14 h. ago ‘My moment of glory’: Nicolas Cage lookalikes assemble in London

To mark the release of his new film, hundreds of people who sort of look like the actor gather outside Prince Charles cinemaOn a sunny, bustling late afternoon outside a cinema in Soho, central London, more than a hundred people have gathered, a number of whom sort of, if you squint, look a little bit like the actor Nicolas Cage.There is a Raising Arizona Cage, moustachioed and with a Hawaiian shirt. There are several Con Air Cages in white vests, one of whom has a toy bunny in a small cardboard box. Several can genuinely claim an uncanny likeness to the actor; one or two others might uncharitably be said to be closer to Cage’s character in Face/Off, who surgically swaps his own distinctive features for the face of someone else – in that case, John Travolta – who looks nothing like him. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Nicolas Cage’s son Weston gets married less than a year after arrest on assault charges

Cage’s son was arrested in July 2024 after allegedly attacking his mother with a deadly weapon

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5 d. ago Nicolas Cage has spent decades playing himself – but many of the best actors do

The star of ‘Con Air’ would likely never admit it, but many of his greatest performances – including the one he gives in his wild new B-movie ‘The Surfer’ – resemble funhouse mirror reflections of ‘Nicolas Cage’, writes Xan Brooks. And therein lies the magic

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2 w. ago Escapes announces free screenings of Nicolas Cage thriller, The Surfer ahead of official UK release

Escapes encourages all to experience the beauty of their local independent cinema by previewing films for free, over two dates on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th April.

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2 w. ago Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots; José María Velasco: A View of Mexico – review

Serpentine South Gallery; National Gallery, London The arte povera veteran’s passionate celebration of trees risks being eclipsed by the real ones that surround it. And a 19th-century Mexican polymath becomes the first Latin American artist to have a solo show at the National GalleryA tree towers upwards in Kensington Gardens, slender but unimaginably strong, grey boulders perched like vultures among its branches. Another gestures directly to the sky, twigs spreading in eloquent appeal. A third can be seen at great distance, shattered as if by lightning, its broken glory shining bright cold in the sunshine.For one exhilarating moment it seemed as if the acclaimed Italian artist Giuseppe Penone had come upon these trees and simply adjusted them, with poetic ingenuity, to emphasise their exceptional strength and beauty. Then, just as viewers were discussing how miraculous trees are – everyone stunned, everyone photographing this radiant glade – someone knocked on a trunk. And we heard...

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4 w. ago Nicolas Cage's son Weston discovers fate after being accused of 'brutal assault' on mum

The son of Nicolas Cage and Christina Fulton has discovered his fate after being accused of violently attacking his mum outside of her apartment complex last year

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