All posts containing the tag: "forbes"
Posted Oct 16th 2009 10:55AM by TMZ Staff
Why is Nic Cage in such deep trouble??? The person Nic's suing has tried to explain Cage's financial troubles before...
Last year, the IRS put the screws to Cage after they discovered the actor tried to write off $3.3. million in personal expenses as business expenses from 2002 to 2004 -- things like limo rides, meals, gifts and Cage's private jet.
Cage's business manager, Samuel J. Levin tried to explain the situation to Forbes, telling them Nic's tax moves were "customary in the entertainment industry" -- the IRS didn't see it that way.
Ultimately, Uncle Sam forced Cage to hand over $660,000 in back taxes and penalties.
But now, Cage has an even bigger financial mess on his hands -- accusing Levin of being so reckless and incompetent with his money, that he's been forced "down a path of financial ruin."
And this time it's Nic who's doing something "customary in the entertainment industry" -- he's hired power lawyer Marty Singer to sue Levin's pants off.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: forbes, history, nic cage, NicCage, samuel j. levin, SamuelJ.Levin, tax
Posted May 5th 2008 12:50PM by TMZ Staff
Our photog actually had the stones to ask Gisele what it's like to make 3x more moolah than her BF -- but our guy's math was waaaaaaay off.
According to Forbes, the supermodel takes in $35 million, whereas Brady's salary cap figure with the Patriots is $14.7 mil. Of course, those figures don't take Tom's endorsements -- which hovered around $9 mil for 2007 -- into account.
Also not included: Whatever Gisele pays him to be her errand boy.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Tom & Gisele
Tags: errand boy, ErrandBoy, Forbes, gisele bundchen, GiseleBundchen, tom brady, TomBrady
Posted Oct 25th 2006 1:47PM by TMZ Staff
Forbes has once again released its annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list, and while it's no surprise why most of the buried big shots made the list (Kurt Cobain, John Lennon and Elvis are all still banking from music sales) there were two lifeless wonders that left us scratching our heads -- Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe.
According to Forbes, Marilyn Monroe raked in a cool $8 million last year, earning her the ninth spot on the dead earners list. But where is it all coming from? Nearly a half-century after her death, the blonde bombshell is still cashing in on her image -- or rather the licensing of it.
Just recently, Marilyn's image was used to sell perfume in Europe, Dom Perignon champagne, Absolut vodka and vehicles for General Motors. And don't forget about the thousands of lesser-known products with Marilyn's face on them ranging from t-shirts to posters. Just like J.F.K., seems like the world can't get enough Marilyn.
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Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Tags: absolut, Albert einstein, AlbertEinstein, baby genius, BabyGenius, celebrities, dead, forbes, john lennon, JohnLennon, kurt cobain, KurtCobain, marilyn monroe, MarilynMonroe
