aren't too many things that I will come out and say I'm a natural at and when I started doing archery, that was the first time I really found something, besides acting, that I thought, `Maybe I can do this.' "The archery in the movie was mine. I did all that. I'm happy to say that. I really enjoyed it. I'd like to continue doing it when I get some time." Cage isn't the only movie star who has discovered a natural talent for archery - THELMA + LOUISE star GEENA DAVIS was once ranked one of America's top 20 female archers after mastering the sport a decade ago.
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Nic Cage’s Ferrari
Sep 10, 2005,
Another of Nic Cage’s ex-cars, a black Ferrari 360 Modena Spider has made it onto the market. This time, instead of going the Barrett-Jackson route, it’s up on eBay. The Ferrari has had a cushy life in Southern California and has less than 7,650 miles. The interior has factory-ordered “All Black “Daytona Electric seats. It has a six speed transmission, 20” three-piece wheels and Brembo brakes. This is one beautiful car and the listing has a bunch of great photos. Last time we looked the bidding was over $150,000.
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Cage's going quirky
9-23-05
Given Nicolas Cage's resume, it's easy to forgive the critically acclaimed and commercially successful actor for taking some time away from his career. In the past two years, Cage has appeared in two films - count 'em, two. And the most recent of those was National Treasure, one you wouldn't expect to find listed on the same star's filmography as Leaving Las Vegas and Bringing Out the Dead. Cage is calling from Los Angeles on this northern summer day to talk about his latest role in Lord of War, a film more suited to his unique acting skills. Director-writer Andrew Niccol based the story of international arms dealer Yuri Orlov - Cage's character - on assorted shady characters from news accounts during the past couple of decades. Much like previous roles Cage has taken on, such as H I McDonnough in Raising Arizona, Orlov isn't a one-dimensional individual.

"I'd never seen a character like that before in a script, and I became interested in playing a man whose job was fundamentally unethical - call it what you will, evil, wrong - but, in his manner, an affable, charming man," Cage said. "I always thought of the devil being a very nice guy. In order for him to do the work that he needs to do, he wouldn't come at you with the horns and the tail. He'd come at you with the charm and grace of a very kind person, so that was the paradox of the role that I was attracted to." Indeed the role of Orlov requires some nifty feats of derring-do from the actor. It blends comedy, drama and political commentary and serves as a scathing indictment of the arms and foreign policies of the United States government. In short, it's the perfect Cage vehicle.

"I think that I'm more prone to movies that deal with dramatic subject matter in a funny way. I've always liked funny characters in dramatic situations," he said. "I think it's ...part of my own pathos in life as me, so I don't really overanalyse or contemplate too much about it. I just let the jazz, if you will, happen, and it pretty much sort of works itself out." It works itself out well in Lord of War because he has the perfect perspective on who Orlov is as a husband, father, loving son and dealer in death. "I think that it's that sense of being good at something ... it was the perfect match. He wasn't good at anything else, and this is something that he could really do and do well. That was more a motivating factor than even the money he was making," he said of his character's arms dealing. "Here's something that whatever it might be, as bloody as it might be, he's the best at it. Well, anyone who's the best in any field is fascinating to watch."

Mention that Orlov is just another in a long line of quirky roles that Cage played and he laughs at the thought. "Yeah, I first started hearing quirky in '82," he said. "But that's OK. It's actually better than being conventional." Those are the types of roles he feels comfortable doing. Even with the mainstream ones, he's managed to add a tic or two. "I definitely feel that I'm doing something far more interesting for myself, and hopefully for the audience, if I'm not getting too comfortable with the work. I'm a big believer in trying to step outside the box and not rest on one's laurels, so to speak," he said. "I'd rather take a left turn whenever possible and maybe fall on my face or maybe come up with something really fresh. ...That's bound to make me and critics and audiences at times a little bit uncomfortable because it's hopefully new or unknown."

He brought that sense of freshness to last year's role as Benjamin Franklin Gates in National Treasure, a part his fans might consider rather conventional. He doesn't see it that way. "I think that it's nice to do the Ben Gates character because it's a nice reminder that I still function in a normal society. That's cool. There's a tension to it as well. Although I think that Ben Gates had his little - and I'll use the word - quirks as well, because he was really into history and was considered a kind of family nut because the whole family was looking for treasure that everyone else thought didn't exist. "I'm interested in behavior. I'm interested in exploring human behavior as an actor. Consequently the behaviour I find most interesting is the one that's most exotic," he continued. "Having said that, I'm currently interested in trying to find what is interesting about the mundane ...I think that if you put anything under the right lens at the right magnification, you're going to find something interesting to look at." He must have found something interesting in Gates because there are talks of a sequel to Treasure; it would be his first. In the meantime, he's got a full slate of movies he's acting in and producing. Among them is one about two firefighters working at the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, slated to be directed by Oliver Stone. He didn't hesitate in attaching his name to the project. "No, I would say so if I thought that the script was in any way cashing in or exploitative," he said emphatically. "Then I would have turned away from it. But when I read it, it was such a positive human story that I thought it needed to be told because it had the right spirit and mind."

Does he think it's too soon to explore the subject just a scant four years after 9-11? He said: "Yeah, I've thought about that, but I do believe they're trying to treat this almost like Playhouse 90 (a critically lauded dramatic series that ran during the late 1950s and '60s). It's being dealt with in a most sensitive manner and it's not being done in any sort of gratuitous way. Everyone is taking an enormous pay cut and it's really being done for the right reasons."
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Nicolas Cage gives $1 million to hurricane relief
9-2-05
LOS ANGELES - Actor Nicolas Cage donated $1 million Thursday to hurricane relief efforts for ravaged New Orleans, a spokeswoman said. The donation went to the American Red Cross, publicist Annett Wolf said in a press release. The statement said Cage, who maintains a residence in New Orleans, "wishes to help his neighbors during this most devastating time."
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Nic is a busy man!
8-11-05
Nicolas Cage has become one of the busiest actors in Hollywood. Currently he has nine projects in the works. Three films are already in the can and he's just begun production on "The Wicker Man". He's also teaming up with Oliver Stone in a drama surrounding the events of 9/11. After that, he joins Will Smith for a comedy called "Time Share".
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CAGE LOST WEIGHT FOR MOVIE
8-10-05
NICOLAS CAGE's new co-star has hit out at rumors his recent weight loss is a cause for concern. Recent photos of the actor showed him looking frail and gaunt - but EAMMON WALKER, Cage's co-star in new movie LORD OF WAR, insists Cage is simply getting ready for his role as an arms dealer in the action film.

Walker says, "You get your body fit and ready to do what you need to do. It's the thing you do when you have any project. "When you're in front of the camera, people are always looking at you, but he's got a body of iron underneath there."
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Nicolas Cage and young wife Alice Kim have revealed...
that the baby they are expecting in late August will be a boy. This will be the second son for Nic, who has a teen son from a previous relationship.
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Cage, Goodman, Parker & Winslet
7-14-05
Where the stars dine . . . and shop for shoes Chris Rose The actors Nicolas Cage and John Goodman dropped by Commander's Palace for an amiable dinner recently. I'm assuming that they're probably old friends, what with their very public and convivial embrace of the Good Life, but they're also new neighbors.

Goodman recently bought Goth rocker Trent Reznor's old house in the Garden District and Cage recently re-established his New Orleans connections by buying a Prytania Street mansion around the corner. So when Commander's officials greeted the famous pair, witnesses say they quipped: We're new to the area and thought we'd come check out the neighborhood restaurant.
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The new chameleons
7-4-05
For Franck Boclet, the designer at Francesco Smalto, actors Nicolas Cage and Vincent Cassel are typical of the new modern male "who takes care of himself and likes to dress up".
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Going to Las Vegas
6-27-05
Oscar winner Nicolas Cage enjoyed a festive night out with his pregnant wife Alice and about 40 of his closest friends and family, including his uncle, director Francis Ford Coppola, Dennis Hopper, Gina Gershon and rocker Rob Zombie, after receiving the Half-Life Award at the CineVegas Film Festival in Sin City recently. Cage and his posse sat in a private room at Nine Steakhouse at the Palms Casino, where they feasted on steak and truffle gnocchi.

Despite the fact that every five minutes or so fans would arrive at the door of his dining room, Cage (whose movie Leaving Las Vegas was screened at the fest) took pictures and signed autographs. "He was very friendly to everyone, even though he was constantly interrupted," a source tells us. But when the actor wasn't chatting up fans, he was happily hanging with his wife. The couple – who announced they were expecting a baby in February – will celebrate their one-year anniversary July 30.
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CineVegas '05 Celebrates Vegas'
6-24-05
CineVegas attracted a nice spectrum of celebs this year, who came out for honors. Actor Christopher Walken received the Marquee Award. Two of the festival's creative advisory board members, Dennis Hopper and former New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell joined actors Laurence Fishburn and Joe Pesci for the event, which included an informal discussion highlighting Walkens' career, moderated by Mitchell.

Legendary actress Ann-Margret received the fest's Centennial Award the following night, with Tony Curtis presenting the honor, while Nicolas Cage took the "Half-Life Award" 24 hours later. Samantha Morton also won a "Half-Life Award" on the final Friday of the festival, and directors George A. Romero ("Night of the Living Dead") and Wim Wenders ("Buena Vista Social Club") were each presented the Vanguard Director Award.
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IMPOSTER BOMBARDS CAGE'S PALS WITH LEWD EMAILS
6-22-05
NICOLAS CAGE has become the victim on an imposter, who posed as the LEAVING LAS VEGAS actor to send lewd sexual emails to his pals. According to US TV show CELEBRITY JUSTICE, Cage has discovered that an impersonator has managed to learn the addresses of a number of his acquaintances and is filling their mailboxes with filth.

The actor's representatives have released a statement saying: "Nicolas Cage would like to make the general public aware that somebody has illegally and fraudulently been using the following email address pretending to be Nicolas Cage: ncsaturn.7@aol.com.

"Mr Cage has informed the authorities and this matter is under investigation."
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* U P D A T E D M E D I A A L E R T *
Cinevegas Film Festival
6-18-05
Cinevegas Film Festival, Universal Pictures and Atmosphere Entertainment Mm Host the Festival's Closing Night Screening: the World Premiere of 'George a. Romero's Land of the Dead,' on Saturday, June 18, Brenden Theatres at the Palms, Las Vegas Friday June 17, 2:11 pm ET

WHAT:
The CineVegas Film Festival's closing night and world premiere of "GEORGE A. ROMERO'S LAND OF THE DEAD"

WHO:
"GEORGE A. ROMERO'S LAND OF THE DEAD" cast members Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento and John Leguizamo; writer/director George A. Romero; producers Mark Canton, Peter Grunwald, Bernie Goldmann; head special makeup effects artist Greg Nicotero; executive producers Steve Barnett, Dennis E. Jones, Ryan Kavanaugh, Lynwood Spinks.

Plus celebrity guests Nicolas Cage, Robin Leach, magician Rick Thomas and many others.

WHERE:
Brenden Theatres at the Palms Casino and Resort 4321 West Flamingo Road, Las Vegas

WHEN:
Saturday, June 18, 2005 5:30 PM Press Call Time 6:30 PM Celebrity Arrivals 7:30 PM Screening Begins
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Cine Vegas baby!
6-5-05
This year's festival will celebrate the bond between Tinseltown and Glitter Gulch with an array of films, tributes and parties.

The darker side of Vegas will be represented by Half-Life Award honoree Nicolas Cage, who will be on hand June 16 for a Q&A session followed by a screening of 1995's "Leaving Las Vegas," which earned him a best actor Oscar for his performance as a writer who comes to town to drink himself to death.

"I think he may be in more Las Vegas-based movies than any other actor," says Greenspun, noting that Cage also has starred in 1992's "Honeymoon in Vegas" and 1997's "Con Air," in which his character lands an airplane on the Strip. "He loves Las Vegas, from what we can tell. We understand he's coming in for three or four days -- we find that happens. Last year, honorees that were going to come in for one day ended up staying for practically a week because (CineVegas is) fun -- it's like a movable party with great movies."
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Noticing Nic
5-29-05

Cage fails to go unnoticed THE dark glasses and floppy white hat didn't work. It took shoppers and staff at Chadstone about two seconds on Friday arvo to work out that Hollywood had come to them. Nicolas Cage was wandering around, and once his disguise was seen through we're told he was happy to stop for a smiley snap.

ice try: Nicolas Cage tried to avoid being recognised when he went to Chadstone shopping centre. But it didn't take long for shoppers to realise who he was.
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Grauman's Chinese Theater:
A bit of a disappointment if you expect to see today's stars' handprints and signatures in cement, though Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nicolas Cage and Tom Hanks have made their marks here, along with Marilyn Monroe and lots of old-time stars you probably never heard of. 6925 Hollywood Blvd. Free. www.manntheatres.com


Free Showing
5-28-05
Actor Nicolas Cage races against time for clues to find and save a national treasure in a free movie to be shown this week at Shawnee Public Library.


Nic Helps Out...
5-16-05
After struggling with debt to the IRS and the landlord, beloved Roxie Cinema could see its marquee go dark
The Roxie has survived, while other single-screen theaters vanished, by finding and distributing films that became art-house hits. Having a loyal audience has helped, too. The fans came through during the Roxie's back-rent crisis of 2002, contributing cash and packing the house for benefit screenings of "The Last Picture Show.'' (Actor Nicolas Cage, who starred in the 1994 Roxie-distributed "Red Rock West,'' wrote a fat check).
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Grand Prix 2005
Nicolas Cage, one of Hollywood’s leading men sneaked into the Melbourne paddock as a guest of Ferrari. What drew him to make a stop-over in the fast lane? “It is my second race after the Montreal paddock some years ago,” he said. “Many of the characters I have portrayed in my movies where men on the limit, living intense, extraordinary lives. This is what attracts me – that Formula One has that spirit of life on the edge.”


Fosters Austrailian Grand Prix5-7-05
A TOUCH of Hollywood came to Albert Park yesterday with Nicolas Cage and his wife Alice Kim storming pit lane. Grand Prix Picture Gallery It was the first time the intensely private couple have made a public appearance in Melbourne since arriving last month. Dressed in a distinctive cowboy hat, Cage said he was loving it. A friend of Michael Schumacher, Cage headed to the BMW-Williams HQ after the German went out of the race. Source


Nicolas Cage Sells Home
3-6-05
Report: Nicholas Cage's Malibu Home Sells For $10 Million LOS ANGELES -- Actor Nicolas Cage has sold his Malibu home for about $10 million, but he still has homes in Bel-Air and New Orleans, it was reported on Sunday. The Oscar-winning actor bought his two-bedroom Malibu home overlooking a pool and the ocean in 1997 for about $3.6 million, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Cage, who had remodeled the beach house built in 1973, had been renting it for the past year and sold it to the tenants, Ruth Ryon reported in her weekly "Hot Property" column. The 41-year-old actor, who won a best actor Oscar for his role as suicidal alcoholic in the 1995 movie "Leaving Las Vegas," appears in "The Weather Man," which is due out in April. Cage married to Alice Kim. The couple are expecting their first child, according to the paper.

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony also have a new home -- in Bel-Air. The couple bought the five-bedroom Tuscan-style villa on less than an acre for $6.4 million, The Times reported. The 7,300-square-foot home built in 1941 has features a guesthouse/studio, pool and formal gardens. Lopez and Anthony, who married in June, also have homes in Miami and New York. In October, Lopez sold her Beverly Hills home, complete with furnishings, for about $12.5 million.

The longtime Bel-Air home of the late actors Jim Backus -- Thurston Howell III from "Gillian's Island" -- and wife Henny is on the market for $2.75 million, the paper reported. Backus died in 1989 at age 76, and Henny, who played Cora Dithers in the 1960s sitcom "Blondie," died in December at age 93. The traditional, three-bedroom home built in 1933 covers about 3,400 square feet and features French doors that open to a flagstone patio and park-like grounds, including a pool. Bobbie Ross at Prudential John Aaroe, Beverly Hills, has the listing.
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Drum diners get Cage
1-17-05
Nicolas Cage wore a striking maroon suit and tried, unsuccessfully, to hide in the Flower Drum restaurant. HOLLYWOOD movie star Nicolas Cage and his 20-year-old wife, Alice Kim, dined at the Flower Drum last Saturday night.

Eyewitnesses told The Eye that the couple were with two bodyguards, and dined with fellow American actor Sam Elliott, who is also in the movie Ghost Rider. Also dining at Flower Drum on Saturday night were Bert, Patti and Lauren Newton, and Lauren's boyfriend, Matt Welsh. After the meal at Flower Drum, the couple went across to hip bar Ding Dong for a drink.

That is where Cage fan Sarjeet Sandhu noticed him and got a quick photo. Sarjeet said he was a warm and friendly man. One witness at the restaurant said Cage was in a striking maroon suit and tried hard not to draw attention to himself.

"Mr Cage was seated in the back, far corner of the restaurant dining with some friends and his lovely wife, and it was amazing to see people's sudden urge to constantly attend the amenities that were conveniently situated in that general direction," the witness said. "He tried to not draw any attention himself, but alas all efforts were wasted as his presence caused quite a buzz of excitement throughout the restaurant and security was on definite full alert."
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CAGE LOST VOICE AFTER KARAOKE NIGHT2-3-05
Actor NICOLAS CAGE forced NATIONAL TREASURE film-makers to alter plans when he lost his voice after a raucous night of karaoke. The OSCAR winner regularly exercises his vocal chords on the sing-along machines as a way of unwinding after a hectic day on the film set.

But his penchant to "scream" along to songs forced studio bosses to reschedule crucial voice-over sessions when Cage arrived at work unable to speak. Cage says, "It's my way to de-stress. My favourites are classics like MY WAY and I do it SEX PISTOLS-style. I like to scream the songs out instead of singing.

"When we were filming National Treasure I lost my voice after a night out so I had to dub the scenes later."
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Forman bets on Cage-led 'Slim' biopic
1-24-05
Nicolas Cage By Liza Foreman Milos Forman and Nicolas Cage are betting on a feature film about the larger-than-life gambler Amarillo Slim Preston.

Screenwriters Stephen Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson, who worked on the biopics "Ali" and "Nixon," will adapt Preston's memoir "Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived." The project would mark Forman's first directorial outing since 1999's "Man on the Moon."

Although formal commitments have not yet been put on paper, Cage has been developing the project -- which he will star in and also produce with his Saturn Films partner Norm Golightly -- for more than a year. "Milos, Steve and Chris are nothing less than brilliant in bringing larger-than-life characters to the screen, and no one is larger than life than Amarillo Slim," Golightly said.

Producer Braxton Pope originally proposed the project to Saturn director of development Seth Schur. Pope and Schur will be involved in the project in a production capacity along with Frank Scatoni and Greg Dinkin, both of Venture Literary. Dinkin also co-wrote the memoir. "Amarillo Slim is an intrinsically American rebel and gambling outlaw of a stripe that doesn't exist anymore," Pope said. "His memoir will be the foundation for a great film that taps into the popularity of poker but also, on a larger scale, expresses a unique approach to life."

Amarillo Slim, who has been described as "the most famous poker player ever," was born in 1928 in Arkansas. His many claims to fame include winning the World Series of Poker in 1972 as well as a $2 million bet from Larry Flynt. He is best known for making crazy "propositional" bets, including using a broom handle to play one-pocket pool with billiards legend Minnesota Fats, using a carpenter's hammer to play golf with stunt motorcyclist Evel Knievel and using an iron skillet to play pingpong with tennis player Bobby Riggs. Cage's credits include "National Treasure." His upcoming films are "The Weather Man" and "Lord of War." He also has committed to star in the Marvel Comics adaptation "Ghost Rider" for Columbia Pictures.

Forman's credits include "Amadeus," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," "Man on the Moon," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Valmont." Cage, Wilkinson and Rivele are repped by CAA. Forman is repped by Robert Lantz.
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CAGE + PRESLEY REUNITE FOR RAMONE TRIBUTE
1-18-05
Former couple NICOLAS CAGE and LISA-MARIE PRESLEY joined fans of JOHNNY RAMONE at the unveiling of a statue in the late rocker's honour in Los Angeles on Friday (14JAN05). The pair joined the likes of EDDIE VEDDER, ROB ZOMBIE and actor VINCENT GALLO as Ramone's widow LINDA showed off her late husband's bronze likeness at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Linda told fans and friends that the RAMONES star, real name JOHN CUMMINGS, planned the statue and his gravesite at the famous resting place after watching RONALD REAGAN's funeral from his hospital bed. Ramone died in September (04) at his home in Los Angeles.
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TSUNAMI TELETHON EXTENDED AS STARS RUSH IN
1-15-05
America's superstar-filled TSUNAMI AID telethon has been extended to a two-hour event - so all the celebrities talent booker GEORGE CLOONEY has called to take part can appear. Tonight's (15JAN05) telethon will now be a commercial-free two hour show full of performances, messages and celebrity stories.
But the extra hour still means some celebrities will miss out on appearing on the show - ROBERT DE NIRO, NICOLAS CAGE, BRAD PITT, LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, CATHERINE ZETA-JONES and HALLE BERRY have agreed to answer phones and chat to generous viewers, calling in to make a donation to the tsunami relief effort.