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LeBron James might have had the most fabulous 25th birthday ever. LeBron and the Cleveland Cavaliers took on the Atlanta Hawks and were victorious with LeBron clocking in an amazing 48 points. The game was a bit of a squeaker with Anderson Varejao making his first career three-pointer with 17.2 seconds left to give Cleveland a 106-101 victory. In the photo above Lebron James is being presented with a seat cushion in lieu of a present.

The night just got better for the basketball phenom who celebrated with a party at a nightclub with all attendees required to dress in black clothing. After the game, he also got an amazing gift from teammate Shaquille O'Neal, a white Rolls-Royce. This isn't the first time Trump has given this gift, Shaq also gave Donald Trump a white Rolls-Royce for his 2005 wedding present.

The other day we were discussing the many careers of Shaquille O'Neal (his most recent adventure has him curating an art show) but basketball star Shaquille O'Neal is also known for his big heart. He was reportedly so touched by the terrible story of five-year-old Shaniya Davis, a child who was kidnapped, raped, and murdered in North Carolina, that he paid for the little girl's funeral. It was announced through a spokesperson for the Cleveland Cavaliers that O'Neal had gotten in touch with the family to see what he could do to help. The story of Shaniya Davis was also shown on the Oprah show recently.

The Fayetteville Observer reports that more than 2,000 people attended the funeral at Manna Church on Sunday. She was buried at Fayetteville Memorial Cemetery. The funeral home did not reveal the cost of the service but Corey Breece, of Rogers and Breece Funeral Home, did say that a child's funeral "averages around $4,500."

The child's mother, Antoinette Davis has been charged with human trafficking and other charges and Mario McNeill has been charged with first degree kidnapping, murder and rape in the case.

O'Neal is known for his charity work and recently took part in a toy drive for children.

[via CNN]

Basketball player Shaquille O'Neal likes to wear a lot of hats. Actor, musician, sheriff, Twitter star and now art curator? O'Neal is curating a gallery show for New York's Flag Art Foundation titled "Size DOES Matter." The exhibit ponders the question of idea of scale in contemporary art and features some big names in the art world including Chuck Close, Jeff Koons, Andreas Gursky, Kehinde Wiley and many more. The show is scheduled to open in February at the Flag Art Foundation's exhibition space in the Chelsea neighborhood.

O'Neal told Bloomberg News that his turn as curator was "a little harder than I thought it would be." The exhibition will feature 52 artworks, five are special commissions, many others are loans from private collections and museums. The choice of Shaquille O'Neal as curator should attract additional attention for the show. Writer James Frey, famous and also infamous for his bestselling book "A Million Little Pieces" is writing an essay for the exhibition catalog.

Shaquille O'Neal's name doesn't seem to have done much for selling his own home but maybe his former rental will have better luck. Shaq finally sold his Miami home after it had been on the market for years getting $2 million less than he paid for it and just about half of his original $32 million asking price. A home that he rented in Paradise Valley, Arizona has gone through a deep price cut too. Both Shaquille O'Neal and Emmitt Smith did each rent this large house for a year. Shaquille O'Neal recently moved out with his family.

The five-bedroom home was built in 2002 and has approximately 8981 square feet of space. The grounds include a pool and there is a master bath that features a tub that might even have been large enough for Shaq. The home is on a two-acre lot and is located near golf courses and restaurants. The listing agent reports that the home was originally offered at $6.5 million but it can now be had for $3.6 million.

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Shaquille O'Neal has finally unloaded his Miami mansion for $16 million - $2 million less than he paid for the place - after nearly five years. The basketball superstar bought the Star Island spread in 2004 for $18.2 million, and first listed it for sale in 2005 for $32 million. The home was listed at $29 million when it was our estate of the day last summer, then the price dropped to $22 million before climbing back up to $25 million, then going back down to $22.5 million. Quite the real estate roller coaster. The Miami Herald reports that the new owner who reportedly coughed up $16 million in cash is said to be a European businessman who plans to renovate the estate. According to the South Beach Real Estate Blog, the buyer is none other than Vladislav Doronin, the handsome Russian billionaire who's dating supermodel Naomi Campbell. The Mediterranean-style main house has eight bedrooms, an indoor basketball court, gym, steam room and sauna. The 2.5 acre grounds include a tennis court, six-car garage, dock, two-bedroom guest house and Shaq's pool complete with Superman logo.

From the Real Estalker:
--Actor Anthony Clark has put two homes on the market. The first is a three-bedroom Robert Byrd-designed home in the Outpost Estates area of Los Angeles which is listed at $2.495 million. Clark picked up the home, shown above, in 2006 for $1.59 million. The listing is here. The second, a Laguna Beach home will be our estate of the day on Monday.
--Donna Summer and her husband Bruce Sudano are rumored to selling their Brentwood, Tennessee mansion. No listing info has turned up yet.
--Lance Armstrong has put his Texas ranch on the market. It's our estate of the day later today.
--Writer, director and actor Tyler Perry seems to have put his Georgia home, Avec Chateau on the market for $3.695 million. A property website was briefly online but has been removed, you can catch a cached copy here.
--Singer Sinitta's townhouse in London is on the market. We'll check it out as an estate of the day on Tuesday.
--Britney Spears has cut the price of her home in the Summit community in the Beverly Hills Post Office area from $7.9 million to $7.195 million.
--Ed McMahon is still fighting foreclosure.
--Beverly Hills builder John Bersci has cut the price on the Harvey Mudd estate to $8.995 million. It was listed at $11.495 million when it was our estate of the day.
--Lance Armstrong has reportedly picked up a $9 million home in Aspen, Colorado.
--Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez have recently picked up a pair of penthouse condos in San Juan, Perto Rico with the plan to turn them into one big unit.

From the International Herald Tribune's Raising the Roof:
--Shaquille O'Neal's battle to sell his Miami estate continues. The home is back on the market after a deal in the $19 million range reportedly fell through. The home was listed at $29 million when it was our estate of the day, down from a price of $32 million. He paid $18.2 million for the home in 2004. it is now back on the market for $25 million.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Last week we saw that husband-and-wife actor-directors Vondie Curtis-Hall and Kasi Lemmons had reduced the asking price of their Hollywood Hills home from $3.595 million to $2.669 million, now it's at $2.295 million. The listing is here.
--Cheech Marin has reduced the price on his Malibu home to $2.95 million. It was originally listed at $3.9 million. The listing is here.
--Director Walter Donigher has listed his Italian Renaissance style in Hancock Park for $3.999 million. The listing is here.
--Brad O'Leary, former talk show host and author of "The Audacity of Deceit," has listed his Beverly Hills-area for $5.499 million. The listing is here.
Psychologist Toni Grant has listed er West Hollywood penthouse for $3.495 million. The listing for the lavish penthouse is here.
--Olivia Newton-John has finally closed escrow on Malibu home for more than $10 million. The buyer is a trust representing Patrick Kevin Morris and his wife, Gaby Morgerman, Morris is an entertainment lawyer and Morgerman is a senior vice president at William Morris Agency.
--Richard and Marianne Kay, who hold the patent for Cleatskins, a rubberized covering for shoes with cleats, just sold their Pacific Palisades home for $14.5 million.
--Actor Miguel Ferrer and his wife, Lori Weintraub have listed their Hidden Hills home at $4,999,999. The listing is here.
The Hollywood Hills home of the late Milton Katselas, the founder of the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school, has been listed for $2.6 million. The listing is here.

From Newsday's Real LI:
--Buy this six-bedroom home in Nissequogue, New York listed for $2.499 million and they'll throw in tickets to the Super Bowl.
--Fitness studio owner Lydia Bach has sold her home in Southampton for $6.5 million.
-Dick Cavett has closed on the sale of 76.8 acres on DeForest Road in Montauk for $18 million. He paid $540,000 for the land in 1973.

From Cityfile's Buyers and Sellers:
--Troy Roberts, a correspondent on CBS's 48 Hours, has paid $2.275 million for a two-bedroom apartment in the Tribeca area of New York City.
--Marquis Jets co-founder Jesse Itzler and his wife, Spanx CEO Sara Blakely, have closed on the sale of their apartment at 15 Central Park West for $8.7 million.
--Leo Tilman, Bear Stearns' chief institutional strategist before starting up his own firm, has paid $3.5 million for a condo at Tribeca's 101 Warren Street.
--50 Cent has dropped the price of his 19-bedroom, 51,000-square-foot Farmington, Connecticut mansion by $4 million. The home, Mike Tyson's former home, was listed at $18.5 million when it was our estate of the day in 2007.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--The Hollywood Hills home of late photographer Wallace Seawell Hollywood Hills is on the market for $2.069 million. The listing is here.
--"CSI" creator Anthony Zuiker paid $9.35 million for celebrity manager Rick Yorn's Brentwood home.
--David Hasselhoff and his former wife, Pamela Bach have put their Encino home on the market for $5.95 million.
-A five-bedroom house in Los Angeles' Bel-Air area that Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal once owned has cut its asking price from $9.5 million to $6.995 million.
--A house in Studio City that once was owned by the late actor Hal Buckley and may have been lived in by Timothy Leary has come off the market after having been listed most recently for $1,999,999.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Baseball player Alex Rodriguez has dropped the price on his Coral Gables, Florida home to $12.3 million. We checked out the home in October as an estate of the day when it was listed at $14.876 million.
--Don King has put his oceanfront estate in Manalapan, Florida on the market for $27.5 million.
--The estate of Andrew McKelvey, who founded Monster.com, has listed his New York City midtown apartment for $7.9 million.
--Cole Porter's former apartment at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is available for rent for $140,000 a month.


From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--The late Araxia M. Buckhantz's two-bedroom unit at 834 Fifth Avenue will be put on the market for around $30 million.
--Lehman's former head of mortgage banking, Kurt A. Locher, recently spent $5.25 million on a West End Avenue apartment.
--Ex-AIG executive vice president Robert M. Sandler spent $3.45 million at the Hampshire House the day after the F.B.I. announced its investigation into his old firm's collapse.
--Rosemary T. Berkery, the former vice chairman, general c
ounsel and senior vice president at Merrill Lynch, has bought a $5.2 million apartment at 975 Park Avenue. She and her husband, attorney Robert Hausen, already have a co-op five floors down in the building.
--Jeff Zavattero, a Bear Stevens senior managing director recently sold his apartment at 530 East 76th St. for $4.2 million for his apartment.
--A former Lehman Brothers vice chairman Kunho Cho sold his One Beacon Court condo for $10 million. Mr. Cho and his wife, Tay, paid only $5.975 million when they bought the apartment in June 2005.
--Yankees player Hideki Matsuihas paid $10.5 million for a penthouse at the Heritage, one of the high-rises in the Trump Place development on Riverside Boulevard. He still owns a 52nd-floor apartment at Trump World Tower which he bought for $3,157,900 in 2005.
--Carren and Jeffrey Hendren have sold their townhouse at 45 East 74th Street for $10 million, $2.25 million more than they paid in June 2007. The house was bought by a limited liability corporation called Antarctica, whose manager is listed in records as Valerio Morabito, an Italian film producer. The multi-unit building will be transformed into a single-family house.

From the Detroit Free Press:
--Fire has severely damaged the Crantzdorf estate in Tennessee, a castle-like home which was our estate of the day last month and was listed for $28.5 million.