Nicolas Cage's former business manager has filed a cross complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court against the star.

Samuel J. Levin - who was branded "incompetent" by the actor over his financial advice, which Nicolas claimed has led him towards financial ruin - insists the 'Con Air' star was already in deep debt when he hired him in 2001.

Johnny Depp will receive at least £21 million for making the new 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film, it has been revealed.

The 46-year-old star - who plays the eccentric Captain Jack Sparrow in the movie franchise - is returning for the fourth installment and is set to become Hollywood's highest-paid actor, topping the likes of Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson and Tom Hanks, with the huge pay day.

Johnny Depp has vowed to save Nicolas Cage from financial ruin.

The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' hunk was horrified to hear the actor has ran into difficulties over a $6million tax bill and has pledged to support the 'Con Air' hunk through his plight because of the assistance he gave Johnny when he was first trying to make it in Hollywood.

Nicolas Cage was stalked by a mime artist.

The 'Bangkok Dangerous' actor joked about his ordeal at the hands of a "silent but maybe deadly" performer but admitted he found the white-faced stranger "unsettling".

Nicolas Cage once spent $276,000 on a 67-million-year-old dinosaur skull.

The 'National Treasure' actor - who has been forced to put several of his properties on the market after failing to pay millions of dollars of tax - filed a lawsuit in October claiming Samuel Levin, his former manager led him "down a path of financial ruin".

Nicolas Cage has reportedly sold his Los Angeles mansion.

The 'National Treasure' actor, who owes $6 million in unpaid taxes, has sold the Bel Air property for an amount estimated to be between $9.5 and $15 million.