
Nov 18 - By Associated Press
Film star Nicolas Cage has visited a Kenyan prison holding suspected Somali pirates awaiting trial to highlight the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean.

Nov 17 - By David Germain, AP Movie Writer
Nicolas Cage figures he owes no apologies when critics gripe about all the Hollywood action flicks he's done.
Nov 17 - By Anthony Mccartney, AP Entertainment Writer
Nicolas Cage is being sued by his former business manager, who claims lavish spending, not his advice, is to blame for the actor's financial problems.

Nov 15 - By The Associated Press, HO
Are you ready to abandon Team Edward in favor of Team Jacob? It looks like Bella (Kristen Stewart) just might do that in the latest installment of the “Twilight” series. We’ve heard all about Taylor Lautner’s newly buff bod and Robert Pattinson’s unbelievable popularity with fans, but will all that translate to a true box office bonanza? (Opens Nov. 20)
Oct 29 - By Associated Press
Nicolas Cage's father, literature professor August Coppola, has died. He was 75.

Oct 16 - By Anthony Mccartney, AP Entertainment Writer
Nicolas Cage sued his former business manager for $20 million on Friday, claiming bad advice and mismanagement led him toward financial ruin.

Sep 4 - By Colleen Barry, Associated Press Writer
German director Werner Herzog says his "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," starring Nicolas Cage as a drug-addicted homicide detective and Eva Mendes as his prostitute girlfriend, has nothing to do with Abel Ferrara's 1992 cult classic starring Harvey Keitel. He hasn't even seen it.

May 6 - By Associated Press
Nine crew members working on a Nicolas Cage film in New York's Times Square have been treated for minor injuries after another car crash near the movie set.
May 5 - By Associated Press
Police say a Ferrari crashed into a restaurant in New York's Times Square during filming of a Nicolas Cage movie stunt, injuring two pedestrians.
Apr 8 - By Dr. Gail Saltz, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
I am a disaster addict. I watch movies and TV shows that focus on the end of the world. “Knowing” — starring Nicolas Cage — is just the latest in a long line of apocalyptic epics. Cormac McCarthy’s novel “The Road” will be released as a film soon. It’s ultimate disaster porn for me because it is humanized and simultaneously abstract. I follow asteroid telemetry news and read up about the latest in germ warfare speculation and rogue nuclear proliferation.

Mar 22 - By David Germain, AP Movie Writer
Movie beasts from old-time Hollywood got a makeover as heroes and conquered the weekend box office.

Sep 1 - By Christina Hoag, Associated Press Writer
The Nicolas Cage action-thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" needed just $7.8 million to take the top spot at the box office in what was the slowest movie weekend in seven years, according to studio estimates released Sunday.

Apr 4 - By Associated Press
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.

Feb 24 - By David Germain, AP Movie Writer
They ground up Steve Buscemi in a wood-chipper. They made baby-snatchers out of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. They turned mythic Greek wanderer Odysseus into a Depression-era roots-music minstrel with George Clooney's face.

Jan 6 - By David Germain, AP Movie Writer
Nicolas Cage may be running out of storage room for his loot. Disney's "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," with Cage as a history buff on the trail of a lost city of gold, was the No. 1 box office draw for the third straight weekend with $20.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Dec 23 - By David Germain, AP Movie Writer
Nicolas Cage followed his secret treasure map to another fortune at movie theaters. Cage's "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," the Disney sequel to its 2004 hit, opened as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $45.5 million as Hollywood continued a holiday spree at the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Oct 2 - By Associated Press
A tailor accused of breaking into Nicolas Cage's coastal home was charged Tuesday with residential burglary.

Apr 6 - By Ramola Talwar Badam, Associated Press Writer
A movie starring Nicolas Cage as a soldier-turned-mystic bent on revenge will be shot in India early next year, an executive of the film's producer, Virgin Comics, said Friday.
Feb 20 - By Associated Press
Nicolas Cage's comic-book adaptation "Ghost Rider" led a rush of new movies, debuting with $52 million over the four-day President's Day weekend.

Feb 18 - By David Germain, AP Movie Writer
Satan's bounty hunter has looted the wallets of movie-goers. "Ghost Rider," Sony's comic-book adaptation starring Nicolas Cage as a motorcycle stunt driver moonlighting as a collector of evil souls for the devil, debuted as the top weekend movie with $44.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Jun 29 - By Associated Press
Nicolas Cage has donated $2 million to help former child soldiers worldwide. The donation by the Oscar-winning actor will help provide shelters and medical and psychological rehabilitation services, said Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA.