Phil Collins buys J Lo’s home
Phil Collins bought Jennifer Lopez’s former North Bay Road home for $33 million. Barclay’s Real Estate Group broker Mathieu Rochette was Collins’ agent. The deal closed Monday. Welcome to the ’hood, Phil!
Latin heartthrob William Levy was spotted Saturday getting a first peek at new downtown Miami watering hole Libertine, leaning against the DJ booth, which was made out of a Baby Grand piano.
Fat Joe was spotted Monday snapping up multiple five-figure works of art by Miami-based artist Chris Jones, son of rocker Mick Jones, in his collaboration with Yong Jo Ji, known as YCJJ++ at The Wooster Street Social Club in New York City.
DJ Irie hosted a dinner party Thursday at Bianca at the Delano for his birthday and the kickoff for his big charity weekend of events. Among the celebs spotted there: Jermaine Dupri, CeeLo Green, Reggie Bush and wife Lilit Avagyan and singer Austin Mahone.
Green was also spotted Monday at STK Miami’s Magnum Monday party enjoying dinner with family and friends. Also there were Mexican singer Luis Miguel and soccer star Memphis Depay of the English club Manchester United. On Tuesday, Green and family had dinner at StripSteak while Miguel was nearby at Hakkasan with his bodyguard and group of friends.
Miami Heat fans went wild Wednesday over starting center Hassan Whiteside who was seen at Jungle Island during a Go Wilder VIP tour. Whiteside and two of his buddies enjoyed up-close-and-personal encounters with a six-week-old lion cub, a capuchin monkey named George, lemurs from Madagascar, parrots and Australian red kangaroos. The star player also got to feed the attraction’s giant Aldabra tortoises and touch the white collar of the Andean condor, which is believed to bring good luck. Nothing like a little luck for the Heat right now!
San Francisco 49ers footballer Carlos Hyde was spotted with a big group of friends at E11EVEN Rooftop Lounge catching the last game of the NBA Finals on the 16-foot LED screen. After the game, the group partied on the rooftop while enjoying a bottle of Grey Goose vodka.
This story was originally published June 19, 2015 at 5:48 PM with the headline "Phil Collins buys J Lo’s home."