Kathleen Turner has apologized and agreed to a substantial charitable donation for claiming Nicholas Cage stole a dog and was twice arrested for DWI.
Nicolas Cage has settled a libel suit in a London court against Kathleen Turner, who falsely claimed in her autobiography that he had twice been arrested for drunken driving and had stolen a dog.
Neither of the stars attended the hearing at Britain’s High Court, where Turner’s lawyer, book publisher and the Daily Mail, which ran an excerpt, all apologized to Cage and offered to make a substantial donation to a charity of his choice.
Cage’s lawyer Simon Smith dismissed as “utter falsity” a section of Turner’s book “Send Yourself Roses,” describing the actors’ experience working together on the set of the movie “Peggy Sue Got Married” in 1986. In the passage Turner, 53, said her co-star, 44, was “arrested twice for drunk-driving and, I think, for stealing a dog. He’d come across a Chihuahua he liked and stuck it in his jacket.”
Turner, Headline Publishing Group and Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers now accept that, owing to a mistake on Turner’s part and despite the other defendants’ publishing in good faith, the allegations were defamatory and false, Smith said. All three agreed to pay Cage’s legal costs and make the charitable donation, Smith said.
How the hell do you make a “mistake” wherein you think someone got arrested twice and stole a dog when, in fact, they did not?
Source: Actors Cage and Turner settle libel suit [AP]
Robert Furo was arrested after breaking in to Nicolas Cage’s house in Newport Beach. Cage woke up to find Furo wandering around the house, wearing his jacket.
“We received a call at 1:27 AM from a gate guard who said he received a call from Cage, saying that a strange male was in his home.
Cage’s wife and son were in the home, when Cage, without incident, escorted the intruder into the backyard, where he was arrested a short time later by police. There were no signs of forced entry, and no altercation.”
Furo, listed his occupation as “tailor,” and was arraigned on the felony burglary charge, to which he plead not guilty. He was then remanded to custody. He is due back in court for a pre-trial hearing on October 10th.
Nicolas Cage has been tapped to play Magnum P.I. on the big screen, although George Clooney was another possible contender. This time around, though, Magnum won’t have the moustache. Maybe it’s because once the ’80s were over, most men with moustaches look like sex offenders. Orlando Bloom, anyone?
According to a source:
“Nick has a very clear idea about what he feels should be done with the character and the movie, and one of them is not playing up to the stereotype of the TV series.”
“The setting, characters and the themes of the show will be in the movie but the moustache was Tom’s, not Magnum’s, so he may not have one in the movie.”
Why do they keep bringing old TV shows to the big screen? They were good then, and that’s where they should stay. Miami Vice was brutal, and Dukes of Hazzard sucked. Stop killing the memory of great shows!
The newest collectible in Hollywood are prehistoric skulls. The latest bidding war for a 67 million-year-old dinosaur skull between Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicolas Cage ended when it hit $276,000.
Cage walked away with the head of a tyrannosauras bataar, the Asian cousin of T-rex, proving dinosaur bones are emerging as the new, collectible must-haves for the multi-millionaires of Hollywood.
Later this year, the skeletons of two 20 ft long, 65 million-year-old aquatic predators are expected to fetch between $150,000 and $400,000.
“Dinosaur bones and all sorts of fossils are increasingly hot right now. Hollywood heavy-hitters and the mega-rich types from the Middle East love this stuff,” said Josh Chait, operations director.
“When you already have a Warhol or a Monet on the wall, you tend to want a change from traditional artwork and people are turning to natural history for that.”
What happened to just going to the Museum of Natural History?
Basic Instinct 2 dominated The Golden Rasberry Nominations this morning with 7! The Golden Rasberry Awards aka The Razzies dishonor the year’s worst performances and movies. Little Man also received 7 nominations.
Worst Picture
Basic Instinct 2
Bloodrayne
Lady in the Water
Little Man
Wicker Man
Worst Actor
Tim Allen, Shaggy Dog, Santa Clause 3 & Zoom
Nicolas Cage, Wicker Man
Dan Whitney, Larry the Cable Guy
Rob Schneider, The Benchwarmers & Little Man
Marlon Wayans & Shawn Wayans, Little Man
Worst Actress
Hilary Duff & Haylie Duff, Material Girls
Lindsay Lohan, Just My Luck
Kristianna Loken, Bloodrayne
Jessica Simpson, Employee of the Month
Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct 2
Worst Supporting Actor
Danny DeVito, Deck the Halls
Ben Kingsley, Bloodrayne
M. Night Shymalan, Lady in the Water
Martin Short, Santa Clause 3
David Thewlis, Basic Instinct 2 & The Omen
Worst Supporting Actress
Kate Bosworth, Superman Returns
Kristin Chenoweth, Deck the Hall, Pink Panther & RV
Carmen Electra, Scary Movie 4 & Date Movie
Jenny McCarthy, John Tucker Must Die
Michelle Rodriguez, Bloodrayne
Worst Screen Couple
Tim Allen & Martin Short, Santa Clause 3
Nicolas Cage & His Bear Suit, Wicker Man
Hilary Duff & Haylie Duff, Material Girls
Sharon Stone’s Lopsided Breasts, Basic Instinct 2
Shawn Wayans & Either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans, Little Man
Visit Razzies.com for the rest of the nominations!
Marvel’s Ghost Rider, starring Nicolas Cage, will be coming to a theater near you in February 2007. Sony has Trailers available in Domestic and International versions in several resolutions.
Here’s a version from YouTube:
It looks pretty interesting. Then again, it’s hard to make a comic book movie that I don’t like.
Nicolas Cage has settled a libel suit in a London court against Kathleen Turner, who falsely claimed in her autobiography that he had twice been arrested for drunken driving and had stolen a dog.
“We received a call at 1:27 AM from a gate guard who said he received a call from Cage, saying that a strange male was in his home. 
“Nick has a very clear idea about what he feels should be done with the character and the movie, and one of them is not playing up to the stereotype of the TV series.”
“Dinosaur bones and all sorts of fossils are increasingly hot right now. Hollywood heavy-hitters and the mega-rich types from the Middle East love this stuff,” said Josh Chait, operations director.
