Clearly Nicolas Cage has welcomed the New Year and said goodbye to his financial woes of 2009 – which you’ll recall he blamed on his Financial Adviser, and apparently it had nothing to do with the seriously weird things including random castles, funky mummified objects etc. that he keeps buying! Nic said, "Over the course of my career I have paid at least $70 million in taxes, unfortunately, due to a recent legal situation, another approximate $14 million is owed to the IRS," Cage explains, referring to the nearly $6 million tax lien the federal agency placed on his property late last year.

And since flicking his clearly delusional financial adviser (cause it wasn’t his fault) and getting new “business management” Nic says he’s “..happy to say that I am current for 2009…all taxes will be paid including any to be determined state taxes." And given he has three movies scheduled for a 2010 release, including Kick-Ass, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and Season of the Witch I think he’s back on top.