Ray J Block Partying With Kanye & Kim ... TMZ TV
Kim Kardashian’s sex tape co-star, Ray J just put down a $2.7 million offer on a house on the same block as Kim and Kanye West! We're guessing Ray might want more than a cup of sugar from his potential new neighbors.
Perhaps a honey pot?
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Kim Kardashian Ray J is Back ... And He's Moving Next Door!!!
Ray J is like a bad habit Kim Kardashian just can't kick, because he's just made an offer to buy a house on her street!
Kim's former sex tape partner just wrote a $2.7 million offer to buy a Hidden Hills mansion 8 doors down from Kim and Kanye.
Ray and his business manager, David Weintraub, perused the grounds Friday afternoon and then wrote the offer. BTW, it's pretty baller ... there's even 3 horse stalls.
As for why he wants to live so close to Kim, Ray says it's already his hood. He lived in the vicinity longer than Kim so if anything she's the carpetbagger.
How much would you pay to watch Ray J knock at Kim's door for a cup of sugar and Kanye answers.
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Jennifer Lopez Scores Big Vegas Payday Residency Looms
Jennifer Lopez passed the "Vegas Residency Test" with flying colors on New Year's Eve, and in the process scored more than $400K.
Our Vegas sources tell us ... Lopez raked in $410,000 for her NYE performance at Caesars Palace, plus she gets back end. Even though the show was sold out, the venue only netted slightly more than $600K.
It's still good, and our sources say the point of the gig was to see if Lopez was a sufficient draw for a full-on residency.
To put Lopez's payday in context, Britney makes around $475K a show with her new contract.
We're told Caesars was pleased.
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Miley Cyrus Burglary Victim ... AGAIN
Miley Cyrus has been burglarized for the THIRD time ... and this time the thief made off with a bundle.
We're told the singer's Toluca Lake home was hit December 16 and the thief made off with a large amount of both her and her brother's personal property. One law enforcement source says the thief got Miley's bank card.
We're told the thief broke into the home. We don't know how.
But cops think they got their man. Rusty Edward Sellner was charged with felony first-degree residential burglary, receiving stolen property and grand theft. He pled not guilty Wednesday.
This is the third time Miley has been hit in a little more than a year. Last June two thieves broke into Miley's home and got her Maserati, jewelry and other items. They were both arrested and convicted.
And in November 2013, someone broke into her home and stole $100K worth of jewelry and high-end purses.
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Nicholas Sparks Wife Has Moved Out and Moved On
Nicholas Sparks and his wife may have announced their separation this week, but they are so far down the road to divorce she's already bought her own house ... TMZ has learned.
Catherine became the owner of a $1.1 million mansion on December 9. It's 2 1/2 miles from the Sparks family home, which makes sense ... they have 5 kids together. The house sits on 4 acres of lakefront property.
As TMZ reported ... Nicholas and Catherine signed a "postmarital agreement" back in August, which indicates they have reached a property settlement deal. They both waived their right to alimony.
So far, no one has filed divorce docs, but it seems like that's just a matter of time.
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Teresa & Joe Giudice Fire Sale for New Jersey Mansion
Teresa and Joe Giudice just DRASTICALLY reduced the asking price for their New Jersey mansion, because they MUST move out stat for cheaper digs.
The convicted couple just slashed half a mil off the asking price. But the situation is more dire than it seems. They had initially listed the house for $3.99 million, but there were no takers, so in November they lowered the price by $500,000. Still no takers.
The latest cut brings the asking price to a relatively reasonable $2.99 mil. Their realtor believes that should do the trick.
Teresa and Joe are cash strapped after their conviction and they want to radically downsize.
Bad feng shui?
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Oh dear ... someone tried to burn down the San Francisco home made famous in "Mrs. Doubtfire."
It happened at 8:00 PM Monday. The owner of the home, a doctor, believes the culprit is a disgruntled former patient.
As for how the fire started ... fire officials say the arsonist doused the doormat with gasoline or some other type of flammable liquid.
The damage wasn't serious -- the owner was able to contain it before it got out of control.
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Birdman Time to Clean Out Your Cage ... Condo Calls Him a Deadbeat
Birdman's nest is getting shaken one more time -- but not by Lil Wayne -- his Miami condo association wants him out -- and now they're going to court to make it happen.
Ivy Condo Association says between him bouncing checks and racking up over $12.5K in unpaid fees they've had enough -- they filed a lien in November, and asked the court to foreclose on the rap mogul right before Christmas. Yo, bah humbug!
Financial woes are stacking up for the Cash Money honcho -- a reported $1.9 million federal tax lien, a $1 mil lien from a construction company ... plus, he took out a $5M loan against his mega-mansion in April, just to pimp it out.
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Paul Pierce Burned In Boston Sells Mansion for a Loss
The Paul Pierce era in Boston is now officially over -- because the former Celtics star has finally sold off his massive 2-story mansion ... but he took a pretty nasty hit on the way out.
Pierce bought the 7,631 square foot pad back in 2003 for $2.4 million ... but after he was shipped out of Boston to the Brooklyn Nets in 2013 -- Pierce put the home on the market for $2.6 mil hoping to turn a profit.
Things didn't go as planned.
TMZ Sports has learned ... after more than a year on the market, Paul finally found a buyer. But he only got $2.25 mil for the 5 bedroom, 6 bathroom spot ... $150k less than he paid for it.
The good news for Pierce ... he's reportedly made more than $160 million in his career -- so, there's that.
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Scott Disick Just Call Me Flipper ... The Lord Gets a 9 to 5
No longer will Scott Disick simply suckle off the Kardashian teet -- he's actually putting in an honest day's work ... as a Beverly Hills house flipper.
According to our sources, Disick scooped up a five-bedroom, six-bath house in BH recently. There have been reports Kourtney Kardashian finally kicked Scott to the curb -- and this would be his new bachelor pad ... but it's actually his first flipping project.
We're told Scott is bringing in a full design team to redo most of the place -- in hopes of eventually turning a profit -- and some of the K Krew is also pitching in to help.
Our sources say Scott wants to make house flipping his new steady source of cash -- and he could get a major bonus out of it. The 'Keeping Up' cameras have been shooting his work on the house, and there's talk of a possible spin-off focusing on his design adventures.
Lord help us.
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Kim & Kanye New House Purchase Is Master Plan to Keep Kanye at Home
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West spend a lot of time apart, but TMZ has learned their recent home purchase could put an end to the long distance part of their relationship.
According to our sources, Kimye purchased the house next door to their Hidden Hills dream home so they can expand their property ... to nearly five acres.
We're told the plan is to build a giant park for kids, a basketball court and a full music studio for Kanye ... so he doesn't have to venture off to Paris or Mexico to record his albums.
Our sources say a full movie theater, game room and a spa for Kim are also in the works, as well as a detached guest house.
Now Rob will never be homeless.
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DJ Zedd Zee Views at My New Mansion Are Zick
DJ Zedd's mostly famous for one hit here in the U.S. -- but that was more than enough for the guy behind "Clarity" to snatch up his own baller Hollywood Hills home.
Real estate sources tell us the deal was closed earlier this month for $3.9 million ... about half a mil less than the original listing price.
The 3,443 square foot pad boasts 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, full security system, and of course ... the new must-have accessory -- heated salt water pool.
Dude knows how to drop the bass ... and a whole lot of dough.
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Wes Scantlin My Name is Mudd In the Home Ownership Dept.
Wes Scantlin has gone after a neighbor with a buzz saw, and a cop was injured while responding to a flood at his home ... now the home of bad luck is going on the auction block.
The Puddle of Mudd singer -- whose group sold more than 7 million albums -- is behind on his mortgage and the bank is tired of sending him notices. So the bank foreclosed on the house and it plans on recovering the mortgage balance -- more than $375,000 when the property is sold.
Scantlin bought the house for $1.7 mil back in 2005.
The auction is set for next month.
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Beyonce, Jay Z Lose Bidding War for Epic L.A. House
A 35-year-old Swedish video game programmer just got the prized house that Jay Z and Beyonce also wanted ... TMZ has learned.
Our real estate sources tell us ... Markus Persson plunked down $70 million cash for a 23,000 square foot palace in Bev Hills.
Markus can afford it ... he sold his company, Mojang -- which created the video game Minecraft -- to Microsoft for $2.5 BILLION.
As we reported, Beyonce and Jay Z visited the house multiple times and made an offer but Markus beat them out at 70.
The other winners ... realtors Branden Williams and Ben Bacal who get a big fat commission check.
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Lindsay Lohan vowed to never again live in L.A. ... and days later she's here.
Lindsay crossed the pond and skipped NYC -- where she plans on living with her sister Ali -- and blew into L.A. Tuesday night.
We thought she might be here to perform some community service to fulfill her probation, but we've learned that's not the case. So the only real thing left is to party.
And you thought the storms were rough. Welcome back, Lindsay.