According to Forbes.com, where rich businessmen gather to discuss how good lying feels, Nicole Kidman was the most overpaid actress in Hollywood last year. On average, Kidman's films earned just one dollar for every dollar she was paid; The Invasion actually lost almost $3 for every dollar in Kidman's salary.
A reminder: a schoolteacher, police officer or AIDS researcher would probably find it difficult to get work if they failed so majorly so consistently.
After the jump, the rest of the top 10.
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BACK TAXES DANGEROUS "Nicolas Cage, who plays a jaded hit man in his new movie opening Friday, Bangkok Dangerous, has agreed to pay substantial back taxes and penalties to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, which said that for years he improperly deducted personal expenses. In papers filed in U.S. Tax Court, Cage and his Los Angeles-headquartered Saturn Productions said they would pay $666,000, plus unspecified interest. Nearly one-fifth of the base amount, or $99,000, is an 'accuracy-related' penalty."
New research calls into question a study suggesting circumcision halves a man's chances of contracting HIV, a claim detailed at length in 2006 in this former "Most E-Mailed" New York Times article. According to one expert, the latest data shows the 2006 findings to be "spurious and unsupported" and more related to behavior than physicality. Whoops.
Sorry you got such a bad rap, hooded friends. To make you feel more included, after the jump, we've made a list of all your ALLEGEDLY uncircumcised brethren in Hollywood.
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It's one thing to remake the Fraggles, because, much as we feign outrage, we don't really remember what that show was about or why we liked it. But now Hollywood's fucking with our dear, dear independent films about crippling despair and the hopelessness of modern life. Now we're mad.
Nicolas Cage has been tapped to star in a remake of the 1992 classic Bad Lieutenant. Originally starring Harvey Keitel as the title character, Lieutenant focuses on a slowly unraveling New York City cop's search for salvation while working to solve a case of a raped nun. Why anyone is remaking it is beyond us, but we're certain the final product is going to be whitewashed of its predecessor's grime and NC-17 rating.
After the jump, catch some of Bad Lieutenant in its gritty glory before Nicolas Coppola has the chance to miss all Keitel's nuances. Be forewarned: some of it is seriously NSFW.
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• What We Can Learn from Heath Ledger's Death: Don't Mix Downs!!! [HuffPo]
• Adam Sandler stands up for Tom Cruise! Read his rant in a weird, screamy voice for authenticity. [EBG]
• Celebrities as Disney characters: Not a stretch. [PS]
• Can you find the irony in this sentence?: "Here’s Kim Kardashian at the beach covering her big fat ass once again. I hate girls that are insecure. It’s the most unattractive quality to have." [HT]
• Hey, Ashley, where's your weird sister and her security detail? [INO]
• Two deaths a minute in the new Rambo flick! [ICYDK]
• Celebrity coke dealer talks! [Yeeeah]
• Celeb tats: Don't do it. [CityRag]
Kathleen Turner on Nicolas Cage, from her upcoming autobiography, Send Yourself Roses:
Oh, that stupid voice of his and the fake teeth! Honestly, I cringe to think about it… 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.
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Nicolas Cage's son, Weston: awesome? We say yes, as long as the darkness enveloping his heart is truly black and his soul actually as icy as the Norse winters of old.
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