FAMOSOS QUE PERDERAM TUDO! #16 - Summary

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**Title:** Famous People Who Lost Their Fortunes

**Summary:**

The article/video discusses 4 celebrities who achieved great success but ultimately lost their fortunes due to poor financial management:

1. **Norma Blum** (Actress): Despite a successful career in Brazilian TV, theater, and cinema, she now faces financial difficulties.
2. **André Gonçalves** (Actor): After a successful stint in Brazilian TV, he struggled with debt, including unpaid alimony, leading to a period of house arrest.
3. **MC Hammer** (Singer): His extravagant spending on luxuries like cars, jets, and horses led to bankruptcy, despite earning $70 million at the height of his fame.
4. **Kim Basinger** and **Nicolas Cage** are also mentioned, with:
* **Kim Basinger** buying an entire town to create a Hollywood theme park, which failed, leading to bankruptcy.
* **Nicolas Cage** living extravagantly, accumulating massive tax debt ($8 million), and eventually declaring bankruptcy, forcing him to sell off luxury assets.

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**Norma Blum**

1. Norma Blum started her career in the 1950s on TV Tupi as a script assistant for her father.
2. She worked as a presenter and actress, acting in the first soap opera on Rede Globo, "Lost Illusions".
3. Norma participated in over 40 soap operas throughout her career.
4. She is the mother of actress Mariana Blum.
5. Despite her successful career, Norma Blum currently experiences financial difficulties.

**André Gonçalves**

6. André Gonçalves debuted on television in the miniseries "Capitães de Areia" in the late 1980s.
7. He participated in several successful soap operas, including "Banco" and "Fera Ferida".
8. In 2021, André had an arrest decree for non-payment of alimony for one of his daughters, totaling $350,000.
9. He faced another arrest request for unpaid alimony, this time for $109,000, filed by his eldest daughter and ex-wife, Tereza Seiblitz.
10. André was converted to house arrest with an electronic ankle bracelet due to unpaid debts.

**MC Hammer**

11. MC Hammer started his career in the 1980s but gained massive success in the 1990s with his hit song.
12. At the peak of his career, MC Hammer's declared assets were worth $70 million.
13. He owned 17 luxury cars, a jet, two helicopters, and over 20 racehorses.
14. MC Hammer was forced to sell his mansion for a value five times lower than the purchase price.
15. He declared bankruptcy due to inability to manage his debts.

**Kim Basinger**

16. Kim Basinger began her cinema career in the 1970s, peaking in the 1980s and 1990s.
17. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1998 for her role in "Los Angeles Confidential".
18. At her career's peak, Kim Basinger's net worth was estimated to be around $1 million.
19. She attempted to buy an entire city to transform it into a Hollywood theme park, which ended in failure.
20. Kim Basinger declared bankruptcy and stepped away from Hollywood for a period.

**Nicolas Cage**

21. Nicolas Cage is one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood.
22. He led a life of extravagance without financial control, owning dozens of luxury cars.
23. Nicolas Cage had a passion for collecting fossils.
24. A government investigation revealed he owed over $8 million in taxes.
25. Nicolas Cage declared bankruptcy and sold several luxury vehicles to pay off debts.