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HAYDEN PANETTIERE is trying to sex up her image a little with a new pictorial in "Elle" magazine.
NICOLAS CAGE is suing a former business manager for $20 million . . . claiming the guy mismanaged his money and nearly put him in the poorhouse.
--But it sounds like Cage played a part in his financial ruin, too . . . by being an out-of-control spender. Check out some of the things Cage bought over the years . . . many of which he's had to SELL OFF just to stay out of the red . . .
--At least two yachts and a Gulfstream jet.--Dozens of cars and motorcycles . . . including a $500,000 Lamborghini that had been confiscated from the Shah of Iran.
--A real dinosaur skull that he bought for $276,000 . . . after outbidding LEONARDO DICAPRIO for it.
--Two private islands in the Bahamas and two CASTLES . . . one in England and one in Germany.
--Two private islands in the Bahamas and two CASTLES . . . one in England and one in Germany.
--And how about this: Two KING COBRAS . . . named Moby and Sheba. He also had the antidote for their venom on the wall . . . you know, just in case.
Comedy Central is developing a new show with the hilarious, fake newspaper, "The Onion". It doesn't have a title or a premiere date yet, but the premise sounds pretty awesome. It'll be a weekly, half-hour scripted comedy about the world of sports news. It'll actually be based on the Onion Sports Network online series.
Disney's "A Christmas Carol" in IMAX 3-D (PG)
This is the new animated version of the classic Charles Dickens story, with Jim Carrey as Scrooge and all three of the ghosts. Robin Wright Penn is his lost love, and Gary Oldman does the voices of Marley's ghost, Bob Cratchit, and Tiny Tim.
--It's directed by Robert Zemeckis. He hasn't done a Disney movie since "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" back in 1988 . . . but his last two motion-capture animated films were "The Polar Express" and "Beowulf".
FRIDAY TV REMINDER FOR YOUR KIDS:
"SpongeBob SquarePants: Truth or Square" . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on Nickelodeon. (--Pink, LeBron James, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Robin Williams, Craig Ferguson and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog guest in live-action segments as SpongeBob celebrates his 10th anniversary.)
