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Boston Red Sox owner John Henry tells TMZ Sports ... he's got NO GRUDGE against Johnny Damon for leaving the team for the Yanks back in 2005 ... despite Johnny suggesting there was lingering beef between the two.

As we previously reported, Damon told Donald Trump he didn't hit up Henry for a donation during a fundraising task on this week's "Celebrity Apprentice" because they weren't exactly on speaking terms after the whole contract situation from '05.

But Henry tells us he has absolutely NO ill will toward Damon -- saying, "I have nothing but respect personally for Johnny."

Henry continued, "He accomplished a great deal in Boston and will always be welcome at Fenway."

So, seems Trump was right ... maybe Johnny shoulda hit Henry up for a donation after all.

Teresa Giudice may have just had a reversal of fortune, because we've learned Bravo is seriously considering shelving "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" until Teresa gets sprung ... they think she's THAT important to the success of the show.

Our sources say Bravo execs have been holding meetings and they're "strongly leaning" in the direction of putting the show on ice, because without Teresa it's boring. Bravo is worried a bad season could tank the show, and it's just safer to wait.

This is not sitting well with the rest of the cast. Bruised egos aside, the women are pissed at the prospect of not pulling in a paycheck for more than a year. She's serving 15 months.

Teresa, who has a conflict with virtually every other "housewife" on the show, can almost certainly use this turn of events to her financial advantage. It's pretty basic ... the more the network needs you, the more you make.

Rapper Young Jeezy was so confident of beating the rap in his weapons case, he went and dropped a cool $1.5M on a fly new Georgia mansion ... a MONTH before learning his fate.

As TMZ first reported ... weapons charges were dismissed against the rapper last month in connection with a fatal shooting at a Wiz Khalifa concert. The case was weak ... in fact, it made no sense.

Jeezy was so confident of winning, he bought the Atlanta spread in November.

17-year-old Brockington was guaranteed $6,500 for at least two weeks of work -- according to his contract ... which we've seen. Pretty good payday for a teen actor, especially considering it's his first feature film ... and he'll get to see his name on the big screen.

The take away for JB? Real dollaz ... they eventually multiply too.

Now we know what Nick Cannon was saying about in his new song referencing Mariah Carey ... He's actually talking about a text ... and not what it sounded like.

It sounded like he said "I got a check," referring to his soon-to-be ex-wife. But someone involved in the production tells us he says "text" and not "check."

Nick does brag he gets an A in the bedroom ... rapping he makes Mariah hit the high notes.

Nick, producer Mally Mall and rapper's French Montana and Too Short were at a Hollywood strip club Sunday shooting the video for the song, and we got Nick's verse on cam. So it's a little hard to make out, but here's what we think he says:

I'm a freak
It goes like this
Yo the freaks come out at night
I'm like Houdini with the magic stick when you turn out the lights
With this Girl names Keisha, Aphrodite
Ass so phat half black and white
Hit high notes n**** ask my wife
Whoops I mean ex, I got a text
Let's sex
I need a freak
Everyday on me
We all clean, we all clean

He's movin' on.

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.

Uncle Poodle is lucky to be alive after a New Year's Day health scare ... and no one cared.

Poodle tells TMZ he woke up with a dangerously elevated heart rate ... it felt like his heart was pounding out of his chest.

Docs put him under and used paddles to shock his heart back into rhythm.

The "Honey Boo Boo" clan never showed up ... not a single one of them. Poodle's bro, Sugar Bear, texted him a few times but otherwise it was radio silence. Not even a damn flower.

Poodle says he specifically texted Mama June but she clearly was not on his "get well soon" list.

Here's the bigger problem. Poodle was laid up in a hospital bed for a week, and the $150K bill is all his ... no health insurance.

"Deadliest Catch" star Elliott Neese isn't happy with his latest catch -- the salty captain just caught a stiff fine for hauling in undersized crabs.

We found out Neese was busted back in November at Dutch Harbor after Alaskan officials sampled his ship's cargo -- highly valuable red king crab -- and pulled 13 undersized "bugs." That's a rookie mistake and huge no-no, especially when you catch professionally on TV.

Elliott pled guilty and the fine was slashed from $6,000 to $3K.

"Black-ish" stars Marcus Scribner and Miles Brown make way more money in real life than their upper middle class parents do on the show -- they're pulling in major bank.

The 15-year-old Marcus and 9-year-old Miles play brothers Andre Jr. and Jack respectively -- but no rivalry here -- for Season 1, both scored $12,500/episode ... and every year the show's renewed they're looking at a 4% raise in their allowance.

If the show's a hit, by the seventh season they'll each be pocketing $16K/episode ... boom-ish.

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.

"Vacation" actors Steele Stebbins and Catherine Missal will have plenty of spending money on their next road trip ... the child stars are making bank on the famous franchise reboot.

Clark would be proud ... the 11-year-old Stebbins is getting $65K to play Rusty Griswold's (Ed Helms) youngest son, Kevin ... if producers go for a sequel he'll land another $150K.

Missal -- who's just 15 -- is looking at a more modest $15,600 to play Adena -- no doubt a love interest for one of the two Griswold boys.

The best part ... they probably have no idea what Wally World is ... neither kid was even alive for the first four National Lampoon Vacation flicks.

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.

Michael J. Fox's famous Parkinson's Foundation is asking a judge to give the green light for a big merger with the Michael Stern Parkinson's Research Foundation.

Think of this as American Airlines merging with a regional carrier. Fox's foundation has nearly $120 million in asset, and the Stern foundation only has around $2 million. But based on the court documents -- obtained by TMZ -- it looks like Fox's group thinks the Stern group has some promising research that can help toward finding a cure.

Phylicia Rashad says her motivation for defending Bill Cosby has nothing to do with the almighty dollar ... as in residuals she gets from "The Cosby Show."

Rashad pooh-poohed her critics on Wednesday's "Nightline," saying, "They don’t understand how residuals go. The longer the show runs, the smaller the residual."

Rashad also insists she was misquoted when she said "forget these women" when talking about BIll Cosby's accusers ... saying, "What I said is this is not about the women. This is about something else. This is about the obliteration of a legacy. That’s what I said."

Several of Cosby's accusers have lashed out at Rashad, calling her shameful and wondering, "What if something like this happened to her daughter?"

Bella Thorne is best known for starring in Disney's "Shake It Up" ... but to her friends she's probably now known as the one you hit up for money.

The 17-year-old is scoring a bundle in her upcoming flick, "The Duff." According to court docs -- obtained by TMZ -- Bella will get $100K for her role as Madison in the new teen comedy. If it's a hit she could triple her haul.

And get this ... if the movie grosses more than $60M she stands to make another $200K in bonuses.

Next time you get lunch, she's totally buying.