December 14, 2011
SELLER: R. Kelly LOCATION: Olympia Fields, IL PRICE: $1,595,000 SIZE: 22,000 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 8 full and 6 half bathrooms YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Word slipped down the Chicago celebrity real estate gossip grapevine this week that native Chicagoan R&B singer/songwriter R. Kelly–née Robert Sylvester Kelly–has officially placed his mega-mansion in suburban Olympia Fields, IL on the market as a short sale with an asking price of $1,595,000. Our brief and entirely unscientific research on the interweb informs us that Mister Kelly has a number of notable professional accomplishments that include three Grammy awards. He has also written and/or remixed songs for a long list of music industry superstars such as Luthor Vandross, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Usher, Mary J. Blige and the Jennifers Hudson and Lopez. However, iffin Your Mama is being honest–and we always are–we’d confess to the children that we wouldn’t know an R. Kelly ditty if it chewed the leg from our body and, in fact, before this morning just about the only thing we previously knew of Mister Kelly is that some years ago he was indicted on a slew of lurid charges related to a video tape that (allegedly) showed him as he fornicated with and peed on a minor female. Mister Kelly declared his innocence, the young female came out and said the activities were consensual, the case eventually went to trial, and in June 2008 a jury determined Mister Kelly was not guilty on all 14 counts . Case closed. Anyhoo, the affluent Olympia Fields community sits about 45 minutes by car due south of downtown Chicago and a short sale, for any real estate neophytes who somehow don’t already know, means Mister Kelly owes more on the property than it’s currently worth. Although Mister Kelly only recently put his big ol’ crib on the market he did not just get on this-here real estate merry-go-round. Over the summer (2011) it was revealed a lender initiated foreclosure proceedings after Mister Kelly stopped making payments on a $2,900,000 mortgage he secured with his celebrity-style estate. At the time Mister Kelly it was reported the entertainer’s failure to make mortgage payments was likely an executed strategy designed to induce the lender to renegotiate the loan. We’re not sure if the strategy worked but as far as we can tell Mister Kelly still holds the deed on the property, which indicates the foreclosure was not finalized. Property records and previous reports on the matter indicate Mister Kelly purchased the property in 1997 and custom-built (or custom-finished) the architecturally uncatagorizable stone, stucco and wood-accented mega-mansion. The approximately 22,000 square foot beast–the Cook County Assessor, for what it’s worth, shows it as 11,140 square feet with a 2011 market value of $3,357,700–sits towards the back of six-ish fully-landscaped acres behind towering wrought iron and stone gates and 12-foot concrete-encased fencing. Inside there are, as per listing information, all the expected formal and informal lounging and entertaining areas as well as 4 fireplaces, half a dozen bedrooms, and 8 full and 6 half bathrooms, a count that ensures Mister Kelly requires a full-time minimum wage crapper cleaner. Listing photos that depict the mansion’s vast innards are few (fuzzy and ill-framed) but we do catch a glimpse or two of a rather colossal kitchen complex with u-shaped center island/snack counter, top-grade commercial-style appliances, very ordinary beige tile floors and a soaring ceiling criss-crossed by heavy wood beams coarsely draped with hundreds if not thousands of twinkling white Christmas lights. Listing photos also show snippets of a wood-floored double-height family room with adjoining home theater space as well as a wee-looking wood-paneled room with fireplace which is probably the library but since we don’t see any books (or bookshelves) we can’t say for sure. The humongous but otherwise stylistically ho-hum home’s undisputed defining moment would surely be the truly troubling and
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December 14, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/v/IjmYpXyJu1s?version=3&f=user_uploads&app=youtube_gdata Video by Melissa Rohlin Read this article: Eric Gordon at Clippers media day
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December 13, 2011
A Tustin man accused of stealing a Hummer limousine was arrested on Saturday night after fleeing from the vehicle during a police pursuit. The best part about his arrest was that the suspect was completely naked. more › More: Video: Naked Hummer Limo Robber Gets Tackled By Police Dog
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December 13, 2011
A Tustin man accused of stealing a Hummer limousine was arrested on Saturday night after fleeing from the vehicle during a police pursuit. The best part about his arrest was that the suspect was completely naked. more › More: Video: Naked Hummer Limo Robber Gets Tackled By Police Dog
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December 13, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/v/QkM879w82HE?version=3&f=user_uploads&app=youtube_gdata Video by Melissa Rohlin Read the rest here: James Worthy: Chris Paul trade would’ve been good for Lakers
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December 13, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/v/rZrVRU5G2dg?version=3&f=user_uploads&app=youtube_gdata Video by Melissa Rohlin Go here to read the rest: Metta World Peace thanks Jesus Christ that he still has his teeth
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December 12, 2011
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December 12, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/v/t056PDrAF68?version=3&f=user_uploads&app=youtube_gdata Video by Melissa Rohlin See the original post here: Lakers roundtable: Lamar Odom trade was a bad idea
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December 11, 2011
Get out so you can hear Hollywood film scores of yesteryear, watch videos by Kara Walker or listen to a reading. more › More: Get Out: Black Clock, Kara Walker & That Hollywood Sound
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December 10, 2011
Lafayette police released video and audio showing Paul Spencer attacking officers before he was gunned down last month. All LPD officers were cleared of any wrongdoing by both a review board and the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor. Video from cameras mounted on the dashboard of the cruisers show what led up to their actions in the early morning hours of October 19. The camera on the dashboard reads 4:53 am when Officer Jeff Webb spots the car driven by Paul Spencer, 39. It all started with an Emergency 911 call minutes earlier. “There’s a fire,” the caller told dispatch. “Somebody jumped out of the window.” Later the operator asks what kind of car the suspect is driving. “A black Cadillac,” the caller responded. Light rain was falling in the early morning hours but Officer Webb reports road conditions are favorable. Spencer headed back downtown where Officer Ron Dombkowski picks up the pursuit in front of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse. As the pursuit continues, more and more officers are visible on side streets. Spencer is wanted for questioning on the arson as well as battery on a woman. “I tried to get her to walk back to you,” the dispatch operator told the officers on the scene of the arson call. “She is refusing. She’s scared for her life.” As Spencer heads south on 9th Street, away from downtown, speeds pick up to 60 mph Spencer crashed into an embankment at 9th and Potomac. His front tire still spins as he gets out and attacks Officer Dombkowski with a knife …
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