Akon I DESTROYED A Great House & Made It Even Better
Akon just took a perfectly fine suburban home in the San Fernando Valley and gutted it like a fish ... turning it into a SICK new party palace.
Real estate sources tell us Akon dropped just under $2 mil for an elegant 5-BR contemporary home with glass walls and concrete floors ... and then tore it apart.
Can't wait to see the welcome he gets from his new neighbors ... once they realize he also owns tigers.
Check out the pics of Akon's crib ... and tell us ....
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Selena Gomez Cops Roll on 911 Burglary Call
1:20 P.M. PDT -- Police tell TMZ the suspect has been arrested for trespassing. It's not known if Selena was at home during the incident.
12:44 P.M. PDT -- Law enforcement tells TMZ the suspect has been detained and is currently being questioned about what he was doing at Selena's home.
Cops swarmed around Selena Gomez' Calabasas home Friday morning after someone reported a suspicious person ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.
Someone at the scene tells TMZ ... a man jumped a fence onto her property but it appears he was not a burglar ... more like a trespasser.
Selena has had her problems with unwelcome visitors. A guy was convicted in February after trespassing at her old house. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail.
And on March 31st ... another man was arrested on Selena's property while she was home. The guy rang the doorbell and asked the person who opened the door if Selena was home. He had broken into her guest house and was arrested for burglary and trespassing. It's unclear if he's still in custody.
As for the current incident ... as of the time of this post, no arrests have been made.
John Harbaugh Unloading Baltimore Castle ... For a Royal Price
With all of the trade rumors floating around this off-season, we expected ONE of the Harbaugh brothers to be moving ... but we didn't expect it would be the one in Baltimore.
We've learned ... Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh has just listed his sprawling 2-acre castle-esque property in Baltimore ... and he's asking for a cool $2.1 million.
Problem is ... John paid $2.34 mil when he bought the place back in 2008, according to our friends at Realtor.com ... so there's a damn good chance he could take a hit in the pocket -- unless a bidding war breaks out.
The house is huge -- 8,000 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms with a wishing well and a fire pit in the backyard. Plus, the estate is only 25 minutes from the stadium.
As for John's brother Jim -- the head coach in San Francisco -- so far, haven't heard anything about him selling his home. Guess that might depend on how the 49ers do this year.
Oksana Grigorieva What Bankruptcy? I Left My Valley Dump For A Beach Home
Beware rich Westside dudes ... Oksana Grigorieva is on the prowl in Santa Monica ... she's moved into a luxurious beachfront home with stunning ocean views ... even though she's bankrupt.
Grigorieva -- who claimed she only had $10 cash when she filed for bankruptcy in Feb. -- moved out of the Valley house Mel Gibson got for her and their kid ... and into a luxury hi-rise at the beach.
We're told Oksana's ditched her Valley digs because the house flooded during a big rainstorm last month -- the same weekend she was seen trying to crash a post-Oscar party.
We're told Mel offered to move her temporarily into another place in the Valley but Oksana said "nyet" ... she wanted an upgrade to Santa Monica. We're told Mel refused to pay so Oksana somehow got enough money together to pay for the more expensive oceanfront rental. So how'd she do that?
Now she's bragging on social media about her new lifestyle ... posting pictures of her to-die-for ocean views and the chi-chi Westside restaurants where she hangs out.
Oksana should bottle that gall ... and sell it. It will more than pay for the ocean view.
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Cuba Gooding Jr. House Buyer Showed Me Tons of Money ... As in $10 Million!!!
THIS is the kwan, Jerry ... Cuba Gooding Jr. just made at least SIX figures unloading his Pacific Palisades home -- and the buyer must love hockey because the crib includes a freakin' rink.
Gooding bought the contemporary English estate for $3.5 mil back in 2000 ... and sources tell us he just sold it for slightly under $10 mil!
Check out the pics ... The 7-bedroom home is equipped with a state-of-the-art theater, a 6-car garage and a basketball court/roller hockey rink in the back yard.
FUN FACT: Cuba's a huge ice hockey fan and plays in a lot of celebrity games. Odd ... "Snow Dogs" did NOT scare him off from all winter sports.
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Jordan Belfort Creditor Hunts Him Down In Swank Cali Beach Pad
Jordan Belfort's creditors are baffled that the real-life Wolf of Wall Street can still afford to live it up in a SoCal beachfront home -- despite owing nearly $100 million to his bilked investors -- and now, one New York creditor is calling BS ... chasing Jordan's ass down in California.
LR Credit previously obtained a judgment against Belfort in New York for $27,597 stemming from unpaid retail purchases Belfort made during his heyday -- but Belfort fled to ritzy Manhattan Beach, CA ... where he reportedly rents a $4 million mansion.
By moving to Cali, Belfort escaped LR Credit's judgment against him -- but only temporarily.
The collection agency just filed new legal docs to make their NY judgment enforceable in Cali ... meaning Belfort's back in its crosshairs.
With Belfort's ENDLESS list of other creditors, however, LR may have to wait in line.
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Selena Gomez New Home Christened w/ First Trespasser Arrest
Selena Gomez's brand new Calabasas home has lost its cherry ... TMZ has learned a man was arrested on the property last night ... while Selena was home!
As TMZ first reported, Gomez recently purchased a 5-bedroom, 7,200 sq. ft. Calabasas mansion for a cool $3 million.
According to law enforcement sources, Selena and a friend arrived home last night and heard a strange noise. We're told Selena called for her security to check it out.
Our sources say before security could investigate, a guy rang the front doorbell, asking if the pop star was home. The friend answered the door and said she wasn't ... and the guy went on his way.
Law enforcement sources tell us ... sheriff's deputies from the Malibu/Lost Hills department arrived a short time later and found the 21-year-old man had broken into her guest house. He was eventually arrested and charged for burglary and trespassing.
He is currently being held on $50,000 bail.
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Selena Gomez Drops Millions on Anti-Bieber Mansion
Selena Gomez is the proud new owner of an anti-Bieber fortress, TMZ has learned.
Real estate sources tell TMZ, the deal closed last week -- Selena threw down roughly $3 million for a 5-bedroom 7,200 sq. ft. Calabasas mansion, located minutes away from the Kardashian empire in Hidden Hills (great for lunch dates with Kendall Jenner).
We're told Selena didn't have many demands while house shopping -- but she refused to budge on one thing ... the home could NOT be in The Oaks ... aka Justin Bieber's old hood.
Lucky for her, Bieber has since become a non-issue -- kid moved his 65-pound ass to Atlanta earlier this month.
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Bob Barker Bomb Squad Called to TV Icon's House
A bomb squad rushed to Bob Barker's house Friday afternoon after a suspicious package was reported at the TV icon's home, TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, Bob's housekeeper noticed the package inside the front gate of his Hollywood Hills home around 1:00PM and informed Bob's biz manager. We're told the biz manager then reported the package to police.
According to sources, LAPD responded to the scene with a bomb squad and inspected the package.
After a quick investigation, we're told the squad determined the package just contained medication -- no explosives or other dangerous substances. The bandage on Bob's head in the photo is unrelated.
Once police determined the package was safe, they cleared the scene. No injuries, no nothing. End of story.
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Lisa Ling Dinged With Banana Peel Lawsuit
Lisa Ling is getting a new view -- the defendant's table in a courtroom -- because she's being sued by a woman who claims she slipped and fell on Lisa's fabulous Santa Monica property.
Lisa was throwing an architectural and design event in June to showcase her new digs, when a woman named Yolanda Para-Keresztes claims she slipped on the outdoor steps that had some errant gravel and tumbled to the ground, fracturing her foot.
Frankly the case isn't that interesting, but we thought you'd like to see Lisa's house. It's been featured on HGTV and is one of the first eco-friendly homes built in the old Santa Monica area.
It's the first energy-neutral home -- which means it produces as much energy as it consumes -- in Santa Monica.
And the house has a huge outdoor lantern made from recycled Chinese food cartons ... which means the lights can be dimmed some.
Hayden Panettiere I'm DUNZO With L.A.
Hayden Panettiere is going Hollywood -- Hollywood, Florida because she just sold her home in L.A.
Hayden recently bought a house in Nashville, where she's doing her show. As you know, she's engaged to boxing champ Wladimir Klitschko, who owns a penthouse in Hollywood, Fla, and she's spent a lot of time down there.
As for the L.A. home ... we've learned Hayden sold it for $3.075 MIL (thanks to celeb realtor Josh Altman). She bought it in 2008 for $2.635 MIL.
It's interesting ... For years Hayden was a fixture in L.A. ... frequently hitting the town. But now she's high profile in Nashville.
Los Angeles ... it used to be a thing.
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Kardashians Stinky Stalker Subdued
A 20-year-old man was subdued by cops after casing Kris Jenner's Hidden Hills home and coming face-to-face with Kim Kardashian -- and he smelled like hell ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.
We're told the man drove from Arizona to L.A. at around 4 PM Sunday ... and somehow got past security at the front gate. He made his way to Kris' house and started peering through the windows, when Kim arrived. She became alarmed and called security ... and he fled.
L.A. County Sheriff's deputies were called and found the dude a few blocks away. He told them he was Kendall Jenner's boyfriend and Justin Bieber's stepbrother. That's all she wrote, and he was taken into custody and placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold.
Our law enforcement sources tell us ... he "reeked of body odor."
It's unclear how the guy got past the security gate.
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Steve Nash Drops $4.8 Million On Retirement Home
Forget Shady Pines, when Steve Nash retires ... he'll be in the lap of luxury -- 'cause the L.A. Lakers star just dropped $4.8 million on a Manhattan Beach pad ... TMZ Sports has learned.
Our real estate sources tell us ... Nash had been on the hunt for a permanent home on the West Coast -- somewhere he could settle down after his NBA career. Then he found a 4,175 square foot gem just 2 blocks from the sand.
Problem is ... it's super ugly and outdated.
Solution is ... we're told Nash is gonna knock the whole thing down and build his dream house.
We're told the place was originally listed for $5 million ... but Nash was able to get the price down to $4.8 mil with an all-cash offer. Strong.
Sources tell us Nash already has a builder in mind and wants to get to work ASAP.
As for the "Shady Pines" reference in the first line -- yeah, we like the "Golden Girls." Back off.
Kaley Cuoco Now That I Have Khloe's Old House ... I'm Selling Mine!
Kaley Cuoco just picked up Khloe Kardashian's old house in Tarzana -- and it ain't gonna pay for itself -- so now the "Big Bang Theory" star is unloading her old one.
As TMZ first reported, Cuoco snatched up KK and Lamar Odom's old 7-bedroom 8,000 sq. ft. home for $5.49 million -- quite an upgrade from the Sherman Oaks spot Cuoco just listed.
Her old place is a piddly 5,233 sq. ft. ... with 5 bedrooms and 5 baths -- and her asking price $2.795 million... only slight bump from the $2.4 mil she paid for it.
Eh ... she's making $300k per episode of "BBT" -- so we're guessing she's not worried about cleaning up in real estate.
Justin Bieber Paying Mom's Rent And Mom's In Trouble!
Justin Bieber doesn't get drugs from his mom for free -- TMZ has learned, the singer has been paying rent for his mother's secret L.A. mansion since 2012 ... and the place is sweeeeeeeet.
No one ever knew JB's mom Pattie Mallette had a place in L.A. ... let alone one so badass.
Turns out ... the tree doesn't fall far from the apple, because Pattie got herself into some trouble over the 2,900 square foot house.
Seems Pattie wanted to do some home improvement in her home gym but never got the permission of her landlord. She had a mirror installed last summer, but didn't pay the bill. So the company that did the work has filed a lien against the property ... and her landlord was none too pleased.
The lien was for a modest $3,414. We're told Pattie thought she was being overcharged and refused to pay. Pattie settled up a week ago for around $2,600. And TMZ informed the landlord Friday and he was PISSED!
As for who's paying the $8,000 monthly rent ... we've learned one of Justin's companies is handling it.
Party on, Pattie.
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Justin Bieber He's Allowed to Assault People ... Says Record Producer/Landlord
Justin Bieber's hijinks -- getting arresting for DUI, egging a house and assaulting people -- are simply what 19-year-olds do ... so says the record mogul who's renting his ATL house to the singer.
Dallas Austin was catching a flight Friday night from New York to Atlanta -- he says to check out the mansion -- but insists he's not worried.
You gotta hear Austin's logic and how he dismisses the egging and other stuff.
ATL neighbors, brace yourselves. Justin's landlord has just given his yoke of a blessing