<p>A massive sinkhole swallowed part of actor Nicolas Cage&#8217;s driveway — and threatened to swallow his $10.5 million Malibu home — after heavy rains and high surf from Tropical Storm Marie battered his $10.5 million Malibu property.</p>
<p>The hole, estimated at 30 feet by 30 feet, opened Tuesday morning outside the beachfront home, sending asphalt, concrete, part of a privacy fence, and a construction-site porta potty tumbling into it,  <a href="https://pagesix.com/2026/09/08/celebrity-news/nicolas-cages-malibu-mansion-surrounded-by-massive-sinkhole/?_gl=1*118vjnl*_gcl_au*MzA4MjQzMjc1LjE3ODg4ODcxMTA.*_ga*MTUxNTA1OTQyMi4xNzg4ODg3MTE4*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3ODg4OTU4MjgkbzMkZzEkdDE3ODg4OTU4NjQkajI0JGwwJGgw">according</a> to Page Six.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/nicolas-cage-malibu-home-threatened-173920993.html">First responders</a> were initially called to the scene early Tuesday morning for a suspected gas line break, and Los Angeles County Fire Department units were sent to the 31600 block of Sea Level Drive at about 5:45 a.m. Upon arrival, crews discovered that the collapse had damaged a gas line, which workers shut off before beginning repairs.</p>
<p>No injuries were reported, and no one appeared to be inside Cage&#8217;s home at the time.</p>
<p>&#8220;Substantial damage was done to this home, or at least the driveway to this home here in Malibu. It doesn&#8217;t appear that anybody was home. As a matter of fact, the house looks like it is under some sort of renovation,&#8221; KTLA&#8217;s Rich Prickett reported.</p>
<p>A fire department spokesman attributed the sinkhole to coastal erosion. The collapse occurred as high tides and surf associated with Tropical Storm Marie battered the Malibu coastline.</p>
<p>The &#8220;National Treasure&#8221; actor, 62, had bought the property in 2024 — and it appeared to be undergoing renovations at the time.</p>
<p>A representative for Cage did not immediately respond to Page Six&#8217;s request for comment.</p>
<p>Cage&#8217;s home, according to Page Six, was built by Jose Liberman of Liberman Broadcasting in the 1990s — and remained in his family until the Oscar-winning actor purchased it.</p>
<p>After the sale, Lenard Liberman told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/realestate/nicolas-cage-malibu-house.html">The New York Times</a>, &#8220;Yes, Nicolas Cage bought our home in Malibu. My parents would go on weekends, and it was my father&#8217;s &#8216;happy place.&#8217; My father passed away, and my mom just couldn&#8217;t go to the house anymore. Too many memories.&#8221;</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Any movie fans hoping to escape politics for two hours while enjoying a piece of entertainment are bound to be disappointed by “National Treasure 3.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The third installment of the Nicholas Cage-led franchise will likely address America&#8217;s political divide, according to director Jon Turteltaub. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After confirming that the third film is “finally real” and has an approved script during a “National Treasure Hunt” podcast recording last week, Turteltaub said it’s been hard to work on the project due to rising political tension. He mentioned a conversation with former Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) about the previous “National Treasure” films.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;He, like others, were surprised that Democrats made that movie because Democrats can’t be patriots,&#8221; Turteltaub said, </span><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/national-treasure-three-confirmed-director-john-turteltaub-20260821.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">per</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Philadelphia Inquirer. &#8220;That’s the thought and it just got worse. And on the Democrats’ side: ‘Oh, Republicans, they just want to keep stuff to themselves, they hate everybody, they want to kill everyone, and blah blah blah.'&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Without giving any specifics, the director alluded to the heightened political divisions — especially on social media — being part of the storyline.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We have to be very careful, but I don’t feel we are allowed to ignore it,&#8221; Turteltaub said. &#8220;I think we have to include that idea in the story somehow without making someone feel put off.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daily Wire contributor Christian Toto said Turteltaub&#8217;s comments sum up the &#8220;sad&#8221; reality of where America is in 2026.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It sounds like Turteltaub, a veteran Hollywood director who isn&#8217;t known for his political views, was accurately assessing how Hollywood views patriotism and the political divide,&#8221; Toto </span><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/national-treasure-director-predicts-upcoming-third-film-wont-ignore-politics"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Fox News. &#8220;It&#8217;s actually a sad sign of the times — a franchise about U.S. history is now seen as problematic or challenging, when it should be nothing of the kind.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;A franchise like this would be best served staying apolitical, and the director&#8217;s comments suggest a way to thread the needle between acknowledging our political chasm and moving forward with a fresh new story,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Heck, if that delicate balance works, it might be the biggest film in the franchise.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“National Treasure” (2004) features Cage as historian Benjamin Franklin Gates, who is working to decipher hidden codes in the nation’s founding documents and landmarks to uncover fortunes. &#8220;National Treasure: Book of Secrets” was released in 2007. Both films are popular for blending mystery, adventure, and a deep dive into history.  </span></p>


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<p>President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> name-dropped a movie featuring Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage while defending the use of handcuffs to restrain illegal aliens aboard deportation flights out of the United States.</p>
<p>Trump referenced Cage&#8217;s 1997 action-movie &#8220;Con-Air&#8221; — in which a handful of convicts take over control of a plane that was supposed to be used to transport them to a new facility — and then argued that by keeping detainees handcuffed, federal immigration authorities were essentially attempting to prevent a similar scenario from playing out on their watch.</p>
<p>Responding to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazil-slams-trump-admin-for-shipping-illegals-back-in-handcuffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaints</a> from Brazilian officials about the fact that detainees had been handcuffed for their deportation flights — a practice that was also standard during former President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration — Trump made it clear that he was not planning to make any changes.</p>
<p>&#8220;We were being scolded because we had them in shackles in an airplane,&#8221; Trump said of the Brazilian official. &#8220;And he said, ‘This is no way to treat people.’ Now, you gotta understand these are murderers, drug lords, gang members, just the toughest people you’ve ever met or seen.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨 WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> just compared to the Mass Deportation flights to Con Air 🤣 <a href="https://t.co/MYyZrrCZAl">pic.twitter.com/MYyZrrCZAl</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Steak for Breakfast (@SteakforPodcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteakforPodcast/status/1884016972268200343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;How would you like to be the pilot of a plane? You got two pilots up there and you got 300 people sitting in a plane — every one of them either a murderer, a drug lord, a kingpin of some kind, the head of the mob, or a gang member — and you’re flying that plane,&#8221; Trump continued, predicting, &#8220;It’s not gonna end well.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You ever see the movie &#8216;Con-Air&#8217;? That&#8217;s what — yeah &#8230; Except here’s the difference: the people in &#8216;Con-Air&#8217; were actors. They weren’t nearly as tough as these guys,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;I would say that that plane would be gone before it ever left. Those pilots would be gone before it ever left. So, they don’t want us to shackle them. I don’t want to be in that plane.&#8221;</p>


Nicolas Cage In ‘Con Air’

Trump Name-Drops Nic Cage Movie To Defend Handcuffing Illegals During Deportation Flights

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nicolas-cage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nicolas Cage</a> said he thinks he&#8217;s only got &#8220;three or four more movies left&#8221; in him as he talked about retirement and ending his career on a &#8220;high note.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the 59-year-old actor&#8217;s interview with <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/12/nicolas-cage-interview-dream-scenario-film-career-awards-insider" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vanity Fair</a>, Cage talked about the time he has left on earth and said he wants to spend that doing something different in his career that he&#8217;s never done, like TV.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s starting to solidify—I&#8217;m starting to cement my plan,&#8221; the superstar actor said when asked if he&#8217;s at a turning point in his movie-making career. &#8220;I may have three or four more movies left in me.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I do feel I&#8217;ve said what I&#8217;ve had to say with cinema,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nicolas-cage-retiring-movies-acting-1235709589/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. &#8220;I think I took film performance as far as I could. I want to say bye on a high note.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cage will celebrate his 60th birthday in January and said he&#8217;s been really &#8220;taking stock of how much time&#8221; he has left.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Nicolas Cage is seriously considering a retirement from movies: &#8220;I feel I’ve pretty much said what I’ve had to say with cinema&#8230;I did what I had to do with cinema and I want to move on now. But I’m not there yet, but hopefully I will be. We’ll see.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/bYaoQsfYM7">https://t.co/bYaoQsfYM7</a></p>
<p>— Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1731893156659011598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;I thought, Okay, my dad died at 75, I&#8217;m going to be turning 60. If I’m lucky, I have maybe a good 15 years and hopefully more,&#8221; the actor told the reporter. &#8220;What do I want to do with those 15 years, using my father as the model? It occurred very clearly to me that I want to spend time with my family.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cage, who has appeared in at least one feature film for 37 consecutive years and counting, got his big break when he starred in &#8220;Raising Arizona&#8221; and &#8220;Moonstruck,&#8221; the outlet noted. In 2023 alone, the &#8220;Ghost Rider&#8221; star will have racked up six credits following the release in November of his movie &#8220;Dream Scenario.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Renfield&#8221; star made it clear he&#8217;s going to slow down — but has no interest in stopping acting all together, as he expressed an interest in maybe switching &#8220;formats.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cage said, &#8220;Maybe it&#8217;s time to look at the immersive streaming experience. I don&#8217;t know. I have to look for the next step and I haven&#8217;t found it yet.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I do want to get much more severe and stringent in my selection process,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But I want to look ahead. I want to see what&#8217;s next.&#8221;</p>
<p>The superstar actor has three children, his youngest, daughter August Francesca, was born last year. He shares her with wife Riko Shibata, whom he married in 2021. He also has two adult children from <a href="https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/how-many-kids-does-nicolas-cage-have-47769211" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previous relationships</a>.</p>


‘I Want To Say Bye On A High Note’: Nicolas Cage Says Retirement Is Near

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<p>Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ill-never-do-that-again-nicolas-cage-admits-he-ate-a-real-cockroach-on-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nicolas Cage&#8217;s</a> recently revealed &#8220;earliest memory&#8221; inspired several follow-up questions from comedian and &#8220;The Late Show&#8221; host Stephen Colbert.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nicolas-cage-did-a-reddit-ama-here-are-the-weirdest-questions-and-answers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cage</a>, who made an appearance on the show to promote his vampire-themed horror comedy &#8220;Renfield,&#8221; participated in the &#8220;Colbert Questionert&#8221; — during which he fielded a series of random questions from the host.</p>
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<p>Things took a turn when Colbert asked the &#8220;Leaving Las Vegas&#8221; star to recall his earliest memory, however, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-shows-up-for-training-camp-dressed-as-nic-cage-from-con-air" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cage</a> suggested that he might remember something that happened before he was even born.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let me think. Listen, I know this sounds really far out, and I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s real or not, but sometimes I think I can go all the way back to in utero and feeling like I could see faces in the dark or something,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/24-year-old-rust-armorer-once-made-nicolas-cage-curse-storm-off-set-after-firing-gun-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cage</a> replied. &#8220;I know that sounds powerfully abstract, but that somehow seems like it maybe happened.&#8221;</p>
<p>Colbert responded with a follow-up question, asking the Oscar winner whether he thought he had seen faces because there may have been &#8220;other people in there&#8221; at the time — or whether he believed that he had been able to imagine or &#8220;conjure&#8221; faces even before he was born.</p>
<p>&#8220;Now that I am no longer in utero, I would have to imagine it was perhaps vocal vibrations resonating through to me at that stage,&#8221; Cage replied. &#8220;That&#8217;s going way back. I don&#8217;t know. That comes to mind &#8230; I don&#8217;t even know if I remember being in utero, but that thought has crossed my mind.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Cage answered a number of other questions presented by the host — including his top five favorite movies that he had starred in: &#8220;Pig,&#8221; &#8220;Mandy,&#8221; &#8220;Bringing Out the Dead,&#8221; &#8220;Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,&#8221; and &#8220;Joe.&#8221;</p>
<p>“There you go. I go &#8216;Face/Off,&#8217; but that&#8217;s okay,&#8221; Colbert joked.</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh, I like that one a lot! I love &#8216;Face/Off,’” Cage agreed, adding, &#8220;You know, what was interesting about &#8216;Face/Off&#8217; — and I could&#8217;ve mentioned &#8216;Vampire&#8217;s Kiss.&#8217; &#8216;Vampire&#8217;s Kiss&#8217; was a little movie I made where I was able to explore my more abstract dreams with film performance. I was sadly playing a character who was losing his mind that he was beginning to think he was the vampire from the original Nosferatu movie. And when you&#8217;re playing a character who&#8217;s losing his mind, he can believe he&#8217;s Nosferatu. So I got to act like a German expressionistic silent movie star.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And that was cool, these facial expressions and what not. But &#8216;Face/Off&#8217; was a big studio movie that I made at Paramount and I was able to use what I learned from this little &#8216;Vampire&#8217;s Kiss&#8217; movie and put it in this giant movie and it worked. I was like, &#8216;People really dig this,’” Cage concluded.</p>


‘I Know This Sounds Really Far Out’: Nicolas Cage’s ‘First Memory’ Has Stephen Colbert Asking Questions

Nicolas Cage's 'First Memory' Has Stephen Colbert Asking Questions

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<p>Actor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/nicolas-cage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nicolas Cage</a> recently admitted that the cockroach he ate in 1988&#8217;s &#8220;Vampire&#8217;s Kiss&#8221; was real — and that director Robert Bierman had made him do a second take, in which he had to eat a second cockroach, as a sort of prank.</p>
<p>Cage, who stars as the infamous Count Dracula in the recently-released horror comedy &#8220;Renfield,&#8221; said in a Yahoo! News <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nicolas-cage-says-regrets-eating-135333852.html?guccounter=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> published the day the film was released in theaters that he regretted the decision to eat the cockroach. The discussion also featured his &#8220;Renfield&#8221; co-star Nicholas Hoult — who takes on the titular role.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll never do that again,&#8221; Cage said of his roach-eating days on the set of &#8220;Vampire&#8217;s Kiss.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry I did it at all.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Leaving Las Vegas&#8221; actor has discussed the moment before, noting that the original script had called for him to eat a raw egg and explaining that he didn&#8217;t believe that went far enough. &#8220;I saw it as a business decision because when people see the cockroach go in my mouth &#8230; [they] really react,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>After the first take, Cage said that Bierman asked him to do it again — but maintains that he always intended to use the first take and only demanded a second in order to make his star eat another insect. &#8220;I ate [roaches] twice because the director did it as a prank,&#8221; Cage said.</p>
<p>Hoult got a reprieve, however, and when the script called for Renfield — Dracula&#8217;s long-suffering assistant — to chomp on an insect, he got a sweet treat instead.</p>
<p>&#8220;The cockroaches I got to eat in this were caramel,&#8221; Hoult said — but he added that he did eat some dried crickets, which he said were fine because they had been seasoned. &#8220;I also had crickets that were actually quite yummy; they were salt and vinegar flavored or barbecue smoky flavored.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cage was quick to point out that Hoult had also eaten a real potato bug — something that he said was terrifying to him personally — but Hoult was much less thrilled with the taste of that one.</p>
<p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t good. It didn&#8217;t dry out so good, and tasted every bit of bug,&#8221; Hoult said.</p>
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<p>Cage concluded with his thoughts on whether humans could ever sustain themselves by eating insects — and he said that while it would certainly be healthy, he did not see it taking hold.</p>
<p>&#8220;If you could get rid of your fear, your phobia of eating insects, you could solve world starvation. High protein, no fat, excellent nutrients, abundance. They&#8217;re everywhere! But nope — not gonna happen,&#8221; he said.</p>


‘I’ll Never Do That Again’: Nicolas Cage Admits He Ate A Real Cockroach On Film

Nicolas Cage Admits He Ate A Real Cockroach On Film

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<p>Celebrities continued sharing touching tributes to Elvis Presley&#8217;s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, in the wake of her death after she went into cardiac arrest Thursday. She was 54.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lisa-marie-presley-daughter-of-elvis-presley-dead-at-54?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=conservnewsd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Presley&#8217;s</a> mother, Priscilla, shared the devastating news in a Thursday statement. &#8220;My beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us. She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers. At this time there will be no further comment,&#8221; she said in a statement.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lisa-marie-presley-daughter-of-elvis-on-life-support-in-critical-condition-after-cardiac-arrest-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Presley&#8217;s</a> ex-husband, actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nicolas-cage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nicolas Cage</a>, joined stars like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kid-rock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kid Rock</a>, John Travolta, and many others to remember the musician after learning about the death of the star. Presley&#8217;s daughter will be buried next to her late son, Benjamin, at Graceland, a rep for the late star&#8217;s daughter, actor Riley Keough, shared with the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/at-elvis-graceland-fans-visit-to-mourn-lisa-marie-presley/2023/01/13/00fb4b64-9363-11ed-90f8-53661ac5d9b9_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Lisa [Marie Presley] had the greatest laugh of anyone I ever met,&#8221; Cage told The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lisa-marie-presley-dead-hollywood-tributes-1235298556/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Reporter</a>. &#8220;She lit up every room.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I find some solace believing she is reunited with her son, Benjamin,&#8221; he added, referencing the late-singer&#8217;s son who died by suicide in 2020, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/01/13/nicolas-cage-reacts-to-ex-wife-lisa-marie-presleys-death/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> noted.</p>
<p>Kid Rock shared a message on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXLw9IukkM/?igshid=ZmMyNmFmZTc%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media</a> that read, &#8220;There is not enough love to share for Lisa Marie. Please pray for her, her children, and family. Only god knows why. Bobby &#8211; Kid Rock.&#8221;</p>
<p>Travolta posted a throwback photo of her on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnVsLbLrpqM/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=43747981-14c9-4a81-87d3-12078fea8af8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> and wrote simply, &#8220;Lisa baby girl, I&#8217;m so sorry. I&#8217;ll miss you but I know I&#8217;ll see you again. My love and heart goes out to Riley, Priscilla, Harper and Finley.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-hanks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Hanks</a> and his wife actress Rita Wilson called the news of her passing heartbreaking.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are heartbroken over the loss of Lisa Marie Presley,&#8221; Hanks captioned his post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnWD5veLUo_/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>. &#8220;Absolutely broken … Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Our hearts are broken with the sudden and shocking passing of Lisa Marie Presley tonight,&#8221; Wilson captioned her post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnVtipKL-cz/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=58a36087-1c28-4a19-a023-409671b62449" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>. &#8220;Tom and I had spent some time with the family during the Elvis movie promotional tour. Lisa Marie was so honest and direct, vulnerable, in a state of anticipation about the movie.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;She spoke so eloquently about her father, what the movie meant to her, that it was a celebration of her dad,&#8221; she added. &#8220;She had her gorgeous daughters Finley and Harper with her who made us all laugh. She privately showed us her home, Graceland, and she made it feel like home to us &#8230; A mother should never have to lose a child. Lisa Marie lost her precious son Benjamin, Priscilla loses her only daughter. It’s too much. Sending love to the family, prayers for peace and strength. Love, Rita and Tom.&#8221;</p>
<p>And they weren&#8217;t the only ones offering tributes, others included country singer LeAnn Rimes, pop singer Pink, and more.</p>
<p>&#8220;Lisa marie presley … how heartbreaking,&#8221; Rimes tweeted. &#8220;I hope she is at peace in her dad&#8217;s arms. My heart goes out to her family. Too much grief in just a couple of years. #riplisamarie #LisaMariePresley.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">lisa marie presley… how heartbreaking. i hope she is at peace in her dad’s arms. my heart goes out to her family. too much grief in just a couple of years. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/riplisamarie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#riplisamarie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LisaMariePresley?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LisaMariePresley</a></p>
<p>&mdash; leann rimes cibrian (@leannrimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/leannrimes/status/1613718776771661824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Oh, this one hurts my heart,&#8221; Pink captioned her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnVsq6Arbwy/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=cc4f7448-9bd7-49a0-9657-53ea14425ad1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>. &#8220;Lisa Marie, you were one of a kind. Funny as s***, smart as a whip, sensitive, talented, witty, mean, loving, generous, judgmental but always right, loyal, and you adored your children. My heart breaks for you and your beautiful family and your children. The world lost a rare gem today. May your soul rest in peace, friend.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">So sad that we’ve lost another bright star in Lisa Marie Presley.  My condolences to her loved ones and multitude of fans.</p>
<p>&mdash; octavia spencer (@octaviaspencer) <a href="https://twitter.com/octaviaspencer/status/1613724060739080194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">ANOTHER PERSON I SHARED DEEP EMOTION WITH HAS PASSED AWAY! THIS IS SO SAD &amp; SHOCKING! LISA &amp; I SPENT HRS ON THE PHONE AS SHE WAS DIVORCING MJ, HER SON BEN WAS LIKE A LITTLE BROTHER 2 ME, SO MUCH LOSS, SO MUCH TRAGEDY N THEIR FAMILY, MY ❤️IS W THE PRESLEYS! <a href="https://t.co/bWsiJ33lGX">https://t.co/bWsiJ33lGX</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) <a href="https://twitter.com/Corey_Feldman/status/1613724125276651521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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Celebrities Continue Sharing Tributes To Lisa Marie Presley Following Her Shocking Death

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<p>Superstar Nicolas Cage shot down the idea that fans will ever see him in a &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; project and explained that he&#8217;s a &#8220;trekkie&#8221; and his place is on the deck of the Star Trek Enterprise.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nicolas-cage">59-year-old</a> actor responded to the idea — which was floated by his former costar Pedro Pascal — after the Disney+ &#8220;The Mandalorian&#8221; star said he wanted to bring Cage into the famed &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; universe, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/nicolas-cage-rejects-star-wars-for-star-trek-1235482216/">Variety</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not really down,&#8221; Cage <a href="https://twitter.com/djkevlar/status/1611515865165619201?s=20&amp;t=9ippK7HnQZzwlZmbQbhFbA">explained</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m a Trekkie, man. I&#8217;m on the Star Trek Enterprise. That&#8217;s where I roll.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not in the &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; family,&#8221; the superstar actor added. &#8220;I&#8217;m in the &#8216;Star Trek&#8217; family.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nicolas Cage in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarWars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StarWars</a>? Not going to happen: “I’m not really down. I’m a Trekkie, man. I’m on the Star Trek Enterprise. That’s where I roll&#8230;I’m not in the ‘Star Wars’ family. I’m in the ‘Star Trek’ family.” <a href="https://t.co/XAb8A7Utnr">https://t.co/XAb8A7Utnr</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1612493527342096384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The &#8220;Ghost Rider&#8221; star explained how he &#8220;grew up watching [William] Shatner&#8221; and thought the new generation of actors in the &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; franchise like Chris Pine were &#8220;terrific in the movies.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I think the movies are outstanding,&#8221; Cage shared. &#8220;I like the political and the sociological [messages]. To me, what science fiction is really all about and why it&#8217;s such an important genre is that really you can say whatever you want, however you feel.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You put it on a different planet, you put it in a different time or in the future, and without people just jumping on you, you can really express your thoughts like Orwell or whomever in the science-fiction format,&#8221; the actor added. &#8220;And Star Trek really embraced that. I thought they got into some serious stuff.&#8221;</p>
<p>In September at the Disney&#8217;s D23 expo, Pascal shared that he had already pitched the idea of having Cage joining him on the hit Disney series following their 2022 buddy film &#8220;The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,&#8221; the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/09/nicolas-cage-is-no-star-wars-fan-im-a-trekkie/">New York Post</a> noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;I already suggested [it],&#8221; Pascal shared at the time. &#8220;I already said he would make a great Mandalorian.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;ll wear a helmet,&#8221; he added.  &#8220;Absolutely … Or he could be one of the helmet-less.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Shatner-lead late 60s &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; TV series branched off into a hugely successful franchise, leading to 13 films to date, not to mention all the hit TV series that stem from the &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; world, since the original aired in 1966, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nicholas-cage-not-joining-star-wars-star-trek-1235293231/">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-actor-reveals-he-believed-he-was-an-alien-as-a-child">Hollywood Actor Reveals He Believed He Was An Alien As A Child</a></strong></p>


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<p>Hollywood legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nicolas-cage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nicolas Cage</a> revealed in a recent interview that, as a child, he had truly believed that he was from another planet.</p>
<p>Cage explained to <a href="https://ramp.space/en/issue/by-the-way" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rampstyle</a> magazine that his younger self was so entirely convinced that he was an alien that a simple trip to the doctor&#8217;s office — and a view inside his own body — had once delivered a massive paradigm shift.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was shocked the day I went to the doctor’s office as a child and I found out that I had normal organs and a normal skeleton because I was certain I was from another planet,&#8221; Cage said, going on to add that one of the main reasons he had <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/12/13/nicolas-cage-thought-he-was-an-alien-as-a-child/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">believed that</a> was because he had always found relating to other people to be painfully difficult.</p>
<p>&#8220;My father told me he felt like he had to introduce himself to me because I was such an alien,&#8221; Cage said of his father, the late author and film executive August Coppola.</p>
<p>Cage then explained that the feeling of being alien — along with a little inspiration from late artist David Bowie — led him toward acting.</p>
<p>&#8220;I had difficulties connecting with other people. When I saw David Bowie in ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth,’ I realized I needed to do something, so I became an actor,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Cage is no stranger to finding himself in the middle of, well, <em>strange</em> stories — it was revealed in a New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/03/23/nicolas-cages-wild-menagerie-included-a-two-headed-snake/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> published earlier this year that the Oscar-winning actor had once owned a two-headed snake and enjoyed the fact that his pet crow insulted him when he left the room.</p>
<p>The &#8220;National Treasure&#8221; actor explained he had bought the two-headed reptile for $80,000 after dreaming about an eagle with two heads — but because the two heads fought over food, he eventually donated it to the Audubon Zoo.</p>
<p>&#8220;Both heads were fully functional and capable of swallowing. We had to take turns feeding each head and place a rubber spatula between the heads to prevent one head from fighting over the other head’s food,&#8221; Robert Mendyk, curator of herpetology at the zoo, explained to the Post.</p>
<p>As for the crow, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2022-01-26/nicolas-cage-on-pig-elvis-dracula-and-his-career" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cage says</a> Hoogan talks — and he&#8217;s not very complimentary: &#8220;When I leave the room, he’ll go &#8216;bye&#8217; and then go, &#8216;A**.’”</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier this year, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bruce-willis-reveals-diagnosis-that-is-taking-him-out-of-the-hollywood-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bruce Willis retired from acting</a> after revealing his battle with aphasia, a medical condition that impacts a person’s speech patterns.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The announcement didn’t stop the flow of Willis projects in the pipeline, though.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Wire Room” hit theaters in September and “Paradise City,” which teams him with screen legend John Travolta, is set for a November release.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re still waiting on three “Detective Knight” films with Willis playing the title character and a thriller dubbed “Die Like Lovers,” all completed before his announcement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s on top of Willis’ 2022 release list, which includes “Wrong Place,” “White Elephant,” “Vendetta,” “Corrective Measures,” “A Day to Die,” “Gasoline Alley,” and “Fortress: Sniper’s Eye.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They all have plenty in common: They’re action-packed, low-budget vehicles that draw little love from critics and let Willis shoot his scenes quickly and go. And each benefits from Willis’ star presence and fan base, commercially speaking.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And none will have a fraction of the cache he earned from “Die Hard,” “Pulp Fiction,” or “The Sixth Sense.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, there’s another Hollywood icon who may be ready to take his place.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mel Gibson’s A-list status collapsed in 2006 when video emerged of him shouting anti-Semitic slurs at police officers following a drunken driving arrest. More ugly headlines followed, including audio of the “Braveheart” star admitting to hitting his then-girlfriend.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gibson stepped away from the spotlight, returning years later in a series of indie films that let him slowly build back his industry goodwill.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It worked.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He eventually snagged a prominent directorial project, 2016’s “Hacksaw Ridge,” a critical and commercial success which earned him an Oscar nomination. He didn’t win, but enough of the industry forgave him for his ugly past.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He’s currently directing and starring in the fifth film in the “Lethal Weapon” franchise and may helm the sequel to his box office sensation “The Passion of the Christ.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yet he’s suddenly one of Hollywood’s busiest stars in the Willis mold. He’s cranking out action films with smaller budgets that typically go straight to VOD (Video on Demand).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This year alone Gibson has eight feature films to his credit. Most traditional movie stars may have two or three films per year, at best. Stars like Denzel Washington work at a more leisurely pace, taking care to pick the best projects for their skill set.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Not Gibson. And only one has big studio packaging – “Father Stu” featuring Mark Wahlberg.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most of the Gibson projects feel like films Willis might have considered had he kept on working. They’re genre films, brimming with action, intrigue and mayhem, and Gibson now often plays supporting players despite his Hollywood pedigree.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take “Hot Seat,” the story of a talented hacker (“Entourage” alum Kevin Dillon) trapped to an explosives-laden chair. Gibson co-stars as a bomb squad cop trying to save the hacker.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Or “Bandit,” which follows a smooth criminal (Josh Duhamel) forced to collaborate with a gangster (Gibson) to support his new love (Elisha Cuthbert).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why would iconic stars like Willis and Gibson wallow in the B-movie muck in the first place? </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Well, it’s a gig, for starters. These projects often pay well considering the tiny work load in question.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And, given Hollywood’s youth obsession, steady work into one’s 60s and beyond isn’t insignificant. Willis is 67, while Gibson turns 67 in January 2023.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other established talent, like 58-year-old Nicolas Cage, similarly grab B-movie projects to keep busy and fatten their wallets. Cage famously did so, in part, after getting </span><a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/nicolas-cage-defends-vod-films-debt-1235211377/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">collared by the IRS</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“When I was doing four movies a year, back to back to back, I still had to find something in them to be able to give it my all … They didn’t work, all of them. Some of them were terrific, like ‘Mandy,’ but some of them didn’t work. But I never phoned it in. So if there was a misconception, it was that. That I was just doing it and not caring. I was caring.”</span></i></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For Willis, his busy pace may have been to secure money for his family knowing his medical condition would soon prevent him from working.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Movie stars no longer sell tickets as they once did, witness star-laded bombs like the recent “Amsterdam.” Their names still matter on the international market, where many of these B-movies blossom, financially speaking.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They also help elevate lesser-known titles with names like “Bandit” and “Wire Room.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s another difference between Willis’ late-career choices and the path Gibson may be following. Critics routinely noticed Willis phoning in his performances, citing the lack of enthusiasm he brought to these minor roles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">His health deterioration may be to blame here but given his past work it proved impossible not to compare and contrast.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s not the case with Gibson. </span><a href="https://filmthreat.com/reviews/hot-seat/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s FilmThreat’s take on “Hot Seat”</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and what the “Max Max” star brings to the indie thriller.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;But really, acting-wise, it is Gibson who enlivens the proceedings. His constant viewing of everything as a chess game feels natural to the character, and the actor is clearly having fun with the fast-talking, smartest guy in the room part. Gibson is as charming as ever and proves what made him a superstar.&#8221;</span></i></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Variety called the actor’s “Panama” &#8211; </span><a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/panama-review-mel-gibson-1235206203/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Mel Gibson Movie of the Month Club</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – but couldn’t deny the star’s screen presence against a younger colleague, “Yellowstone’s” Cole Hauser.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Trouble is, Hauser can barely hold up his share of the bargain whenever he’s on screen opposite Gibson, even when the latter tones down, slightly, his propensity for wild-eyed, crazy-vibes scenery-chewing.&#8221;</span></i></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show business isn’t just a catch phrase. The term reveals the unglamorous side of Hollywood, and the cold realities even the best stars often face. The screen legacies of Willis, Gibson and Cage are just more proof of that truth.</span></p>
<p><em>Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>. </em></p>
<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. </em></p>


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<p>The Washington Post resorted to using a Disney movie as a reference in an article explaining the significance of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) with regard to the recent <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/doj-says-fbi-seized-possible-attorney-client-privileged-information-in-trump-raid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI raid</a> of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago home.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/27/trump-archives-records-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a>, titled &#8220;Inside Trump&#8217;s War on the National Archives,&#8221; dug into some of the threats and hate that have reportedly been directed toward NARA in the three weeks since FBI agents raiding Mar-a-Lago and removed a number of boxes of documents that had been stored there.</p>
<p>But while attempting to explain the back-and-forth between the NARA and Trump — who is certainly not the first former president to find himself at odds with the administration over ownership of records — the authors of the article included a reference to Disney&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-shows-up-for-training-camp-dressed-as-nic-cage-from-con-air/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Treasure</a>&#8221; in an effort to paint a clearer picture of the Archives.</p>
<p>The Post shared a portion of an internal email from acting archivist Debra Steidel Wall to NARA staffers, which read in part, &#8220;NARA has received messages from the public accusing us of corruption and conspiring against the former President, or congratulating NARA for &#8216;bringing him down.&#8217; Neither is accurate or welcome.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The email capped a year-long saga that has embroiled the Archives — widely known for being featured in the 2004 Nicolas Cage movie, &#8216;National Treasure&#8217; — in a protracted fight with Trump over classified documents and other records that were taken when he left office,&#8221; the Post added in the following paragraph.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is the funniest possible bit of context to include when explaining what the national archives actually is,&#8221; Texas Monthly Senior Editor Dan Solomon said of the reference.</p>
<p>https://twitter.com/dansolomon/status/1564036884548009986</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8216;The Archives — widely known for being featured in the 2004 Nicolas Cage movie, &#8216;National Treasure&#8221; is one of the weirder asides I&#8217;ve seen in WaPo. Maybe say it&#8217;s best known as the home of the Declaration and Constitution. But Nic Cage?&#8221; Michael Jacobs added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;The Archives — widely known for being featured in the 2004 Nicolas Cage movie, &#39;National Treasure&#39;” is one of the weirder asides I&#39;ve seen in WaPo. Maybe say it&#39;s best known as the home of the Declaration and Constitution. But Nic Cage?<a href="https://t.co/jsVvYHqonV">https://t.co/jsVvYHqonV</a> <a href="https://t.co/EyERODJPia">pic.twitter.com/EyERODJPia</a></p>
<p>&mdash; (((Michael Jacobs))) (@ChipJake) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChipJake/status/1563918537021857793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>NARA has previously contested the <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/why-presidential-papers-don-t-belong-to-presidents-/6694170.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">possession of records</a> removed from the White House, arguing that presidential records belong to the United States government.</p>
<p>&#8220;Presidential records are the property of the United States government and are administered by the National Archives,&#8221; Meghan Ryan Guthorn, acting deputy chief operating officer of the agency explained. &#8220;So, all presidential papers, materials and records in the custody of the National Archives, whether donated, seized or governed by the Presidential Records Act, are owned by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">kids entertainment content</a>.)</em></p>


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<p>Reigning league MVP <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-signs-massive-new-contract-with-green-bay-packers-report/">Aaron Rodgers</a> showed up to training camp on Tuesday, and his look prompted a number of fans — and even ESPN — to compare him to actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nicolas-cage-did-a-reddit-ama-here-are-the-weirdest-questions-and-answers/">Nicolas Cage</a> in the late-nineties action move &#8220;Con-Air.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Green Bay Packers quarterback, who spent part of the off-season cementing a contract extension — which included a guaranteed $101.5 million — arrived unshaven with his hair down to his shoulders. He wore a white tank top, jeans, and work boots.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s do this,&#8221; the Green Bay Packers captioned a video of Rodgers&#8217; arrival.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let&#39;s do this. <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronRodgers12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AaronRodgers12</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PackersCamp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PackersCamp</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoPackGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoPackGo</a> <a href="https://t.co/gEgqBhyzJP">pic.twitter.com/gEgqBhyzJP</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Green Bay Packers (@packers) <a href="https://twitter.com/packers/status/1551941252672888832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;The reigning MVP showed up as Nick Cage in Con Air,&#8221; @ESPNNFL tweeted in response, sharing a photo of Rodgers alongside Cage as Cameron Poe, his character in the film.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The reigning MVP showed up as Nick Cage in Con Air 😭 <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronRodgers12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AaronRodgers12</a> </p>
<p>(📸 <a href="https://twitter.com/packers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@packers</a>) <a href="https://t.co/dpL709lgXp">pic.twitter.com/dpL709lgXp</a></p>
<p>&mdash; NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNFL/status/1551949220441210880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Put … the bunny … back … in the box&#8230;,&#8221; Hal Sparks <a href="https://twitter.com/HalSparks/status/1551978967938191360">tweeted</a>, quoting one of the movie&#8217;s most famous lines.</p>
<p>&#8220;In which Aaron Rodgers morphs into the real-life version of Cameron Poe &#8230;,&#8221; Fox News contributor Joe Concha <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1551970521474015233">added</a>.</p>
<p>NBA reporter Chris Fedor asked, &#8220;Was he going for the Cameron Poe look? Because if so, he NAILED it.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Was he going for the Cameron Poe look? Because if so, he NAILED it. <a href="https://t.co/n7TfhmClPY">https://t.co/n7TfhmClPY</a> <a href="https://t.co/ThcPyKYR3H">pic.twitter.com/ThcPyKYR3H</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisFedor/status/1551960401230942208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<p>&#8220;The Con Air reboot looks terrible,&#8221; @theclem report <a href="https://twitter.com/TheClemReport/status/1551945795779403778">complained</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;You have to respect the dedication,&#8221; Trey Wingo <a href="https://twitter.com/wingoz/status/1552016987727044620">commented</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Halloween came early at Packers camp when the GB QB arrived as Cameron Poe in &#8216;Con Air&#8217; — undershirt, jeans, beard, hair longer than ever. Don&#8217;t think Aaron Rodgers wasn&#8217;t going exactly for that Nic Cage look. After all, he&#8217;s the greatest regular-season QB ever. (Playoffs: 11-10),&#8221; Skip Bayless was certain that the resemblance was entirely intentional.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Halloween came early at Packers camp when the GB QB arrived as Cameron Poe in &quot;Con Air&quot; &#8211; undershirt, jeans, beard, hair longer than ever. Don&#39;t think Aaron Rodgers wasn&#39;t going exactly for that Nic Cage look. After all, he&#39;s the greatest regular-season QB ever. (Playoffs: 11-10)</p>
<p>&mdash; Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/status/1552053820594696192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Ringer&#8217;s NFL editor Lindsay Jones added, &#8220;It&#8217;s not even noon here and we&#8217;ve already gotten Aaron Rodgers going full Nic Cage, Tom Brady hawking shake-and-dry swim suits and Joe Burrow losing his appendix. Pretty fun day for my first Ringer NFL Show. Let&#8217;s get weird.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s not even noon here and we&#39;ve already gotten Aaron Rodgers going full Nic Cage, Tom Brady hawking shake-and-dry swim suits and Joe Burrow losing his appendix. </p>
<p>Pretty fun day to record my first Ringer NFL Show. Let&#39;s get weird.</p>
<p>&mdash; Lindsay Jones (@bylindsayhjones) <a href="https://twitter.com/bylindsayhjones/status/1551975520371216384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m usually not a fan of these dorky camp arrival videos, but man! Aaron Rodgers pulled off the perfect Cameron Poe! Just nailed it&#8230;.. Makes me wonder if Nic Cage could&#8217;ve been a multiple time NFL MVP,&#8221; Hans Olsen <a href="https://twitter.com/975Hans/status/1551962068818898944">quipped</a>.</p>
<p>Barstool Sports went a different direction with the video, <a href="https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1551948995035123713">adding</a>, &#8220;Aaron Rodgers looks ready to enter his Brett Favre Wrangler era.&#8221;</p>


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