Anderson Cooper Sued Over Firehouse Spill
Anderson Cooper often puts himself in harm's way to get a story -- but a NYC woman claims she was the one put at risk and it was all his fault.
Cooper is being sued by a woman who claims she fell through a hole at a firehouse in Greenwich Village that he's converting into a new home.
According to the NY Post, the incident happened last September when the woman fell 17 feet through a hole that once contained fire pole -- the pole had been removed, but the hole remained.
The firehouse was built in 1906 and was used as such until 2006.
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Burglar Bunch Suspects We Didn't Do It!
The Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch are really just a bunch of innocent kids ... or at least kids who have now officially pled not guilty.
Nick Prugo was in court today and pled not guilty to eight felony burglaries.
Diana Tamayo -- not guilty to two felony burglaries.
Courtney Ames and Roy Lopez Jr. -- not guilty to one felony burglary.
Bail for Prugo and Tamayo was set at $20,000 -- for Lopez and Ames it was $50,000.
The gang will have a courtroom reunion in January.
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Burglar Bunch at Orlando's House Say Cheese!
TMZ has obtained a photo taken by security cameras outside of Orlando Bloom's house on the morning it was burglarized ... and authorities think the pic shows the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch doing their thing.
Even though only two suspected members of the bunch -- Alexis Neiers and Nick Prugo -- have been charged with the Bloom burglary, the photo clearly shows four hooded people walking in the street.
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Lamar Odom's House -- Now with Furniture!
Lamar Odom hasn't been able to move his $2.39 million pad, so he gave it a makeover to help sell it.
We're told Lamar wants to move the Manhattan Beach house ASAP, so he cut the realtor a check to get the staging done it to make it more presentable. Lamar and his new wife, Khloe, just threw down a chunk of change on a place in Tarzana -- a cool $3.995 million.
BTW -- the furniture doesn't even come with the house. For $2.39 mil, you'd think he'd throw in a sofa at least.
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Khloe & Lamar -- Welcome to the Neighborhood!
The median household income in Tarzana, Calif. is a quite modest $73,195 -- and it's about to go up because Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are movin' in.
Sources tell TMZ that Khloe and Lamar just bought a house in Tarzana for a cool $3.995 million. It's 8,347 sq. feet with seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
It's part of a gated community -- good for keeping the paps at bay for the five minutes a day they don't want to be photographed.
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Dunaway's Landlord Faye Won't Pay!
The only thing outstanding about Faye Dunaway as a tenant is the balance she allegedly owes her NYC landlord -- and if she doesn't pay up, they want her out.
According to the landlord, the Oscar winning actress owes $1,920.85 in back rent -- and we've learned Vanderleigh Properties has filed a notice of non-payment in New York County Civil Court to get it back.
We're told the last notice was posted on her door on October 23rd and it's still there. The lawyer for the landlord tells us Faye has been late with payments in the past and they're currently taking steps towards eviction.
Calls to Dunaway's reps were not returned.
Burglar Bunch Nets Celebrity Treasure Trove
The Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch possessed more gold, diamonds and drugs than King Midas ... this according to cops who raided the homes of the defendants. We just got hold of the return on the search warrant, and it's impressive.
Here's just a partial list of what cops found -- pearl-style necklace, several rings with yellow metal and white stones, a ring with white metal and green stones, a ring with yellow metal and red stones, a ring with yellow metal and green and white stones, a Marc Jacobs purse, a Louis Vuitton purse, 2 Chanel purses, 1 Hermes purse, a Steve Madden shopping bag, a Blackberry Edge cell phone and an LG cell phone, 4 pairs of BCBG and Marc Fisher heels, a pair of True Religion pants (which are connected to Rachel Bilson), 2 bottles of Paris Hilton perfume, 2 bottles of Chanel perfume, an Apple laptop, Gucci eyeglasses, Chanel eyeshadow, a Chanel makeup brush, Dior mascara, a Mexican passport, and a Washington State driver's license.
As TMZ first reported earlier today, cops also found a huge stash of drugs -- including cocaine, mushrooms and ecstasy.
The search warrant return also turned up a 3-page list found at Ajar's home -- with a description of "diamonds in bag." It lists 10 separate bags, totaling 42.94 carats. The list also references dozens of pieces of expensive jewelry including a Cartier watch, a Mont Blanc watch, dozens of diamond, gold and silver rings, a diamond bracelet, and several necklaces.
Neighbors to Paris Hilton: Shut UP!!!!
Paris Hilton's neighbors in the Hollywood Hills called the cops on the heiress last night -- after Paris allegedly threw a super-loud rager at her house at around 4:00 AM.
We've learned an LAPD unit arrived to Paris' place sometime before 5:00 AM, but by the time cops showed up, the place was absolutely quiet ... too quiet.
Shockingly, it's not the first time Hilton's been accused of pissing off her neighbors. Back in May, cops rolled over to Hilton's pad twice -- in the same week -- after two major noise complaints.
UPDATE: Sources say Paris was NOT staying at the house last night .. and hasn't been for a while. We're told some friends have been using the house for the past few days while Paris has been at her other home in Beverly Hills.
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Paris on Burglar Bunch: 'I Hate Them!'
Hate is a strong word -- but according to Paris Hilton, the word perfectly describes the way she feels about the members of the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch who allegedly stole more than $2 million worth of her jewelry.
We got the iced up heiress last night at Mr. Chow, where she was spewing "hate" towards the merry band of jewelry snatchers.
Fellow target Audrina Patridge was out too, saying "They're going to have to face the consequences" -- which right now amounts to a helluva lot of felony charges.
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Fox, Green Allegedly Hit by Burglar Bunch
Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green are used to being hit on -- not hit. But that's exactly what happened to them, courtesy of the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch -- allegedly.
Law enforcement sources tell us Green's Hollywood Hills home was burglarized during the string of celeb break-ins. Various items were taken, including Green's recreational gun, which was locked up.
As for Fox, who spends a lot of time at Green's, all the Burglar Bunch allegedly took were clothes -- including several of Megan's signature t-shirts.
We're told Green, who has been shooting a movie in NYC, didn't even know he was hit. Sources say cops retrieved the stolen goods and returned them to him last week.
As we have been reporting, TMZ has obtained photos, emails and other data from a computer that the gang allegedly stole from an L.A. businessman. One of the photos on the hard drive -- the photo of Megan Fox we're using for this post.
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Lamar Odom -- Back on the Market
Lamar Odom is officially on the market -- the real estate market -- hoping to unload his lavish L.A. bachelor pad for a cool $2.39 million.
The house boasts 5 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms plus your standard mansion fare -- pool, jacuzzi, and outdoor barbecue.
No word yet on why he's ditching the crib -- but it might have something to do with the new place he's planning to buy with his ... "wife."
UPDATE: We've added over a dozen more pics of Lamar's pad.
Chris Brown There's No Place Like Home
Chris Brown may have to complete court ordered hard labor in Virginia as a part of his penance for beating up Rihanna ... but he's got a pretty cushy place to rest his head while doing it.
Brown recently twittered pics of the home -- filled with enough distractions to last a lifetime -- where he sought refuge after the infamous incident with his former girlfriend Rihanna.
Ironically, part of Chris' hard labor sentence will likely involve graffiti cleanup.
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Prince Moves Out, Leaves $300K Behind
Only Prince can rent a home for $150,000 a month, leave behind a security deposit -- and the landlord doesn't know who to give it to.
According to a lawsuit filed in June, when Prince moved out of the home he rented in Beverly Hills, he left behind a $300,000 security deposit. 3121 Rep Inc., the company that claimed to have brokered the lease for Prince, has sued the owners to get the money back.
But the owners say Prince made all the payments himself -- 3121 was just an intermediary -- so the money should go straight to him.
Now the two sides are suing each other, with Prince caught in the middle -- 3121 wants the money they says is theirs, the owners just want their attorney's fees paid.
Meanwhile, Prince is probably sitting somewhere composing ballads, with no idea any of this is going on.
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Stephen Baldwin's Home a Heroin Hot Spot
A good deed is never forgotten -- especially when it bites you in the ass ... as actor Stephen Baldwin quickly learned when a homeless man he let live on his property was busted for heroin.
51-year-old Jimmy Parks -- who was suspected of trafficking heroin on the property -- was arrested when police raided the cottage he was staying in just feet away from the actor's suburban New York home.
Police tell us Baldwin, a born-again Christian, was home at the time of the raid and had been trying to help Parks get his life together and had even taken him to church.
'Ferris Bueller' Star I Can't Afford My Old House!
There's a reason Cameron Frye will never return to the house where he and Ferris Bueller ruined his dad's precious Ferrari back in the day -- it's too damn expensive!
Alan Ruck, 52, who looks virtually the same as he did in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" way back in '86, was at LAX yesterday, where he said there's no way he could meet the home's $2.3 million price tag.
What happened to all that "Spin City" cash!?
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Wanna Buy a House? Bueller? Bueller?
The infamous house where Cameron Frye was savagely beaten by his father in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (they cut that part out of the movie) is now being unloaded to the highest bidder.
The sweet house -- which is in Highland Park, Illinois -- has 4 bedrooms, 4 bath, 5,300 sq. ft. and is up for grabs for $2.3 million, according to realtor.com.
Smashed up Ferrari in the woods not included.