Teenager charged with breaking into Tyler Perry’s home; Jermaine Dupri’s home in foreclosure?
A teenager has been arrested and charged with breaking and entering into Tyler Perry’s home. According to the AJC, Chloe Ware, 18, was caught within moments after breaking into the actor and playwright’s mansion on Paces Ferry in Atlanta.
Perry’s bodyguard caught Ware around 4 a.m. last Thursday, but two others escaped, police said.
Ware was booked and released on her own recognizance. The career criminal has been arrested in the past for auto theft and shoplifting, among other charges.
Perry recently offered to rebuild the burned out home of a 85-year-old Atlanta woman, who narrowly escaped the fire with her 4-year-old great granddaughter.
Speaking of mansions, word has it that music producer-turned-DJ Jermaine Dupri’s Paces Ferry home and studio are headed toward foreclosure. Friends say Dupri, who recently laid off his entire staff at So So Def Records, is hemorrhaging money due to his insatiable appetite for strippers.
Celeb Style: Inside Pharrell Williams’ Juvenile $14M Penthouse
Music producer Pharrell Williams invited photographer Todd Selby into his $14 million Miami penthouse to take pictures of his collection of ‘Family Guy’ art, Bape statues and other toys… yes, toys. Pharrell, who coined the term “kidult” is another one of those rich oddballs who refuses to grow up.
Any woman walking into a grown man’s home should be immediately suspicious of him if she sees a bunch of toys lying around in a space where there are no children present. There is nothing cute about decorating your home to make it attractive to little children (à la Michael Jackson).
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Dwyane Wade Covers Uptown Magazine
Uptown magazine caught up with NBA superstar Dwyane Wade for a revealing look into his private life.
The 28-year-old, who once owned a 9,000-square-foot mansion in a tiny Miami suburb, now lives in a lovely yet modest row house (even though he reportedly earned $15 million last year). Wade explained that as he grows older (and settles down) he’s let go of the flashy, material things that he accumulated in his youth.
On His Relationship With Gabrielle Union:
“I found someone I have a great relationship with and that was the most important thing. You have to like the person you’re around before you can say you love them,” Wade says. “That’s the biggest thing right now; we want to make sure that we stay liking each other.”
On His Chicago Home:
“I don’t need something too big. I’m in Miami most of the time. And I fell in love with [this property] once I was able to put my own personality into the house,” says Wade. “Every time I walk in my door, [I am reminded of] the journey that it took to get here and the hard work that I have to put in to continue to stay here.”
Put ‘Em On Blast: Peter Thomas
A loyal reader emailed me to ask why I never covered the Peter Thomas/ Uptown scandal. the answer is: I couldn’t care less. I guess I have other things going on in my life that take precedence over worrying about nobodies and what they’re up to.
Anyway, my reader accuses Thomas of not paying his workers when Uptown Restaurant was open. She also says Bravo network hired stand-ins to act as employees of Uptown, which was closed 6 months ago.
**Loyal reader Ruby Kisses writes:
Your stuff is always FIRE! However, Im curious as to why you have not address Peter Thomas the con man that is NOT the owner of Uptown Restaurant and Lounge, everyone (except the chick he married) knows his game….. The place is closed I personally saw a marshal’s eviction note slapped on the door —- when it was open there was always bs, this dude would not pay the people who worked there.
Imagine working for 2 weeks, and being told: “you started on an off pay week, payday is in two MORE weeks for you.” You could wait it out for 2 more weeks, and on payday he has another lie, or just doesnt show up! Eventually the staff (one by one) would quit and he would just replace them, with another naive cocktail waitress. (Oh he is goooooood at what he does: CONS) -The “staff” on tv tonight were Bravo stand-ins as they did not work there… Too funny!
Im sure he hoped to capitalize on celebrities being in town for the BET hip hop awards. He has never owned ish..just a front for the real owner (Uptown is OWNED by a retired nfl player …. Research the spots he claims to have owned in other markets (NYC, LA, MIA etc)! He will “do the town” and get run out of town. He usually dates “celebrity woman” to use them for who they know and of course their money!
Cadillac Kimberly was right: there is nothing Real about this show! He claims to have been an executive at Def Jam….. more lies. He is NOT an executive at anything. There are a million pending lawsuits, people would come to the club to serve him all day every day — he doesnt care due to the fact that is NOT HIS PROPERTY HE OWNS NOTHING!!!!!!! Fraud, Phony, BS! This spot for the longest didn’t even have a liquor license and was shut down because of that, he just would reopen and buy liquor himself – ILLEGAL IN GA!!!!!!!!
I heard Bravo peeps “had enough” and wanted a real married couple……… and he desperately needed the money so………. wha-la, opportunity a knocking! He only would hire woman, because he knew he would take advantage of them! A real punk!
Ruby kisses for you, love what you do, cuz you bring it to us first!
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In Case You Missed It: Real Housewife of Atlanta’s Phaedra Parks at home
In case you missed the season 3 opener of Real Housewives of Atlanta, Hulu.com has a bunch of videos up. They had the full episode this morning, but of course Bravo made them take it down.
Speaking of Bravo, my inside contact in the production company tells me that Bravo will forego spending anything resembling a budget on promoting this vehicle of self-obsession.
For starters, Bravo has already signed off on this flop — and I hear there won’t be a season 4. You probably didn’t even know that season 3 was premiering last night, did you? Well now you know why.
Another reason may be due to the fact that there is no real drama on the show — other than the badly scripted cat fights between Dwight and NeNe Leakes, whose horrible acting is apparent from the moon.
The season opener introduced us to 2 new cast members (Lisa Wu Hartwell was booted for being too boring), Atlanta celebrity attorney Phaedra Parks and socialite Cynthia Bailey.
You already know Phaedra from the drama involving her ex-con husband, Apollo Nida, whom she married straight out of the slammer.
In this video showcasing her Atlanta home, Phaedra portrays herself to be a sort of bootleg Southern belle. She comes off looking unbelievably fake. In one scene, Phaedra says she can’t show us the contents of her refrigerator because there is only leftover pizza that her husband brought home.
Speaking of Apollo: did he pay for the pizza or did she? Does Apollo have a job to speak of, or is it his job to look pretty and make you women jealous of her like Ed Hartwell did for Lisa Wu last season?
Is Phaedra supporting Apollo just like these desperate Atlanta women who allow lazy, no good men to leach off of them because they lack self esteem? So many questions.
Phaedra’s husband is a career criminal who has never held a real job in his life. So it will be interesting to see what she says he does for a living on the show.
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LeBron James and Savannah Settle for ‘Modest’ Coconut Grove Home
Miami Heat superstar LeBron James and his common law wife, Savannah Brinson, have settled for a ‘modest’ Coconut Grove mansion, not the gargantuan $50 million spread that a certain blogger lied about.
According to a Coconut Grove real estate agent, LeBron and Savannah have decided to purchase a $7 million, 4 bedroom, 5 bath mansion in quiet, secluded Devon Court, a private enclave of 15 homes just south of Miami.
The home boasts a soaring 3-story foyer, an elevator, and his and hers showers in the master bathroom.
In the massive hands of basketball phenom and Miami Heat frosh LeBron James: a contract to plunk down some cash on a villa in Coconut Grove, Fla. Despite the fact that it had been off the market, James first showed interest in the 10,000-square-foot-property in Devon Court, a private enclave of 15 homes, in August. It’s not exactly what one would expect form someone who just scored $110M contract, but it’s comfy enough: four bedrooms, five baths, a gourmet kitchen, exotic wood and stone finishes, an elevator, and high-tech touch-screen gadgetry that adjusts lights, TVs, and radios from afar. What James will pay is unknown at this point; however, the house has previously sold for $7.65M. Stay tuned for updates: “It’s not officially done (the deed transfer) just yet, but he has a definite interest in it,” according to Miami Realtor Peggy Brin.
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fanMAIL: Who knew Antwaun Cook was a real estate agent? *Update*
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I thought you guys said Fantasia’s gigolo, Antwaun Cook, worked at T-Mobile where they met?
According to loyal reader Aisha R., Cook is a real estate agent who works for Keller Williams Realty.
According to Cook’s bio on his website, he’s been selling homes since 2003:
I am a proud father of two sons, Christian and Jackson. I graduated from East Carolina University in 2001, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business. I grew an interest in real estate originally from the investing side, and have continued in real estate from many different angles for the last 7 years.
So did Cook really meet Fantasia in a T-Mobile store, or is it more likely that they met while he was showing her real estate properties?
According to Aisha, when Fantasia’s rep claimed Cook took Fantasia to a home where he lived apart from his wife, he may have actually taken her to an uninhabited model home that was for sale and fully furnished.
Aisha writes:
Take a closer look at your man Mr. Cook. In the statement that was made by Fantaisa’s rep, he took her to his home. It wasn’t his home…it may have been a Keller-Williams home fully furnished. If that was the case, he needs to be put up on charges of trespassing and fraud.
Update I, 11:12 am ET:
According to Aisha and Raye P., Cook is the manager of a T-Mobile store. Here’s more info.
Update II, 12:12 pm ET:
Loyal reader Kim T. says she attended college with Antwaun Cook and he owns two homes. She also writes that he wasn’t into dark skinned chicks until he met one who was a baller.
Hi Sandra,
You should know that in college he was a pretty-boy Kappa who would not even LOOK at brown skin or dark-skinned women back in our college days. He dated my cousin who was light-skinned and would often tell her, “We’re looking for those red-bones.” He would often say that he only dates light-skinned women and would praise my cousin for her complexion. That is why it’s ironic that he’s dating Fantasia.
Have a good dayK
